"\BJul 01, \J1788\j\b - First sitting of the Court of Civil Jurisdiction (Collins, Johnson, and Surgeon-General John White)."
"\BJul 14, \J1788\j\b - \IAlexander, \IPrince of Wales, \IFriendship,\b\i and \IBorrowdale\b\i sail for UK."
"\BJul 03, \J1789\j\b - Brig \IMercury\b\i (Capt. John Cox) arrives at Oyster Bay, Maria Is., having visited and named Cox Bight, Van Diemen's Land."
"\BJul 09, \J1791\j\b - Transport \IMary Ann\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 141 female convicts."
"\BJul 13, \J1791\j\b - Allan Cunningham born (-\J1839\j)."
"\BJul 01, \J1793\j\b - \IShah Hormuzear\b\i and the whaler \IChesterfield\b\i (M.B. Alt), the first merchant vessels to sail through Torres Strait, anchor at Darnley Is., where some crew members are killed by natives; others sail in a ship's boat to Timor."
"\BJul 20, \J1793\j\b - D'Entrecasteaux dies of fever off the coast of New Guinea."
"\BJul 24, \J1793\j\b - Schooner \IFrancis,\b\i the first ocean-going vessel to be built in the colony, launched at Sydney."
"\BJul 01, \J1794\j\b - Hunter is given his commission as Governor and his instructions, including permission to assign convicts as servants to landowners."
"\BJul 04, \J1794\j\b - Marsden moves to Parramatta to become chaplain there."
"\BJul 08, \J1794\j\b - American ships \IIndispensable\b\i and \IHalcyon\b\i leave Port Jackson with an escaping convict on each ship."
"\BJul 25, \J1795\j\b - James Squire granted 30 acres at Eastern Farms (Ryde), on which he later builds a brewery."
"\BJul 21, \J1795\j\b - George Gawler born (-\J1869\j)."
"\BJul 03, \J1797\j\b - Hunter sends a party of soldiers to protect settlers in the Hawkesbury area following the killing of a number of settlers by Aborigines."
"\BJul 20, \J1797\j\b - Paul Edmond de Strzelecki born (-\J1873\j)."
"\BJul 18, \J1798\j\b - \IBritannia\b\i (Robert Turnbull) arrives at Port Jackson with 94 convicts."
"\BJul 08, \J1799\j\b - Flinders leaves Port Jackson in the \INorfolk\b\i to examine the coast to the north. (Explores the Moreton Bay area, 15th to 31st.)"
"\BJul 26, \J1799\j\b - \IHillsborough\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 205 convicts, 95 having died, mostly of typhoid fever, on the way; prisoners include lawyer George Crossley."
"\BJul 16, \J1800\j\b - Revs Richard Johnson and Samuel Marsden open a Church school at Kissing Point (Ryde)."
"\BJul 04, \J1801\j\b - Survey party finds seams of coal at the Hunter."
"\BJul 14, \J1801\j\b - Hamelin at Rottnest Is. (to 28th); explores Swan River."
"\BJul 18, \J1801\j\b - Flinders leaves England in \IInvestigator\b\i to explore Australian coastline."
"\BJul 20, \J1801\j\b - Baudin explores De Witt's Land and names Monte Bello Is. (to 10 Aug.)."
"\BJul 27, \J1801\j\b - King disbands the Loyal Associations."
"\BJul 07, \J1802\j\b - \IAtlas\b\i (1) arrives with 111 convicts (65 having died), including Sir Henry Browne Hayes."
"\BJul 22, \J1802\j\b - Flinders leaves Sydney in the \IInvestigator,\b\i with Murray in the \ILady Nelson,\b\i to explore and chart the northern coastline of Australia."
"\BJul 23, \J1802\j\b - Colony divided into two parishesù St Phillip's (Sydney) and St John's (Parramatta)."
"\BJul 05, \J1805\j\b - Judge-Advocate Atkins states that since Aborigines have neither religion nor morals they cannot give evidence."
"\BJul 13, \J1805\j\b - \ILady Barlow\b\i arrested on arrival in England for infringing East India Co. charter (but allowed to leave on condition the cargo would be sold outside Britain)."
"\BJul 25, \J1807\j\b - Bligh suspends D'Arcy Wentworth for alleged misconduct in administering Parramatta Hospital."
"\BJul 28, \J1808\j\b - Lt-Col. Joseph Foveaux arrives from England on his way to resume administration of Norfolk Is. and, being senior to Johnston, takes over next day as administrator of NSW."
"\BJul 29, \J1808\j\b - Further flooding on the Hawkesbury and Georges rivers."
"\BJul 30, \J1808\j\b - Foveaux refuses Bligh's request to be reinstated."
"\BJul 30, \J1809\j\b - Floods on the Hawkesbury yet again (to Aug; eight lives lost, as well as much grain) and on the Derwent, Tas."
"\BJul 11, \J1810\j\b - Capt. Frederick Hasselburg, on a sealing voyage in Robert Campbell's ship \IPerseverance,\b\i discovers Macquarie Is."
"\BJul 02, \J1811\j\b - \IProvidence\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 174 convicts, including Edward Eagar."
"\BJul 10, \J1812\j\b - Select committee of the House of Commons reports on transportation to NSW."
"\BJul 27, \J1812\j\b - Henry Waterhouse died (42)."
"\BJul 01, \J1813\j\b - Proclamation issued regarding the introduction and design of the holey dollar: ring worth 5s, dump worth 1s 3d, to become legal tender on 30 Sept. (but not in fact issued until Jan. \J1814\j)."
"\BJul 16, \J1813\j\b - Two officers of the 73rd Regt who killed a settler are convicted only of manslaughter and given a six-month gaol sentence by the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Judge-Advocate and seven of their fellow officers); public outcry ensues."
"\BJul 31, \J1813\j\b - Macquarie informs the Colonial Office of his dissatisfaction with the 73rd Regt and asks that no officer be allowed to remain in the colony after the regiment's withdrawal."
"\BJul 14, \J1814\j\b - Macquarie authorises William Cox to build a road across the Blue Mountains along the Blaxland-Evans track."
"\BJul 28, \J1814\j\b - Jeffery Hart Bent, bringing with him the Charter of Justice, arrives in Sydney on the transport \IBroxbornebury\i\b to take up his post as judge of the NSW Supreme Court (appointed in Feb.)."
"\BJul 19, \J1814\j\b - Matthew Flinders died (40)."
"\BJul 01, \J1815\j\b - Macquarie complains to the Colonial Office about the conduct of the Bent brothers and says he will resign if they are not recalled."
"\BJul 09, \J1817\j\b - Oxley turns back after meeting swamps about 60 km from the Murrumbidgee River and (25th) discovers Lake Cargelligo."
"\BJul 25, \J1817\j\b - Macquarie requests the withdrawal of the 46th Regt, which he has criticised for insubordinate conduct."
"\BJul 26, \J1817\j\b - Transport \IChapman\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 186 convicts, 12 having been killed and 30 wounded during threatened uprisings en route; inquiry held immediately; military involved subsequently acquitted."
"\BJul 28, \J1817\j\b - Charles Throsby explores south-west of Moss Vale (to 10 Aug.)."
"\BJul 08, \J1817\j\b - James Bonwick born (-\J1906\j)."
"\BJul 08, \J1818\j\b - Oxley sends Evans off to the north-east, where he discovers the Castlereagh River (12th)."
"\BJul 17, \J1819\j\b - First savings bank in Australia, founded by Barron Field and Robert Campbell and popularly known as Campbell's Bank, opens in Sydney, Parramatta, Liverpool, and Windsor."
"\BJul 29, \J1820\j\b - Supplementary issue of \ISydney Gazette\b\i printed on paper made at a mill established at Waterloo in \J1818\j."
"\BJul 05, \J1822\j\b - Agricultural Society of NSW (later the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW) founded at a public meeting in Sydney."
"\BJul 14, \J1823\j\b - Board of inquiry begins investigation into the behaviour of Douglass following charges by Marsden; Douglass is exonerated."
"\BJul 19, \J1823\j\b - New South Wales Judicature Act receives royal assent, enabling the estab-lishment of a nominated Legislative Council, a Supreme Court with full independence, courts of quarter sessions, the appointment of a Chief Justice to replace the Judge-Advocate and Supreme Court judge, and trial by jury in civil cases under certain conditions."
"\BJul 15, \J1824\j\b - W. C. Wentworth returns to Sydney with Robert Wardell to start a newspaper."
"\BJul 24, \J1824\j\b - Gov. Brisbane initiates a system for the sale of Crown land."
"\BJul 01, \J1824\j\b - Lachlan Macquarie died (62)."
"\BJul 16, \J1825\j\b - Lt-Gen. Ralph Darling given separate commissions as Governor of NSW and Tas., the area of NSW (with its western boundary extended from 135░\b\i E to 129░\b\i E, to include Fort Dundas) to extend south to Wilsons Promontory; south of that to be Tas."
"\BJul 17, \J1825\j\b - Warrant issued in London for the appointment of three non-official members to the NSW Legislative Council."
"\BJul 21, \J1825\j\b - Australian Agricultural Co. promised a 31-year lease of Newcastle coalmines."
"\BJul 03, \J1826\j\b - Bank of Australia opens in Sydney."
"\BJul 17, \J1827\j\b - First lecture delivered at the Van Diemen's Land Mechanics' Institute in Hobart, the first mechanics' institute in Australia."
"\BJul 07, \J1827\j\b - D'Arcy Wentworth died (65?)."
"\BJul 17, \J1828\j\b - First Masters' and Servants' Act passed in NSW."
"\BJul 24, \J1828\j\b - Allan Cunningham and Patrick Logan set out from Brisbane to establish a route to the Darling Downs."
"\BJul 25, \J1828\j\b - Judicature Act of \J1823\j amended in UK to increase the NSW Legislative Council to 15 members (7 official and 7 non-official, plus the Governor), a majority of whom being able to overrule the Governor's proposals; a week's notice to be given of proposed bills."
"\BJul 30, \J1828\j\b - Capt. James Stirling, back in England, urges the Colonial Office to form a colony on the Swan River."
"\BJul 05, \J1831\j\b - William Bede Dalley born (û \J1888\j)."
"\BJul 21, \J1831\j\b - Henry Hacking died (81)."
"\BJul 0-, \J1833\j\b - William Redfern died (59?)."
"\BJul 06, \J1835\j\b - William Buckley, after living with the Aborigines for almost 32 years, meets Batman's party at Indented Head, Port Phillip."
"\BJul 09, \J1835\j\b - Mitchell reaches the site of Menindee but turns back before reaching the Murray owing to the hostility of the natives."
"\BJul 17, \J1835\j\b - Emigrant ship \IEnchantress\b\i wrecked in D'Entrecasteaux Channel, with the loss of 16 lives."
"\BJul 21, \J1835\j\b - J. P. Fawkner and a party in the \IEnterprise\b\i leave Launceston to investigate the mainland for the purposes of settlement. (Fawkner, sick, is left at George Town.)"
"\BJul 20, \J1835\j\b - Ernest Giles born (-\J1897\j)."
"\BJul 11, \J1836\j\b - Thomas Petty opens Petty's Hotel in York Steet, Sydney."
"\BJul 27, \J1836\j\b - First SA settlers arrive at Kangaroo Is. with the South Australian Co.'s whaling expedition."
"\BJul 29, \J1836\j\b - Church Act places all religious bodies on an equal footing and provides for state aid to principal Christian denominations in NSW."
"\BJul 31, \J1836\j\b - Mitchell reaches the Glenelg River, and then follows it to the sea."
"\BJul 03, \J1837\j\b - Gov. Bourke's resignation accepted by the Colonial Office."
"\BJul 12, \J1838\j\b - E. J. Eyre arrives at Adelaide with a herd of cattle overlanded from Sydney by way of the Port Phillip district."
"\BJul 14, \J1838\j\b - Gov. Hindmarsh leaves Adelaide, having been recalled."
"\BJul 27, \J1839\j\b - Adelaide River, NT, discovered by L. R. Fitzmaurice of the \IBeagle."
"\BJul 01, \J1841\j\b - Assignment of convict labour to private employers abolished in NSW. Bounty system of assisted migration suspended."
"\BJul 07, \J1841\j\b - Eyre and Wylie reach Albany."
"\BJul 28, \J1841\j\b - J. L. Stokes, surveying the Gulf of Carpentaria in the \IBeagle,\b\i discovers the Flinders River and the Albert River (1 Aug.) and names a nearby fertile area the Plains of Promise."
"\BJul 01, \J1843\j\b - \IAdelaide Observer\b\i first published."
"\BJul 15, \J1843\j\b - Assisted migration resumed by British government."
"\BJul 26, \J1843\j\b - Maitland, NSW, proclaimed the first district council area."
"\BJul 03, \J1845\j\b - Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary reopened in the south wing of the Rum Hospital."
"\BJul 05, \J1845\j\b - Leichhardt reaches the Gulf of Carpentaria and (12th) discovers and names the Gilbert River."
"\BJul 14, \J1845\j\b - Sturt divides his party, sending most back to Adelaide under James Poole (who dies on 16th); Sturt moves on to a new depot at Fort Grey (15th)."
"\BJul 01, \J1846\j\b - Four guards killed during a riot on Norfolk Is; 12 convicts subsequently executed."
"\BJul 01, \J1846\j\b - Launceston Church Grammar School opens."
"\BJul 11, \J1846\j\b - Sir George Gipps leaves Sydney to return to UK; Lt-Gen. Sir Maurice O'Connell becomes acting Governor."
"\BJul 12, \J1846\j\b - Riot in Melbourne between Orangemen and Roman Catholic members of the Irish community; shots fired; martial law proclaimed for one night."
"\BJul 21, \J1846\j\b - Public meeting in Adelaide opposes state aid for religion proposed by Gov. Robe."
"\BJul 07, \J1846\j\b - Livingston Hopkins ('Hop') born (-\J1927\j)."
"\BJul 17, \J1846\j\b - Nikolai Mikluho-Maclay born (-\J1888\j)."
"\BJul 09, \J1847\j\b - J. A. Goold appointed first Catholic Bishop of Melbourne."
"\BJul 15, \J1847\j\b - Collegiate School (later St Peter's College) opens in Trinity Church, Adelaide, schoolrooms. (College building erected \J1849\j-51.)"
"\BJul 16, \J1847\j\b - HMS \IRattlesnake\b\i (Capt. Owen Stanley) with English biologist T. H. Huxley aboard, arrives in Sydney to begin a three-year survey in Australian waters."
"\BJul 26, \J1848\j\b - Electors in Port Phillip district, in protest against an absentee government in Sydney, refuse to nominate representatives to the NSW Legislative Council (and elect Earl Grey as the member for Melbourne)."
"\BJul 18, \J1848\j\b - Alexander Macleay died (81)."
"\BJul 21, \J1849\j\b - \IPhoenician\i\b, the first clipper ship to come to Australia, arrives at Port Jackson from Britain after a 91-day voyage (compared with an average of 140 days)."
"\BJul 03, \J1850\j\b - Work begins on NSW's first railway line, from Sydney to Parramatta."
"\BJul 31, \J1850\j\b - First land sales at Warwick, on the Darling Downs."
"\BJul 01, \J1851\j\b - Port Phillip district officially becomes the colony of Victoria; C. J. La Trobe becomes Lt-Governor (15 July)."
"\BJul 02, \J1851\j\b - Election held for SA Legislative Council (to 12th)."
"\BJul 07, \J1851\j\b - James Esmond's discovery of gold at Clunes, Vic., announced."
"\BJul 08, \J1851\j\b - First great nugget found in Australia, the Kerr Hundredweight, yielding 1,272 oz of gold, discovered on the Turon River."
"\BJul 29, \J1852\j\b - P & O mail steamer \IChusan\i\b arrives at Port Phillip (continues to Sydney, arriving 3 Aug.) to inaugurate a two-monthly mail and passenger service between Sydney and London (overland at Egypt)."
"\BJul 01, \J1853\j\b - Beechworth, Vic., proclaimed a town."
"\BJul 20, \J1853\j\b - Bushrangers hold up the gold escort from the McIvor field, Vic., killing three troopers and the driver and taking 2,320 oz of gold and cash. (Five later captured; three hanged.)"
"\BJul 28, \J1853\j\b - Wentworth's select committee makes its recommendations, which include an upper house whose members would constitute a colonial peerage."
"\BJul 28, \J1853\j\b - û Australia's first government-maintained free public library established in Melbourne."
"\BJul 28, \J1853\j\b - û Severe flooding on the Murrumbidgee (higher than previous year)."
"\BJul 28, \J1853\j\b - û Gold discovered at Buckland River, Vic."
"\BJul 05, \J1854\j\b - John Davies founds the bi-weekly \IHobarton Mercury\i\b (later the Hobart \IMercury\i\b; daily publication from 1 Jan. \J1860\j)."
"\BJul 13, \J1855\j\b - Site of Shepparton, Vic., surveyed. (First land sales 13 Mar. \J1856\j.)"
"\BJul 16, \J1855\j\b - NSW and Vic. constitution bills assented to in UK."
"\BJul 18, \J1855\j\b - A. C. Gregory and party (including Ferdinand von Mueller) leave Sydney by ship for the Victoria River (NT) to search for Leichhardt."
"\BJul 23, \J1855\j\b - A. E. (later Sir Arthur) Kennedy becomes Governor of WA."
"\BJul 01, \J1856\j\b - Belfast (now Port Fairy), Vic., declared a town site."
"\BJul 04, \J1857\j\b - European miners drive some 2,000 Chinese from the Buckland River goldfield, burning their tents and looting their equipment."
"\BJul 15, \J1857\j\b - National convention meets in Melbourne (to 6 Aug.) to press for the unlocking of the land."
"\BJul 23, \J1857\j\b - First sale of town land at Gunnedah, NSW."
"\BJul 02, \J1858\j\b - Torrens system of land conveyancing and registration comes into operation in SA (adopted in Qld. in \J1861\j; NSW, Vic., Tas. in \J1862\j; WA in \J1874\j)."
"\BJul 10, \J1858\j\b - Two killed in a train derailment at Haslem's Creek (Lidcombe), NSW."
"\BJul 12, \J1858\j\b - \ISouth Australian Advertiser\i\b first published in Adelaide. (Renamed the \IAdvertiser\i\b 3 Mar. \J1899\j.)"
"\BJul 21, \J1858\j\b - First intercolonial telegraph line officially opened between Melbourne and Adelaide."
"\BJul 04, \J1858\j\b - King O'Malley born? (û \J1953\j)."
"\BJul 04, \J1861\j\b - A. W. Howitt leaves Melbourne to search for Burke and Wills. (Other relief parties subsequently set out: John McKinlay from Adelaide; William Landsborough from the Gulf of Carpentaria; Frederick Walker from Rockhampton.)"
"\BJul 08, \J1861\j\b - Geelong College founded."
"\BJul 14, \J1861\j\b - Miners attack police camp at Lambing Flat in an attempt to release those arrested. (Order restored when military arrive on 31st.)"
"\BJul 09, \J1861\j\b - John Verge died (79?)."
"\BJul 24, \J1862\j\b - Stuart's party reach the sea at Chambers Bay, having crossed the continent from south to north, and two days later begin the return journey to Adelaide. (Arrive back 17 Dec.)"
"\BJul 04, \J1863\j\b - F. S. Dutton replaces George Waterhouse as Premier of SA (but resigns on 15th, when Henry Ayers, MLC, forms a government)."
"\BJul 06, \J1863\j\b - Area later named the Northern Territory (hitherto part of NSW) is annexed to SA."
"\BJul 16, \J1863\j\b - Newington College opened in Sydney. (Moves to Stanmore in \J1880\j.)"
"\BJul 28, \J1864\j\b - Adam Lindsay Gordon makes his famous horseback leap over the fence at the edge of Blue Lake, Mt Gambier, SA."
"\BJul 28, \J1864\j\b - û Settlement established at the Ross River on Cleveland Bay (Qld.) on instructions from Robert Towns. (First called Castletown, later Townsville; first land sale, 31 July.)"
"\BJul 25, \J1865\j\b - Vic. Legislative Council rejects the Appropriation Bill because of the protective tariff bill attached to it."
"\BJul 31, \J1865\j\b - Qld's first railway line, between Ipswich and Grandchester, opens."
"\BJul 03, \J1866\j\b - Brisbane's water supply from Enoggera Creek reservoir turned on."
"\BJul 10, \J1866\j\b - News of the failure of the Agra and Masterman Bank, supplier of finance for railway construction in Qld, reaches Brisbane, causing a financial crisis."
"\BJul 12, \J1866\j\b - SS \ICawarra\b\i wrecked on Oyster Bank, Newcastle, during a gale; only 1 saved of the 61 aboard."
"\BJul 18, \J1866\j\b - Emigrant ship \INetherby\b\i wrecked on King Is., Bass Strait; all 450 aboard saved."
"\BJul 20, \J1866\j\b - Macalister resigns as Premier of Qld when Gov. Bowen refuses to sanction the introduction of inconvertible government notes ('greenbacks'); Herbert forms a temporary administration and authorises the issue of Treasury bonds to sustain public works."
"\BJul 11, \J1868\j\b - McCulloch resumes the premiership of Vic. following the defeat of the Sladen government."
"\BJul 21, \J1868\j\b - William Bland died (78)."
"\BJul 28, \J1868\j\b - Randolph Bedford born (-\J1941\j)."
"\BJul 21, \J1871\j\b - Bendigo (then called Sandhurst) proclaimed a city."
"\BJul 23, \J1871\j\b - Albert Griffiths ('Young Griffo') born (-\J1927\j)."
"\BJul 24, \J1872\j\b - A. G. Scott ('Captain Moonlite') tried in Ballarat for the Egerton bank robbery and sentenced to eleven years' gaol."
"\BJul 19, \J1873\j\b - Gosse discovers and names Ayers Rock and the Musgrave Ranges."
"\BJul 22, \J1873\j\b - Arthur Blyth becomes Premier of SA for the third time, following the resignation of Henry Ayers."
"\BJul 20, \J1874\j\b - Bushranger Frank Gardiner released from gaol (having served ten years) on condition that he leave Australia. (Sails for China on 27 July and subse-quently settles in San Francisco.)"
"\BJul 31, \J1874\j\b - G. B. Kerferd becomes Premier of Vic. on the retirement of J. G. Francis."
"\BJul 05, \J1876\j\b - Opening of the railway bridge over the Brisbane River at Indooroopilly completes the rail link between Brisbane (Roma Street Station) and Ipswich."
"\BJul 20, \J1876\j\b - Thomas Reibey becomes Premier of Tas. following Alfred Kennerley's resignation."
"\BJul 15, \J1877\j\b - Paddle-steamer \IYarra Yarra\i\b sinks in a gale off Newcastle, NSW, with the loss of all hands. (As a result, the National Shipwreck Relief Society of NSWùlater the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of NSWùis formed.)"
"\BJul 20, \J1877\j\b - Sir Arthur Kennedy becomes Governor of Qld (having been administrator since 11 Apr.)."
"\BJul 24, \J1877\j\b - Jervois reports on Vic.'s defences."
"\BJul 23, \J1878\j\b - Barque \IJames Service\b\i wrecked south of Fremantle, WA, with the loss of 24 lives."
"\BJul 26, \J1879\j\b - WA's first public railway line opens between Geraldton and Northampton."
"\BJul 16, \J1879\j\b - Sir Edward Deas Thomson died (79)."
"\BJul 22, \J1880\j\b - Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, burns down."
"\BJul 27, \J1880\j\b - Service resigns the premiership of Vic. following a no-confidence motion on resumption of parliament; Berry becomes Premier again (3 Aug.)."
"\BJul 09, \J1881\j\b - Sir Bryan O'Loghlen becomes Premier of Vic. after the fall of the Berry government."
"\BJul 18, \J1881\j\b - Sanitary camp set up at Little Bay, Sydney, to deal with the smallpox epidemic. (Becomes the Coast Hospital, later Prince Henry Hospital.)"
"\BJul 23, \J1881\j\b - J. J. Hilder born (- \J1916\j)."
"\BJul 13, \J1882\j\b - Gold found at Mount Morgan, Qld."
"\BJul 08, \J1882\j\b - Percy Grainger born (- \J1961\j)."
"\BJul 21, \J1883\j\b - G. E. Morrison leads an expedition from Port Moresby to report on New Guinea for the Melbourne \IAge.\b\i (Returns on 15 Oct., having been speared by natives and badly wounded.)"
"\BJul 31, \J1885\j\b - NSW Chamber of Manufactures formed at a meeting at Sydney Town Hall."
"\BJul 01, \J1885\j\b - Dorothea Mackellar born (- \J1968\j)."
"\BJul 07, \J1886\j\b - George Clunies Ross given a grant of the Cocos Is. in perpetuity."
"\BJul 16, \J1887\j\b - Anti-Chinese demonstrations in Brisbane."
"\BJul 13, \J1888\j\b - \IStar of Greece\b\i wrecked near Willungra, SA; 17 lives lost."
"\BJul 16, \J1889\j\b - Qld Legislative Assembly members granted a salary of ú300 a year."
"\BJul 18, \J1890\j\b - F.M. Forde born - (\J1983\j)."
"\BJul 17, \J1891\j\b - Railway opened from Brisbane to Gympie (and thus to Bundaberg)."
"\BJul 04, \J1892\j\b - Broken Hill miners go on strike over the repudiation by the mine proprietors of their agreement."
"\BJul 04, \J1893\j\b - Seamen strike unsuccessfully over an enforced reduction of wages."
"\BJul 16, \J1893\j\b - \IRoyal Tar,\b\i carrying 220 passengersùmembers of William Lane's New Australia Co-operative Settlement Association and their childrenùsails from Sydney for South America."
"\BJul 31, \J1893\j\b - Federation conference held at Corowa, NSW (to 1 Aug.), called by the Australasian Federation League."
"\BJul 02, \J1894\j\b - Unionists fight with strike-breakers on Oondooroo station, Qld, and during the month a number of woolsheds are burnt and violent incidents occur."
"\BJul 16, \J1894\j\b - Election in NSW results in the Protectionists and the two Labour groupings losing ground to the Free Traders. George Reid replaces Sir George Dibbs as Premier (3 Aug.)."
"\BJul 01, \J1894\j\b - Bernard Heinze born (-\J1982\j)."
"\BJul 18, \J1895\j\b - Nine men killed and many injured in a rock fall in Broken Hill South mine, NSW."
"\BJul 28, \J1896\j\b - Vic.'s Factories and Shops Act amended to provide for the setting up of minimum wage boards."
"\BJul 05, \J1896\j\b - Thomas Playford born (-\J1981\j)."
"\BJul 24, \J1897\j\b - Premiers of the Australian colonies in London for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations attend the Colonial Conference."
"\BJul 27, \J1897\j\b - William Saumarez Smith becomes the first Anglican Archbishop of Sydney."
"\BJul 09, \J1897\j\b - Enid Burnell (Enid Lyons) born (-\J1981\j)."
"\BJul 21, \J1898\j\b - Sydney's Queen Victoria Markets open."
"\BJul 27, \J1898\j\b - Federation dominates the NSW election; George Reid remains Premier but with reduced support."
"\BJul 27, \J1898\j\b - Death duties introduced in NSW."
"\BJul 11, \J1899\j\b - Qld offers volunteers for South Africa in the event of hostilities breaking out. (NSW and Vic. make similar offers within a few days.)"
"\BJul 12, \J1899\j\b - During a heavy gale off the coast of WA, the \ICity of York\b\i is wrecked on Rottnest Is. and the \ICarlisle Castle\b\i near Rockingham; 22 lives lost."
"\BJul 27, \J1899\j\b - Referendums on federation held in Vic. (152,653 in favour; 9,805 against) and Tas. (13,437 in favour; 791 against)."
"\BJul 02, \J1900\j\b - Naval contingent leaves Sydney in the \IWallaroo\i\b to help the British suppress the Boxer Rebellion in China."
"\BJul 09, \J1900\j\b - Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, passed by the British parliament, receives royal assent."
"\BJul 20, \J1900\j\b - Jimmy Governor, with his brother Joe and another Aboriginal named Jacky Underwood, murder five whites at Breelong, NSW. (Kill another four during a 14-week rampage.)"
"\BJul 24, \J1900\j\b - Capt. N. R. Howse wins the Victoria Cross at Vredefort, South Africa (first member of Australian forces awarded the VC)."
"\BJul 31, \J1900\j\b - Referendum on federation held in WA: 44,800 vote in favour; 19,691 against. Women vote for the first time in WA."
"\BJul 17, \J1900\j\b - Sir Thomas McIlwraith died (65)."
"\BJul 10, \J1901\j\b - Anthony Hordern's department store in Sydney almost destroyed by fire; five shop assistants die."
"\BJul 24, \J1901\j\b - Presbyterian Church of Australia formed out of the federal union of state churches."
"\BJul 01, \J1902\j\b - W. H. James replaces Illingworth as Premier of WA."
"\BJul 17, \J1902\j\b - Lord Tennyson becomes acting Governor-General following the resignation of Lord Hopetoun. (Appointment confirmed 9 Jan. \J1903\j.)"
"\BJul 31, \J1902\j\b - Disastrous explosion at Mount Kembla colliery, NSW; 94 miners and two rescuers killed."
"\BJul 17, \J1902\j\b - Christina Stead born (û \J1983\j)."
"\BJul 28, \J1902\j\b - Albert Namatjira born (û \J1959\j)."
"\BJul 30, \J1903\j\b - Bounty provided for sugar growers."
"\BJul 26, \J1903\j\b - Quong Tart died (53?)."
"\BJul 04, \J1905\j\b - George Reid resigns as Prime Minister after a defeat in the House and the refusal of his request for a dissolution of parliament."
"\BJul 05, \J1905\j\b - Alfred Deakin forms a government with Labour support."
"\BJul 26, \J1905\j\b - Labour leader Thomas Price replaces Jenkins as Premier of SA, leading a coalition government with a Labour majority."
"\BJul 12, \J1906\j\b - Wireless telegraphy between Queenscliff, Vic., and Devonport, Tas., operated by the Marconi Co., officially opened."
"\BJul 14, \J1906\j\b - Unregistered bookmaker Donald McLeod, unable to meet his financial commitments, is killed by an angry mob at Flemington."
"\BJul 25, \J1906\j\b - Methodist minister Henry Worrall is summoned before the bar of the Vic. Legislative Assembly for impeaching the Chief Secretary (accusing him of being responsible for McLeod's death by not legislating to stop gambling)."
"\BJul 25, \J1906\j\b - û Murray River in high flood at Albury."
"\BJul 10, \J1907\j\b - Telephone trunk line opens between Sydney and Melbourne."
"\BJul 16, \J1907\j\b - Broken Hill proclaimed a city."
"\BJul 21, \J1907\j\b - A. D. Hope born"
"\BJul 24, \J1907\j\b - David Scott Mitchell died (71)."
"\BJul 01, \J1908\j\b - Old-age pension scheme comes into force in Qld."
"\BJul 01, \J1908\j\b - û Federal Labour conference adopts the title Australian Labor Party."
"\BJul 01, \J1909\j\b - Commonwealth old-age pensionsùfor men over 65 and women over 60, subject to means testùcome into operation."
"\BJul 01, \J1909\j\b - Commonwealth quarantine service begins, for the purposes of preventing the introduction of human, animal, and plant diseases."
"\BJul 23, \J1909\j\b - Sir Frederick Holder, Speaker of the House of Representatives, collapses and dies after an unruly all-night sitting."
"\BJul 27, \J1909\j\b - SS \IWaratah\i\b, bound for London from Adelaide with 211 passengers (mostly Australians), disappears mysteriously between Durban and Cape Town, leaving no trace."
"\BJul 28, \J1909\j\b - Creation of an independent Australian fleet unit agreed upon at an Imperial Conference on defence in London."
"\BJul 28, \J1909\j\b - û Motor taxis first used in Sydney."
"\BJul 01, \J1910\j\b - Sydney \ISun\i\b begins publication (to \J1988\j)."
"\BJul 16, \J1910\j\b - John Duigan makes the first flight in an Australian designed and built aircraft, at Mia Mia, Vic."
"\BJul 18, \J1910\j\b - Train collision at Richmond, Vic; nine people killed and nearly 500 injured."
"\BJul 18, \J1910\j\b - û Commonwealth legislates to make an annual per capita payment to the states instead of a percentage of customs and excise revenue."
"\BJul 16, \J1910\j\b - Stan McCabe born (û \J1968\j)."
"\BJul 31, \J1911\j\b - Baron Denman succeeds Lord Dudley as Governor-General."
"\BJul 06, \J1912\j\b - First automatic public telephone exchange in Australia installed in Geelong."
"\BJul 13, \J1912\j\b - Official opening of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area at Yanco."
"\BJul 15, \J1912\j\b - Commonwealth Bank of Australia opens for business as a savings bank. (Trading bank opens on 20 Jan. \J1913\j.)"
"\BJul 20, \J1912\j\b - George Johnston born (û \J1970\j)."
"\BJul 01, \J1913\j\b - All Royal Navy establishments in Australia transferred to the Commonwealth."
"\BJul 01, \J1913\j\b - û Melbourne Hospital's new building opens."
"\BJul 01, \J1913\j\b - û Frensham girls' school founded at Mittagong, NSW, by Winifred West and Phyllis Clubbe."
"\BJul 06, \J1913\j\b - J. C. Williamson died (67)."
"\BJul 16, \J1914\j\b - French airman Maurice Guillaux leaves Melbourne in a Bleriot monoplane with Australia's first air mail. (Arrives Sydney 18th.)"
"\BJul 25, \J1914\j\b - Telephone line established between Melbourne and Adelaide."
"\BJul 30, \J1914\j\b - Warning of impending war reaches Sydney by cable from London."
"\BJul 31, \J1914\j\b - Leaders of both political parties, electioneering, pledge Australian support of the Empire in the event of warùin Andrew Fisher's words, to our last man and our last shilling "
"\BJul 17, \J1914\j\b - W. C. Piguenit died (77)."
"\BJul 23, \J1915\j\b - War Census Act passed. (Census of males 18 to 60 taken, 6û15 Sept.)"
"\BJul 14, \J1915\j\b - Lawrence Hargrave died (65)."
"\BJul 16, \J1915\j\b - David Campbell born (û \J1979\j)."
"\BJul 18, \J1915\j\b - G. W. L. Marshall-Hall died (53)."
"\BJul 19, \J1916\j\b - Australian troops attack Fromelles in the Battle of the Somme."
"\BJul 23, \J1916\j\b - Australian troops capture PoziΦres, winning four VCs."
"\BJul 27, \J1916\j\b - Frank Wilson again becomes Premier of WA following the defeat of the Scaddan government."
"\BJul 31, \J1916\j\b - Hughes returns to Australia from Britain and France concerned about the decline in enlistments for the AIF."
"\BJul 11, \J1916\j\b - Gough Whitlam born"
"\BJul 06, \J1917\j\b - SS \ICumberland\i\b strikes a mine laid by the German raider \IWolf\i\b off Gabo Island and sinks while under tow. (Explosion attributed in Australia to a bomb placed by the IWW.)"
"\BJul 14, \J1917\j\b - A. H. Peake again becomes Premier of SA."
"\BJul 12, \J1917\j\b - Larry Foley died (70)."
"\BJul 05, \J1918\j\b - Australian (and American) troops under Monash capture Hamel."
"\BJul 22, \J1918\j\b - Cranbrook School opens in Sydney."
"\BJul 19, \J1919\j\b - Peace Day processions held throughout Australia, followed in Melbourne by riots and clashes between returned soldiers and police."
"\BJul 25, \J1919\j\b - Nat Gould died (61)."
"\BJul 10, \J1920\j\b - Civil servants and teachers in WA strike over wages (to 31st)."
"\BJul 24, \J1920\j\b - Arthur Boyd born"
"\BJul 12, \J1921\j\b - Harry Hawker dies in a test-flight accident in England."
"\BJul 12, \J1921\j\b - Harry Hawker died (33)."
"\BJul 02, \J1923\j\b - \IDaily Guardian\i\b begins publication in Sydney (to \J1931\j)."
"\BJul 24, \J1923\j\b - Adelaide evening newspaper the \INews\i\b first published."
"\BJul 17, \J1924\j\b - Dual classification for radio stations adoptedùA class to be financed by listeners' fees, B class by advertising revenue."
"\BJul 18, \J1924\j\b - G. M. Prendergast forms a Labor ministry in Vic. following the election of 26 June."
"\BJul 25, \J1924\j\b - Traces of oil found in an exploratory bore at Lakes Entrance, Vic."
"\BJul 31, \J1924\j\b - Voting in federal elections made compulsory."
"\BJul 06, \J1925\j\b - Lang withdraws NSW from the Loan Council."
"\BJul 13, \J1925\j\b - Lang orders the NSW Railway Commissioner to reinstate men dismissed in the \J1917\j strike."
"\BJul 17, \J1925\j\b - Federal government suspends the Navigation Act to allow overseas ships to operate in coastal waters and (20th) amends the Immigration Act to provide for the deportation of alien agitators. "
"\BJul 22, \J1925\j\b - Regular airmail service begins between Sydney and Melbourne."
"\BJul 23, \J1925\j\b - Two squadrons of US Navy ships (56 vessels in all) visit Melbourne and Sydney simultaneously."
"\BJul 27, \J1925\j\b - A class (government) station 4QG begins broadcasting in Brisbane."
"\BJul 21, \J1926\j\b - Development and Migration Commission established."
"\BJul 25, \J1928\j\b - Francis Birtles arrives in Melbourne after driving a 14 h.p. Bean motor car from London (only failing by a small section in Burma to complete the overland link)."
"\BJul 22, \J1928\j\b - George Dreyfus born"
"\BJul 14, \J1929\j\b - Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer died (69)."
"\BJul 04, \J1930\j\b - Royal commission into the sale of Mungana Mines to the Qld government finds former Premiers E. G. Theodore and William McCormack guilty of fraud and dishonesty."
"\BJul 05, \J1930\j\b - Theodore resigns as federal Treasurer and (9th) Scullin takes over."
"\BJul 21, \J1930\j\b - L. H. B. Lasseter leaves Alice Springs with an expedition to a rich gold reef he claims to have found years before. (Dissension occurs, and Lasseter goes on alone into the Petermann Range and does not return; his remains and diaries are found in May \J1931\j.)"
"\BJul 22, \J1931\j\b - Queensland government brings Theodore and three others to trial over the Mungana Mines affair. (Jury rules in favour of defendants, 25 Aug.)"
"\BJul 01, \J1932\j\b - Australian Broadcasting Commission established (takes over all A class stations)."
"\BJul 10, \J1932\j\b - SS \ICasino\i founders in Apollo Bay, Vic., with the loss of ten lives."
"\BJul 01, \J1933\j\b - Rural Bank of NSW (now State Bank) begins operations in Sydney."
"\BJul 01, \J1935\j\b - Australian Associated Press (AAP) established by newspaper proprietors as a co-operative body to collect world news."
"\BJul 01, \J1936\j\b - Australian National Airways (ANA), incorporating Holyman's Airways, Adelaide Airways, and West Australian Airways, registered as a company (no connection with the earlier company of the same name)."
"\BJul 09, \J1936\j\b - Sir Thomas Blamey forced to resign as Chief Commissioner of Police in Vic. for suppressing facts at a royal commission into the shooting of a police superintendent."
"\BJul 22, \J1936\j\b - New Theatre in Sydney defies the ban by the NSW Chief Secretary on Clifford Odets's anti-Nazi play \ITill the Day I Die."
"\BJul 16, \J1937\j\b - Royal commission into the monetary and banking system presents its report."
"\BJul 26, \J1937\j\b - Standard-gauge railway line opened from Port Augusta to Port Pirie; also a broad-gauge line from Port Pirie to Redhill (and thus to Adelaide)."
"\BJul 27, \J1937\j\b - Robert Holmes α Court born (-\J1990\j)."
"\BJul 06, \J1939\j\b - Defence Act extended to cover Papua and New Guinea as territories to which conscripts could be sent."
"\BJul 06, \J1939\j\b - û National register of manpower taken."
"\BJul 12, \J1939\j\b - Phillip Adams born"
"\BJul 26, \J1939\j\b - John Howard born"
"\BJul 06, \J1940\j\b - Story Bridge, Brisbane, opened by the Qld Governor."
"\BJul 17, \J1940\j\b - Call-up extended to 24-year-olds."
"\BJul 17, \J1940\j\b - Press, broadcasting, and film industry placed under the control of the Director-General of Information."
"\BJul 19, \J1940\j\b - HMAS \ISydney\i\b sinks the Italian cruiser \IBartolomeo Colleoni\i\b off Crete."
"\BJul 26, \J1940\j\b - \IDaily News\i\b (Sydney) incorporated in the \IDaily Telegraph.\i\b "
"\BJul 01, \J1941\j\b - Payroll tax introduced by the Commonwealth."
"\BJul 12, \J1941\j\b - Armistice arranged in Syria as Australian forces approach Beirut."
"\BJul 28, \J1941\j\b - Some militia units in Australia called up for full-time duty."
"\BJul 28, \J1941\j\b - û Sir Frederic Eggleston appointed Minister to China at the newly established legation in"
"\BJul 28, \J1941\j\b - Chungking."
"\BJul 07, \J1941\j\b - Randolph Bedford died (72)."
"\BJul 01, \J1942\j\b - Uniform income tax introduced, with the Commonwealth the sole collector (state income taxes abolished)."
"\BJul 21, \J1942\j\b - Japanese troops land at Gona, on the Papuan coast, and advance towards Kokoda (which they occupy on 29th)."
"\BJul 25, \J1942\j\b - Townsville experiences the first of three Japanese air raids."
"\BJul 27, \J1942\j\b - Australian Women's Land Army established."
"\BJul 30, \J1942\j\b - Port Hedland, WA, sustains a Japanese air raid."
"\BJul 05, \J1943\j\b - Royal commission held (to 7th) on E. J. Ward's Brisbane Line allegations; Ward does not appear, owing to parliamentary privilege."
"\BJul 20, \J1943\j\b - Cruiser HMAS \IHobart\i\b torpedoed in the Solomons area and badly damaged."
"\BJul 03, \J1945\j\b - Australian forces capture Balikpapan, Borneo."
"\BJul 05, \J1945\j\b - John Curtin dies suddenly; F. M. Forde sworn in next day as temporary Prime Minister."
"\BJul 13, \J1945\j\b - J. B. Chifley, elected leader of the Labor Party, replaces Forde as Prime Minister."
"\BJul 13, \J1945\j\b - Department of Immigration created, with A. A. Calwell as minister."
"\BJul 13, \J1945\j\b - û Federal government introduces legislation to nationalise interstate airlines. (Ruled invalid by the High Court.)"
"\BJul 05, \J1945\j\b - John Curtin died (60)."
"\BJul 01, \J1946\j\b - Hawkesbury River railway bridge opened."
"\BJul 10, \J1946\j\b - Broadcasts of the proceedings of federal parliament begin."
"\BJul 18, \J1946\j\b - Tamworth, NSW, proclaimed a city."
"\BJul 19, \J1946\j\b - Orange, NSW, proclaimed a city."
"\BJul 01, \J1947\j\b - NSW introduces the 40-hour working week for workers under state awards."
"\BJul 03, \J1947\j\b - Sugar rationing ends."
"\BJul 21, \J1947\j\b - Immigration Minister A. A. Calwell signs an agreement with the International Refugee Organisation for Australia to accept displaced persons from Europe. (First batchù843 Latvians, Lithuanians, and Estoniansùarrives in the \IGeneral Heintzelman\i in Nov.)"
"\BJul 30, \J1947\j\b - Sir Joseph Cook died (86)."
"\BJul 01, \J1948\j\b - Citizen Military Forces (CMF) re-established."
"\BJul 01, \J1949\j\b - Papua and New Guinea Act comes into force, formally merging the two territories into an administrative union."
"\BJul 01, \J1949\j\b - New South Wales University of Technology incorporated by act of parliament. (Renamed the University of New South Wales in \J1958\j.)"
"\BJul 07, \J1949\j\b - Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority established by act of parliament. (Work begins on the Snowy Mountains scheme on 17 Oct.)"
"\BJul 26, \J1949\j\b - Privy Council upholds the High Court decision that bank nationalisation was beyond the Commonwealth government's powers."
"\BJul 18, \J1949\j\b - Dennis Lillee born"
"\BJul 02, \J1950\j\b - RAAF Mustangs of 77th Fighter Squadron, based in Japan, begin operational duties in Korea."
"\BJul 03, \J1950\j\b - Rationing of tea ends."
"\BJul 17, \J1950\j\b - Aircraft of No. 1 Squadron RAAF fly to Tengah, Singapore, for duty during the Malayan Emergency."
"\BJul 26, \J1950\j\b - Australian government announces that ground troops would be sent to Korea."
"\BJul 13, \J1951\j\b - û Pensioner pharmaceutical benefits introduced."
"\BJul 01, \J1953\j\b - Commonwealth medical benefits scheme begins operating. (Benefits paid only to contributors to a voluntary health insurance fund.)"
"\BJul 27, \J1953\j\b - Armistice signed at Panmunjom ends fighting in Korea."
"\BJul 05, \J1954\j\b - Tattersall's lotteries transfer from Hobart to Melbourne."
"\BJul 12, \J1954\j\b - Heavy rain and gales (to 13th) cause floods in river districts of south-east Qld and northern NSW."
"\BJul 12, \J1954\j\b - û Large deposit of uranium discovered at Mary Kathleen, Qld."
"\BJul 24, \J1955\j\b - û Huge deposits of bauxite discovered at Weipa, Cape York, by geologist Henry J. Evans."
"\BJul 27, \J1955\j\b - Allan Border born"
"\BJul 09, \J1956\j\b - Federal government announces its decision to subsidise Church schools in the ACT by paying interest on loans for new school buildings."
"\BJul 31, \J1956\j\b - Poker machines legalised in NSW clubs."
"\BJul 31, \J1956\j\b - û Immunisation campaign against poliomyelitis using Salk vaccine begins."
"\BJul 06, \J1957\j\b - Australia and Japan sign a trade agreement on most-favoured-nation terms."
"\BJul 13, \J1957\j\b - Australia and the US conclude an agreement concerning atomic information for mutual defence purposes."
"\BJul 13, \J1957\j\b - û Asian flu epidemic breaks out."
"\BJul 19, \J1958\j\b - Trams cease running in Perth."
"\BJul 02, \J1958\j\b - Mary Grant Bruce died (80)."
"\BJul 02, \J1959\j\b - Qantas receives its first 707 jet aircraft (which makes its initial flight, to San Francisco, on the 29th)."
"\BJul 15, \J1959\j\b - Vance Palmer died (73)."
"\BJul 07, \J1960\j\b - Eight-year-old Graeme Thorne, son of an Opera House lottery winner, is kidnapped on his way home from school in Sydney; kidnapper demands ú25,000 ransom."
"\BJul 30, \J1960\j\b - Walter Lindrum died (61)."
"\BJul 15, \J1961\j\b - Bolte government re-elected in Vic. with the help of a solid DLP vote; government majority slightly reduced."
"\BJul 26, \J1961\j\b - Australia sells its interests in Tasman Empire Airways to NZ."
"\BJul 27, \J1962\j\b - Minister for Air Leslie Bury is asked to resign for differing publicly with cabinet on the impact of British membership of the EEC."
"\BJul 29, \J1962\j\b - Australian army advisers (29 men of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam) leave for Vietnam. (Arrive Saigon 3 Aug.)"
"\BJul 06, \J1962\j\b - John Anderson died (68)."
"\BJul 01, \J1963\j\b - û First stage of the Ord River irrigation scheme in WA opened."
"\BJul 29, \J1963\j\b - Dorian Le Gallienne died (48)."
"\BJul 15, \J1964\j\b - Australia's first national daily newspaper, the \IAustralian\i\b, begins publication in Canberra."
"\BJul 19, \J1964\j\b - Thirty-four RAAF personnel leave Sydney for South Vietnam to fly and maintain Caribou transport aircraft."
"\BJul 25, \J1964\j\b - Sir John Latham died (86)."
"\BJul 02, \J1965\j\b - Secondary school teachers in Vic. stage a strike, the first teachers' strike in Australia since \J1920\j."
"\BJul 08, \J1965\j\b - Sir Ernest Fisk died (78)."
"\BJul 11, \J1966\j\b - Arbitration Commission introduces a minimum wage for adult male employees under federal awards."
"\BJul 05, \J1967\j\b - û Postcode system introduced."
"\BJul 02, \J1968\j\b - Students demonstrating against conscription clash with police in Sydney; 30 arrested."
"\BJul 04, \J1968\j\b - Mounted police charge a crowd of about 1,500 anti-Vietnam War demonstrators outside the US Consulate in Melbourne; more than 45 arrested."
"\BJul 04, \J1968\j\b - û Major epidemic of Hong Kong flu breaks out in Melbourne and spreads to other states."
"\BJul 02, \J1968\j\b - Sir Hans Heysen died (90)."
"\BJul 04, \J1969\j\b - Thousands demonstrate in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, and Adelaide against America and the war in Vietnam."
"\BJul 20, \J1969\j\b - Australian Reform Movement becomes the Australia Party; Sen. R. J. D. Turnbull, formerly an independent, becomes the party's sole parliamentary representative. (Resigns from party on 3 Mar. \J1970\j.)"
"\BJul 01, \J1970\j\b - Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport opened. (Freeway opened in Feb.)"
"\BJul 26, \J1970\j\b - Hans Tholstrup completes a circumnavigation of Australia in a 5.2 m runabout."
"\BJul 31, \J1970\j\b - Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, destroyed by fire."
"\BJul 02, \J1970\j\b - Jessie Street died (81)."
"\BJul 22, \J1970\j\b - George Johnston died (58)."
"\BJul 30, \J1970\j\b - Sir Walter Murdoch died (95)."
"\BJul 03, \J1971\j\b - Police at Melbourne's Olympic Park oval attack demonstrators protesting against the visit of the South African Springboks football team. (In Sydney on 6 July demonstrators interrupt play and, on 10th, clash with 1,000 police; 140 arrested.)"
"\BJul 14, \J1971\j\b - State of emergency declared in Qld for the Springboks' visit (terminated on 2 Aug.)."
"\BJul 22, \J1972\j\b - \INation\i\b mergers with the \ISunday Review\i\b to become \INation Review\i\b."
"\BJul 31, \J1972\j\b - Underground explosion at the Box Flat colliery, near Ipswich, Qld, kills 17 miners."
"\BJul 07, \J1972\j\b - Sir Owen Dixon died (86)."
"\BJul 06, \J1973\j\b - ACTU president R. J. Hawke elected president of the ALP."
"\BJul 18, \J1973\j\b - All tariffs reduced by 25%."
"\BJul 25, \J1973\j\b - Murdoch University of Western Australia, Perth, formally established. (First undergraduates enrolled in \J1975\j.)"
"\BJul 08, \J1973\j\b - Arthur Calwell died (76)."
"\BJul 01, \J1975\j\b - Medibank health insurance scheme begins. Australian Postal Commission (Australia Post) and the Australian Telecommunications Commission (Telecom) take over former functions of the Postmaster-General's Dept."
"\BJul 01, \J1975\j\b - Commonwealth Railways become Australian National Railways (taking over SA non-metropolitan and Tas. railway systems)."
"\BJul 02, \J1975\j\b - Cairns is dismissed from the ministry for misleading parliament over the existence of a letter to a loans broker."
"\BJul 12, \J1975\j\b - Dunstan government re-elected in SA."
"\BJul 14, \J1975\j\b - Frank Crean becomes deputy Prime Minister in place of Cairns."
"\BJul 12, \J1976\j\b - ACTU calls a nationwide 24-hour strike as a protest against the Fraser government's proposed changes to Medibank."
"\BJul 01, \J1977\j\b - Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman established."
"\BJul 01, \J1977\j\b - Licensing regulations introduced for Citizen Band radio."
"\BJul 07, \J1977\j\b - ALP adopts a policy to defer uranium mining development until nuclear waste safeguards are developed and other problems resolved."
"\BJul 17, \J1980\j\b - NSW MLC Peter Baldwin is beaten up by an intruder in his Marrickville home following attempts to clean up Sydney inner city Labor Party branches."
"\BJul 07, \J1982\j\b - ALP reverses its policy on uranium mining to allow for the continuation of existing mining projects."
"\BJul 21, \J1982\j\b - Aboriginal Northern Land Council agrees to the mining of uranium at Jabiluka, NT."
"\BJul 29, \J1982\j\b - Sir Ninian Stephen succeeds Sir Zelman Cowen as Governor-General."
"\BJul 29, \J1982\j\b - Australian dollar falls below parity with the American dollar for the first time."
"\BJul 01, \J1983\j\b - Australian Broadcasting Commission reconstituted as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation."
"\BJul 22, \J1983\j\b - Dick Smith completes the first solo flight around the world in a helicopter (begun on 5 Aug. \J1982\j)."
"\BJul 28, \J1983\j\b - Neville Wran exonerated by the royal commission and resumes post as NSW Premier. (Chief magistrate Murray Farquhar charged with perverting the course of justice, 1 Aug.)."
"\BJul 04, \J1984\j\b - Justice Ray Watson of the Family Court in Sydney narrowly escapes death and his wife is killed when an explosion devastates their Greenwich home."
"\BJul 04, \J1984\j\b - Heavy snowfalls block roads and railways in eastern Australia; Sydney has its coldest July day since \J1896\j."
"\BJul 18, \J1984\j\b - National Crime Authority, chaired by Justice Donald Stewart, takes over investigations of the Costigan royal commission."
"\BJul 07, \J1985\j\b - Opening of a desalination plant at Coober Pedy, SA, inaugurates the town's piped water supply."
"\BJul 21, \J1985\j\b - Bomb blast tears apart the Jehovah's Witnesses hall at Casula, Sydney, killing one man and injuring 48 other churchgoers."
"\BJul 01, \J1986\j\b - Fringe benefits tax comes into effect."
"\BJul 04, \J1986\j\b - NSW Premier Neville Wran retires from politics and is succeeded as Premier by Barrie Unsworth."
"\BJul 16, \J1986\j\b - Twelve miners die when an explosion and cave-in traps them in a coalmine at Moura, Qld."
