"\BApr 15, \J1788\j\b - Phillip leads a party on an expedition from Manly (to 18th); sights Blue Mountains."
"\BApr 23, \J1788\j\b - On another expedition, Phillip discovers the site of Parramatta."
"\BApr 04, \J1789\j\b - \IBounty\b\i leaves Tahiti. (Stops at Cook Islands on 11th.)"
"\BApr 27, \J1789\j\b - Capt. James Campbell and other marine officers challenge Phillip's authority to make them sit as members of the Criminal Court."
"\BApr 29, \J1789\j\b - Mutineers led by Fletcher Christian seize the \IBounty\b\i and cast adrift Captain William Bligh and 18 others in the ship's launch."
"\BApr 02, \J1791\j\b - Bryant's party enter and examine Port Stephens."
"\BApr 26, \J1791\j\b - John Lee Archer born (-\J1852\j)."
"\BApr 20, \J1793\j\b - Storeship \IDaedalus\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with two young Maori chiefs carried off from NZ to assist in flax dressing on Norfolk Is."
"\BApr 26, \J1793\j\b - Lt John Hayes, with the \IDuke of Clarence\b\i and \IDuchess of Bengal,\b\i arrives at the Derwent River (which he names) and carries out a survey of the area (to 9 June)."
"\BApr 01, \J1794\j\b - Macarthur receives a further grant of 100 acres in the Parramatta district."
"\BApr 28, \J1795\j\b - Charles Sturt born (-\J1869\j)."
"\BApr 07, \J1796\j\b - D'Arcy Wentworth, back in Sydney from Norfolk Is., is appointed assistant surgeon."
"\BApr 30, \J1796\j\b - \IIndispensable\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 131 female convicts."
"\BApr 01, \J1799\j\b - Hunter orders an inquiry into the verdict of the Nichols case and (3rd) suspends sentence. (Refers case to UK on 30th.)"
"\BApr 24, \J1799\j\b - Spanish ship \INuestra Senora de Bethlehem,\b\i captured by whalers off Peru, arrives at Port Jackson and (1 May) is declared a lawful prize (bought by Simeon Lord and renamed \IHunter).\b"
"\BApr 15, \J1800\j\b - Capt. Philip Gidley King arrives at Port Jackson in the \ISpeedy\b\i to replace John Hunter as Governor; also aboard are George Caley, Francis Barrallier, and 50 convicts."
"\BApr 26, \J1800\j\b - William Balmain receives a land grant of 550 acres on the west side of Cockle Bay (Balmain)."
"\BApr 22, \J1800\j\b - Roger Therry born (-\J1874\j)."
"\BApr 08, \J1802\j\b - Flinders and Baudin meet at Encounter Bay."
"\BApr 24, \J1802\j\b - \ILe Naturaliste\b\i arrives at Port Jackson."
"\BApr 26, \J1802\j\b - Flinders examines Port Phillip (to 3 May; returns to Sydney on 9th)."
"\BApr 22, \J1804\j\b - Soldiers refuse guard duties at Risdon Cove; fears are held of a convict uprising."
"\BApr 27, \J1805\j\b - King orders troops to be sent to the Hawkesbury following the killing of several settlers by Aborigines."
"\BApr 30, \J1805\j\b - Kable and Underwood launch their 185-ton deep-sea whaler \IKing George,\b\i the largest vessel thus far built in Sydney."
"\BApr 11, \J1806\j\b - \IWilliam Pitt\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 117 convicts and news of the Battle of Trafalgar; passengers include Gregory Blaxland and family, as free settlers, and Charles Grimes returning from leave."
"\BApr 22, \J1806\j\b - Colonial schooner \IGovernor King\b\i wrecked on Oyster Bank, Newcastle."
"\BApr 04, \J1807\j\b - John Blaxland arrives at Port Jackson in his ship, \IBrothers."
"\BApr 26, \J1807\j\b - Charles Cowper born (-\J1875\j)."
"\BApr 03, \J1808\j\b - Grimes resigns as acting Judge-Advocate and (20th) is sent to England with dispatches."
"\BApr 25, \J1809\j\b - Isaac Nichols, assistant to the Naval Officer, is appointed Sydney's first postmaster. (Post office opened in Nichols's house on 28th.)"
"\BApr 10, \J1810\j\b - Lt T. A. Crane replaces John Piper as commandant at Norfolk Is."
"\BApr 10, \J1811\j\b - Toll bars come into operation on the newly completed turnpike road from Sydney to Parramatta (one in George St, Haymarket; the other at Boundary St, Parramatta)."
"\BApr 05, \J1811\j\b - Thomas Reibey died (42)."
"\BApr 04, \J1812\j\b - Returning overland from Jervis Bay, Evans traverses the sites of Nowra, Port Kembla, and Wollongong (to 11th; arrives Appin 15th)."
"\BApr 14, \J1812\j\b - George Grey born (-\J1898\j)."
"\BApr 23, \J1813\j\b - Schooner \IUnity\i\b seized by convicts in the Derwent and is not heard of again."
"\BApr 05, \J1814\j\b - Lt-Col. Maurice O'Connell and members of the 73rd Regt leave Sydney for Ceylon."
"\BApr 24, \J1815\j\b - Michael Howe's bushranging gang raid New Norfolk, Van Diemen's Land; two settlers killed."
"\BApr 25, \J1815\j\b - Lt-Gov. Davey proclaims martial law throughout Van Diemen's Land to check bushranging. (Revoked in Oct. following censure by Gov. Macquarie.) Macquarie and party journey west of the Blue Mountains (to 19 May)."
"\BApr 10, \J1816\j\b - Macquarie sends out three punitive expeditions against Aborigines along the Nepean, Grose, and Hawkesbury rivers; one party kills 14 Aborigines and captures several others."
"\BApr 12, \J1816\j\b - Charles Gavan Duffy born (-\J1903\j)."
"\BApr 08, \J1817\j\b - Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales (now Westpac) opens for business in Mary Reibey's house in Macquarie Place."
"\BApr 08, \J1817\j\b - Col. William Sorell arrives at Hobart in the \ICochin\b\i and next day takes office as Lt-Governor of Van Diemen's Land, replacing Thomas Davey."
"\BApr 20, \J1817\j\b - John Oxley and party set out from Bathurst to explore the inland plains and trace the Lachlan River."
"\BApr 06, \J1818\j\b - Prosper de Mestre arrives at Port Jackson from Calcutta as supercargo in the \IMagnet."
"\BApr 19, \J1818\j\b - P. P. King discovers Port Essington and (8 May) the (East) Alligator River."
"\BApr 25, \J1819\j\b - Charles Throsby makes an exploratory journey from Moss Vale to Bathurst (to 9 May)."
"\BApr 08, \J1819\j\b - George Coppin born (-\J1906\j)."
"\BApr 01, \J1820\j\b - William Minchin (holder of a land grant, Minchinbury, at Rooty Hill) appointed Superintendent of Police."
"\BApr 11, \J1820\j\b - Russian ship \IVostok,\b\i commanded by F. F. Bellingshausen, arrives at Port Jackson on a voyage of scientific discovery to the Antarctic, followed by the \IMirnyi\b\i on 19 Apr."
"\BApr 15, \J1823\j\b - Allan Cunningham leaves Bathurst to explore north to Liverpool Plains."
"\BApr 21, \J1823\j\b - Cunningham discovers and names Blaxland's River."
"\BApr 08, \J1826\j\b - First street lamp in Australia lit in Macquarie Place, Sydney. (General lighting in Sydney turned on, 13 Mar. \J1827\j.)"
"\BApr 12, \J1826\j\b - Tasmania's Legislative Council meets for the first time."
"\BApr 11, \J1827\j\b - Darling introduces two bills into the Legislative Council to stifle criticism by licensing newspapers and imposing a tax of fourpence a copy. (Chief Justice Forbes refuses to certify the legislation.)"
"\BApr 30, \J1827\j\b - Allan Cunningham sets out from the Hunter River to explore to the north."
"\BApr 15, \J1828\j\b - Lt-Gov. Arthur issues a proclamation excluding all Aborigines from settled areas in Tas."
"\BApr 02, \J1828\j\b - Charles Throsby died (50?)."
"\BApr 10, \J1829\j\b - Edward Smith Hall found guilty of seditious libel of Darling in the \IMonitor\b\i of 22 Nov. \J1928\j. (Sentenced to 12 months' gaol, 15 Sept.)."
"\BApr 14, \J1829\j\b - A. E. Hayes, editor of the \IAustralian,\b\i fined and gaoled for six months for libelling Darling."
"\BApr 13, \J1831\j\b - Barker arrives at Gulf St Vincent in the \IIsabella\i\b to make a survey."
"\BApr 16, \J1831\j\b - Darling issues a proclamation prohibiting trade in Maori heads (the schooner \IPrince of Denmark\i\b having arrived at Port Jackson with 14 Maori heads on 29 Mar.)."
"\BApr 13, \J1836\j\b - Gov. Bourke sends opposing petitions from 'exclusives' and 'emancipists' to the Colonial Office."
"\BApr 20, \J1836\j\b - John Batman and family arrive at Port Phillip and occupy Batman Hill."
"\BApr 07, \J1837\j\b - House of Commons select committee appointed to inquire into transportation."
"\BApr 21, \J1837\j\b - Sir John Jeffcott arrives in Adelaide to become first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court."
"\BApr 03, \J1838\j\b - Joseph Hawdon, accompanied by Charles Bonney, arrives at Adelaide with cattle overlanded from Howlong, NSW, having discovered and named Lake Victoria and Lake Bonney on the way."
"\BApr 11, \J1838\j\b - Aborigines attack a party of men and cattle belonging to George and William Faithfull near present-day Benalla; at least eight whites killed."
"\BApr 03, \J1839\j\b - Charles Sturt replaces William Light as Surveyor-General of SA."
"\BApr 06, \J1839\j\b - French corvettes \IAstrolabe\b\i and \IZΘlΘe,\b\i commanded by Commodore Dumont d'Urville, at Port Essington (to 9th)."
"\BApr 13, \J1839\j\b - Albury gazetted as a village. (First land sales, 10 Oct.)"
"\BApr 24, \J1839\j\b - Braidwood gazetted as a town. (First land sale, 9 July \J1840\j.)"
"\BApr 18, \J1839\j\b - Henry Kendall born (-\J1882\j)."
"\BApr 06, \J1841\j\b - Hunter River SN Co.'s first vessel, the iron paddle-steamer \IRose,\b\i arrives in Port Jackson from the UK."
"\BApr 12, \J1841\j\b - First sitting of the Supreme Court in Melbourne."
"\BApr 29, \J1841\j\b - Two of Eyre's Aborigines murder Baxter, steal much of the stores and run away; Eyre and Wylie continue their journey westward."
"\BApr 01, \J1843\j\b - Bank of Australia fails."
"\BApr 02, \J1844\j\b - Occupation regulations issued limiting area and stock-carrying capacity of squatters' runs and making it obligatory to hold a separate licence for each run."
"\BApr 02, \J1844\j\b - First permanent Hebrew synagogue opened in York Street, Sydney."
"\BApr 09, \J1844\j\b - Public meeting of pastoralists in Sydney protests against occupation regulations and forms the Pastoralist Association."
"\BApr 06, \J1844\j\b - W. J. Lyne born (-\J1913\j)."
"\BApr 02, \J1845\j\b - Leichhardt discovers and names the Burdekin River."
"\BApr 04, \J1845\j\b - Cutter \IAmerica\b\i wrecked in Torres Strait. (Sole survivor Barbara Thompson lives with Aborigines until rescued in \J1849\j.)"
"\BApr 03, \J1845\j\b - William Farrer born (-\J1906\j)."
"\BApr 30, \J1846\j\b - Sir John Eardley-Wilmot dismissed as Governor of Tas., allegedly for not suppressing homosexuality among convicts."
"\BApr 11, \J1846\j\b - Barron Field died (59)."
"\BApr 15, \J1846\j\b - Robert Campbell died (76)."
"\BApr 24, \J1846\j\b - Marcus Clarke born (-\J1881\j)."
"\BApr 09, \J1847\j\b - Ben Boyd's ship \IVelocity\b\i arrives at Twofold Bay with 65 Melanesian labourers to work on his estates."
"\BApr 15, \J1847\j\b - Gladstone Colony disbanded on instructions from the Colonial Office. (Evacuation completed by July.)"
"\BApr 07, \J1848\j\b - Benalla (Vic.) proclaimed a town site. (First land sale 28 June \J1849\j.)"
"\BApr 01, \J1850\j\b - Rev. J. D. Lang, recently returned to Sydney from the UK, reopens his Australian College and (3rd) separates the Synod of NSW from the Synod of Australia."
"\BApr 30, \J1850\j\b - \IBangalore\i\b, the last convict ship to Moreton Bay, arrives with 392 exiles. "
"\BApr 01, \J1851\j\b - Melbourne Chamber of Commerce founded."
"\BApr 01, \J1851\j\b - Balranald, NSW, proclaimed a town site. (First land sales 14 Jan. \J1852\j.)"
"\BApr 07, \J1851\j\b - John Lister and William Tom find gold at Ophir, NSW."
"\BApr 24, \J1851\j\b - J. D. Lang sentenced to four months' gaol and fined ú100 for the libel of Thomas Icely in Lang's \IPress\i\b in Feb."
"\BApr 24, \J1851\j\b - û Earl Grey's revocation of the order in council abolishing transportation is rescinded."
"\BApr 02, \J1852\j\b - Gang of 22 men raid the barque \INelson\i\b at anchor off Williamstown, Vic., and get away with 8,000 oz of gold (not recovered)."
"\BApr 30, \J1852\j\b - Wodonga (then known as Belvoir), Vic., notified as a town site."
"\BApr 14, \J1852\j\b - John Quick born (û \J1932\j)."
"\BApr 06, \J1853\j\b - La Trobe's resignation as Governor of Vic. accepted by the Colonial Office."
"\BApr 29, \J1853\j\b - Barque \IRebecca\i\b wrecked off the west coast of Tas; nine lives lost."
"\BApr 04, \J1855\j\b - Armed ketch \ISpitfire\i\b (65 tons), first warship built in NSW, launched in Sydney."
"\BApr 12, \J1855\j\b - Sandhurst (Bendigo), Vic., proclaimed a municipality."
"\BApr 13, \J1855\j\b - University of Melbourne, established by act of parliament in Jan. \J\J1853\j\j, officially opened. (First permanent buildings opened 30 Oct.)"
"\BApr 23, \J1855\j\b - Castlemaine, Vic., proclaimed a municipality."
"\BApr 27, \J1855\j\b - First land sales at Echuca, Vic."
"\BApr 02, \J1856\j\b - Voting by secret ballot becomes law in SA."
"\BApr 19, \J1856\j\b - SA's first steam railway, from Adelaide to Port Adelaide, opens."
"\BApr 21, \J1856\j\b - Building workers in Melbourne begin working an eight-hour day; large demonstration held by workers not granted the shorter hours."
"\BApr 25, \J1856\j\b - Eight Hours Labour League established in Melbourne."
"\BApr 01, \J1857\j\b - Brig \ISea Belle\i\b wrecked off Fraser Is; only survivors, a woman and two children, not rescued for two years."
"\BApr 25, \J1857\j\b - W. P. Weston succeeds Gregson as Premier of Tas."
"\BApr 29, \J1857\j\b - W. C. Haines replaces O'Shanassy as Premier of Vic."
"\BApr 07, \J1858\j\b - Melbourne Church of England Grammar School opens."
"\BApr 14, \J1858\j\b - F. T. Gregory explores and discovers pastoral land in the MurchisonûGascoyneûLyons rivers area, WA (to 22 June)."
"\BApr 17, \J1858\j\b - A. C. Gregory reaches the Barcoo River and (21st) finds a tree marked L. "
"\BApr 02, \J1858\j\b - Sir Ralph Darling died (86?)."
"\BApr 02, \J1859\j\b - J. M. Stuart explores central SA (to 3 July), discovering Hergott Springs (Marree) and the Neales River."
"\BApr 04, \J1860\j\b - Stuart discovers the Finke River and (12th) reaches the MacDonnell Range, which he names."
"\BApr 09, \J1860\j\b - Launceston Mechanics' Institute (later Public Library) opens."
"\BApr 16, \J1860\j\b - NSW parliamentary select committee reports on the Condition of the Working Classes of the Metropolis (large number unemployed; many living in overcrowded and insanitary conditions)."
"\BApr 22, \J1860\j\b - Stuart reaches the centre of the Australian continent and next day ascends and names Central Mount Sturt (later changed to Stuart)."
"\BApr 24, \J1860\j\b - HMCS \IVictoria\i\b sails from Hobart for NZ with British troops for the war in Taranaki between the Maoris and colonists."
"\BApr 21, \J1861\j\b - Burke, Wills, and King (Gray having died 17 Apr.) arrive back at Cooper's Creek to find the depot party had left earlier in the day; they decide to make for Mt Hopeless."
"\BApr 04, \J1862\j\b - George Dill, general manager of the Melbourne \IArgus\i\b, charged with contempt of parliament and held in custody for a month."
"\BApr 05, \J1862\j\b - J. M. Stuart reaches Newcastle Waters (his terminus of \J1861\j) on his final transcontinental expedition."
"\BApr 08, \J1862\j\b - John McKinlay discovers the Diamantina River."
"\BApr 10, \J1862\j\b - Melbourne and Ballarat connected by railway via Geelong."
"\BApr 26, \J1863\j\b - û Walter Padbury pioneers settlement on the De Grey River, WA."
"\BApr 09, \J1864\j\b - \IMoreton Bay Courier\i\b becomes the \IBrisbane Courier.\i\b"
"\BApr 11, \J1864\j\b - Fire burns out 14 shops in Queen Street, Brisbane."
"\BApr 29, \J1864\j\b - B. T. Finniss, SA Government Resident for the NT, sails from Adelaide in the \IHenry Ellis\i\b to establish a permanent settlement in the north. (Chooses site at Escape Cliffs, on Adam Bay.)"
"\BApr 22, \J1864\j\b - Phil May born (û \J1903\j)."
"\BApr 08, \J1865\j\b - Felons' Apprehension Act passed in NSW, allowing bushrangers to be proclaimed outlaws and shot on sight."
"\BApr 09, \J1865\j\b - Bushranger Dan Morgan shot dead near Wangaratta, Vic."
"\BApr 21, \J1865\j\b - Thirty dissatisfied settlers at Escape Cliffs leave on a supply ship for Singapore. (Six others later sail a small boat to Champion Bay and proceed to Adelaide to make a report.)"
"\BApr 16, \J1865\j\b - Harry Chauvel born (-\J1945\j)."
"\BApr 22, \J1865\j\b - Sir James Stirling died (74)."
"\BApr 17, \J1866\j\b - Tariff Bill passes through both houses of Vic. parliament; Australia's first protective tariffs become law next day."
"\BApr 11, \J1866\j\b - Bernard O'Dowd born (-\J1953\j)."
"\BApr 08, \J1867\j\b - Arthur Streeton born (-\J1943\j)."
"\BApr 09, \J1867\j\b - J. C. Watson born (-\J1941\j)."
"\BApr 15, \J1867\j\b - Adelaide Ironside died (35)."
"\BApr 16, \J1868\j\b - Railway to Dalby, Qld, opened."
"\BApr 15, \J1869\j\b - John Forrest leaves Perth to explore inland and search for Leichhardt's remains. (Discovers Lake Barlee and Mts Leonora, Malcolm, Margaret, Flora, and Weld; returns to Perth 6 Aug.)"
"\BApr 09, \J1870\j\b - James McCulloch replaces J. A. MacPherson as Premier of Vic."
"\BApr 14, \J1870\j\b - Gold found near Gulgong, NSW."
"\BApr 18, \J1870\j\b - William Dixson born (-\J1952\j)."
"\BApr 09, \J1871\j\b - Vic.'s 2,108-ton iron-clad turret ship-of-war \ICerberus\b\i arrives at Port Phillip from England."
"\BApr 03, \J1871\j\b - John Wren born (-\J1953\j)."
"\BApr 15, \J1873\j\b - P. E. Warburton leads an expedition from Alice Springs westward in search of new pastoral areas."
"\BApr 21, \J1873\j\b - W. C. Gosse sets out from the Overland Telephone Line near Central Mount Stuart in an attempt to reach Perth."
"\BApr 22, \J1873\j\b - Arthur Orton (the Tichborne Claimant) tried for perjury in London."
"\BApr 22, \J1873\j\b - (Sentenced to 14 years' gaol on 28 Feb \J1874\j; released in Oct. \J1884\j.)"
"\BApr 11, \J1873\j\b - Robert Towns died (78)."
"\BApr 19, \J1873\j\b - Hamilton Hume died (75)."
"\BApr 01, \J1874\j\b - John Forrest leads an expedition from Geraldton, WA, across the Gibson Desert to the Peake telegraph station, SA (to 30 Sept.)."
"\BApr 02, \J1874\j\b - Mine workers at Moonta and Wallaroo, SA, strike (to 15th) over a reduction in wages, which leads to the formation of the United Tradesmen's Society, later the Labor League of SA."
"\BApr 23, \J1874\j\b - Alfred Gibson, one of Giles's party, disappears in the desert that bears his name. (Giles turns back 21 May; reaches Charlotte Waters 13 July.)"
"\BApr 11, \J1875\j\b - Narcisse Pellatier, survivor of the French ship \ISt Paul\b\i (wrecked in \J1858\j), is rescued by the schooner \IJohn Bell\b\i on Cape York Peninsula."
"\BApr 17, \J1875\j\b - J. V. Mulligan leads an expedition from Cooktown, Qld, and discovers the Barron River (24 May)."
"\BApr 29, \J1875\j\b - Margaret Rose McPherson (Margaret Preston) born (-\J1963\j)."
"\BApr 04, \J1876\j\b - Railway line reaches Bathurst, NSW."
"\BApr 18, \J1876\j\b - Six Fenian transportees to WA escape from Fremantle on the American whaler \ICatalpa.\b\i (Subsequently taken to the US.)"
"\BApr 01, \J1877\j\b - Thursday Is. established as a coaling station for steamers, and the settlement moves there from Somerset."
"\BApr 02, \J1877\j\b - W. H. ("Bully") Hayes died (47?)."
"\BApr 15, \J1878\j\b - Police constable A. Fitzpatrick is wounded while attempting to arrest Dan Kelly for horse-stealing. (Dan and Ned Kelly take to the bush, where they are joined by Steve Hart and Joe Byrne; rewards are offered for the Kellys' apprehension.)"
"\BApr 02, \J1879\j\b - Railway completed to Sale from Melbourne."
"\BApr 29, \J1879\j\b - Marquis of Normanby becomes Governor of Vic. (having administered since 27 Feb.)."
"\BApr 10, \J1880\j\b - Sir William Robinson becomes Governor of WA for the second time."
"\BApr 20, \J1880\j\b - William Jack and John Newell discover the Great Northern tin lode on the Wild River, north Qld."
"\BApr 03, \J1881\j\b - First simultaneous census of the six Australian colonies taken, as part of the first simultaneous census of the British Empire."
"\BApr 07, \J1881\j\b - Survivors of the ill-fated New France settlement on New Ireland, organised by the Marquis de Rays, arrive in Sydney. (Later settle in the Northern Rivers area.)"
"\BApr 08, \J1882\j\b - Agricultural Society of NSW holds its first show at Moore Park, Sydney (to 15th)."
"\BApr 04, \J1883\j\b - H. M. Chester, police magistrate on Thursday Is., acting on instructions from Qld Premier Sir Thomas McIlwraith, annexes south-eastern New Guinea for the Crown. (Repudiated by Britain on 2 June.)"
"\BApr 21, \J1883\j\b - G. E. Morrison arrives in Melbourne after walking more than 3,000 km from Normanton, on the Gulf of Carpentaria, in 123 days."
"\BApr 12, \J1883\j\b - Dally Messenger born (- \J1959\j)."
"\BApr 15, \J1883\j\b - S. M. Bruce born (- \J1967\j)."
"\BApr 02, \J1884\j\b - Two trains collide near Werribee, Vic., 3 killed, 46 injured."
"\BApr 14, \J1885\j\b - Orbost, Vic., proclaimed a town."
"\BApr 28, \J1886\j\b - Owen Dixon born (- \J1972\j)."
"\BApr 04, \J1887\j\b - First Colonial Conference held in London (to 9 May)."
"\BApr 22, \J1887\j\b - Twenty-two pearling vessels sink during a cyclone at Eighty Mile Beach, WA; 140 men drown."
"\BApr 16, \J1887\j\b - H. Gordon Bennett born (- \J1962\j)."
"\BApr 17, \J1887\j\b - Roland Wakelin born (- \J1971\j)."
"\BApr 02, \J1888\j\b - Nikolai Mikluho-Maclay died (41)."
"\BApr 09, \J1889\j\b - Cable from Roebuck Bay, WA, to Batavia opened."
"\BApr 11, \J1889\j\b - Earl of Kintore becomes Governor of SA."
"\BApr 22, \J1889\j\b - Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, destroyed by fire; two firemen killed and six injured."
"\BApr 27, \J1889\j\b - St Patrick's College, Manly, opened by Cardinal Moran."
"\BApr 25, \J1890\j\b - Trains collide at Bathurst, NSW, killing four people."
"\BApr 07, \J1891\j\b - David Low born (- \J1963\j)."
"\BApr 14, \J1892\j\b - Prohibition on the importation of kanakas into Qld removed."
"\BApr 14, \J1892\j\b - WA's first Agent-General, Sir Malcolm Fraser, appointed."
"\BApr 20, \J1892\j\b - Labour candidates win ten seats at the general election in Vic."
"\BApr 27, \J1892\j\b - Eight die in a train derailment near Tarana, NSW."
"\BApr 13, \J1892\j\b - Gladys Moncrieff born (û\J1976\j)."
"\BApr 20, \J1892\j\b - Grace Cossington Smith born (û\J1984\j)."
"\BApr 05, \J1893\j\b - Commercial Bank of Australia in Melbourne suspends payment, setting off a panic. (Reopens 6 May after 'reconstruction'.)"
"\BApr 13, \J1893\j\b - English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank closes for reconstruction. (Reopens 19 Aug.)"
"\BApr 15, \J1893\j\b - United Labour Party candidates win eight seats in the SA election."
"\BApr 20, \J1893\j\b - Australian Joint Stock Bank suspends payment, followed by the London Chartered Bank of Australia (25th), the Standard Bank of Australia (28th), and the National Bank of Australasia (1 May)."
"\BApr 14, \J1894\j\b - Sir Edward Braddon replaces Henry Dobson as Premier of Tas."
"\BApr 24, \J1894\j\b - Nineteen NSW Labour MPs refuse to sign the Electoral League pledge to vote as a bloc according to caucus decisions. (Joseph Cook becomes leader of the independent Labour faction.)"
"\BApr 26, \J1894\j\b - Florence Wilson (Florence Austral) born (-\J1968\j)."
"\BApr 30, \J1894\j\b - Herbert Vere Evatt born (-\J1965\j)."
"\BApr 13, \J1895\j\b - Arthur Fadden born (-\J1973\j)."
"\BApr 09, \J1896\j\b - Baron Lamington becomes Governor of Qld."
"\BApr 25, \J1896\j\b - Women vote for the first time in an Australian parliamentary electionùfor the SA Legislative Assembly. (New members include King O'Malley.)"
"\BApr 26, \J1896\j\b - Newcastle coalminers begin an 11-week strike over reduction in wages. (Return to work on company terms, 14 July.)"
"\BApr 27, \J1896\j\b - Sir Henry Parkes died (80)."
"\BApr 22, \J1897\j\b - Draft constitution bill accepted by the Federal Convention."
"\BApr 13, \J1898\j\b - T. J. Byrnes becomes Premier of Qld following the resignation of Sir Hugh Nelson to become president of the Legislative Council."
"\BApr 10, \J1899\j\b - Baron Tennyson (son of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson) becomes Governor of SA."
"\BApr 11, \J1899\j\b - NSW Legislative Council enlarged by 12 new members favourable to federation (including the first Labour members), in order to gain approval for a further referendum on federation."
"\BApr 24, \J1899\j\b - Iron clipper \ILoch Sloy\b\i wrecked on Kangaroo Is., SA; 30 lives lost."
"\BApr 29, \J1899\j\b - SA begins the second round of referendums on federation: 65,900 vote in favour; 17,053 against."
"\BApr 23, \J1900\j\b - Contingents of Imperial Bushmen begin leaving for South Africa."
"\BApr 25, \J1900\j\b - William Sandford blows in Australia's first open-hearth steel-making furnace at his Eskbank works in Lithgow, NSW."
"\BApr 07, \J1901\j\b - Missionary James Chalmers and ten others killed by natives of Goaribari Is. in the Gulf of Papua."
"\BApr 25, \J1901\j\b - Australian naval contingent returns to Sydney from China."
"\BApr 17, \J1901\j\b - Eugen von Gu\'e9rard died (89)."
"\BApr 09, \J1903\j\b - Liberal Democrat W. B. Propsting forms a ministry in Tas. following an election in which Premier Lewis and four ministers lose their seats and three Labour candidates are elected."
"\BApr 15, \J1903\j\b - Electric trams begin running in Bendigo (to \J1972\j)."
"\BApr 21, \J1904\j\b - Deakin government defeated in the House of Representatives on an amendment to the Arbitration Bill; Deakin resigns (22nd)."
"\BApr 27, \J1904\j\b - J. C. Watson forms a minority Labour government (the first federal Labour ministry)."
"\BApr 07, \J1904\j\b - Roland Wilson born"
"\BApr 08, \J1904\j\b - John Antill born (û \J1986\j)."
"\BApr 01, \J1905\j\b - Paul Hasluck born (û \J1993\j)."
"\BApr 02, \J1906\j\b - First issue of the \ISocialist\i\b, edited by Tom Mann, published in Melbourne."
"\BApr 16, \J1906\j\b - William Farrer died (61)."
"\BApr 08, \J1907\j\b - Wireless telegraphy first used between ships in Australian waters: German mail steamer \IBremen\i\b to HMS \IEncounter\i\b in Port Jackson notifying arrival time in Sydney."
"\BApr 09, \J1907\j\b - Hubert Murray becomes Acting Administrator of Papua. (Appointed Lt-Governor on 27 Nov. 1908.)"
"\BApr 20, \J1908\j\b - Two trains filled with holidaymakers collide at Sunshine, Vic; 44 killed and more than 400 injured."
"\BApr 27, \J1908\j\b - Cyclone hits a pearling fleet at Eighty Mile Beach, WA, causing the loss of more than 50 lives."
"\BApr 05, \J1909\j\b - Cyclone at Onslow, WA; four luggers and 24 lives lost."
"\BApr 04, \J1909\j\b - R. W. Askin born (û \J1981\j)."
"\BApr 09, \J1909\j\b - Robert Helpman(n). born (û \J1986\j)."
"\BApr 18, \J1909\j\b - Archbishop William Saumarez Smith died (73)."
"\BApr 02, \J1910\j\b - Labor wins a majority in SA elections. (When parliament resumes, John Verran forces A. H. Peake's resignation and forms SA's first Labor government on 3 June.)"
"\BApr 13, \J1910\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate; Labor obtains a clear-cut majority in both houses; Andrew Fisher again becomes Prime Minister (29th)."
"\BApr 13, \J1910\j\b - Referendum on a proposal for the Commonwealth to take over state debts carried; another, to incorporate the financial agreement into the Constitution, rejected."
"\BApr 03, \J1910\j\b - Catherine Helen Spence died (84)."
"\BApr 03, \J1911\j\b - First Commonwealth census held."
"\BApr 04, \J1911\j\b - HMAS \IWarrego\i\b launched in Sydney, having been assembled at Cockatoo Island Dockyard from parts prefabricated in Britain."
"\BApr 26, \J1911\j\b - Referendums on extending Commonwealth powers over trade and commerce and the control of monopolies rejected."
"\BApr 25, \J1912\j\b - HMAS \ITingira\i\b (formerly the clipper and reformatory ship \ISobraon\i\b) commissioned as a training ship for boys in Sydney."
"\BApr 25, \J1912\j\b - û J. A. Gilruth arrives in Darwin to take up his post as Administrator of the NT."
"\BApr 02, \J1913\j\b - First sale of town sites at Leeton, NSW."
"\BApr 06, \J1914\j\b - John Earle becomes Premier of Tas. for the second time."
"\BApr 11, \J1914\j\b - G. J. Coles opens a nothing over a shilling store in Collingwood, Melbourne."
"\BApr 18, \J1914\j\b - Victorian Farmers' Union formed. (Later becomes the Country Party.)"
"\BApr 03, \J1915\j\b - Crawford Vaughan replaces A. H. Peake as Premier of SA."
"\BApr 20, \J1915\j\b - First Australian Flying Corps unit leaves for Mesopotamia."
"\BApr 25, \J1915\j\b - Anzacs and other Allied forces land at Gallipoli."
"\BApr 30, \J1915\j\b - Submarine \IAE2\i\b lost in the Sea of Marmara; crew captured."
"\BApr 19, \J1915\j\b - Dorian le Gallienne born (û \J1963\j)."
"\BApr 15, \J1916\j\b - Sir Walter Lee replaces John Earle as Premier of Tas."
"\BApr 25, \J1916\j\b - Anzac Day first celebrated."
"\BApr 09, \J1916\j\b - John Norton died (58)."
"\BApr 10, \J1916\j\b - J. J. Hilder died (34)."
"\BApr 26, \J1916\j\b - Morris West born"
"\BApr 11, \J1917\j\b - First Battle of Bullecourt, on the Hindenberg Line; 3,000 Australian casualties."
"\BApr 19, \J1917\j\b - Second Battle of Gaza."
"\BApr 19, \J1917\j\b - û Vestey's meatworks opens in Darwin. (Closes \J1919\j.)"
"\BApr 22, \J1917\j\b - Sidney Nolan born (û \J1992\j)."
"\BApr 08, \J1918\j\b - Warrnambool, Vic., proclaimed a city."
"\BApr 24, \J1918\j\b - Hughes and Navy Minister Joseph Cook leave Australia to attend the Imperial Conference in London; W. A. Watt becomes Acting Prime Minister."
"\BApr 25, \J1918\j\b - Australian troops in France recapture Villers-Bretonneux."
"\BApr 25, \J1918\j\b - û Repatriation Commission set up."
"\BApr 17, \J1919\j\b - Hal Colebatch, MLC, replaces H. B. Lefroy as Premier of WA."
"\BApr 08, \J1920\j\b - Sir Henry Barwell becomes Premier of SA following the death of A. H. Peake."
"\BApr 04, \J1921\j\b - John Lysaght begins producing galvanised sheet steel at Newcastle."
"\BApr 05, \J1921\j\b - Earle Page elected permanent leader of the Country Party."
"\BApr 11, \J1921\j\b - Bert Hinkler flies from Sydney to Bundaberg, Qld, non-stop in 8╜ hours, breaking his own long-distance flying record."
"\BApr 21, \J1921\j\b - Australia's first Rotary Club founded in Melbourne."
"\BApr 13, \J1921\j\b - Max Harris born (-\J1995\j)."
"\BApr 06, \J1924\j\b - S. J. Goble and I. E. McIntyre leave Point Cook, Vic., in a Fairey 111D seaplane to make the first round-Australia flight (to 19 May)."
"\BApr 07, \J1924\j\b - Longest recorded period in Australia of above-century temperatures (over 37.8░C)ù161 days (from 30 Oct. \J1923\j), at Marble Bar, WAùcomes to an end."
"\BApr 12, \J1924\j\b - HMAS \IAustralia\i\b is sunk with naval honours off Sydney Heads in agreement with the terms of the Washington disarmament treaty."
"\BApr 16, \J1924\j\b - John Gunn becomes Premier of SA and Phillip Collier Premier of WA following Labor victories in both state elections."
"\BApr 26, \J1924\j\b - SS \ICity of Singapore\i\b, carrying petrol, catches fire at Port Adelaide; three firemen killed and ten others injured."
"\BApr 28, \J1924\j\b - Sir Alexander Peacock replaces H. S. W. Lawson as Premier of Vic."
"\BApr 03, \J1925\j\b - May Holman wins a by-election for the state seat of Forrest, WA, and becomes the first Labor woman to sit in an Australian parliament."
"\BApr 25, \J1925\j\b - Australian War Memorial founded in Canberra. (Building not completed and open to the public until \J1941\j.)"
"\BApr 20, \J1925\j\b - Rose Scott died (77)."
"\BApr 02, \J1926\j\b - SS \IDorrigo\b\i sinks off Double Island Point, Qld; 22 lives lost; captain and his son rescued after 34 hours on a raft."
"\BApr 02, \J1926\j\b - Jack Brabham born"
"\BApr 27, \J1926\j\b - Ada Cambridge died (81)."
"\BApr 04, \J1929\j\b - Dam on the Cascade River, Tas., bursts after heavy rain, flooding Derby town and tin mines and causing the deaths of 14 people."
"\BApr 27, \J1929\j\b - \IKookaburra,\b\i an aircraft that had gone searching for the \ISouthern Cross,\b\i is found with its crew, Keith Anderson and H. S. Hitchcock, dead from thirst."
"\BApr 29, \J1929\j\b - Peter Sculthorpe born"
"\BApr 02, \J1930\j\b - Sir Isaac Isaacs succeeds Sir Adrian Knox as Chief Justice of the High Court."
"\BApr 05, \J1930\j\b - Labor wins office in SA; L. L. Hill becomes Premier for the second time (17th)."
"\BApr 08, \J1930\j\b - Brisbane City Hall officially opened."
"\BApr 24, \J1930\j\b - Sir James Mitchell forms a coalition ministry in WA."
"\BApr 30, \J1930\j\b - Radio telephone service between Australia and the UK inaugurated."
"\BApr 02, \J1931\j\b - Burns Philp ship \IMalabar\b\i wrecked at Long Bay, Sydney."
"\BApr 23, \J1931\j\b - Government Savings Bank of NSW ceases operations following heavy withdrawals by depositors fearing reduction of interest or repudiation. (Absorbed by the Commonwealth Savings Bank in Dec.)"
"\BApr 23, \J1931\j\b - First experimental Australia-England airmail leaves Melbourne."
"\BApr 26, \J1931\j\b - John Cain born"
"\BApr 05, \J1932\j\b - Phar Lap dies in California."
"\BApr 06, \J1932\j\b - High Court upholds the validity of the Commonwealth legislation (challenged by Lang) to recover money not paid by NSW."
"\BApr 12, \J1932\j\b - Lang directs NSW government departments to pay revenue directly to the Treasury in cash."
"\BApr 27, \J1932\j\b - Sir Adrian Knox died (68)"
"\BApr 08, \J1933\j\b - Elections held in SA and WA; Liberal and Country League wins office in SA, R. L. Butler becoming Premier for the second time (18th); Labor wins in WA, Phillip Collier again becoming Premier (24th)."
"\BApr 08, \J1933\j\b - In a compulsory referendum, WA votes heavily in favour of seceding from the Commonwealth. (House of Commons rejects a submission, and the issue eventually lapses.)"
"\BApr 15, \J1933\j\b - A. G. Stephens died (67)."
"\BApr 11, \J1934\j\b - Charles Ulm in the aircraft \IFaith in Australia\b\i carries the first airmail from Australia to NZ."
"\BApr 17, \J1934\j\b - Commonwealth Arbitration Court rescinds the 10% wage cut of \J1931\j but abolishes the 'Powers three shillings' and adopts the 'C' series index to set a new 'needs' basic wage."
"\BApr 02, \J1935\j\b - A. A. Dunstan forms Vic.'s first Country Party government, with Labor support."
"\BApr 25, \J1935\j\b - A recently captured shark on exhibition at Coogee Aquarium in Sydney disgorges the arm of a man identified by tattoos as missing ex-boxer James Smith. (A criminal associate suspected of murdering Smith implicates Smith's former employer, Reginald Holmes. Holmes is shot dead the day before Smith's inquest. Neither murder is ever solved.)"
"\BApr 11, \J1935\j\b - Rosa Campbell Praed died (84)."
"\BApr 01, \J1937\j\b - First Police-Citizens Boy's Club opens in Woolloomooloo, Sydney."
"\BApr 11, \J1937\j\b - Darwin Town Council disbanded. (Re-established in \J1951\j.)"
"\BApr 15, \J1937\j\b - Harold Nossiter and his two sons, the first Australians to sail a yacht round the world, arrive back in Sydney in their yacht \ISirius\b\i (having set out on 14 July \J1935\j.)"
"\BApr 20, \J1937\j\b - Regular airmail service begins between Australia and America."
"\BApr 20, \J1938\j\b - Betty Cuthbert born"
"\BApr 22, \J1938\j\b - Alan Bond born"
"\BApr 07, \J1939\j\b - J. A. Lyons dies suddenly; Sir Earle Page becomes caretaker Prime Minister."
"\BApr 18, \J1939\j\b - Menzies elected leader of the UAP; Page (having failed to obtain the return of S. M. Bruce to federal politics) announces that the Country Party would not participate in a government led by Menzies."
"\BApr 26, \J1939\j\b - Menzies becomes Prime Minister and forms a new ministry."
"\BApr 07, \J1939\j\b - J. A. Lyons died (59) and Brett Whiteley born (û \J1992\j)."
"\BApr 17, \J1940\j\b - \IQueen Mary\i\b arrives at Sydney as a troop carrier."
"\BApr 18, \J1940\j\b - Six federal MPs, led by J. A. Beasley, break away from the ALP and form the Non-Communist Labor Party."
"\BApr 30, \J1940\j\b - TEAL begins a flying-boat service between Sydney and Auckland."
"\BApr 01, \J1941\j\b - \IQueen Elizabeth\i\b, the world's biggest passenger ship, arrives in Sydney on a troop-carrying mission."
"\BApr 07, \J1941\j\b - Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) formed."
"\BApr 07, \J1941\j\b - Work begins on a military road from Mount Isa to Tennant Creek. (Completed May \J1943\j.)"
"\BApr 10, \J1941\j\b - Siege of Tobruk begins, pinning down the 9th Divisionùthe Rats of Tobruk. (Relieved, Aug.ûNov.)"
"\BApr 25, \J1941\j\b - Australian troops withdraw from Greece to Crete (to 2nd May)."
"\BApr 10, \J1942\j\b - Destroyer HMAS \IVampire\i\b sunk off Ceylon."
"\BApr 18, \J1942\j\b - MacArthur takes up his post as Supreme Commander, South-West Pacific Area, with headquarters in Melbourne; Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey in command of Allied land forces."
"\BApr 18, \J1942\j\b - û Civil Constructional Corps formed."
"\BApr 15, \J1943\j\b - Pay-as-you-earn taxation introduced with deductions spread over the year."
"\BApr 15, \J1943\j\b - Prices of all goods and services pegged at current levels."
"\BApr 15, \J1944\j\b - Fred Paterson, the only Communist to be elected to an Australian parliament, wins the seat of Bowen in the Qld state election. (Cooper government re-elected.)"
"\BApr 15, \J1944\j\b - News appears on the front page of the \ISydney Morning Herald\i\b for the first time (in place of advertisements)."
"\BApr 17, \J1944\j\b - All Sydney daily newspapers (and the Melbourne \IHerald\i\b and Adelaide \INews\i\b) suppressed by the censor for defying censorship regulations. (Censorship relaxed on 19 May after a High Court injunction and a conference of the parties.)"
"\BApr 24, \J1944\j\b - Australian forces reoccupy Madang."
"\BApr 29, \J1944\j\b - Playford government re-elected in SA in the first election under compulsory voting."
"\BApr 25, \J1945\j\b - H. V. Evatt and F. M. Forde represent Australia at the 50-nation United Nations Conference on International Organisation in San Francisco (to 26 June)."
"\BApr 11, \J1946\j\b - Weekly magazine the \IAustralasian\i\b becomes the \IAustralasian Post\i\b."
"\BApr 17, \J1946\j\b - Wagga Wagga, NSW, proclaimed a city."
"\BApr 01, \J1947\j\b - D. R. McLarty forms a coalition government in WA following Labor's defeat in the election on 15 Mar. Florence Cardell-Oliver, appointed minister without portfolio, becomes the first woman to hold cabinet rank in Australia."
"\BApr 02, \J1948\j\b - Customs Dept bond store in Waterloo, Sydney, burnt out."
"\BApr 25, \J1949\j\b - û Ten thousand people attend a meeting of the Australian Peace Congress in Melbourne addressed by the Dean of Canterbury, Dr Hewlett Johnson."
"\BApr 27, \J1950\j\b - Communist Party Dissolution Bill introduced into federal parliament. (Passed by both houses; receives royal assent 20 Oct.)"
"\BApr 24, \J1951\j\b - Australian forces in Korea halt the Chinese advance at Kapyong."
"\BApr 26, \J1951\j\b - R. G. Casey replaces Percy Spender as Minister for External Affairs; Spender becomes ambassador in Washington."
"\BApr 28, \J1951\j\b - Election for federal parliament; Menzies government returned to office with a reduced majority in the lower house but with control of the Senate."
"\BApr 18, \J1951\j\b - Daisy Bates died (87)."
"\BApr 01, \J1952\j\b - Agreement between Commonwealth and SA governments and the Combined Development Agency of the UK and USA on development of uranium deposits at Radium Hill, SA."
"\BApr 03, \J1952\j\b - J. J. Cahill becomes Premier of NSW following the resignation of James McGirr."
"\BApr 18, \J1952\j\b - Sir Owen Dixon succeeds Sir John Latham as Chief Justice of the High Court."
"\BApr 29, \J1953\j\b - Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia established as separate body."
"\BApr 03, \J1954\j\b - Vladimir Petrov defects from the Soviet Embassy in Canberra and seeks political asylum in Australia."
"\BApr 13, \J1954\j\b - Prime Minister Menzies informs parliament of Petrov's defection and announces that a royal commission will be held into Soviet espionage in Australia."
"\BApr 07, \J1955\j\b - ALP Vic. executive expels 104 Industrial Group members of the party, including 18 members of the Vic. parliament and six members of the House of Representatives, who subsequently form the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), later the Democratic Labor Party."
"\BApr 29, \J1955\j\b - Catholic bishops and archbishops issue a joint pastoral attacking communism in unions and criticising the withdrawal by the ALP of official recognition of the Industrial Groups."
"\BApr 07, \J1956\j\b - Hawke government re-elected in WA."
"\BApr 24, \J1957\j\b - Qld central executive of the ALP expels Premier V. C. Gair from the party."
"\BApr 26, \J1957\j\b - Gair and his supporters form the Queensland Labor Party."
"\BApr 29, \J1957\j\b - Commonwealth Arbitration Commission increases the basic wage by ten shillings a week and decides to institute an annual review."
"\BApr 03, \J1958\j\b - Cyclone damages or destroys nearly every building in Bowen, Qld."
"\BApr 15, \J1958\j\b - Monash University, Melbourne, established by act of parliament."
"\BApr 08, \J1958\j\b - Ethel Turner died (88)."
"\BApr 02, \J1959\j\b - Raymond Longford died (80?)."
"\BApr 21, \J1960\j\b - New Commonwealth Police Force, incorporating the Peace Officers and the Commonwealth Investigation Service, begins operations."
"\BApr 22, \J1960\j\b - Severe floods in the Derwent Valley, Tas. (to 23rd); Hobart business basements under water and houses swept away."
"\BApr 10, \J1960\j\b - Arthur Benjamin died (66)."
"\BApr 20, \J1961\j\b - C series retail price index discontinued."
"\BApr 29, \J1961\j\b - NSW votes at referendum to retain the Legislative Council."
"\BApr 01, \J1961\j\b - Sir David Rivett died (75)."
"\BApr 09, \J1962\j\b - Co-axial cable telephone link opened between Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney."
"\BApr 10, \J1962\j\b - Tax clearances no longer required by people travelling overseas."
"\BApr 12, \J1962\j\b - \ISouthern Aurora\i\b leaves Sydney on its first run to Melbourne, inaugurating the through-train passenger service between the two capitals."
"\BApr 28, \J1963\j\b - Wreckage of the Dutch ship \IVergulde Draeck\i\b, lost in 1656, found by skindivers about 95 km north of Perth."
"\BApr 28, \J1963\j\b - û Comalco begins full-scale mining of bauxite at Weipa on Cape York Peninsula."
"\BApr 08, \J1964\j\b - Opening of the Moonie-to-Brisbane oil pipeline marks the beginning of production on Australia's first commercial oilfield."
"\BApr 12, \J1964\j\b - Rev. Ted Noffs opens the Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross, Sydney."
"\BApr 27, \J1964\j\b - Sir Garfield Barwick resigns from parliament to become Chief Justice of the High Court. (Paul Hasluck replaces him as Foreign Minister.)"
"\BApr 29, \J1964\j\b - J. B. Renshaw becomes Premier of NSW following the retirement of R. J. Heffron."
"\BApr 29, \J1965\j\b - Menzies announces the government's decision to send a combat force to Vietnam following a request from Saigon for more military aid."
"\BApr 01, \J1965\j\b - Helena Rubinstein died (93)."
"\BApr 10, \J1965\j\b - Archbishop Sir James Duhig died (93)."
"\BApr 24, \J1966\j\b - Andrew Peacock wins the by-election for Menzies' vacated seat of Kooyong."
"\BApr 29, \J1967\j\b - Referendum held in northern NSW on a proposal to create a new state; majority opposed."
"\BApr 29, \J1967\j\b - Bolte government re-elected in Vic. with a 44-seat majority."
"\BApr 01, \J1968\j\b - Evangelist Billy Graham makes his second visit to Australia (to 28th)."
"\BApr 23, \J1968\j\b - Australia's first liver transplant performed at Sydney Hospital by a medical team headed by A. G. R. Sheil."
"\BApr 01, \J1969\j\b - First shipment of iron ore from Mount Newman, WA, leaves for Japan."
"\BApr 03, \J1969\j\b - Arrival of the container ship \IEncounter Bay\i\b in Sydney inaugurates the containerisation of sea cargo between Britain and Australia."
"\BApr 13, \J1969\j\b - Trams cease running in Brisbane."
"\BApr 30, \J1969\j\b - Sir Paul Hasluck succeeds Lord Casey as Governor-General."
"\BApr 21, \J1970\j\b - WA wheat farmer L. G. Casley declares his independence from the Commonwealth, naming his property the Hutt River Province and himself the Administrator (later Prince Leonard)."
"\BApr 27, \J1971\j\b - Yirrkala Aborigines lose their two-year legal battle for land rights at Gove, NT, site of Nabalco's bauxite mining project."
"\BApr 27, \J1971\j\b - û Five Power Defence Arrangements concluded by Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Britain."
"\BApr 27, \J1971\j\b - û Relics from the 1629 wreck \IBatavia\i\b recovered from Houtman Abrolhos, WA."
"\BApr 16, \J1972\j\b - Trams cease running in Bendigo."
"\BApr 22, \J1972\j\b - Labor sweeps back into office in Tas; Eric Reece again becomes Premier."
"\BApr 24, \J1972\j\b - WA appoints Australia's first ombudsman by legislation enacted in \J1971\j (SA in \J1972\j, Vic. \J1973\j, Qld \J1974\j, NSW \J1975\j, NT and Commonwealth \J1977\j, Tas. \J1979\j)."
"\BApr 21, \J1973\j\b - Sir Arthur Fadden died (78)."
"\BApr 06, \J1974\j\b - Sir Hudson Fysh died (79)."
"\BApr 23, \J1975\j\b - Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips visit Australia (to 6 May)."
"\BApr 30, \J1975\j\b - Arbitration Commission introduces wage indexation, providing quarterly (later half-yearly) adjustments to award wages in line with movements of the CPI."
"\BApr 01, \J1976\j\b - ISD telephone service introduced in Sydney, with direct dialling to 13 countries."
"\BApr 21, \J1976\j\b - Bandits steal $1.4 million in bookmakers' settlements from the Victorian Club in Melbourne."
"\BApr 28, \J1976\j\b - First of the Vietnamese 'boat people' refugees arrive in Darwin seeking asylum."
"\BApr 30, \J1976\j\b - Skeleton of Truganini cremated and (1 May) her ashes scattered on the waters of D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tas."
"\BApr 27, \J1977\j\b - Five nickel miners die at Agnew, WA, after falling 35 metres down the mine shaft in an ore bucket."
"\BApr 27, \J1977\j\b - û Robyn Davidson sets out from Alice Springs with four camels to travel overland to the west coast. (Arrives at Hamelin Pool, south of Carnarvon, WA, eight months later.)"
"\BApr 07, \J1978\j\b - Qld government abolishes Aurukun and Mornington Is. Aboriginal reserves to circumvent the federal government's plan to allow the communities to manage themselves."
"\BApr 03, \J1979\j\b - Truck drivers blockade major NSW highways (to 12th) in protest against road taxes and cartage rates."
"\BApr 29, \J1979\j\b - Evangelist Billy Graham makes his third crusade in Australia (to 21 May)."
"\BApr 30, \J1980\j\b - Japanese company Mitsubishi takes over Chrysler Australia Ltd."
"\BApr 12, \J1981\j\b - Prince Charles visits Australia (to 28th)."
"\BApr 15, \J1981\j\b - Andrew Peacock resigns from federal cabinet, accusing Prime Minister Fraser of gross disloyalty. "
"\BApr 29, \J1981\j\b - Sixteen patients die in a fire in a nursing home at Sylvania, Sydney."
"\BApr 30, \J1981\j\b - Federal government Razor Gang institutes cuts in spending on public services and instrumentalities."
"\BApr 30, \J1981\j\b - û Public funding of election campaigns becomes law in NSW."
"\BApr 03, \J1982\j\b - Labor elected to government in Vic., ending 27 years of Liberal rule; John Cain (son of former Premier John Cain) becomes Premier."
"\BApr 16, \J1982\j\b - Archbishop John Grindrod appointed Anglican Primate of Australia, to succeed Sir Marcus Loane."
"\BApr 19, \J1982\j\b - Health Minister Michael McKellar and Minister for Customs John Moore resign from the ministry following McKellar's failure to declare and pay duty on a colour television set."
"\BApr 22, \J1982\j\b - Fred Williams died (55)."
"\BApr 11, \J1983\j\b - National Economic Summit held in Canberra (to 14th)."
"\BApr 22, \J1983\j\b - Soviet Embassy first secretary Valeriy Ivanov expelled for alleged spying."
"\BApr 27, \J1983\j\b - Archbishop Edward Clancy succeeds Cardinal Sir James Freeman as Catholic Archbishop of Sydney."
"\BApr 01, \J1984\j\b - Stockbroking industry deregulated."
"\BApr 06, \J1984\j\b - Cocos Islands vote for integration with Australia."
"\BApr 15, \J1984\j\b - Family Court in Parramatta extensively damaged by a bomb explosion."
"\BApr 19, \J1984\j\b - Advance Australia Fair proclaimed as Australia's official national anthem and green and gold as Australia's national colours."
"\BApr 01, \J1985\j\b - Mary Beasley becomes SA's Ombudsman (the first female ombudsman in Australia). (Resigns in Oct.)"
"\BApr 18, \J1985\j\b - Duke and Duchess of Kent visit Australia (to 25th)."
"\BApr 26, \J1985\j\b - High Court judge Lionel Murphy is committed for trial on two charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice. (Found guilty, 5 July; sentenced to 18 months' gaol, 3 Sept., sentence not to be enforced until appeal heard; granted new trial by NSW Court of Appeal and previous conviction set aside, 28 Nov.)"
"\BApr 28, \J1985\j\b - Nuclear Disarmament Party splits when 35 members, including the NDP's only parliamentary representative, walk out of the national conference."
"\BApr 02, \J1985\j\b - Dame Doris Fitton died (87)."
"\BApr 15, \J1985\j\b - Sir Raphael Cilento died (91)."
"\BApr 11, \J1986\j\b - Builders' Labourers Federation deregistered following an Arbitration Commission findings of serious industrial misconduct by the BLF."
"\BApr 14, \J1986\j\b - Second trial of High Court judge Lionel Murphy begins in Sydney. (Jury acquits Murphy, 28th.)"
"\BApr 16, \J1986\j\b - James Bazley convicted of conspiring to murder Griffith anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay and sentenced to life imprisonment."
"\BApr 20, \J1986\j\b - \IQueenslander\i\b train begins running between Brisbane and Cairns."
"\BApr 04, \J1986\j\b - Sir Laurence Hartnett died (87)."
"\BApr 28, \J1987\j\b - Dick Smith becomes the first person to reach the North Pole by a solo helicopter flight."
"\BApr 28, \J1987\j\b - û Legionnaires' disease breaks out in the Wollongong district. (Forty-five confirmed cases and nine deaths by July.)"
"\BApr 19, \J1988\j\b - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive at Perth to begin a three-week visit to five states."
"\BApr 29, \J1988\j\b - Stockman's Hall of Fame, at Longreach, Qld, opened by the Queen."
"\BApr 30, \J1988\j\b - World Expo 88 opens in Brisbane (to 30 Oct.)."
"\BApr 04, \J1989\j\b - Cyclone Aivu causes extensive damage, one death and dozens of injuries in the Burdekin area of north Qld."
"\BApr 18, \J1990\j\b - Martin Ferguson succeeds Simon Crean as president of the ACTU."
"\BApr 19, \J1990\j\b - Canberra CAE becomes the University of Canberra."
"\BApr 22, \J1990\j\b - All 4,000 residents of Charleville, Qld, evacuated as floods cover vast tracts of eastern Australia."
"\BApr 23, \J1990\j\b - Nyngan, NSW, inundated."
"\BApr 03, \J1991\j\b - Communist newspaper \ITribune\b\i (first published in \J1932\j) published for the last time."
"\BApr 07, \J1991\j\b - \ISunday Herald-Sun\b\i replaces \ISunday Herald\b\i and \ISunday Sun\b\i in Melbourne."
"\BApr 18, \J1991\j\b - Bell Group, corporate flagship of Robert Holmes α Court until bought by Bond Corp. in \J1988\j, collapses with debts of $910 million."
"\BApr 19, \J1991\j\b - ACTU dumps centralised wage fixing in favour of wage increase plus superannuation and freedom to negotiate additional pay rises under enterprise bargaining."
"\BApr 29, \J1991\j\b - Former WA Premier Brian Burke resigns as ambassador to Ireland after revealing to the WA Inc. royal commission that he was controlling donations to the ALP while in Dublin."
"\BApr 06, \J1991\j\b - Bill Ponsford died (90)."
"\BApr 12, \J1992\j\b - Brisbane's \ISunday Sun\b\i published for the last time."
