"\BAug 12, \J1788\j\b - White and Asst Surgeon William Balmain fight a duel; both slightly wounded."
"\BAug 07, \J1789\j\b - Police force composed of 12 of the best-behaved convicts formed to carry out a night watch in Sydney."
"\BAug 20, \J1789\j\b - Colonial Office instructs Phillip to make land grants to marines and to assign convicts as servants."
"\BAug 01, \J1791\j\b - \IMatilda,\b\i first of the Third Fleet transports, arrives at Port Jackson with 205 convicts."
"\BAug 03, \J1791\j\b - Captain William Bligh leaves England in HMS \IProvidence\b\i with the brig \IAssistant\b\i (Lt Nathaniel Portlock) on a second voyage to obtain breadfruit and to explore Torres Strait."
"\BAug 18, \J1791\j\b - Jervis Bay entered and named by Lt Richard Bowen in the transport \IAtlantic."
"\BAug 20, \J1791\j\b - \IAtlantic\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 202 convicts, including Simeon Lord."
"\BAug 21, \J1791\j\b - \ISalamander\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 155 convicts."
"\BAug 28, \J1791\j\b - \IWilliam and Ann\b\i (Eber Bunker) arrives at Port Jackson with 181 convicts. HMS \IPandora\b\i wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef near Torres Strait; 35 drowned, including 4 \IBounty\b\i mutineers; 99 set out in four open boats to sail to Timor."
"\BAug 04, \J1791\j\b - Henry Savery born (-\J1842\j)"
"\BAug 07, \J1793\j\b - Bligh arrives back in England with \IProvidence\b\i and \IAssistant."
"\BAug 07, \J1793\j\b - Boddingtons\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 144 Irish convicts."
"\BAug 20, \J1794\j\b - Henry Hacking leads an expedition to try to find a way over the Blue Mountains. (Returns 27th.)"
"\BAug 26, \J1795\j\b - HMS \IProvidence\b\i (W. R. Broughton), bound for survey work in the Pacific, arrives at Port Jackson with four survivors of the party of convicts who escaped in Sept. \J1790\j, picked up at Port Stephens."
"\BAug 01, \J1797\j\b - Soldiers aboard the transport \ILady Shore\b\i (carrying 66 female and two male convicts as well as three officers and 70 men of the NSW Corps) mutiny, kill the captain and mate, set 'loyalists' adrift, and sail the ship to Montevideo (where the ship is impounded)."
"\BAug 05, \J1797\j\b - George Bass makes a voyage to the south coast (to 13th) with one of the \ISydney Cove\b\i survivors to examine the reported coal seams; finds coal at present-day Coalcliff."
"\BAug 02, \J1799\j\b - Flinders examines and charts Hervey Bay (to 7th). (Returns to Sydney 20th.)"
"\BAug 25, \J1799\j\b - John Dunmore Lang born (-\J1878\j)."
"\BAug 08, \J1801\j\b - Female Orphan School opened in Sydney by Samuel Marsden under Gov. King's patronage."
"\BAug 26, \J1801\j\b - Balmain leaves Sydney in the \IAlbion\b\i to return to England; Surgeon John Harris replaces him as Naval Officer."
"\BAug 28, \J1801\j\b - \IVenus\b\i (Charles Bishop) arrives at Port Jackson, carrying part-owner George Bass."
"\BAug 05, \J1802\j\b - Flinders discovers Port Curtis and (21st) Port Bowen."
"\BAug 25, \J1803\j\b - John Dunmore Lang born (-\J1878\j)."
"\BAug 09, \J1804\j\b - Settlement at Risdon Cove abandoned; most of the establishment, including Bowen, return to Sydney in the \IOcean."
"\BAug 06, \J1806\j\b - \ILady Madelaine Sinclair,\b\i carrying William Bligh as Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief, and William Gore as Provost-Marshal, arrives at Port Jackson, escorted by HMS \IPorpoise."
"\BAug 13, \J1806\j\b - Bligh assumes office as Governor, replacing Philip Gidley King."
"\BAug 15, \J1806\j\b - King embarks on the \IBuffalo\b\i but collapses, and his departure is delayed for six months."
"\BAug 20, \J1806\j\b - \IAlexander\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 56 convicts, including Solomon Wiseman."
"\BAug 21, \J1806\j\b - With provisions at Hobart almost exhausted, prisoners are permitted to hunt kangaroos."
"\BAug 02, \J1807\j\b - William Blue advertises in the \ISydney Gazette\b\i as a licensed ferryman on Sydney Harbour."
"\BAug 11, \J1807\j\b - Simeon Lord, Henry Kable, and James Underwood are fined and gaoled for a month by Bligh for 'writing a letter in improper terms' seeking permission to tranship goods without unloading them."
"\BAug 16, \J1808\j\b - Foveaux asks Paterson to come to Sydney immediately or send a plan for the government of the colony."
"\BAug 14, \J1809\j\b - \IBoyd\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 134 Irish convicts and a detachment of the 73rd Regiment."
"\BAug 18, \J1809\j\b - \IIndispensable\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 61 female convicts; passengers include asst. chaplain William Cowper and family (including son Charles)."
"\BAug 14, \J1810\j\b - Angus McMillan born (-\J1865\j)."
"\BAug 16, \J1813\j\b - P. E. Warburton born (û \J1889\j)."
"\BAug 02, \J1814\j\b - Court of Civil Jurisdiction dissolved and (12th) Governor's Court and Supreme Court established."
"\BAug 22, \J1814\j\b - Russian ship \IGeneral Suvorov\i\b at Port Jackson (to 11 Sept.)."
"\BAug 23, \J1814\j\b - J. P. Fawkner sentenced to 500 lashes and three years' gaol for helping convicts to escape from Hobart."
"\BAug 31, \J1814\j\b - Arthur Phillip died (75)."
"\BAug 08, \J1815\j\b - Crown Solicitor Frederick Garling arrives in Sydney in the \IFrances and\b \IEliza."
"\BAug 10, \J1815\j\b - First Wesleyan minister in Australia, Rev. Samuel Leigh, arrives in Sydney in the \IHebe\b\i to organise the Methodist Church in Australia."
"\BAug 05, \J1815\j\b - Edward John Eyre born (-\J1901\j)."
"\BAug 03, \J1817\j\b - First detachment of 48th (Northamptonshire) Regt, under Lt-Col. James Erskine, arrives in Sydney to replace the 46th Regt."
"\BAug 19, \J1817\j\b - Oxley reaches the locality of Wellington and names it Wellington Valley. (Returns along Macquarie River to Bathurst, 29 Aug.)"
"\BAug 25, \J1817\j\b - Edmund Blacket born (-\J1883\j)."
"\BAug 08, \J1818\j\b - Oxley reaches the Warrumbungle Ranges, discovers the Liverpool Plains (26th), and crosses the Peel River near site of Tamworth (2 Sept.)."
"\BAug 01, \J1819\j\b - A. C. Gregory born (-\J1905\j)."
"\BAug 27, \J1819\j\b - John Lewin died (49)."
"\BAug 12, \J1820\j\b - Australian Social Lodge, the first permanent masonic lodge in Australia, established in Sydney."
"\BAug 15, \J1820\j\b - Macquarie issues an order enforcing left-hand driving."
"\BAug 19, \J1820\j\b - Joseph Wild discovers Lake George and (21st) sights mountains he calls Snowy."
"\BAug 02, \J1822\j\b - Marsden and Dr James Hall try to induce convict servant Ann Rumsby to leave the house of Dr J. H. Douglass; she refuses; magistrates at Parramatta subsequently refuse to sit on the Bench with Douglass."
"\BAug 08, \J1822\j\b - First sale of Australian-grown tobacco leaf held in Sydney."
"\BAug 19, \J1822\j\b - Parramatta magistrates convict Ann Rumsby of perjury against Hall (superintendent surgeon of the ship on which she was transported) and sentence her to gaol at Port Macquarie."
"\BAug 23, \J1822\j\b - Brisbane dismisses Marsden, Hannibal Macarthur, and other magistrates and remits Rumsby's sentence."
"\BAug 31, \J1822\j\b - First part of Bigge's second report (on judicial system) submitted. (Second part submitted 2 Oct.)"
"\BAug 28, \J1822\j\b - Graham Berry born (-\J1904\j)."
"\BAug 29, \J1823\j\b - Headquarters and final detachment of the 3rd Regt (Buffs) arrives in the \ICommodore Hayes\b\i to replace the 48th Regt."
"\BAug 05, \J1824\j\b - Convict Alexander Pearce, who escaped twice from Macquarie Harbour and survived by eating his companions, is hanged in Hobart."
"\BAug 14, \J1824\j\b - Brisbane proclaims martial law in the Bathurst district following attacks by Aborigines. (Revoked, 11 Dec.)"
"\BAug 24, \J1824\j\b - Capt. J. J. G. Bremer in HMS \ITamar\b\i leaves Sydney to establish a settlement in northern Australia."
"\BAug 25, \J1824\j\b - First meeting of Legislative Council of NSW."
"\BAug 21, \J1826\j\b - Logan discovers the Logan River (Qld)."
"\BAug 21, \J1826\j\b - \fs19 29 Darling cancels tickets of occupation of land (from 1 Mar. \J1827\j) and substitutes grazing licences at ú1 per 100 acres."
"\BAug 06, \J1826\j\b - T. A. Browne ('Rolf Boldrewood') born (-\J1915\j)."
"\BAug 03, \J1828\j\b - Logan and Cunningham climb Mount Lindesay (now Mount Barney) and sight and name the Macpherson Range."
"\BAug 25, \J1828\j\b - Cunningham determines access to the Darling Downs through Cunningham's Gap."
"\BAug 26, \J1828\j\b - Capt. Henry Rous in the \IRainbow\b\i discovers and names the Richmond River, NSW."
"\BAug 12, \J1829\j\b - Site of Perth chosen. (Land sales in Perth and Fremantle begin on 5 Sept.)"
"\BAug 14, \J1829\j\b - Convicts seize the brig \ICyprus\b\i at Recherche Bay, Tas., and sail it to China."
"\BAug 15, \J1829\j\b - Foreign coins no longer accepted by the government."
"\BAug 21, \J1829\j\b - Legislative Council of NSW meets for the first time in the present Parliament House."
"\BAug 31, \J1829\j\b - Settlement at Raffles Bay closes down. (Most of the settlers move to the Swan River settlement.)"
"\BAug 01, \J1831\j\b - Free land grants discontinued in NSW and sale by auction introduced, with a minimum price of five shillings per acreùthe Ripon regulations. (Implemented in Tas. in June \J1831\j and in WA in Jan. \J1832\j.)"
"\BAug 01, \J1831\j\b - Guards on the convict transport \IEleanor\i\b in Sydney Harbour fire on the heavily ironed prisoners, killing two and wounding two."
"\BAug 01, \J1831\j\b - û Party of Aborigines led by Midgegoroo and Yagan kill a European near Melville Water, WA, in retaliation for the shooting of an Aboriginal. (No attempt is made to punish them.)"
"\BAug 05, \J1832\j\b - Large number of vine cuttings obtained by James Busby in France, Spain, and Portugal arrive in Sydney in the transport \ILady Harewood."
"\BAug 10, \J1832\j\b - \IRed Rover\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 202 female assisted migrants from Irish charitable institutions."
"\BAug 12, \J1832\j\b - Gov. Stirling leaves for London to place WA's problems before the British government."
"\BAug 18, \J1832\j\b - Savings Bank of New South Wales, established as a public concern by act\b\i of parliament (and taking over from Campbell's Bank) opens to receive deposits."
"\BAug 28, \J1833\j\b - Legislation passed in NSW providing for trial by jury in criminal cases. Legislation passed authorising the appointment of land commissioners to prevent unauthorised occupation of outlying Crown land by 'squatters'."
"\BAug 30, \J1833\j\b - \IAmphitrite,\b\i bound for Australia with 106 female convicts and 12 children, is driven ashore on the coast of France and 134 lives are lost, only three being saved."
"\BAug 01, \J1834\j\b - Passenger coach service begins between Sydney and Bathurst."
"\BAug 05, \J1834\j\b - Forbes Act passed in NSW, limiting and defining the rate of interest recoverable on borrowed money."
"\BAug 15, \J1834\j\b - Act for the establishment of the province of South Australia receives royal assent; land to be sold to finance migration; board of commissioners to be appointed."
"\BAug 15, \J1834\j\b - Barque \ICharles Eaton\b\i wrecked on the Barrier Reef. (Four men make their\b\i way in a boat to Amboina; natives murder remaining 27 except for the ship's boy, John Ireland, and a passenger's two-year-old child, William D'Oyley, whom they keep.)"
"\BAug 17, \J1834\j\b - Five of the\b\i '\b\i Tolpuddle Martyrs'ùJames Loveless, Thomas and John Standfield, James Hammett, and James Brineùarrive in Sydney after being sentenced to seven years' transportation for conspiring to raise wages 'by administering unlawful oaths'."
"\BAug 25, \J1834\j\b - Barque \IEdward Lombe\b\i wrecked on Middle Head when entering Sydney Harbour; 12 lives lost, 17 saved."
"\BAug 08, \J1835\j\b - \IEnterprise\b\i at Westernport (to 16th)."
"\BAug 26, \J1835\j\b - Gov. Bourke declares Batman's treaty invalid and the settlers at Port Phillip to be trespassers."
"\BAug 29, \J1835\j\b - \IEnterprise\b\i sails up the Yarra River and anchors at the site of Melbourne (an advance party having pitched tents there on 23 Aug.)."
"\BAug 03, \J1836\j\b - Bishop Broughton at a meeting of Protestants attacks Bourke's proposal for a national system of education favouring no Church."
"\BAug 11, \J1836\j\b - Rescue party, including 'wild white man' John Graham, leave Morton Bay to look for survivors of the \IStirling Castle;\b\i Graham finds two ship boys (13th) and the second mate (15th) and rescues Mrs Fraser (Capt. Fraser having died) from Aborigines (17th)."
"\BAug 20, \J1836\j\b - Col. William Light, Surveyor-General of SA, arrives at Kangaroo Is. to choose a site for the SA settlement."
"\BAug 29, \J1836\j\b - Mitchell arrives at Portland Bay and finds the Hentys there."
"\BAug 27, \J1836\j\b - W. C. Piguenit born (-\J1914\j)."
"\BAug 21, \J1837\j\b - Gov. Hindmarsh suspends Robert Gouger as Colonial Secretary of SA following a street fight between Gouger and Treasurer Gilles."
"\BAug 03, \J1838\j\b - Final report of the select committee on transportation criticises all forms of transportation and condemns assignment."
"\BAug 28, \J1838\j\b - Charles Sturt and party arrive at Adelaide with a mob of 300 cattle over-landed from NSW."
"\BAug 01, \J1839\j\b - Hunter River Steam Navigation Co. formed."
"\BAug 05, \J1839\j\b - Eyre leaves Port Lincoln to explore Eyre Peninsula. (Reaches Streaky Bay and returns to the head of Spencer Gulf.)"
"\BAug 04, \J1840\j\b - Runaway convict John Storry Baker ('Booralsha') gives himself up at Moreton Bay after living with Aborigines for 14 years."
"\BAug 14, \J1840\j\b - Eyre discovers Lake Eyre (thinking it to be part of Lake Torrens)."
"\BAug 19, \J1840\j\b - Adelaide incorporated as Australia's first municipality."
"\BAug 27, \J1841\j\b - Police and volunteers kill about 50 Aborigines in an encounter near the Rufus River, south-western NSW."
"\BAug 13, \J1841\j\b - Johnny Mullagh (Muarrinim) born (-\J1891\j)."
"\BAug 01, \J1843\j\b - New Legislative Council meets for the first time (ceremonial opening by Gipps on 3 Aug.); Alexander Macleay elected Speaker; W. C. Wentworth becomes natural leader of the non-official majority."
"\BAug 21, \J1843\j\b - Sir John Eardley-Wilmot arrives in Hobart to take office as Lt-Governor of Tas., Franklin having been recalled."
"\BAug 22, \J1843\j\b - Bushranger Martin Cash caught in Hobart. (Given death sentence, later commuted; pardoned in \J\J1853\j\j.)"
"\BAug 13, \J1844\j\b - Ludwig Leichhardt and party leave Sydney in the \ISovereign\b\i for Moreton Bay to begin an overland expedition to the far north."
"\BAug 15, \J1844\j\b - Charles Sturt sets out from Adelaide to explore inland Australia and investigate the existence of an inland sea."
"\BAug 04, \J1845\j\b - Emigrant ship \ICataraqui\b\i wrecked off King Is; only 9 of the 415 aboard survive."
"\BAug 18, \J1845\j\b - Sturt discovers and names Strzelecki Creek."
"\BAug 20, \J1845\j\b - Leichhardt discovers and names the Nicholson River."
"\BAug 20, \J1845\j\b - Sturt crosses Cooper's Creek, which he later names."
"\BAug 26, \J1845\j\b - J. C. Williamson born (-\J1913\j)."
"\BAug 02, \J1846\j\b - Sir Charles FitzRoy arrives in Sydney and next day takes up his appointment as Governor of NSW."
"\BAug 03, \J1846\j\b - Hutchins School opens in Hobart."
"\BAug 06, \J1846\j\b - John Price replaces Joseph Childs as commandant on Norfolk Is."
"\BAug 18, \J1846\j\b - Alexander Berry's ship \ICoolangatta\b\i wrecked on the coast south of Moreton Bay which now bears the ship's name."
"\BAug 28, \J1846\j\b - Sale of Waste Lands Act passed in UK, offering squatters long leases in unsettled districts and other privileges."
"\BAug 22, \J1847\j\b - John Forrest born (-\J1918\j)."
"\BAug 02, \J1848\j\b - Sir Henry Fox Young replaces F. H. Robe as Governor of SA."
"\BAug 12, \J1848\j\b - Capt. Charles Fitzgerald replaces F. C. Irwin as Governor of WA."
"\BAug 08, \J1849\j\b - Convict ship \IRandolph\i\b arrives at Port Phillip; La Trobe orders it to sail on to Sydney."
"\BAug 20, \J1849\j\b - \IRandolph\i\b arrives at Port Jackson; FitzRoy sends the convicts to Moreton Bay. (All subsequent convict ships sent direct to Moreton Bay.)"
"\BAug 24, \J1849\j\b - Cooma, NSW, proclaimed a village site."
"\BAug 24, \J1849\j\b - û Ben Boyd's Royal Bank closes. (Subsequently liquidated.)"
"\BAug 05, \J1850\j\b - Australian Colonies Government Act receives royal assent in Britainùprovides for the separation from NSW of the Port Phillip district, to be known as Victoria, and for the eventual self-government of the Australian colonies."
"\BAug 08, \J1851\j\b - Gold discovered in the Buninyong Range, near Ballarat."
"\BAug 20, \J1851\j\b - New SA Legislative Council, with 16 of the 24 members elected, meets for the first time. (Discontinues state aid to religion, 29th.)"
"\BAug 20, \J1851\j\b - û Most extensive flooding of the Torrens since the founding of SA."
"\BAug 20, \J1851\j\b - û Gold discovered at Araluen, NSW, and near Daylesford and Bendigo, Vic., and a rush begins to Hill End, NSW."
"\BAug 03, \J1852\j\b - Gold discovered in the Ovens Valley, Vic."
"\BAug 10, \J1852\j\b - Glen Innes, NSW, proclaimed a town site. (First land sales June \J1855\j.)"
"\BAug 25, \J1852\j\b - First sale of land at Ballarat, Vic. (Proclaimed a municipality 17 Dec. \J1855\j.)"
"\BAug 01, \J1853\j\b - Vic. miners petition La Trobe for a reduction of licence fee, representation on Legislative Council, and release of land."
"\BAug 10, \J1853\j\b - Meeting held at the Royal Hotel, Sydney, to protest against Wentworth's proposal for a hereditary nobility."
"\BAug 11, \J1853\j\b - Frigate \IMadagascar\i\b leaves Melbourne for London with 70,000 oz of gold and is not seen again."
"\BAug 15, \J1853\j\b - At a public meeting in Sydney, Henry Parkes makes his first public speech to denounce Wentworth's Constitution Bill, and Daniel Deniehy ridicules the proposed bunyip aristocracy "
"\BAug 15, \J1853\j\b - û Murray River navigated by steamer from Goolwa to Swan Hill (arr. 17 Sept.) by Francis Cadell in his \ILady Augusta\i\b and from Mannum to Echuca (arr. 24 Sept.) by William Randell in the \IMary Ann.\i\b"
"\BAug 01, \J1854\j\b - Adhesive postage stamps first issued in WA."
"\BAug 18, \J1854\j\b - SS \IGreat Britain\i\b arrives at Port Phillip with several cases of smallpox on board. (Fireworks to indicate its discharge from quarantine give false alarm that the Russians have invaded.)"
"\BAug 25, \J1854\j\b - Surveyor Robert Austin discovers Mount Magnet during his exploration of the Murchison district, WA."
"\BAug 25, \J1854\j\b - û First land sales at Bendigo, Vic."
"\BAug 02, \J1855\j\b - Australia's first illustrated popular magazine, \IMelbourne Punch\i\b (shortened to \IPunch\i\b in \J1900\j), begins publication."
"\BAug 06, \J1855\j\b - Isaac Isaacs born (û \J1948\j)."
"\BAug 12, \J1855\j\b - Sir Richard Bourke died (78)."
"\BAug 13, \J1855\j\b - William Astley (Price Warung) born (û \J1911\j)."
"\BAug 26, \J1856\j\b - Charles Cowper replaces Donaldson as Premier of NSW."
"\BAug 03, \J1856\j\b - Alfred Deakin born (û \J1919\j)."
"\BAug 03, \J1857\j\b - Sydney Grammar School opens (in the buildings of Sydney College)."
"\BAug 10, \J1857\j\b - Melbourne streets lit by gas."
"\BAug 10, \J1857\j\b - Telegraph line between Hobart and Launceston officially opened."
"\BAug 20, \J1857\j\b - \IDunbar\i\b wrecked at the Gap, Sydney, with the loss of 121 lives and only one survivor."
"\BAug 21, \J1857\j\b - John Baker, MLC, forms a ministry in SA after the resignation of the Finniss government."
"\BAug 24, \J1857\j\b - SS \IChampion\i\b collides with SS \ILady Bird\i\b off Cape Otway, Vic., and sinks with a loss of 32 lives."
"\BAug 25, \J1857\j\b - St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, opens in temporary premises."
"\BAug 16, \J1858\j\b - Francis Cadell takes the steamer \IAlbury\i\b up the Murrumbidgee as far as Gundagai."
"\BAug 28, \J1858\j\b - Stuart and his companion reach Streaky Bay in a state of near starvation after travelling more than 1,600 km."
"\BAug 28, \J1858\j\b - û \INewcastle Chronicle\i\b (later \INewcastle Morning Herald\i\b) first published."
"\BAug 06, \J1859\j\b - SS \IAdmella\i\b, en route from Adelaide to Melbourne, strikes a reef near Cape Northumberland and breaks into three; only 24 of the 113 on board saved in rescue attempts made over a week."
"\BAug 16, \J1859\j\b - G. E. Dalrymple and party leave Rockhampton to look for pastoral land to the north. (Discover Bowen and Bogie rivers.)"
"\BAug 16, \J1859\j\b - û Stonemason C. J. Don, considered to be Australia's first Labour MP, elected to the Vic. Legislative Assembly (to represent Collingwood) in the colony's first election under manhood suffrage."
"\BAug 20, \J1860\j\b - Expedition led by Robert O'Hara Burke, with William Wills, sets out from Melbourne to attempt to cross the continent to the north."
"\BAug 28, \J1860\j\b - Melbourne's Parliament House attacked and stoned by a crowd of irate citizens during a debate on a controversial land bill."
"\BAug 02, \J1861\j\b - T. D. Chapman becomes Premier of Tas."
"\BAug 13, \J1861\j\b - Cootamundra, NSW, gazetted as a town site."
"\BAug 17, \J1861\j\b - Coalminers in NSW refuse to accept a 20% wage cut and walk out. (Locked out until 14 Oct.)"
"\BAug 24, \J1862\j\b - û McKinlay's party reach Port Denison after crossing north Qld."
"\BAug 29, \J1862\j\b - Andrew Fisher born (û \J1928\j)."
"\BAug 14, \J1863\j\b - Schooner \IDon Juan\i\b arrives at Brisbane with 67 indentured kanaka labourers recruited by Ross Lewin to work on Robert Towns's plantation on the Logan River."
"\BAug 14, \J1863\j\b - û NZ government offers free grants of land to volunteers from Australia to fight in the Second Taranaki War. (By the end of the year, 11 ships have sailed from Sydney, Melbourne, and Hobart with 1,475 volunteer military settlers.)"
"\BAug 04, \J1864\j\b - Arthur Blyth forms a government in SA."
"\BAug 21, \J1864\j\b - Official foundation of the settlement of Somerset, at Port Albany on Cape York."
"\BAug 07, \J1865\j\b - Protectionists and Free Traders hold separate large meetings in Melbourne."
"\BAug 16, \J1865\j\b - Mary Jean Cameron (Mary Gilmore) born (-\J1962\j)."
"\BAug 28, \J1865\j\b - A. G. Stephens born (-\J1933\j)."
"\BAug 07, \J1866\j\b - Macalister resumes the premiership of Qld on the easing of the bank crisis."
"\BAug 15, \J1866\j\b - Sir John Manners-Sutton becomes Governor of Vic."
"\BAug 04, \J1868\j\b - Qld's Parliament House officially opened."
"\BAug 14, \J1868\j\b - Col. Samuel Blackall becomes Governor of Qld."
"\BAug 04, \J1869\j\b - J. M. Wilson becomes Premier of Tas. following the death of Sir Richard Dry on 1 Aug."
"\BAug 20, \J1869\j\b - National Mutual Life Association of Australasia opens in Melbourne."
"\BAug 07, \J1869\j\b - E. J. Brady born (-\J1953\j)."
"\BAug 21, \J1869\j\b - Will Ogilvie born (-\J1963\j)."
"\BAug 09, \J1870\j\b - Melbourne Town Hall opened."
"\BAug 30, \J1870\j\b - Intercolonial Exhibition opens in the Exhibition Building in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney (to 30 Sept.)."
"\BAug 31, \J1870\j\b - Charles Gavan Duffy secures the appointment of a royal commission to consider federation. (Reports 30 Oct.)"
"\BAug 04, \J1871\j\b - Elementary Education Act passed in WA."
"\BAug 12, \J1871\j\b - Marquis of Normanby becomes Governor of Qld."
"\BAug 04, \J1871\j\b - W. A. Holman born (-\J1934\j)."
"\BAug 20, \J1871\j\b - Sydney Long born (-\J1955\j)."
"\BAug 04, \J1872\j\b - Ernest Giles leaves Charlotte Waters, NT, to try to cross to the Indian Ocean. (Turns back at Lake Amadeus after discovering Mount Zeil, the highest mountain in the NT, and sighting Ayers Rock in the distance.)"
"\BAug 22, \J1872\j\b - Overland Telephone Line completed. (First direct messages from London to Adelaide not received till 22 Oct., after the broken Java-Darwin cable restored.)"
"\BAug 22, \J1872\j\b - First land sales at Bundaberg, Qld."
"\BAug 04, \J1873\j\b - Ernest Giles sets out from the junction of the Alberga and Stevenson rivers, SA, to cross the continent to the west."
"\BAug 04, \J1873\j\b - Alfred Kennerley replaces F. M. Innes as Premier of Tas."
"\BAug 07, \J1875\j\b - Graham Berry replaces G. B. Kerferd as Premier of Vic."
"\BAug 01, \J1876\j\b - Shipping firm Huddart Parker & Co. founded in Geelong."
"\BAug 22, \J1876\j\b - Intercolonial exhibition opens in Brisbane."
"\BAug 29, \J1876\j\b - John Skinner Prout died (70?)."
"\BAug 09, \J1877\j\b - P. O. Fysh replaces Thomas Reibey as Premier of Tas."
"\BAug 17, \J1877\j\b - Sir John Robertson resumes the premiership of NSW."
"\BAug 20, \J1877\j\b - Qld imposes a ú10 poll tax on Chinese immigrants."
"\BAug 25, \J1877\j\b - John Latham born (û \J1964\j)."
"\BAug 27, \J1877\j\b - Martin Cash died (67?)."
"\BAug 12, \J1878\j\b - Many Chinese killed in a fight between miners at Maytown, Qld."
"\BAug 08, \J1878\j\b - John Dunmore Lang died (78)."
"\BAug 21, \J1878\j\b - Conrad Martens died (77)."
"\BAug 04, \J1879\j\b - Lord Loftus becomes Governor of NSW."
"\BAug 15, \J1879\j\b - R. L. Jack leads an expedition north from Cooktown and discovers good agricultural land."
"\BAug 08, \J1880\j\b - Earle Page born (û \J1961\j)."
"\BAug 20, \J1881\j\b - Four people killed in a train derailment at Jolimont, Vic."
"\BAug 02, \J1881\j\b - Marcus Clarke died (35)."
"\BAug 01, \J1882\j\b - Henry Kendall died (43)."
"\BAug 01, \J1883\j\b - NSW Board of Technical Education appointed. (Takes over Working Men's College in Oct.)"
"\BAug 15, \J1884\j\b - Adye Douglas becomes Premier of Tas. on the defeat of the Giblin ministry."
"\BAug 31, \J1884\j\b - Sir Robert Torrens died (70?)."
"\BAug 10, \J1885\j\b - Horse tramway begins operating in Brisbane."
"\BAug 12, \J1885\j\b - Keith Murdoch born (- \J1952\j)."
"\BAug 28, \J1885\j\b - Vance Palmer born (- \J1959\j)."
"\BAug 07, \J1886\j\b - Carnarvon, WA, proclaimed a town site."
"\BAug 08, \J1886\j\b - Ernest Fisk born (- \J1965\j)."
"\BAug 01, \J1888\j\b - Centennial International Exhibition opens in Melbourne (to 31 Jan. \J1889\j)."
"\BAug 24, \J1888\j\b - Newcastle coalminers begin a 13-week strike over a new agreement."
"\BAug 01, \J1890\j\b - Australian Labour Federation's first annual meeting in Brisbane draws up a platform of political action and socialist objective."
"\BAug 03, \J1890\j\b - Sunday newspaper \ITruth \b\i begins publication in Sydney. (John Norton becomes associate editor in Oct., sole proprietor in \J1896\j.)"
"\BAug 06, \J1890\j\b - Wharf labourers refuse to handle wool shorn by non-union labour."
"\BAug 12, \J1890\j\b - Sir Samuel Griffith forms a ministry in Qld in coalition with Sir Thomas McIlwraith (the continuous ministry)."
"\BAug 16, \J1890\j\b - Maritime Strike begins, with officers and seamen walking off their ships in Sydney (and in Melbourne on 18th)."
"\BAug 19, \J1890\j\b - Wharf labourers in Sydney withdraw their labour."
"\BAug 19, \J1890\j\b - Thomas Playford forms his second ministry in SA."
"\BAug 25, \J1890\j\b - Coalminers in NSW refuse to cut coal for local ships and are locked out by mine owners."
"\BAug 26, \J1890\j\b - Gas workers in Melbourne called out on strike."
"\BAug 10, \J1890\j\b - John Boyle O'Reilly died (56?)."
"\BAug 29, \J1890\j\b - R.G. Casey born (-\J1976\j)."
"\BAug 03, \J1891\j\b - Bank of Van Diemen's Land, the second oldest bank in Australia, fails."
"\BAug 03, \J1891\j\b - (Three banks in Melbourne and one in Sydney also fail during the month.)"
"\BAug 07, \J1891\j\b - Freedom of contract agreement, signed by pastoralists and Shearers' Union, agrees to the employment of non-union labour."
"\BAug 28, \J1891\j\b - SS \IGambier\i sinks in Port Phillip after colliding with another ship; 21 drown."
"\BAug 14, \J1891\j\b - Johnny Mullagh (Muarrinim) died (50)."
"\BAug 24, \J1891\j\b - Richard Boyer born (- \J1961\j)."
"\BAug 27, \J1902\j\b - Women's Franchise Act (NSW) gives women the right to vote in state elections in keeping with their right to vote in federal elections."
"\BAug 03, \J1903\j\b - Vida Goldstein stands as a candidate for the Senate, becoming the first woman in the British Empire to contest an election to a national parliament."
"\BAug 25, \J1903\j\b - Commonwealth Judiciary Act assented to, providing for the establishment of the High Court of Australia."
"\BAug 05, \J1903\j\b - Phil May died (39)."
"\BAug 10, \J1904\j\b - Henry Daglish forms WA's first Labour ministry."
"\BAug 12, \J1904\j\b - Watson government defeated on the Arbitration Bill; Watson resigns."
"\BAug 17, \J1904\j\b - George Reid becomes Prime Minister, forming a composite ministry in coalition with Protectionist Allan McLean."
"\BAug 30, \J1904\j\b - J. H. Carruthers becomes Premier of NSW following the defeat of the Waddell government in the election on 6 Aug."
"\BAug 30, \J1904\j\b - û Hubert Murray appointed Chief Judicial Officer of British New Guinea."
"\BAug 04, \J1904\j\b - Brian Penton born (û \J1951\j)."
"\BAug 05, \J1904\j\b - Sir George Dibbs died (69)."
"\BAug 25, \J1905\j\b - C. H. Rason forms a Liberal ministry in WA following the resignation of Henry Daglish."
"\BAug 12, \J1906\j\b - Harry Hopman born (û \J1985\j)."
"\BAug 14, \J1907\j\b - Italian barque \IIngeborg\i\b sinks after a collision with SS \IArawatta\i\b off Port Stephens, NSW; seven lives lost."
"\BAug 15, \J1907\j\b - Members of federal parliament vote themselves their first pay increase (of 50%)."
"\BAug 27, \J1907\j\b - Frederick Peters establishes Peters' American Delicacy Co. Ltd in Sydney to make"
"\BAug 27, \J1907\j\b - ice-cream."
"\BAug 12, \J1907\j\b - Andrew ("Boy" ) Charlton born (û \J1975\j)."
"\BAug 21, \J1907\j\b - Betty Archdale born"
"\BAug 20, \J1908\j\b - US fleet of 16 battleships and 5 auxiliariesùthe Great White Fleetùunder the command of Rear-Admiral Charles Sperry, arrives in Sydney at the beginning of a goodwill visit to Australia."
"\BAug 05, \J1908\j\b - Harold Holt born (û \J1967\j)."
"\BAug 27, \J1908\j\b - Donald Bradman born"
"\BAug 23, \J1909\j\b - Deakin makes a financial agreement with the states under which the Commonwealth would pay 25 shillings per capita per year to the states."
"\BAug 23, \J1909\j\b - û Long Bay Gaol opens in Sydney, at first as a women's reformatory. (Men transferred from Darlinghurst Gaol in \J1912\j.)"
"\BAug 08, \J1909\j\b - Mother Mary MacKillop died (67)."
"\BAug 04, \J1911\j\b - Electric trams begin operating in Launceston. (Replaced by trolley buses in \J1952\j.)"
"\BAug 16, \J1911\j\b - Cardinal P. F. Moran died (80)."
"\BAug 07, \J1912\j\b - Kingsley Fairbridge opens a farm school for underprivileged British migrant children at Pinjarra, WA."
"\BAug 03, \J1913\j\b - Sir William Lyne died (69)."
"\BAug 03, \J1914\j\b - Cook offers an expeditionary force of 20,000 troops to the Imperial government. (Accepted on 6th)."
"\BAug 05, \J1914\j\b - News of the declaration of war between Britain and Germany reaches Australia. The first Allied shot in the war is fired at midday by Australian artillery at Fort Nepean, Port Phillip, when the German ship \IPfalz\i\b attempts to leave."
"\BAug 10, \J1914\j\b - Recruiting begins for the Australian Imperial Force (AIF)."
"\BAug 17, \J1914\j\b - Training of military pilots begins at Point Cook, Vic."
"\BAug 19, \J1914\j\b - Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, under Col. William Holmes, leaves Sydney in the \IBerrima\i\b for training at Palm Island before being sent to New Britain."
"\BAug 19, \J1914\j\b - û Australian Red Cross Society established."
"\BAug 06, \J1915\j\b - Australians attack Lone Pine; Battle of Sari Bair begins (to 9th)."
"\BAug 07, \J1915\j\b - Australian Light Horsemen (unmounted) go to their deaths in successive charges against Turkish machine-guns at the Nek."
"\BAug 14, \J1915\j\b - B. A. Santamaria born"
"\BAug 04, \J1916\j\b - Anzac Mounted Division engages in the Battle of Romani in Sinai."
"\BAug 24, \J1916\j\b - War office cables a request to Australia for reinforcements."
"\BAug 30, \J1916\j\b - Hughes announces that a referendum would be held on compulsory overseas military service."
"\BAug 02, \J1917\j\b - Sydney tramwaymen strike over a new work-record system, initiating a general strike involving railwaymen, miners, wharf labourers, seamen, and other unionists."
"\BAug 14, \J1917\j\b - Loyal labour camps of strike-breakers set up in the Sydney Cricket Ground."
"\BAug 18, \J1917\j\b - Three strike leaders arrested. (Railway union deregistered 24th.)"
"\BAug 23, \J1917\j\b - NSW government takes over all coalmines in the state."
"\BAug 30, \J1917\j\b - Strikers attack two loyalist lorry drivers in Sydney; one striker shot dead and another wounded."
"\BAug 30, \J1917\j\b - Crowd of 10,000 assemble in front of federal Parliament House in Melbourne to protest against the cost of living; 12 arrested."
"\BAug 30, \J1917\j\b - û IWW declared illegal under the Unlawful Associations Act of Dec. \J1916\j."
"\BAug 26, \J1917\j\b - William Lane died (55)."
"\BAug 03, \J1918\j\b - Australia House in London officially opened by King George V."
"\BAug 08, \J1918\j\b - Australian and Canadian troops break through on the Somme."
"\BAug 18, \J1919\j\b - Hudson Fysh and P. J. McGinness leave Longreach, Qld, in a T model Ford to survey an air route to Darwin."
"\BAug 24, \J1919\j\b - Hughes arrives back in Australia."
"\BAug 24, \J1919\j\b - \C0000FF\U\BSep\b\c\u"
"\BAug 24, \J1919\j\b - û F. H. Gordon and Co. of Sydney begins producing the Australian Six car."
"\BAug 03, \J1920\j\b - Trains collide at Hurstville, Sydney; five people killed, 50 injured."
"\BAug 21, \J1920\j\b - Collier \IAmelia J\i\b leaves Newcastle for Hobart and disappears, with the loss of 12 crew."
"\BAug 09, \J1920\j\b - Sir Samuel Griffith died (75)."
"\BAug 12, \J1920\j\b - Louisa Lawson died (72)."
"\BAug 15, \J1920\j\b - Judy Cassab born"
"\BAug 11, \J1921\j\b - Essendon airport opens in Melbourne."
"\BAug 23, \J1921\j\b - Bubonic plague breaks out in Brisbane (to Apr. \J1922\j; 64 deaths)."
"\BAug 31, \J1921\j\b - Keith Murdoch becomes editor-in-chief of the Melbourne \IHerald."
"\BAug 02, \J1922\j\b - Geoffrey Dutton born"
"\BAug 31, \J1922\j\b - Lionel Murphy born (-\J1986\j)."
"\BAug 04, \J1923\j\b - James Cavill opens the Surfers Paradise Hotel at a site known as Elston on the Qld south coast, which eventually takes the name of the hotel."
"\BAug 14, \J1923\j\b - Sir Walter Lee again becomes Premier of Tas., replacing John Hayes."
"\BAug 22, \J1923\j\b - Sir James Burns died (77)."
"\BAug 14, \J1924\j\b - Cobb & Co. make their last coach run, from Surat to Yuleba, Qld."
"\BAug 21, \J1924\j\b - Open-cut mining of brown coal begins at Yallourn, Vic."
"\BAug 04, \J1925\j\b - N. R. Westwood and G. L. Davies set out from Perth in a two-seater Citroδn and become the first to drive round Australia (to 30 Dec.)."
"\BAug 14, \J1925\j\b - Country Party of NSW formed out of a split in the Progressive Party."
"\BAug 30, \J1925\j\b - Peace Officers Bill rushed through federal parliament to establish a federal police force (because NSW police would not serve Commonwealth summonses on union leaders)."
"\BAug 21, \J1925\j\b - Don Chipp born"
"\BAug 23, \J1926\j\b - Cotton Bounty Act introduces a bounty on seed grown and yarn made in Australia."
"\BAug 28, \J1926\j\b - L. L. Hill succeeds John Gunn as Premier of SA."
"\BAug 21, \J1927\j\b - Livingston Hopkins ('Hop') died (81)."
"\BAug 24, \J1927\j\b - David Ireland born"
"\BAug 08, \J1928\j\b - Kingsford Smith, Ulm, H. A. Litchfield and T. H. McWilliams fly from Point Cook, Vic., to Perth in the \ISouthern Cross\b\i on the first non-stop trans-Australian flight."
"\BAug 29, \J1928\j\b - Australian Iron and Steel Ltd's blast furnace at Port Kembla, NSW, begins production."
"\BAug 08, \J1928\j\b - Don Burrows born"
"\BAug 12, \J1928\j\b - Charles Blackman born"
"\BAug 02, \J1929\j\b - Railway line from Alice Springs to Adelaide completed."
"\BAug 22, \J1929\j\b - Prime Minister Bruce introduces the Maritime Industries Bill with the object of repealing the Commonwealth Arbitration Act and passing arbitration over to the states."
"\BAug 18, \J1930\j\b - Sales tax imposed for the first time by the federal government."
"\BAug 21, \J1930\j\b - Sir Otto Niemeyer, the Bank of England's representative, addresses the Premiers' Conference and advises a heavy deflationary program. Commonwealth and state governments agree to balance their budgets, raise no more overseas loans, and undertake only productive works."
"\BAug 20, \J1931\j\b - First NSW State Lottery drawn."
"\BAug 26, \J1932\j\b - NSW basic wage reduced from ú4 2s 6d to ú3 10s."
"\BAug 24, \J1932\j\b - Richard Meale born"
"\BAug 22, \J1933\j\b - Legislation introduced to extend the life of the SA parliament to five years.\b\i (Three-year term restored in \J1939\j.)"
"\BAug 28, \J1933\j\b - Brisbane \ICourier-Mail\b\i first issued (formed by the amalgamation of the \IBrisbane Courier\b\i and the \IDaily Mail\b\i)."
"\BAug 13, \J1934\j\b - Towns on Gulf St Vincent, SA, flooded (to 14th) by a combination of heavy rains, gales, and high tides; 2 drown."
"\BAug 24, \J1934\j\b - Mildura, Vic., proclaimed a city."
"\BAug 28, \J1934\j\b - Sir T. W. Edgeworth David died (76)."
"\BAug 01, \J1936\j\b - America withdraws Australia's most-favoured-nation concessions in\b\i response to Australia's trade diversion policy. (Restored Feb. \J1938\j.)"
"\BAug 13, \J1936\j\b - SA abandons multiple electorates in favour of 39 single-member electorates with a 2:1 ratio of country to metropolitan seats."
"\BAug 20, \J1936\j\b - J. C. Willcock succeeds Phillip Collier as Premier of WA."
"\BAug 24, \J1936\j\b - Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act comes into force, formally passing responsibility for the territory to Australia."
"\BAug 09, \J1938\j\b - Rod Laver born"
"\BAug 05, \J1939\j\b - Alexander Mair replaces B. S. B. Stevens as Premier of NSW."
"\BAug 13, \J1940\j\b - Three federal cabinet ministersùG. A. Street, Sir Henry Gullett, and J. V. Fairbairnùand Lt-Gen. Sir Brudenell White killed in an aircraft crash near Canberra."
"\BAug 18, \J1940\j\b - Sir John Latham appointed Minister to Japan (to \J1941\j)."
"\BAug 13, \J1941\j\b - Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) formed."
"\BAug 14, \J1941\j\b - Catholic Social Studies Movement (The Movement), founded by B. A. Santamaria, holds its first meeting."
"\BAug 22, \J1941\j\b - Prime Minister Menzies makes an offer to Labor to serve in an all-party government led by John Curtin; offer rejected (26th)."
"\BAug 28, \J1941\j\b - Menzies resigns as Prime Minister; Arthur Fadden, leader of the Country Party, succeeds him. (W. M. Hughes replaces Menzies as UAP leader.)"
"\BAug 30, \J1941\j\b - Gregan McMahon died (67)."
"\BAug 09, \J1942\j\b - Cruiser HMAS \ICanberra\i\b lost in the Battle of Savo Is."
"\BAug 26, \J1942\j\b - Japanese forces occupy Nauru. Japanese land at Milne Bay but are defeated by Australian forces and forced to withdraw (6 Sept.)."
"\BAug 29, \J1942\j\b - Destroyer HMAS \IArunta\i\b sinks the Japanese submarine \IRO 33\i\b off the coast of Papua."
"\BAug 02, \J1943\j\b - John Woolcott Forbes extradited from the USA for trial on 31 counts of fraud. (Given five years' gaol on 22 Mar. \J1944\j.)"
"\BAug 21, \J1943\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate; Curtin government returned with a majority in both houses; new members include the first women elected to federal parliamentùEnid Lyons and Senator Dorothy Tangney."
"\BAug 05, \J1944\j\b - Japanese prisoners of war at Cowra, NSW, stage a mass escape attempt; 234 killed and 108 wounded; all 378 who escape from the camp precincts accounted for within nine days; 4 guards killed and 108 wounded."
"\BAug 19, \J1944\j\b - Fourteen powers referendum on post-war reconstruction and democratic rights defeated."
"\BAug 27, \J1944\j\b - Barry Conyngham born"
"\BAug 01, \J1945\j\b - F. J. S. Wise succeeds John Willcock as Premier of WA."
"\BAug 06, \J1945\j\b - Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima and (9th) on Nagasaki."
"\BAug 15, \J1945\j\b - VJ DayùJapan surrenders, ending the war in the Pacific."
"\BAug 16, \J1945\j\b - Legislation passed to provide for the establishment of a government interstate airline (named Trans-Australia AirlinesùTAAùin Aug. \J1946\j)."
"\BAug 21, \J1945\j\b - Banking Act and Commonwealth Bank Act come into operation, extending federal government control over private trading banks and financial policy."
"\BAug 28, \J1945\j\b - Liberal Party of Australia formally inaugurated at the first meeting of its federal council in Sydney."
"\BAug 28, \J1945\j\b - û Taxes increased to pay for increased social services."
"\BAug 01, \J1946\j\b - Legislation enacted to establish the Australian National University in Canberra, primarily for research and post-graduate studies."
"\BAug 04, \J1946\j\b - Second Women's Charter Conference opens in Sydney."
"\BAug 07, \J1946\j\b - Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) established as a statutory body to take over services previously conducted by AWA and Cable and Wireless Ltd. (Begins operations 1 Feb. \J1947\j.)"
"\BAug 22, \J1946\j\b - Six-storey wool store in Ultimo, Sydney, gutted by fire."
"\BAug 30, \J1946\j\b - Lismore, NSW, proclaimed a city."
"\BAug 01, \J1947\j\b - RAAF College established at Point Cook, Vic."
"\BAug 07, \J1947\j\b - Freighter \IMahia\i\b burnt out at Victoria Dock, Melbourne; ten painters and dockers killed."
"\BAug 13, \J1947\j\b - High Court declares parts of the \J1945\j Banking Act invalid."
"\BAug 16, \J1947\j\b - Prime Minister Chifley announces his intention to nationalise private banks."
"\BAug 11, \J1948\j\b - High Court declares much of the Bank Nationalisation Act invalid."
"\BAug 16, \J1948\j\b - Rent control transferred from Commonwealth to states."
"\BAug 31, \J1948\j\b - RAN commissions its first air station, HMAS \IAlbatross\i\b at Nowra, NSW."
"\BAug 07, \J1948\j\b - Greg Chappell born"
"\BAug 01, \J1949\j\b - Federal government orders troops to begin operating open-cut mines."
"\BAug 15, \J1949\j\b - û J. M. White finds uranium ore at Rum Jungle, NT."
"\BAug 15, \J1949\j\b - Roderic Quinn died (81)."
"\BAug 16, \J1951\j\b - \IAustralian Financial Review\i\b begins publication in Sydney, as a weekly."
"\BAug 24, \J1951\j\b - Brian Penton died (47)."
"\BAug 04, \J1952\j\b - ANZUS Council opens its first session at Honolulu."
"\BAug 04, \J1952\j\b - û Floods on the Hunter, Macleay, Macquarie, Clarence, and Nepean rivers in NSW."
"\BAug 17, \J1952\j\b - Sir William Dixson died (82)."
"\BAug 22, \J1952\j\b - E. J. Brady died (83)."
"\BAug 16, \J1954\j\b - Federal opposition leader H. V. Evatt appears for two witnesses (members of his secretariat) in the Petrov royal commission. (His leave to appear is withdrawn on 7 Sept. after he makes charges of political conspiracy.)"
"\BAug 30, \J1955\j\b - Pilotless Auster aircraft takes off from Bankstown and flies over Sydney for three hours before being shot down by navy planes."
"\BAug 30, \J1955\j\b - Australian Iron and Steel Ltd's new hot-strip steel mill opened at Port Kembla."
"\BAug 03, \J1957\j\b - Labor loses office in Qld after 25 years in power; G. F. R. Nicklin becomes Premier (12 Aug.)."
"\BAug 27, \J1957\j\b - State anti-Communist Labor breakaway groups form the national Democratic Labor Party, with Senator George Cole as parliamentary leader."
"\BAug 26, \J1958\j\b - Eric Reece succeeds Robert Cosgrove as Premier of Tas."
"\BAug 14, \J1959\j\b - Princess Alexandra arrives in Australia for the Qld centenary celebrations (leaves 26 Sept.)."
"\BAug 08, \J1959\j\b - Albert Namatjira died (57)."
"\BAug 16, \J1960\j\b - Body of Graeme Thorne found at Seaforth. (Police arrest killer Stephen Bradley at Colombo on his way to England on 10 Oct.)"
"\BAug 01, \J1961\j\b - International trade fair opens in Sydney (to 12th)."
"\BAug 03, \J1961\j\b - Viscount De L'Isle becomes Governor-General following the death of Lord Dunrossil on 3 Feb."
"\BAug 09, \J1961\j\b - Australia's last coastal passenger liner, the \IManoora\i\b (sold to Indonesia on 3 July), arrives in Sydney at the end of its last interstate voyage."
"\BAug 05, \J1963\j\b - Australia and Japan conclude a new trade agreement extending full rights and privileges accorded to members of GATT."
"\BAug 15, \J1963\j\b - External Affairs Minister Garfield Barwick announces Australia's signing of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty."
"\BAug 24, \J1964\j\b - AWU members begin industrial action at Mount Isa over dissatisfaction with a wage increase."
"\BAug 13, \J1965\j\b - Limited free-trade agreement negotiated between Australia and NZ."
"\BAug 21, \J1965\j\b - Report of the Vernon Committee of Economic Inquiry tabled in federal parliament. (Principal recommendations rejected by government.)"
"\BAug 22, \J1965\j\b - Baron Casey succeeds Lord De L'Isle as Governor-General."
"\BAug 13, \J1966\j\b - Fire guts a Salvation Army hostel for men in Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne; 29 die."
"\BAug 18, \J1966\j\b - Australian forces in Vietnam inflict heavy losses on a large enemy force in the Battle of Long Tan."
"\BAug 26, \J1966\j\b - Some 200 Gurindji people (including 80 station hands) walk off Wave Hill station, NT, in protest against low wages and poor conditions and begin a fight to obtain title to their tribal territory."
"\BAug 25, \J1967\j\b - Viscount (S. M.) Bruce died (84)."
"\BAug 01, \J1968\j\b - Following the death of Qld Premier Jack Pizzey, Liberal leader Gordon Chalk temporarily takes over the premiership."
"\BAug 08, \J1968\j\b - Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, elected unopposed as Country Party leader in Qld (2 Aug.), replaces Chalk as Premier."
"\BAug 25, \J1968\j\b - Stan McCabe died (58)."
"\BAug 30, \J1968\j\b - C. E. W. Bean died (88)."
"\BAug 09, \J1969\j\b - Duke and Duchess of Kent visit Australia (to 3 Sept.) to open the third Pacific Conference Games in Port Moresby."
"\BAug 25, \J1969\j\b - ANL freighter \INoongah\i\b founders off Smokey Cape, NSW, with the loss of 21 crew members; five rescued."
"\BAug 25, \J1969\j\b - û Twelve-sided cupro-nickel 50-cent piece replaces the round silver coin."
"\BAug 02, \J1975\j\b - ALP federal executive expels Tas. TLC secretary Brian Harradine from the Labor Party."
"\BAug 16, \J1975\j\b - Gurindji people of NT given title to some of their traditional land. (Receive inalienable freehold title to almost all of Wave Hill stationùnow called Daguraguùon 11 May \J1986\j.)"
"\BAug 28, \J1975\j\b - Report of the Henderson Commission of Inquiry into Poverty tabled in federal parliament."
"\BAug 10, \J1976\j\b - Bert Oldfield died (81)."
"\BAug 10, \J1977\j\b - Royal commission headed by Justice P. M. Woodward begins its inquiries into drug trafficking in NSW."
"\BAug 25, \J1977\j\b - Commonwealth government announces its intention to allow uranium mining to proceed. (Legislation passed 31 May \J1978\j.)"
"\BAug 24, \J1978\j\b - Legislation enacted establishing fishing rights over a 200-mile zone around Australia and its external territories (from 1 Nov. \J1979\j)."
"\BAug 29, \J1979\j\b - û Conservationists and police clash over logging at Terania Creek, NSW."
"\BAug 17, \J1980\j\b - Baby Azaria Chamberlain disappears from a campsite at Ayers Rock, reported taken by a dingo."
"\BAug 18, \J1981\j\b - Senate reconvenes with government members in the minority, Democrats and independent Brian Harradine holding the balance of power."
"\BAug 20, \J1981\j\b - Federal and Vic. governments set up a royal commission to investigate allegations of corruption and impropriety in the Builders' Labourers Federation."
"\BAug 08, \J1982\j\b - Dalai Lama arrives in Australia for the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Buddhism in Australia."
"\BAug 24, \J1982\j\b - Fourth interim report of the royal commission into the activities of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union highlights the bottom of the harbour tax-avoidance schemes."
"\BAug 02, \J1983\j\b - Paul Sharp becomes the first white person to cross the Simpson Desert alone and on foot."
"\BAug 14, \J1983\j\b - Roslyn Kelly becomes the first sitting member of parliament to give birth."
"\BAug 17, \J1983\j\b - Seven Liberal ministers resign from Qld government. (National-Liberal Party coalition formally ends at midnight on 18th.)"
"\BAug 18, \J1983\j\b - Five people killed and 20 injured when a road train is deliberately driven into a motel at Ayers Rock, NT. (Driver Douglas Edwin Crabbe found guilty of murder in Mar. \J1984\j.)"
"\BAug 01, \J1984\j\b - Banks deregulated."
"\BAug 08, \J1984\j\b - Friday night and Saturday afternoon shopping allowed in NSW. (Begins 10, 11 Aug.)."
"\BAug 12, \J1984\j\b - First stage of the North-West Shelf natural gas project begins operations, gas being piped to Perth and industrial areas of WA."
"\BAug 06, \J1985\j\b - G. J. Coles takes over the Myer Emporium to become Coles Myer Ltd."
"\BAug 22, \J1985\j\b - Agent Orange royal commission finds no link between chemical defoliants sprayed in Vietnam and health problems of veterans."
"\BAug 23, \J1985\j\b - Bond Corporation takes over Castlemaine Tooheys in the biggest takeover operation yet in Australia."
"\BAug 31, \J1985\j\b - Sir Macfarlane Burnet died (85)."
"\BAug 03, \J1986\j\b - \ISouthern Aurora\i\b and \ISpirit of Progress\i\b trains combine to become the Melbourne/Sydney Express."
"\BAug 04, \J1986\j\b - Trans-Australia Airlines becomes Australian Airlines."
"\BAug 05, \J1986\j\b - Sydney has its wettest 24 hours on record, with more than 327 mm of rain falling; six people killed, 1,500 evacuated; transport in chaos."
"\BAug 18, \J1986\j\b - Australian Democrats leader Don Chipp retires from federal parliament and is succeeded as party leader by Senator Janine Haines, the first woman and the first South Australian to become a parliamentary party leader."
"\BAug 19, \J1986\j\b - Federal government introduces a $250 administration charge for all tertiary students, to take effect in the \J1987\j academic year."
"\BAug 09, \J1987\j\b - Five people shot dead and 11 others injured when 19-year-old Julian Knight opens fire at random in Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill, Melbourne."
"\BAug 12, \J1987\j\b - Federal government announces the setting up of a royal commission to investigate the deaths in custody of 44 Aborigines since \J1980\j. (Headed by Justice James Muirhead, the commission begins sitting on 12 Nov; Report tabled in May \J1991\j.)"
"\BAug 28, \J1987\j\b - Former NSW Minister for Corrective Services Rex Jackson found guilty of conspiring to accept bribes for the release of prisoners."
"\BAug 14, \J1988\j\b - Stage one of Qld's Burdekin Dam and irrigation scheme officially opened."
"\BAug 13, \J1988\j\b - Sir Keith Hancock died (90)."
"\BAug 13, \J1989\j\b - Thirteen people die in a hot-air balloon accident near Alice Springs, NT. (Six die in another accident near Melbourne, 7 Oct.)"
"\BAug 20, \J1989\j\b - Three Sunday newspapersù\ISunday Herald\i\b, \ISunday Age\i\b, and \ISunday Sun\i\bùbegin publication in Melbourne."
"\BAug 24, \J1989\j\b - All 1,645 pilots from Australia's domestic airlines resign in face of the airlines' move to sack and sue them over a dispute."
"\BAug 17, \J1989\j\b - Donald Friend died (74)."
"\BAug 05, \J1990\j\b - Flooding in and around Forbes and Warren in western NSW."
"\BAug 07, \J1990\j\b - Vic. Premier John Cain resigns; Joan Kirner succeeds him (10th)."
"\BAug 13, \J1990\j\b - (and 14th) Three navy warships leave Sydney for the Persian Gulf as part of a multinational force to enforce the UN embargo of Iraq following its annexation of Kuwait."
"\BAug 22, \J1990\j\b - Direct broadcasting of Senate question time begins on television."
"\BAug 05, \J1991\j\b - Sir Terence Lewis, former Qld Police Commissioner, sentenced to 14 years' gaol after being found guilty on 15 corruption charges."
"\BAug 17, \J1991\j\b - A 33-year-old taxi-driver kills seven people and wounds six others in Strathfield Mall, Sydney, before shooting himself."
"\BAug 21, \J1991\j\b - Fire engulfs six tanks at Australia's biggest chemical storage plant, at Coode Island in Melbourne, following a series of explosions caused by an electrical weather occurrence known as St Elmo's Fire."
"\BAug 29, \J1992\j\b - Sydney Harbour Tunnel officially opened. (Opens for traffic on 31st.)"
"\BAug 24, \J1992\j\b - Francis James died (74)."
"\BAug 06, \J1994\j\b - Earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocks Cessnock, NSW, but causes only minor damage."
"\BAug 07, \J1994\j\b - Underground mine explosion at Moura, Qld, traps 11 miners, whose bodies are left entombed after further explosions make their recovery impossible."
"\BAug 16, \J1994\j\b - Ten-tonne tropical Bryde's whale crosses the bar at the mouth of the Manning River, NSW, and swims upstream to the outskirts of Taree. (Helped back to sea on 24 Nov. after 100 days in the river.)"
