"\BJan 20, \J1788\j\b - Remainder of the First FleetùHMS \ISirius\b\i (Capt. John Hunter); transports \ILady Penrhyn, \ICharlotte,\b\i and \IPrince of Wales;\b\i and storeships \IFishburn, \IGolden Grove,\b\i and \IBorrowdale\b\iùreach Botany Bay."
"\BJan 22, \J1788\j\b - Phillip and Hunter investigate Port Jackson as a better site for settlement."
"\BJan 24, \J1788\j\b - French frigates \ILa Boussole\b\i and \IL'Astrolabe,\b\i commanded by the Comte de la PΘrouse, arrive off Botany Bay."
"\BJan 26, \J1788\j\b - Settlement established at Sydney Cove, Port Jackson."
"\BJan 26, \J1788\j\b - First white child born in Australiaùa son to the wife of Sgt Thomas Whittle of the marines."
"\BJan 28, \J1791\j\b - Henry Dodd died"
"\BJan 0-, \J1791\j\b - James Stirling born (-\J1865\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1793\j\b - Samuel Marsden appointed assistant to the chaplain of NSW."
"\BJan 16, \J1793\j\b - \IBellona\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with the first immigrant free settlers (five men, one with wife and children) and 17 women convicts."
"\BJan 21, \J1793\j\b - D'Entrecasteaux arrives back at Van Diemen's Land, anchoring in Recherche Bay, having circumnavigated Australia."
"\BJan 02, \J1794\j\b - James Ruse given a land grant at Green Hills (Windsor), on the Hawkesbury River. (Others settle there during the month.)"
"\BJan 18, \J1794\j\b - Members of the NSW Corps on Norfolk Is. riot following a play held for the Queen's Birthday; Commandant P. G. King is forced to take stern measures to keep the peace."
"\BJan 23, \J1796\j\b - General order issued prohibiting distilling of spirits."
"\BJan 02, \J1798\j\b - George Bass sights Wilsons Promontory."
"\BJan 03, \J1798\j\b - Bass finds the seven escaped convicts abandoned on Glennie Is."
"\BJan 05, \J1798\j\b - Bass discovers and names Western Port (now Westernport, Vic.)."
"\BJan 14, \J1798\j\b - Party guided by the ex-convict and 'wild white man' John Wilson explores to the south-west of Sydney as far as the junction of the Wingecarribee and Wollondilly rivers (to 9 Feb.)."
"\BJan 26, \J1798\j\b - Bass transfers five of the stranded convicts from Glennie Is. to the mainland to walk to Sydney. (Not seen again.)"
"\BJan 07, \J1799\j\b - Bass and Flinders complete their circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land. (Return to Port Jackson on 12th.)"
"\BJan 23, \J1799\j\b - Gov. Hunter dispenses with the services of Richard Dore as his secretary."
"\BJan 26, \J1799\j\b - Thomas Muir died (33)."
"\BJan 11, \J1800\j\b - \IMinerva\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 188 convicts, including Father James Harold and 'General' Joseph Holt; passengers include Lt William Cox. \IThynne,\b\i under charter to officers of the NSW Corps, arrives from Bengal with large quantity of spirits."
"\BJan 01, \J1801\j\b - King Is., Bass Strait, named by Capt. John Black of the brig \IHarbinger."
"\BJan 05, \J1801\j\b - T. F. Palmer, his sentence expired, leaves Sydney in \IEl Plumier.\b\i (Detained as prisoner of war in Guam, where he dies in June \J1802\j.)"
"\BJan 18, \J1801\j\b - Simeon Lord appointed public auctioneer."
"\BJan 21, \J1801\j\b - US ship \IFollensbe\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with a huge cargo of liquor, which Gov. King refuses to allow to be landed."
"\BJan 21, \J1801\j\b - John Batman born (-\J1839\j)."
"\BJan 04, \J1802\j\b - Lt John Murray discovers the entrance to Port Phillip."
"\BJan 05, \J1802\j\b - Matthew Flinders in the \IInvestigator\b\i leaves King George Sound, sights Stirling Range."
"\BJan 10, \J1802\j\b - Murray examines King Is. (to 27th)."
"\BJan 13, \J1802\j\b - Nicolas Baudin's expedition in D'Entrecasteaux Channel (to 7 Mar.); explores Derwent."
"\BJan 29, \J1802\j\b - Flinders surveys Nuyts Archipelago, the Investigator Group, and the coast as far as Cape Catastrophe (to 21 Feb.)."
"\BJan 31, \J1802\j\b - J. Bowen, mate of \ILady Nelson,\b\i examines Port Phillip (to 4 Feb; \ILady Nelson\b\i enters on 14th)."
"\BJan 26, \J1803\j\b - Thomas Muir died (33)."
"\BJan 09, \J1804\j\b - William Collins, sent from Port Phillip to examine Port Dalrymple and the Tamar River, discovers the site of Launceston."
"\BJan 21, \J1805\j\b - Robert Campbell's ship \ILady Barlow\b\i leaves Port Jackson with the first all-colonial cargo (sealskins, seal oil, and timber) to be shipped directly to UK, defying the East India Co. monopoly."
"\BJan 14, \J1806\j\b - Charles Hotham born (-\J1855\j)."
"\BJan 24, \J1807\j\b - Ship \IPerseverance\b\i launched at Robert Campbell's yard. (Sails for China via Norfolk Is., 9 Feb.)"
"\BJan 12, \J1808\j\b - \ICity of Edinburgh,\b\i carrying 100,000 litres of whisky, arrives at Port Jackson with part-owner Alexander Berry aboard."
"\BJan 25, \J1808\j\b - John Macarthur comes before court on a charge of sedition; he challenges the right of Judge-Advocate Richard Atkins to try him; the court adjourns in confusion."
"\BJan 26, \J1808\j\b - Macarthur arrested and gaoled; military officers forming the court ask Gov. Bligh to restore bail and replace Atkins; Bligh summons them to appear before him next day; Maj. George Johnston signs an order for the release of Macarthur, proclaims martial law, and arrests Bligh."
"\BJan 27, \J1808\j\b - Johnston suspends Atkins and several other officials; martial law repealed."
"\BJan 30, \J1808\j\b - Charles Grimes becomes acting Judge-Advocate."
"\BJan 01, \J1809\j\b - William Paterson arrives at Port Jackson in HMS \IPorpoise\b\i and (9th) assumes governorship of NSW."
"\BJan 26, \J1809\j\b - John Hosking and Isaac Lyons, the first trained teachers in the colony, arrive in the \IAeolus\b\i (carrying 79 convicts), Hosking to take charge of the Female Orphan School."
"\BJan 17, \J1809\j\b - John West born (-\J1873\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1810\j\b - Lt-Col. Lachlan Macquarie takes over as Governor of NSW."
"\BJan 04, \J1810\j\b - Macquarie dismisses all persons appointed to official positions since Gov."
"\BJan 04, \J1810\j\b - Bligh's removal, restores those previously in office, and nullifies all trials and land grants, gifts, etc., made to members of the NSW Corps."
"\BJan 08, \J1810\j\b - \IDerwent Star and Van Diemen's Land Intelligencer,\b\i Australia's second newspaper and the first in Tas., begins publication."
"\BJan 12, \J1810\j\b - Macquarie appoints emancipist Andrew Thompson a JP and chief magistrate at the Hawkesbury (the first emancipist magistrate appointed)."
"\BJan 17, \J1810\j\b - Bligh returns to Sydney from Hobart in HMS \IPorpoise."
"\BJan 01, \J1811\j\b - Gov. Macquarie's police regulations for Sydney (issued 6 Oct. \J1810\j) come into effect; Sydney Police Court established."
"\BJan 01, \J1812\j\b - John Oxley (in England) appointed Surveyor-General of NSW."
"\BJan 03, \J1812\j\b - Gov. Macquarie visits Newcastle (to 5th) and inspects coalmines, lime pits, and cedar camps."
"\BJan 18, \J1812\j\b - \IGuildford\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 199 convicts, including Andrew Bent (who continues to Hobart, 2 Feb.)."
"\BJan 03, \J1813\j\b - Bennelong died (\Ic\i\born 50)."
"\BJan 23, \J1813\j\b - Charles Harpur born (û \J1868\j)."
"\BJan 31, \J1814\j\b - Margaret Catchpole given a conditional pardon."
"\BJan 31, \J1814\j\b - û Holey dollar and dump go into circulation."
"\BJan 04, \J1815\j\b - \IFrances and Eliza,\b\i en route to Australia with 123 convicts, is captured by US privateer \IWarrior\b\i and pillaged. (Later allowed to continue.)"
"\BJan 14, \J1815\j\b - Road over the Blue Mountains completed to the Macquarie River."
"\BJan 18, \J1815\j\b - Residential school for Aboriginal children opened at Parramatta."
"\BJan 27, \J1815\j\b - Attorney W. H. Moore, the first free solicitor in NSW, arrives in Sydney as a passenger in the transport \IMarquis of Wellington.\b\i"
"\BJan 09, \J1815\j\b - Augustus Alt died (83?)."
"\BJan 18, \J1816\j\b - \IFanny\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 171 convicts and news of the Battle of Waterloo (18 June \J1815\j)."
"\BJan 19, \J1816\j\b - Colonial schooner \IEstramina\b\i (captured as a Spanish prize in \J1805\j) wrecked on Oyster Bank, Newcastle."
"\BJan 04, \J1817\j\b - Gov. Macquarie's secretary, J. T. Campbell, under the name of 'Philo Free', attacks Samuel Marsden in the \ISydney Gazette."
"\BJan 08, \J1818\j\b - Gov. Macquarie accuses Samuel Marsden of conspiracy against him and forbids him to come to Government House."
"\BJan 18, \J1818\j\b - Great Western Road between Parramatta and Emu Ford (Plains) opened."
"\BJan 26, \J1818\j\b - First Australia Day celebrations held."
"\BJan 01, \J1819\j\b - Male Orphan School opened in Sydney in the former female orphan institution."
"\BJan 05, \J1819\j\b - J. T. Bigge commissioned by Colonial Secretary Lord Bathurst to inquire into conditions in NSW and the administration of the colony."
"\BJan 26, \J1820\j\b - James Hardy Vaux given conditional pardon."
"\BJan 27, \J1820\j\b - Consecration of Sydney Burial Ground (Sandhills Cemetery) on the site of Central Station."
"\BJan 23, \J1821\j\b - Meeting of emancipists in Sydney to prepare a petition to the king. (Petition forwarded to UK by Macquarie on 22 Oct.)"
"\BJan 01, \J1822\j\b - Van Diemen's Land Agricultural Society formed in Hobart, with Edward Lord as president."
"\BJan 02, \J1822\j\b - Penal settlement established at Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen's Land, for twice-convicted prisoners."
"\BJan 06, \J1822\j\b - First service held in the unfinished St James's Church, Sydney."
"\BJan 01, \J1823\j\b - Distilling of spirits permitted."
"\BJan 10, \J1823\j\b - Commissioner Bigge's third and final report on NSW issued."
"\BJan 05, \J1823\j\b - George Johnston died (58)."
"\BJan 03, \J1826\j\b - Alexander Macleay arrives in Sydney to replace Frederick Goulburn as Colonial Secretary."
"\BJan 01, \J1827\j\b - \ISydney Gazette\b\i begins daily publication (until 10 Feb., when reduced to three times a week)."
"\BJan 09, \J1827\j\b - L. H. Halloran opens his own private school in Sydney."
"\BJan 26, \J1827\j\b - Public meeting held in Sydney to demand trial by jury, taxation by represen-tation, and a Legislative Assembly elected on manhood suffrage; W. C. Wentworth the main speaker."
"\BJan 24, \J1828\j\b - Gov. Darling sends the schooner \IIsabella\b\i to withdraw the settlers from Westernport. (Schooner returns with settlers, 7 Apr.)"
"\BJan 01, \J1829\j\b - Charles Sturt's party reaches the Bogan River."
"\BJan 02, \J1830\j\b - Henry Kingsley born (-\J1876\j)."
"\BJan 14, \J1831\j\b - Janet Templeton and her nine children, with her brother John Forlonge and family and a flock of merino sheep, arrive at Launceston in the brig\i\b \ICzar.\i\b (Forlonges remain in Van Diemen's Land; Templetons continue to NSW.)"
"\BJan 07, \J1832\j\b - G. A. Robinson arrives in Hobart with Aborigines from Oyster Bay and Big River tribesùthe last of the Aborigines from the settled districtsùto be resettled on Bass Strait islands."
"\BJan 04, \J1832\j\b - E. W. Cole born (-\J1918\j)."
"\BJan 05, \J1833\j\b - Charles Macfaull launches the \IPerth Gazette and West Australian Journal,\b\i forerunner of the \IWest Australian\b\i (published under that title in \J1879\j)."
"\BJan 23, \J1833\j\b - Bathurst, NSW, gazetted as a town. (First land sales, 9 Aug.)"
"\BJan 10, \J1834\j\b - John Lhotsky leaves Sydney to explore the Monaro district and the Australian Alps (to 12 Mar.). (Names the Snowy River, 27 Jan.)"
"\BJan 13, \J1834\j\b - Convicts evacuating Macquarie Harbour seize the brig \IFrederick\b\i and sail it to Chile."
"\BJan 14, \J1834\j\b - Convict servants Sarah McGregor and Mary Maloney kill their tyrannical employer in the Illawarra district. (Their death sentences are commuted to three years' imprisonment following public sympathy.)"
"\BJan 15, \J1834\j\b - Insurrection on Norfolk Is; nine convicts shot dead. (Thirteen others executed, 22-25 Sept.)"
"\BJan 05, \J1834\j\b - William Wills born (-\J1861\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1835\j\b - J. D. Lang's \IColonist\b\i newspaper begins publication in Sydney."
"\BJan 19, \J1835\j\b - Sydney College opens, with W. T. Cape as headmaster."
"\BJan 12, \J1836\j\b - HMS \IBeagle,\b\i carrying Charles Darwin, at Sydney (to 30th)."
"\BJan 22, \J1836\j\b - South Australian Company constituted; George Fife Angas chairman."
"\BJan 14, \J1836\j\b - William Saumarez Smith born (-\J1909\j)."
"\BJan 02, \J1837\j\b - Edward Deas Thomson succeeds Alexander Macleay as Colonial Secretary of NSW."
"\BJan 05, \J1837\j\b - Sir John Franklin arrives in Hobart to take up his appointment as Governor of Tas. (Sworn in on 6th.)"
"\BJan 11, \J1837\j\b - Col. William Light surveys and lays out Adelaide (to 10 Mar.)"
"\BJan 01, \J1838\j\b - J. P. Fawkner's \IMelbourne Advertiser\b\i begins publication (first copies handwritten; suppressed after 17 issues for being unlicensed)."
"\BJan 12, \J1838\j\b - Mudgee, NSW, gazetted as a village."
"\BJan 31, \J1838\j\b - G. A. Robinson appointed Chief Protector of Aborigines, with headquarters at Port Phillip."
"\BJan 01, \J1839\j\b - Assignment of male convicts for service in town ends."
"\BJan 03, \J1839\j\b - John Hutt replaces Sir James Stirling as Governor of WA. (Stirling leaves for UK on 4 Jan.)."
"\BJan 15, \J1839\j\b - First US consul in Sydney, J. H. Williams, takes up office."
"\BJan 17, \J1839\j\b - Minimum price for Crown land in NSW increased from five to twelve shillings an acre."
"\BJan 03, \J1840\j\b - \IPort Phillip Herald\b\i (later the Melbourne \IHerald)\i first published."
"\BJan 11, \J1840\j\b - Angus McMillan and party set out from the Tambo River to explore into Gippsland."
"\BJan 16, \J1840\j\b - McMillan discovers Lake Victoria (Lake King), the Nicholson River (17th), the Mitchell (18th), and the Avon and Macalister rivers (22nd)."
"\BJan 19, \J1840\j\b - William Hobson leaves Sydney to become Lt-Governor of NZ."
"\BJan 29, \J1840\j\b - Simeon Lord died (69?)."
"\BJan 03, \J1841\j\b - Sydney-Melbourne steamer \IClonmel,\b\i on its second voyage, is wrecked near Corner Inlet, Vic."
"\BJan 17, \J1841\j\b - Brisbane River in high flood."
"\BJan 20, \J1841\j\b - Jorgen Jorgenson died (60)."
"\BJan 15, \J1842\j\b - Mary MacKillop born (-\J1909\j)."
"\BJan 07, \J1843\j\b - \IMaitland Mercury,\b\i the oldest surviving provincial newspaper in NSW, first published."
"\BJan 17, \J1843\j\b - J. C. Wickham arrives in Brisbane as police magistrate. (Appointed Government Resident on 1 Jan. \J\J1853\j\j.)"
"\BJan 01, \J1844\j\b - Crowd of unemployed threaten Gov. Gipps in Hyde Park, Sydney."
"\BJan 04, \J1845\j\b - Weekly newspaper \IBell's Life in Sydney\b\i begins publication."
"\BJan 10, \J1845\j\b - Ludwig Leichhardt discovers the Mackenzie River."
"\BJan 27, \J1845\j\b - Charles Sturt's party reach Depot Glen (site of Milparinka), where they are forced to remain for six months owing to lack of rain."
"\BJan 19, \J1846\j\b - Charles Sturt's party arrive back at Adelaide."
"\BJan 21, \J1846\j\b - Wellington, NSW, gazetted as a village."
"\BJan 27, \J1846\j\b - Lt-Col. Andrew Clarke succeeds John Hutt as Governor of WA."
"\BJan 08, \J1847\j\b - Lt-Col. George Barney and party leave Sydney in the barque \ILord Auckland\b\i to found the 'Gladstone Colony' in northern Australia centred on Port Curtis. (Colony proclaimed 30 Jan.)"
"\BJan 26, \J1847\j\b - Sir William Denison takes up his appointment as Lt-Governor of Tas."
"\BJan 30, \J1847\j\b - Warrnambool (Vic.) proclaimed a town site. (First land sale 22 July.)"
"\BJan 04, \J1848\j\b - Dual system of education introduced in NSW, with the appointment of two boards of education, one national, one denominational."
"\BJan 28, \J1848\j\b - George Chaffey born (-\J1932\j)."
"\BJan 02, \J1849\j\b - Mortgaged estates of the Bank of Australia liquidated by public lottery."
"\BJan 08, \J1849\j\b - \IPlymouth\i\b, the first of several ships carrying people to the California gold- fields, leaves Port Jackson for San Francisco."
"\BJan 20, \J1849\j\b - \IFortitude\i\b arrives at Moreton Bay with 253 immigrants from Britain for J. D. Lang's Cooksland cotton-growing scheme. (Temporary headquarters set up in an area of Brisbane that becomes known as Fortitude Valley.)"
"\BJan 18, \J1849\j\b - Edmund Barton born (û \J1920\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1850\j\b - Adhesive postage stamps issued in NSW (first in Australia)."
"\BJan 03, \J1850\j\b - Vic. issues its first adhesive postage stamps."
"\BJan 29, \J1850\j\b - Lawrence Hargrave born (û \J1915\j)."
"\BJan 02, \J1851\j\b - Sir Charles FitzRoy appointed Governor-General of all the Australian colonies."
"\BJan 27, \J1851\j\b - Julian Ashton born (û \J1942\j)."
"\BJan 28, \J1852\j\b - SA passes the Bullion Act which allows for the stamping of gold ingots to be used as legal tender for one year."
"\BJan 19, \J1852\j\b - Thomas Price born (û \J1909\j)."
"\BJan 03, \J1853\j\b - Bank of Victoria opens in Melbourne."
"\BJan 05, \J1853\j\b - Hobart Municipal Council meets for the first time; mayor elected."
"\BJan 01, \J1853\j\b - Gregory Blaxland died (74)."
"\BJan 13, \J1854\j\b - Fire destroys three stores and five houses in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne."
"\BJan 20, \J1854\j\b - Fire destroys a city block in Hobart."
"\BJan 30, \J1854\j\b - Cobb & Co. extend operations to the Victorian goldfields."
"\BJan 21, \J1854\j\b - George Musgrove born (û \J1916\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1855\j\b - Colonial Sugar Refining Co. founded in Sydney to take over the insolvent Australasian Sugar Co."
"\BJan 08, \J1855\j\b - Sir Henry Fox Young becomes Governor of Tas., replacing Sir William Denison, who succeeds Sir Charles FitzRoy as Governor of NSW and becomes Governor-General of the five colonies (20 Jan.)."
"\BJan 08, \J1855\j\b - û Adhesive postage stamps first issued in SA."
"\BJan 01, \J1856\j\b - Tasmania officially adopted as a name in place of Van Diemen's Land."
"\BJan 05, \J1856\j\b - Melbourne weekly the \ILeader\i\b first published. (Last issue 26 Jan. \J1957\j.)"
"\BJan 14, \J1856\j\b - J. F. Archibald born (û \J1919\j)."
"\BJan 11, \J1857\j\b - First sale of town land at Nowra, NSW."
"\BJan 16, \J1857\j\b - Charles Gavan Duffy obtains the appointment of a Vic. select committee to inquire into federation of the Australian colonies."
"\BJan 16, \J1857\j\b - û \IBell's Life in Victoria\i\b first published (û \J1868\j)."
"\BJan 26, \J1858\j\b - First telephone line in NSW opened between Sydney GPO and South Head."
"\BJan 25, \J1858\j\b - John Norton born (û \J1916\j)."
"\BJan 28, \J1858\j\b - T. W. Edgeworth David born (û \J1934\j)."
"\BJan 13, \J1859\j\b - Railway line from Geelong to Williamstown extended to Melbourne (Spencer Street)."
"\BJan 13, \J1859\j\b - û Tariff League of Victoria formed, the first of many such leagues for the promotion of the protection movement."
"\BJan 13, \J1859\j\b - û Francis Cadell takes the paddle-steamer \IAlbury\i\b up the Darling River and reaches Mount Murchison, near Wilcannia (Feb.)."
"\BJan 06, \J1860\j\b - Melbourne Trades Hall Committee and Operatives' Board of Trade merge to form the Trades Hall Council."
"\BJan 12, \J1860\j\b - Narrabri, NSW, gazetted as a town site. (First land sales in Oct.)"
"\BJan 27, \J1860\j\b - Sir Thomas Brisbane died (86)."
"\BJan 01, \J1861\j\b - J. M. Stuart sets out again from Chambers Creek, SA, to try to cross the continent from south to north. (Returns 23 Sept., having reached as far as Bonney Creek.)"
"\BJan 10, \J1861\j\b - Charles Cowper becomes Premier of NSW for the third time."
"\BJan 01, \J1862\j\b - \IBendigo Independent\i\b first published (û \J1918\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1863\j\b - NSW's first Agent-General in London, Edward Hamilton, appointed."
"\BJan 18, \J1863\j\b - Railway line from Sydney reaches Penrith."
"\BJan 20, \J1863\j\b - James Whyte replaces T. D. Chapman as Premier of Tas."
"\BJan 21, \J1863\j\b - Public funeral of Burke and Wills in Melbourne."
"\BJan 25, \J1863\j\b - James Murrell, sole survivor from \IPeruvian\i\b wreck in \J1846\j, makes contact with Europeans again at the Burdekin River, Qld."
"\BJan 29, \J1863\j\b - Archibald Mosman died (63)."
"\BJan 13, \J1864\j\b - G. E. Dalrymple leads an expedition by sea from Bowen to establish the port of Cardwell, Qld."
"\BJan 15, \J1864\j\b - Isaac Nathan died (73?)."
"\BJan 04, \J1865\j\b - Brisbane and Rockhampton linked by telegraph."
"\BJan 11, \J1865\j\b - Charleville, Qld, gazetted as a town site."
"\BJan 24, \J1865\j\b - SS \IStar of Australia\b\i leaves Sydney for Rockhampton and is not heard of again; 17 lives lost."
"\BJan 25, \J1865\j\b - Confederate cruiser \IShenandoah\b\i arrives at Melbourne for repairs; US consul demands its seizure as a pirate, but after being slipped at Williamstown it is allowed to leave (18 Feb.)."
"\BJan 26, \J1865\j\b - Bushrangers Ben Hall, John Gilbert, and John Dunn raid the township of Collector, NSW; Const. Samuel Nelson shot dead by Dunn."
"\BJan 11, \J1866\j\b - SS \ILondon,\b\i en route to Melbourne, founders in the Bay of Biscay; 244 passengers and crew drown, including actor G. V. Brooke."
"\BJan 11, \J1866\j\b - Wesley College opens in Melbourne."
"\BJan 22, \J1866\j\b - James Martin (Premier) and Henry Parkes form a coalition in NSW."
"\BJan 26, \J1866\j\b - Colonial Office rebukes Governor Darling of Vic. for permitting financial and constitutional irregularities by the McCulloch government."
"\BJan 11, \J1867\j\b - Sir Stuart Donaldson died (54)."
"\BJan 02, \J1868\j\b - Arrival in Brisbane of the \ISyren\i with kanaka labourers, 12 having died on the way and another 12 quarantined, causes a public outcry."
"\BJan 08, \J1868\j\b - Earl of Belmore becomes Governor of NSW."
"\BJan 10, \J1868\j\b - Last convict transport to Australia, the \IHougoumont,\b\i arrives at Fremantle, WA, with 229 convicts, including Irish revolutionary John Boyle O'Reilly and 56 other Fenians."
"\BJan 24, \J1868\j\b - Vic.'s first woollen mill, the Woollen Cloth Manufacturing Co. of Geelong, begins production. (First sale of cloth in May.)"
"\BJan 26, \J1868\j\b - Clipper \ICity of Melbourne\b\i catches fire and sinks at Williamstown."
"\BJan 09, \J1869\j\b - Clipper \IThermopylae\b\i arrives at Port Phillip on its maiden voyage from London in the never-beaten time of 60 days (pilot to pilot)."
"\BJan 15, \J1869\j\b - Charles du Cane becomes Governor of Tas."
"\BJan 18, \J1869\j\b - Prince Alfred College opened in Adelaide. (Main building inaugurated 22 June.)"
"\BJan 08, \J1870\j\b - \IAustralian Town and Country Journal\b\i established in Sydney by Samuel Bennett. (Ceases publication in \J1919\j.)"
"\BJan 13, \J1870\j\b - Charles Cowper replaces John Robertson as Premier of NSW."
"\BJan 30, \J1870\j\b - Townsville-Bowen area severely damaged by cyclone; several ships wrecked. (Hit by another cyclone on 20 Feb; many buildings demolished.)"
"\BJan 24, \J1870\j\b - Ethel Turner born (-\J1958\j)."
"\BJan 05, \J1871\j\b - 'Precious' nugget (1,621 oz) found near Dunolly, Vic., by Ah Chang."
"\BJan 08, \J1871\j\b - Railway reaches Warwick, Qld, from Toowoomba."
"\BJan 19, \J1871\j\b - Sir William Denison died (66)."
"\BJan 24, \J1871\j\b - Oscar Asche born (-\J1936\j)."
"\BJan 06, \J1872\j\b - Prince of Wales Theatre, Sydney, burnt down for the second time."
"\BJan 12, \J1872\j\b - Tin discovered at Tenterfield, NSW."
"\BJan 22, \J1872\j\b - Sir Henry Ayers forms a new ministry in SA following the defeat of the Blyth government."
"\BJan 01, \J1873\j\b - Five Newcastle coalmining companies form 'the vend' to present a common front to the miners' union, to fix a minimum price for coal, and to divide up the market."
"\BJan 29, \J1873\j\b - Fire in George Street, Sydney, destroys nine buildings."
"\BJan 08, \J1874\j\b - Arthur Macalister becomes Premier of Qld for the third time, following the defeat of the Palmer government."
"\BJan 16, \J1874\j\b - Ernest Giles and party move north from Fort Mueller and (21st) reach the Rawlinson Range."
"\BJan 26, \J1874\j\b - P. E. Warburton's expedition reaches Roebourne and then proceeds in easy stages to Fremantle (arr. 25 Mar.)."
"\BJan 11, \J1875\j\b - Sir William Robinson arrives in Fremantle to become Governor of WA."
"\BJan 11, \J1875\j\b - (With him as valet is Henri Grin, later to become notorious as the hoaxer Louis de Rougement.)"
"\BJan 13, \J1875\j\b - Sir Frederick Weld becomes Governor of Tas."
"\BJan 23, \J1875\j\b - W. W. Cairns becomes Governor of Qld."
"\BJan 28, \J1875\j\b - Sir James Hurtle Fisher died (84)."
"\BJan 13, \J1876\j\b - Ernest Giles sets out from Perth for Geraldton to make a return journey overland to SA. (Arrives Peake telegraph station 23 Aug.)"
"\BJan 22, \J1876\j\b - George Dalrymple died (49)."
"\BJan 16, \J1877\j\b - Railway reaches Kingston via Naracoorte in SA."
"\BJan 17, \J1877\j\b - May Gibbs born (û \J1969\j)."
"\BJan 08, \J1878\j\b - First telephone line in Australia established in Melbourne (operated by McLean Bros and Rigg between Elizabeth and Spencer streets)."
"\BJan 08, \J1878\j\b - Because of the Vic. Legislative Council's refusal to pass the Appropriation Bill (with provisions for payment of MPs tacked on), Premier Berry orders the dismissal of more than 200 civil servants, to take effect next dayùBlack Wednesday. "
"\BJan 12, \J1878\j\b - Telephone successfully tested by NSW Superintendent of Telegraphs between Sydney and Kurnell and (27th) between Sydney and Maitland."
"\BJan 14, \J1878\j\b - Cyclone damages every building in Darwin."
"\BJan 30, \J1878\j\b - Two goods trains collide head-on near Emu Plains, NSW; 5 killed."
"\BJan 21, \J1879\j\b - \Bb21\b Thomas McIlwraith becomes Premier of Qld."
"\BJan 01, \J1880\j\b - Sydney Hospital for Sick Children (later the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children) opens in Glebe, Sydney."
"\BJan 31, \J1880\j\b - J. F. Archibald and John Haynes begin publishing the \IBulletin.\i\b "
"\BJan 06, \J1881\j\b - Cyclone causes great destruction to pearling vessels in north-western WA (to 7th); 16 lives lost."
"\BJan 13, \J1881\j\b - Intercolonial conference meets in Sydney (to 24th) and decides to introduce uniform legislation to restrict Chinese immigration. (Qld, NSW, Vic., and SA subsequently pass acts based on passenger limitation in relation to tonnage of vessel carrying migrants.)"
"\BJan 13, \J1881\j\b - Essington Lewis born (- \J1961\j)."
"\BJan 16, \J1882\j\b - Screw-corvette \IWolverine\i transferred from the Royal Navy to NSW for use as a training ship."
"\BJan 16, \J1882\j\b - Cyclone hits Darwin; many buildings destroyed."
"\BJan 29, \J1882\j\b - Russian naval vessels \IAfrika,\bVestnik,\b\i and \IPlaton\i visit Port Phillip (to 24 Feb.) after short visits to Sydney and Hobart. (Sensational articles subsequently appear in the press about Russian intentions.)"
"\BJan 31, \J1882\j\b - Peter Dawson born (- \J1961\j)."
"\BJan 05, \J1883\j\b - Alexander Stuart forms a government in NSW."
"\BJan 24, \J1883\j\b - Aborigines ambush and kill Marcus de la Poer Beresford, officer in charge of native police at Cloncurry, Qld, and four of the police. More than a year of battles between whites and blacks ensues."
"\BJan 30, \J1883\j\b - Premier Sir Bryan O'Loghlen loses his seat in the Vic. election. (James Service forms a coalition government 8 Mar.)"
"\BJan 30, \J1884\j\b - Cyclone severely damages Bowen, Qld, wrecking meatworks and sugar mill and unroofing nearly all houses."
"\BJan 31, \J1884\j\b - Trades and Labor Council established in Adelaide."
"\BJan 24, \J1884\j\b - Thomas Blamey born (- \J1951\j)."
"\BJan 22, \J1885\j\b - NSW Crown Lands Act, aimed at promoting closer settlement, comes into operation."
"\BJan 08, \J1885\j\b - John Curtin born (- \J1945\j)."
"\BJan 22, \J1886\j\b - Melbourne wharf labourers strike (to 18th) for better wages and an eight-hour day."
"\BJan 25, \J1886\j\b - Federal Council of Australasia holds its first meeting in Hobart (to 5 Feb.)."
"\BJan 03, \J1886\j\b - Arthur Mailey born (- \J1967\j)."
"\BJan 24, \J1887\j\b - Vic. and SA railways link at Serviceton; first Adelaide- Melbourne express runs next day."
"\BJan 20, \J1887\j\b - Sir Henry Parkes replaces Sir Patrick Jennings as Premier of NSW."
"\BJan 31, \J1887\j\b - Quakers open the co-educational Friends' School in Hobart."
"\BJan 09, \J1887\j\b - Sydney Ure Smith born (- \J1949\j)."
"\BJan 31, \J1888\j\b - Broken Hill connected by rail to Adelaide via Silverton and Cockburn."
"\BJan 16, \J1888\j\b - Railway line from Newcastle reaches Wallangarra on the Qld border, completing the Sydney- Brisbane rail link (though no bridge yet across Hawkesbury River)."
"\BJan 17, \J1889\j\b - George Dibbs forms a ministry in NSW following the defeat of the Parkes government."
"\BJan 22, \J1889\j\b - Harry Hawker born (- \J1921\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1890\j\b - University of Tasmania established in Hobart by act of parliament."
"\BJan 01, \J1890\j\b - Sydney's North Shore railway opened between St Leonards and Hornsby."
"\BJan 07, \J1891\j\b - Railway from Port Augusta, SA, reaches Oodnadatta."
"\BJan 07, \J1891\j\b - United Labour Party formed at a meeting in Adelaide."
"\BJan 15, \J1891\j\b - Earl of Jersey becomes Governor of NSW."
"\BJan 21, \J1891\j\b - J. J. Cahill born (- \J1959\j)."
"\BJan 23, \J1893\j\b - J. B. Patterson replaces William Shiels as Premier of Vic."
"\BJan 28, \J1893\j\b - Federal Bank of Australia in Melbourne fails."
"\BJan 31, \J1893\j\b - Roy Cazaly born (-\J1963\j)."
"\BJan 04, \J1894\j\b - Two severe hurricanes (the second on 9th) hit the north-west coast of WA; 12 pearling luggers and a steamer lost and about 50 men drown."
"\BJan 15, \J1894\j\b - Australia's first steel rolling mill opens at the Eskbank ironworks, near Lithgow, NSW."
"\BJan 15, \J1894\j\b - Baby-farmer Frances Knorr, convicted of murdering her charges, is hanged at the old Melbourne Gaol."
"\BJan 01, \J1895\j\b - Qld standardises its time at ten hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (Eastern Standard Time)."
"\BJan 24, \J1895\j\b - C. E. Borchgrevink, a Qld surveyor, and H. J. Bull of Melbourne, travelling with a Norwegian expedition in the whaler \IAntarctic,\b\i land at Cape Adare, the first men to land on the Antarctic continent."
"\BJan 29, \J1895\j\b - Income tax introduced in Vic."
"\BJan 29, \J1895\j\b - Premiers' Conference held in Hobart to discuss federation calls for a convention of ten representatives from each colony to frame a federal constitution, which would then be put to a plebiscite."
"\BJan 07, \J1895\j\b - Hudson Fysh born (-\J1974\j)."
"\BJan 07, \J1896\j\b - Tattersall's first lottery in Tas. conducted by George Adams to dispose of the assets of the liquidated Van Diemen's Land Bank."
"\BJan 10, \J1896\j\b - Federation enabling legislation passed in Tas."
"\BJan 12, \J1896\j\b - Heat wave in Bourke, NSW (to 25th), during which 47 people die; daily top temperatures average 116.6░\b\i F (47░\b\i C)."
"\BJan 26, \J1896\j\b - Cyclone causes severe damage in Townsville and Bowen; 18 people killed in Townsville."
"\BJan 02, \J1896\j\b - Lawrence Wackett born (-\J1982\j)."
"\BJan 22, \J1896\j\b - Norman Gilroy born (-\J1977\j)."
"\BJan 07, \J1897\j\b - Cyclone devastates Palmerston (Darwin); 28 lives lost, 15 of them at sea."
"\BJan 15, \J1897\j\b - Order in council transfers the government of Norfolk Is. to NSW (from 19 Mar.)."
"\BJan 20, \J1897\j\b - Hare-Clark proportional-representation voting system used for the first time in the Tas. election (for only the multi-member electorates of Hobart and Launceston)."
"\BJan 20, \J1898\j\b - Federal Convention meets in Melbourne for the third and final session (to 17 Mar.); draft constitution approved."
"\BJan 29, \J1899\j\b - Premiers of all six colonies meet (to 3 Feb.) to discuss amendments to the\b\i Constitution Bill to make it acceptable to NSW and Qld."
"\BJan 21, \J1899\j\b - Ernestine Hill born (-\J1972\j)."
"\BJan 04, \J1900\j\b - Adelaide streets lit by electricity."
"\BJan 15, \J1900\j\b - Suspected cases of bubonic plague reported in Adelaideùthe beginning of an epidemic affecting all mainland states over the next ten years."
"\BJan 19, \J1900\j\b - Sydney's first case of plague discovered. (103 deaths occur in Sydney over the following eight months.)"
"\BJan 24, \J1900\j\b - Intercolonial conference held at the Sydney Trades Hall (to 25th) to consider forming a federal Labour party."
"\BJan 21, \J1900\j\b - Charles Moses born (û \J1988\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1901\j\b - Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed at a ceremony in Centennial Park, Sydney. Lord Hopetoun assumes office as Governor-General, and Prime Minister Edmund Barton and his cabinet ministers (Executive Council) are sworn in."
"\BJan 01, \J1901\j\b - û Whyalla (then known as Hummock Hill), SA, comes into existence as the terminal for the BHP tramway from Iron Knob."
"\BJan 01, \J1902\j\b - Australian Methodist sects unite."
"\BJan 24, \J1903\j\b - WA goldfields water supply scheme opened, water flowing through a steel pipeline from Mundaring Weir, near Perth, to Kalgoorlie."
"\BJan 25, \J1904\j\b - Sir Graham Berry died (81)."
"\BJan 12, \J1905\j\b - Board of Administration of Naval Forces (Naval Board) established, with Capt. W. R. Creswell as director. (Also set up under the Defence Act are a Council of Defence and a Military Board.)"
"\BJan 17, \J1905\j\b - Peter Board appointed first Director of Education in NSW. (New Syllabus subsequently introduced.)"
"\BJan 25, \J1905\j\b - Full adult franchise (subject to racial exclusions) granted in Qld, and plural voting abolished."
"\BJan 19, \J1906\j\b - William Kidston succeeds Arthur Morgan as Premier of Qld."
"\BJan 28, \J1906\j\b - Cyclone severely damages Cairns and Innisfail."
"\BJan 28, \J1906\j\b - û Mater Misericordiae Hospital founded at Crows Nest, Sydney."
"\BJan 28, \J1906\j\b - û Flooding of northern NSW inland rivers (to March)."
"\BJan 01, \J1907\j\b - Excise Tariff (Agricultural Machinery) Act of \J1906\j comes into force, requiring manufacturers to pay their employees a fair and reasonable wage in order to avoid paying excise duty. (Act declared invalid by High Court in June 1908.)"
"\BJan 03, \J1907\j\b - First rescue by Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Clubùof two schoolboys, one of them"
"\BJan 03, \J1907\j\b - Charles Kingsford Smith."
"\BJan 19, \J1907\j\b - Cooktown, Qld, severely damaged by cyclone; government ketch \IPilot\i\b sinks with"
"\BJan 05, \J1909\j\b - Pinnace of HMS \IEncounter\i\b sinks in Sydney Harbour after being struck by the collier \IDunmore\i\b; 15 sailors drown."
"\BJan 08, \J1909\j\b - John Murray replaces Sir Thomas Bent as Premier of Vic."
"\BJan 09, \J1909\j\b - Police clash with striking miners in Broken Hill; 27 miners and leader Tom Mann arrested. (Henry Holland, another leader, arrested on 20 Feb., charged with sedition and later sentenced to two years' gaol; Mann freed.)"
"\BJan 16, \J1909\j\b - T. W. Edgeworth David, Douglas Mawson, and A. F. McKay of the Shackelton expedition reach the South Magnetic Pole."
"\BJan 31, \J1909\j\b - SS \IClan Ranald\i\b founders in Gulf St Vincent, SA; 40 lives lost."
"\BJan 22, \J1910\j\b - Sir George Reid becomes Australia's first High Commissioner in London."
"\BJan 01, \J1911\j\b - Federal Capital Territory (now ACT) vested in Commonwealth."
"\BJan 01, \J1911\j\b - Commonwealth formally takes over from South Australia administration of the Northern Territory. (Palmerston renamed Darwin, 3 Mar.)"
"\BJan 01, \J1911\j\b - Legislation proclaimed introducing compulsory military training for males aged from 12 to 25. (Training begins 1 July.)"
"\BJan 01, \J1911\j\b - û \ILand\i\b newspaper launched by the NSW Farmers and Settlers' Association."
"\BJan 11, \J1911\j\b - Nora Heysen born"
"\BJan 13, \J1911\j\b - Johannes Bjelke-Petersen born"
"\BJan 08, \J1912\j\b - Douglas Mawson sets up base at Commonwealth Bay, King George V Land."
"\BJan 31, \J1912\j\b - General strike begins in Brisbane following the suspension of tramway employees for wearing union badges (to 6 Mar.)."
"\BJan 02, \J1913\j\b - First Commonwealth postage stamp issued (one penny, showing a kangaroo on an outline map of Australia)."
"\BJan 08, \J1913\j\b - Douglas Mawson's companion, Mertz, dies in Antarctica; Mawson makes an epic lone struggle back to base at Commonwealth Bay. (Arrives 8 Feb; \IAurora\i\b had left that day, leaving six men to stay for the winter.)"
"\BJan 29, \J1913\j\b - Cyclone strikes Qld's north coast (to 4 Feb.); Cairns, Innisfail, and surrounding areas flooded, Cooktown damaged, SS \IInnamincka\i\b wrecked."
"\BJan 30, \J1913\j\b - Passenger train and breakdown train collide at Murphy's Creek, Qld; six people killed."
"\BJan 30, \J1913\j\b - û Tasmania's first state high schools open in Hobart and Launceston."
"\BJan 15, \J1913\j\b - Miriam Hyde born"
"\BJan 23, \J1913\j\b - Adrian Quist born (û \J1991\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1915\j\b - Battle of Broken Hill: two men flying the Turkish flag fire on a train carrying picnickers from Broken Hill to Silverton; six killed (including the two attackers), and seven wounded."
"\BJan 16, \J1916\j\b - Prime Minister Hughes leaves Sydney to visit England and the European war zone."
"\BJan 21, \J1916\j\b - George Musgrove died (62)."
"\BJan 01, \J1917\j\b - Daylight saving introduced throughout Australia (to Mar.). (Unpopular, not reintroduced till World War II.)"
"\BJan 31, \J1917\j\b - River Murray Commission begins operating."
"\BJan 01, \J1918\j\b - Australian Corps formed from all five Australian divisions in France."
"\BJan 08, \J1918\j\b - Prime Minister W. M. Hughes tenders his resignation after failing to carry the conscription referendum; ALP leader F. G. Tudor is unable to command a majority in either house, and Hughes is recommissioned (10th)."
"\BJan 13, \J1919\j\b - Peace Conference begins in Versailles, with W. M. Hughes and Sir Joseph Cook as Australia's delegates."
"\BJan 29, \J1919\j\b - Compromise on Pacific mandates reached at the Peace Conference after wrangling between Hughes and US President Wilson."
"\BJan 03, \J1919\j\b - Robin Boyd born (û \J1971\j)."
"\BJan 08, \J1920\j\b - Ray Parer and J. C. McIntosh in a DH9 biplane make the first single-engined aircraft flight from England to Australia (arrive 2 Aug.)."
"\BJan 10, \J1920\j\b - League of Nations comes into force, with Australia an original member."
"\BJan 22, \J1920\j\b - Australian Country Party founded at a meeting of country MPs in Melbourne."
"\BJan 07, \J1920\j\b - Sir Edmond Barton died (70)."
"\BJan 25, \J1921\j\b - Russell Braddon born (-\J1995\j)."
"\BJan 17, \J1923\j\b - Country Party refuses to support or co-operate with a ministry led by or including W. M. Hughes."
"\BJan 29, \J1923\j\b - Trains collide at Clapham in Adelaide; 2 killed and 22 injured."
"\BJan 26, \J1924\j\b - Radio station 3AR begins broadcasting in Melbourne."
"\BJan 01, \J1925\j\b - Federal Capital Commission constituted in place of the Canberra Advisory Committee."
"\BJan 01, \J1925\j\b - Main Roads Board set up in NSW."
"\BJan 26, \J1925\j\b - Radio station 2UE, Australia's oldest B class (commercial) station, begins broadcasting in Sydney."
"\BJan 21, \J1926\j\b - Five miners killed in an explosion at the Redhead colliery, NSW."
"\BJan 23, \J1927\j\b - Fred Williams born (-\J1982\j)."
"\BJan 10, \J1928\j\b - J. R. Moncrieff and G. Hood leave Sydney in an attempt to make the first flight from Australia to New Zealand and are not seen again."
"\BJan 21, \J1928\j\b - John Olsen born"
"\BJan 12, \J1929\j\b - Bunnerong Power Station begins operating in Sydney."
"\BJan 12, \J1929\j\b - - Riots in Adelaide over loading of ships by non-union labour."
"\BJan 13, \J1929\j\b - Henry Bournes Higgins died (77)."
"\BJan 01, \J1930\j\b - Australian National Airways begins a Sydney-Brisbane air service (Sydney-Melbourne service begins 1 June)."
"\BJan 05, \J1930\j\b - Sir Douglas Mawson, in a plane from the British-Australian-New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, discovers MacRobertson Land."
"\BJan 31, \J1930\j\b - Francis Chichester arrives in Sydney in his Gypsy Moth plane after a solo flight from London."
"\BJan 22, \J1931\j\b - Sir Isaac Isaacs, the first Australian-born Governor-General, sworn in; Sir Frank Gavan Duffy succeeds him as Chief Justice."
"\BJan 28, \J1931\j\b - All for Australia League launched at a meeting in Sydney."
"\BJan 29, \J1931\j\b - E. G. Theodore reinstated as federal Treasurer."
"\BJan 21, \J1931\j\b - Malcolm Williamson born"
"\BJan 29, \J1932\j\b - Premier J. T. Lang says NSW will again default if the Loan Council fails to approve his application to the Commonwealth Bank for money to meet interest debts."
"\BJan 07, \J1933\j\b - Bert Hinkler dies in a plane crash in Italy on a flight from England to Australia."
"\BJan 18, \J1933\j\b - Australian Cricket Board of Control cables the MCC protesting against 'unsportsmanlike' bodyline bowling 'likely to upset friendly relations existing between Australia and England'."
"\BJan 23, \J1933\j\b - MCC replies deploring the Australian cable and expressing full confidence in the English team and captain Douglas Jardine."
"\BJan 23, \J1933\j\b - W. G. (Bill) Hayden born"
"\BJan 18, \J1934\j\b - Qantas Empire Airways (QEA) formed in association with Imperial Airways of Britain to operate the Singapore-Brisbane section of the England-Australia air trunk route."
"\BJan 29, \J1934\j\b - Mob violence breaks out in Kalgoorlie and Boulder, WA (to 30th) against Italian and Yugoslav communities after the death of a man in a fight with an Italian barman; two killed and many buildings looted and burnt."
"\BJan 22, \J1934\j\b - Arthur W. Jose died (70)."
"\BJan 14, \J1935\j\b - Tasmania legislates for triennial parliaments."
"\BJan 19, \J1935\j\b - Johnny O'Keefe born (-\J1978\j)."
"\BJan 01, \J1936\j\b - SS \IParinga\b\i sinks in Bass Strait while towing a tanker to Japan; 31 lives lost."
"\BJan 01, \J1936\j\b - Service pension introduced for ex-servicemen at age 60 or if permanently unemployable."
"\BJan 23, \J1936\j\b - Baron Gowrie succeeds Sir Isaac Issacs as Governor-General."
"\BJan 21, \J1938\j\b - Will Dyson died (57)."
"\BJan 12, \J1939\j\b - Temperature in Adelaide reaches 117.7 degrees Fahrenheit (47.6 degrees celsius), the highest recorded in an Australian capital city."
"\BJan 13, \J1939\j\b - Black Friday in Vic.ùthe culmination of days of disastrous bushfires; 71 lives lost and more than a thousand houses and millions of hectares of forest destroyed; temperature in Melbourne reaches 114.1\'83F (45.6 degrees celsius)."
"\BJan 14, \J1939\j\b - Bushfires in many parts of NSW; eight lives lost; temperature in Sydney reaches 113.6 degrees Fahrenheit (45.3 degrees Celsius)."
"\BJan 22, \J1939\j\b - Waterside workers at Port Kembla, under government pressure, agree to load pig-iron for Japan."
"\BJan 29, \J1939\j\b - Germaine Greer born"
"\BJan 10, \J1940\j\b - First contingent of the AIF (6th Division) sails from Sydney for the Middle East."
"\BJan 26, \J1940\j\b - R. G. Casey resigns from federal parliament to become Australia's Minister to the United States."
"\BJan 15, \J1940\j\b - Keith Looby born"
"\BJan 01, \J1941\j\b - Income tax payment by instalments introduced."
"\BJan 17, \J1941\j\b - Jehovah's Witnesses organization declared illegal under National Security regulations."
"\BJan 22, \J1941\j\b - Australian forces capture Tobruk and (30th) enter Derna."
"\BJan 01, \J1942\j\b - Daylight saving begins in all states as a wartime measure (to 29 Mar.) (Reintroduced each year between Oct. and Mar. until \J1944\j.)"
"\BJan 04, \J1942\j\b - Rabaul bombed by the Japanese."
"\BJan 14, \J1942\j\b - Australian troops engage the Japanese for the first time in Malaya. (Begin a fighting withdrawal to Parit Sulong on 20th.)"
"\BJan 21, \J1942\j\b - Japanese bomb Salamaua, Lae, Madang, and Bulolo."
"\BJan 23, \J1942\j\b - Rabaul falls to the Japanese."
"\BJan 31, \J1942\j\b - Manpower Directorate set up."
"\BJan 02, \J1943\j\b - Allied troops recapture Buna in Papua."
"\BJan 22, \J1943\j\b - Sanananda recaptured."
"\BJan 17, \J1944\j\b - Meat rationing begins."
"\BJan 20, \J1944\j\b - Kempsey mail train strikes a bus at a level crossing near the Hawkesbury River, NSW; 17 killed."
"\BJan 21, \J1944\j\b - AustraliaûNew Zealand Agreement (Anzac Pact) signed in Canberra."
"\BJan 26, \J1944\j\b - Australian forces occupy Shaggy Ridge in the Finisterre Ranges."
"\BJan 18, \J1944\j\b - Paul Keating born"
"\BJan 30, \J1945\j\b - Duke of Gloucester replaces Lord Gowrie as Governor-General."
"\BJan 12, \J1946\j\b - û Commonwealth acquires Darwin and its environs to a distance of 16 km to allow for replanning."
"\BJan 01, \J1948\j\b - Employees under federal awards begin working a 40-hour week."
"\BJan 04, \J1948\j\b - Melbourne tramway employees strike over 40-hour-week rosters, prompting the state government to pass an Essential Services Act (15th)."
"\BJan 22, \J1948\j\b - J. S. (Jock) Garden, former secretary to E. J. Ward, charged with forgery concerning timber leases in New Guinea. (Later sentenced to gaol term.)"
"\BJan 28, \J1948\j\b - Immigration Minister A. A. Calwell announces that all coloured people who found refuge in Australia during the war must leave the country."
"\BJan 21, \J1949\j\b - Royal commission held (to 18 Apr) to consider whether E. J. Ward had any part in the granting of timber leases in New Guinea. (Ward exonerated 24 June.)"
"\BJan 23, \J1949\j\b - \ISunday Herald\i\b begins publication in Sydney."
"\BJan 26, \J1949\j\b - Nationality and Citizenship Act comes into force, creating the status of Australian citizen. "
"\BJan 09, \J1950\j\b - British Commonwealth foreign ministers meet in Colombo (to 14th), where Australia's Percy Spender initiates the Colombo Plan for economic aid to South-East Asia."
"\BJan 18, \J1950\j\b - Cyclone moving from Qld to Sydney causes seven deaths and widespread damage (to 19th)."
"\BJan 25, \J1950\j\b - Explosion on HMAS \ITarakan\i\b at Garden Is. dockyard in Sydney; eight killed."
"\BJan 11, \J1952\j\b - Frederick McDermott, imprisoned for life in \J1946\j for the murder of a Grenfell, NSW, storekeeper, is released after a royal commission finds him innocent."
"\BJan 15, \J1952\j\b - V. C. Gair becomes Premier of Qld on the death of E. M. Hanlon."
"\BJan 15, \J1952\j\b - û Bushfires in NSW (which started in Dec. \J1951\j) and Vic. (to Mar.) claim 16 lives and cause great destruction to land and property."
"\BJan 07, \J1953\j\b - Japan's first post-war ambassador to Australia arrives in Sydney."
"\BJan 22, \J1953\j\b - NT Legislative Council passes legislation to give full citizenship rights to"
"\BJan 22, \J1953\j\b - NT Aborigines other than those committed to state care."
"\BJan 28, \J1953\j\b - J. H. Scullin died (76)."
"\BJan 10, \J1954\j\b - Chester Wilmot died (42)."
"\BJan 02, \J1955\j\b - Black Sunday in Adelaide, with bushfires, gale-force winds, and a temperature of 40░C; two firefighters die and the vice-regal residence at Marble Hill is destroyed."
"\BJan 11, \J1955\j\b - Harbour at Cockburn Sound, WA, opened to provide shipping facilities for Kwinana."
"\BJan 19, \J1955\j\b - Kenneth Mackenzie died (41)."
"\BJan 23, \J1955\j\b - Sydney Long died (83)."
"\BJan 01, \J1956\j\b - Australian troops take part in their first action in Malaya against Communist terrorists in Kedah state."
"\BJan 17, \J1956\j\b - Waterside workers begin a month-long strike for pay increases."
"\BJan 19, \J1956\j\b - Two new savings banks opened (by Bank of NSW and ANZ Bank), ending the virtual monopoly of the Commonwealth Savings Bank."
"\BJan 22, \J1956\j\b - Sydney underground railway's Circular Quay loop comes into use."
"\BJan 23, \J1956\j\b - Floods in south-west Qld wipe out the tobacco crop."
"\BJan 11, \J1957\j\b - Sir Robert Garran died (89)."
"\BJan 10, \J1958\j\b - First Opera House lottery drawn in NSW."
"\BJan 14, \J1958\j\b - Qantas inaugurates a round-the-world air service."
"\BJan 20, \J1958\j\b - Royal Australian Naval College transferred from Flinders Naval Depot back to Jervis Bay."
"\BJan 28, \J1958\j\b - British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan arrives in Sydney for a two-week visit to Australia, the first by a British PM in office."
"\BJan 26, \J1959\j\b - Darwin attains city status."
"\BJan 14, \J1960\j\b - Three federal banking bodies established in \J1959\jùthe Reserve Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth Development Bank, and the Commonwealth Banking Corporationùbegin operations."
"\BJan 12, \J1960\j\b - Nevil Shute died (60)."
"\BJan 09, \J1961\j\b - Myer Emporium Ltd takes over Farmer & Co. of Sydney."
"\BJan 02, \J1962\j\b - Standard-gauge railway line opened between NSW and Melbourne; first express freight through train leaves Sydney."
"\BJan 12, \J1962\j\b - Australia accepts Indonesian sovereignty over West New Guinea."
"\BJan 13, \J1962\j\b - Banks in all states except Vic. open on Saturday morning for the last time. (Vic. banks adopt the five-day week on 5 Jan. \J1963\j.)"
"\BJan 13, \J1962\j\b - Bushfires within 20 km of central Melbourne cause eight deaths and the destruction of 300 houses."
"\BJan 16, \J1962\j\b - Frank Hurley died (76)."
"\BJan 01, \J1963\j\b - CSIRO physicist Gilbert Bogle and Mrs Margaret Chandler found dead in bushland beside the Lane Cove River near Fullers Bridge, Sydney; circumstances of their deaths remain unexplained."
"\BJan 28, \J1963\j\b - Shark fatally attacks actress Marcia Hathaway in shallow water at Sugarloaf Bay in Sydney's Middle Harbour."
"\BJan 13, \J1963\j\b - Will Ogilvie died (93)."
"\BJan 29, \J1964\j\b - RAAF receives its first two Mirage jet fighters."
"\BJan 07, \J1965\j\b - Australia's first hydrofoil ferry begins service to Manly, in Sydney."
"\BJan 12, \J1965\j\b - Bodies of two 15-year-olds, Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt, found at Wanda Beach, Sydney; case remains unsolved."
"\BJan 16, \J1965\j\b - Passenger and car ferry \IEmpress of Australia\i\b begins operating between Sydney and Hobart."
"\BJan 27, \J1965\j\b - Police at Mt Isa given the power to arrest without warrant and ban any person aiding the strike there; Pat Mackie banned."
"\BJan 20, \J1966\j\b - Sir Robert Menzies retires after a record 16 successive years as Prime Minister; Harold Holt replaces him."
"\BJan 26, \J1966\j\b - Dame Annabelle Rankin, appointed to Holt's new ministry, becomes the first woman to hold a federal portfolio."
"\BJan 26, \J1966\j\b - Three Beaumont children disappear on their way to Glenelg beach, Adelaide, and are never seen again."
"\BJan 28, \J1966\j\b - Rich nickel-ore deposits found at Kambalda, WA, by Western Mining Corp."
"\BJan 30, \J1966\j\b - Prince Charles arrives in Australia to attend Geelong Grammar's Timbertop school (to 1 Aug.)"
"\BJan 18, \J1967\j\b - Marshal Ky, Premier of South Vietnam, visits Australia (to 23rd), setting off protest demonstrations by opponents of the Vietnam War."
"\BJan 26, \J1967\j\b - AWU agrees to affiliate with the ACTU."
"\BJan 10, \J1968\j\b - Senator John Gorton sworn in as Prime Minister after defeating Paul Hasluck for the leadership of the Liberal Party (William McMahon having declined to stand because of CP opposition)."
"\BJan 17, \J1968\j\b - J. C. A. Pizzey becomes Premier of Qld on the retirement of Frank Nicklin."
"\BJan 31, \J1968\j\b - Nauru becomes an independent republic."
"\BJan 08, \J1969\j\b - Bushfires in Vic. (to 9th) cause 23 deathsù15 at Lara, near Geelongùand the loss of more than 200 houses and large numbers of livestock."
"\BJan 13, \J1969\j\b - Cannons from Captain Cook's ship \IEndeavour\i\b recovered from Endeavour Reef, off Cooktown, north Qld."
"\BJan 01, \J1970\j\b - R. J. Hawke succeeds Albert Monk as president of the ACTU."
"\BJan 18, \J1970\j\b - Cyclone Ada devastates Daydream and Hayman island holiday resorts off the central Qld coast (to 19th); 13 lives lost."
"\BJan 27, \J1970\j\b - Reports that Tasminex mining company had discovered a large nickel field raise share prices from $3.35 to $85.60. (Prices fall back to $7.50 on 3 Mar. when company reveals only traces of nickel were found.)"
"\BJan 01, \J1971\j\b - Wearing of seat belts in cars made compulsory in Vic. (Made compulsory in NSW on 1 Aug; throughout Australia in \J1972\j.)"
"\BJan 27, \J1972\j\b - Aboriginal Tent Embassy set up outside Parliament House, Canberra, in a demonstration for land rights. (Removed by police in July.)"
"\BJan 28, \J1972\j\b - General Motors-Holden's dismisses 1,240 employees in NSW, Vic., and SA."
"\BJan 01, \J1973\j\b - Australian Wool Corporation takes over the functions of the Australian Wool Commission and the Australian Wool Board."
"\BJan 16, \J1973\j\b - Francis James released from detention in China."
"\BJan 01, \J1975\j\b - University of Wollongong established."
"\BJan 03, \J1975\j\b - Sir Robert Askin retires as Premier of NSW; T. L. Lewis succeeds him."
"\BJan 05, \J1975\j\b - Tasman Bridge in Hobart collapses when the bulk carrier \ILake Illawarra\b\i strikes two supporting piers; ship sinks and four cars crash off the bridge, with the loss of 12 lives."
"\BJan 07, \J1975\j\b - Mineral and Energy Minister Rex Connor's authority to raise an overseas loan of $US4,000 million withdrawn. (Given authority by Executive Council on 28th to raise $US2,000 million.)"
"\BJan 19, \J1975\j\b - ABC rock radio station 2JJ (later\b\i 2\b\i JJJ-FM) opens in Sydney, broadcasting 24 hours a day."
"\BJan 05, \J1976\j\b - Family Law Act comes into operation; Elizabeth Evatt is sworn in as Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia."
"\BJan 22, \J1976\j\b - Prime Minister Fraser reinstates 'God Save the Queen' as Australia's official anthem."
"\BJan 23, \J1976\j\b - Sir Eric Willis replaces T. L. Lewis as Premier of NSW."
"\BJan 24, \J1976\j\b - ABC's FM stereo radio service, with stations in Adelaide (network centre), Sydney, Melbourne, and Canberra, begins transmission."
"\BJan 30, \J1976\j\b - Restrictions removed on the ownership and trading of gold."
"\BJan 01, \J1977\j\b - Death duties abolished in Qld."
"\BJan 01, \J1977\j\b - Australian Broadcasting Tribunal replaces the Australian Broadcasting Control Board."
"\BJan 05, \J1977\j\b - Sacked Connair pilot Colin Forman flies a stolen plane into the Connair building in Alice Springs, killing himself and three others."
"\BJan 18, \J1977\j\b - Australia's worst railway disaster occurs when a commuter train from the Blue Mountains crashes into a concrete bridge at Granville, Sydney; 83 people killed and many injured by the falling bridge."
"\BJan 14, \J1977\j\b - Peter Finch died (60)."
"\BJan 01, \J1978\j\b - Special Broadcasting Service established to provide multilingual radio and television services."
"\BJan 17, \J1978\j\b - SA Police Commissioner Harold Salisbury dismissed for misleading the government over dossiers kept by the Special Branch."
"\BJan 09, \J1979\j\b - Federal government signs an agreement to allow the Ranger consortium to start mining uranium in the NT."
"\BJan 14, \J1979\j\b - Marjorie Lawrence died (71)."
"\BJan 24, \J1980\j\b - First section of Melbourne's underground rail loop opens."
"\BJan 27, \J1980\j\b - Merchant banker Frank Nugan found dead in his car at Bowenfels, near Lithgow, NSW."
"\BJan 13, \J1981\j\b - Sydney police trap Gregory McHardy attempting to collect the Woolworths ransom in the water at Taronga Park wharf. (McHardy and accomplice Larry Danielson sentenced on 27 Apr. to 20 years' imprisonment.)"
"\BJan 25, \J1982\j\b - Sir Charles Court steps down as Premier of WA and is succeeded by Ray O'Connor."
"\BJan 09, \J1983\j\b - Bushfires kill four fire-fighters in NSW and Vic."
"\BJan 28, \J1983\j\b - F. M. Forde died (92)."
"\BJan 17, \J1984\j\b - Ian Sinclair succeeds J. D. Anthony as federal National Party leader."
"\BJan 31, \J1984\j\b - Bank robber Hakki Bahadi Atahan takes ten hostages from the Commonwealth Bank in George St, Sydney, but is shot dead by police on the Spit Bridge after a car chase through the suburbs."
"\BJan 09, \J1984\j\b - Bob Dyer died (74)."
"\BJan 21, \J1984\j\b - Alan Marshall died (82)."
"\BJan 01, \J1985\j\b - Australia begins a two-year term on the UN Security Council. (Australia's ambassador takes over as president for the month of Nov.)"
"\BJan 14, \J1985\j\b - More than 140 bushfires flare through Vic. and SA (to 17th); five people killed."
"\BJan 11, \J1985\j\b - Sir William McKell died (93)."
"\BJan 07, \J1986\j\b - û Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, enrolls its first cadets."
"\BJan 07, \J1986\j\b - û \IAustralian Geographic\i\b magazine launched by Dick Smith."
"\BJan 15, \J1988\j\b - Aboriginal television station Imparja begins transmission in Alice Springs."
"\BJan 18, \J1988\j\b - First Fleet Re-enactment vessels arrive at Botany Bay."
"\BJan 22, \J1988\j\b - Two earthquakes, one registering 7 on the Richter scale, strike the Tennant Creek area of the NT, generating a 20-km fault scarp."
"\BJan 25, \J1988\j\b - Prince and Princess of Wales arrive in Sydney for the Bicentennial celebrations."
"\BJan 26, \J1988\j\b - Australia Day Bicentennial celebrations on Sydney Harbour draw the biggest crowd yet (est. 2.5 million) to attend a single Australian event."
"\BJan 01, \J1989\j\b - Hawkesbury Agricultural College and the Nepean College of Advanced Education combine to form the University of Western Sydney."
"\BJan 10, \J1989\j\b - Asst Commissioner Colin Winchester of the Australian Federal Police shot dead in the driveway of his home in Canberra."
"\BJan 28, \J1990\j\b - û Fierce bushfires around Cootamundra, Tocumwal and Albury and in the Riverina; 40 homes destroyed, 70,000 sheep lost."
"\BJan 04, \J1990\j\b - Sir Henry Bolte died (81)."
"\BJan 01, \J1991\j\b - Australian Catholic University opens, with eight campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, Ballarat, Canberra, and Brisbane."
"\BJan 19, \J1991\j\b - Western Australian College of Advanced Education, Perth, becomes the Edith Cowan University."
"\BJan 21, \J1991\j\b - Violent storm in Sydney causes widespread damage; many homes left without power for a week."
"\BJan 31, \J1991\j\b - Perth experiences its highest recorded temperature (45.8░ C)."
"\BJan 16, \J1992\j\b - Thirty-four men and women claiming to be teachers and students from Beijing, reach Doongan cattle station, west of Wyndham, WA, after walking for about ten days from their wrecked boat at Swift Bay. (Last of the 56 found alive on 25th, about 150 km from Swift Bay.)"
"\BJan 24, \J1992\j\b - Rev. Dawn Kenyon (ordained in New Zealand) becomes Australia's first female Anglican priest when commissioned at Southern Cross, WA."
"\BJan 04, \J1992\j\b - Dame Judith Anderson died (93)."
"\BJan 09, \J1993\j\b - Sir Paul Hasluck died (87)."
"\BJan 02, \J1994\j\b - (to 14th). Hot, windy weather fans bushfires in eastern NSW from Qld border to south coast, several around Sydney (at Marsfield, Turramurra, Menai, Bundeena, etc.). About 450 square kilometres burnt on Central Coast; more than 100 homes destroyed in Sutherland shire and the northern suburbs of Sydney; Royal National Park almost completely burnt out."
"\BJan 26, \J1994\j\b - Prince Charles, on a 12-day visit to Australia, is attacked by a man who fires two shots from a starting pistol during an open-air function at Darling Harbour, Sydney."
