"\BJun 05, \J1788\j\b - All the cattle brought from Cape Town stray from the settlement. (Found, with their progeny, in Nov. \J1795\j.)"
"\BJun 06, \J1789\j\b - Phillip leads an expedition to Broken Bay (to 16th), where he discovers the Hawkesbury River (12th)."
"\BJun 14, \J1789\j\b - Bligh arrives at Kupang, Timor, after a voyage of 5,800 km in the open boat."
"\BJun 27, \J1789\j\b - Capt. Watkin Tench and party discover the Nepean River."
"\BJun 29, \J1789\j\b - Phillip makes another expedition to the Hawkesbury (to 14 July), exploring its tributaries the Colo and the Macdonald, and climbs Richmond Hill."
"\BJun 02, \J1791\j\b - Rose Hill renamed Parramatta."
"\BJun 05, \J1791\j\b - Bryant's party reach Kupang, Timor, posing as survivors of a shipwreck."
"\BJun 15, \J1792\j\b - Thomas Livingstone Mitchell born (-\J1855\j)."
"\BJun 20, \J1793\j\b - \IBritannia\b\i returns from Cape Town, having picked up en route the sealing party from NZ and 4,500 sealskins."
"\BJun 01, \J1793\j\b - Augustus Earle born (-\J1838\j)."
"\BJun 01, \J1794\j\b - \IBritannia\b\i (Raven) returns from India and Batavia with supplies; crew member Thomas Reibey settles in Sydney."
"\BJun 18, \J1795\j\b - \IBritannia\b\i leaves on another voyage to India chartered by Lt-Gov. Paterson to procure provisions for the colony."
"\BJun 02, \J1797\j\b - \IGanges\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 190 convicts, including Joseph Wild, and a detachment of the NSW Corps."
"\BJun 21, \J1797\j\b - \IFrancis\b\i and \IEliza\b\i leave Preservation Is. for Port Jackson with the survivors of the \ISydney Cove; \IFrancis\b\i arrives at Sydney on 6 July; \IEliza\b\i is never seen again."
"\BJun 26, \J1797\j\b - \IReliance\b\i (Waterhouse) returns to Port Jackson with stores and some merino sheep from the Cape of Good Hope, some of which are bought by John Macarthur (2 rams, 4 ewes) and Samuel Marsden (1 ram, 1 ewe)."
"\BJun 19, \J1797\j\b - Hamilton Hume born (-\J1873\j)."
"\BJun 08, \J1798\j\b - Dore appointed Judge-Advocate, to succeed David Collins."
"\BJun 10, \J1798\j\b - Calcutta merchant Robert Campbell arrives at Port Jackson in the \IHunter\b\i on a trading visit and buys land at Dawes Point."
"\BJun 15, \J1798\j\b - \INorfolk,\b\i a sloop built on Norfolk Is., arrives at Port Jackson."
"\BJun 22, \J1798\j\b - Dore appointed Hunter's secretary."
"\BJun 04, \J1799\j\b - Violent storms in Sydney (to 6th) cause much damage."
"\BJun 29, \J1799\j\b - Capt. Eber Bunker arrives at Port Jackson in the storeship \IAlbion\b\i and subsequently goes whaling."
"\BJun 26, \J1800\j\b - Maj. Joseph Foveaux appointed Lt-Governor of Norfolk Is., replacing Thomas Rowley."
"\BJun 01, \J1800\j\b - Edward Deas Thomson born (-\J1879\j)."
"\BJun 10, \J1801\j\b - King sends Lt-Gov. Paterson in the \ILady Nelson\b\i (Grant) to examine the Hunter River."
"\BJun 12, \J1801\j\b - \IEarl Cornwallis\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 253 convicts."
"\BJun 16, \J1801\j\b - Paterson founds a settlement on the Hunter. (Abandoned in \J1802\j.)"
"\BJun 02, \J1802\j\b - Aboriginal leader Pemulwy shot and killed following the killing of four white men by Aborigines at Parramatta and Toongabbie."
"\BJun 13, \J1802\j\b - \ICoromandel\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 137 convicts and 10 free settlers; Surgeon Charles Throsby settles."
"\BJun 14, \J1802\j\b - Duty of 5% imposed on all goods imported from east of Cape Town."
"\BJun 20, \J1802\j\b - \ILe GΘographe\b\i (Baudin) arrives at Port Jackson."
"\BJun 26, \J1802\j\b - Arrival of US ship \IGeneral Boyd\b\i with cargo of salted meat eases food shortage. \IHercules\b\i arrives with 121 convicts, 14 having been killed during a mutiny and 30 others having died of sickness."
"\BJun 02, \J1802\j\b - Thomas Fyshe Palmer died (54)."
"\BJun 15, \J1804\j\b - Hobart Town adopted by Collins as the name of the Sullivan Cove settlement."
"\BJun 24, \J1804\j\b - \IExperiment\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 132 convicts (130 females, including Molly Morgan for the second time) and Alexander Riley as a free settler."
"\BJun 07, \J1805\j\b - John Macarthur, having resigned from the army and received permission to return as a private citizen to NSW, arrives at Port Jackson in his own ship, the \IArgo,\b\i accompanied by his nephew Hannibal, with eight merino sheep from King George III's flock, and a letter ordering King to grant him 5,000 acres of land."
"\BJun 24, \J1805\j\b - Lt-Gov. Collins notifies King of an extreme shortage of food in Hobart."
"\BJun 16, \J1806\j\b - Convicts at Port Dalrymple seize the brig \IVenus\b\i and sail to NZ."
"\BJun 16, \J1807\j\b - Russian corvette \INeva\b\i (Capt. Leontii Hagemeister), the first Russian vessel to call at Port Jackson, arrives on a voyage of exploration (to 1 July)."
"\BJun 18, \J1807\j\b - \ISydney Cove\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 114 convicts; passengers include Joseph Underwood and his brother James (returning from England)."
"\BJun 27, \J1807\j\b - Public notice in Sydney announces that a convict transported for life had escaped from the colony in the \IParramatta,\b\i a schooner owned by Macarthur and Garnham Blaxcell, bound for Tahiti."
"\BJun 13, \J1810\j\b - Matthew Flinders is released from internment on Mauritius. (Arrives in England on 24 Oct.)"
"\BJun 21, \J1810\j\b - William Paterson died (54)."
"\BJun 05, \J1811\j\b - At his court martial in London, George Johnston is convicted of mutiny and sentenced to be cashiered from the army (but allowed to return to NSW); Macarthur is ordered to remain in England."
"\BJun 13, \J1811\j\b - Owen Stanley born (-\J1850\j)."
"\BJun 19, \J1812\j\b - USA declares war on Britain, bringing the Australian colonies also into conflict with America."
"\BJun 28, \J1813\j\b - Macquarie again sets forth his emancipist policy to the Colonial Office."
"\BJun 07, \J1813\j\b - Redmond Barry born (û \J1880\j)."
"\BJun 14, \J1814\j\b - \IArgo\i\b seized by convicts in the Derwent and not seen again."
"\BJun 01, \J1816\j\b - Andrew Bent's \IHobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter\b\i begins regular publication (trial issue published 11 May)."
"\BJun 19, \J1818\j\b - King names Barrow Is. (Returns to Port Jackson, 29 July.)"
"\BJun 30, \J1818\j\b - Female orphans moved to a new orphanage at Parramatta."
"\BJun 04, \J1819\j\b - Hyde Park Barracks officially opened by Macquarie."
"\BJun 05, \J1819\j\b - Public meeting chaired by Macquarie decides to establish a savings bank."
"\BJun 25, \J1819\j\b - Road from Hobart to New Norfolk completed."
"\BJun 26, \J1819\j\b - Rev. L. H. Halloran arrives as a convict on the transport \IBaring.\b\i (Given a ticket-of-leave, he opens a private school in Sydney on 10 Jan. \J1820\j.)"
"\BJun 14, \J1820\j\b - P. P. King sets out again in the \IMermaid,\b\i proceeding via Torres Strait to Brunswick Bay, WA, naming York Sound and Prince Regent River. (Returns 9 Dec.)"
"\BJun 13, \J1820\j\b - W. J. Macleay born (-\J1891\j)."
"\BJun 19, \J1820\j\b - Sir Joseph Banks died (77)."
"\BJun 05, \J1823\j\b - Cunningham finds an opening through the Liverpool Range (Pandora's Pass) leading into the Liverpool Plains."
"\BJun 09, \J1824\j\b - Convict Matthew Brady escapes from Macquarie Harbour and begins bushranging career."
"\BJun 06, \J1825\j\b - Norfolk Is. reopened as a penal settlement for incorrigibles."
"\BJun 14, \J1825\j\b - Van Diemen's Land administratively separated from NSW by order in council."
"\BJun 30, \J1825\j\b - F. J. H. von Mueller born (-\J1896\j)."
"\BJun 03, \J1826\j\b - Chamber of Commerce founded in Sydney."
"\BJun 12, \J1826\j\b - Gas lighting installed by shopkeeper J. T. Wilson of Pitt Street, Sydney (first recorded use of gas light in Australia)."
"\BJun 17, \J1826\j\b - Frederick Fisher (of 'Fisher's Ghost' fame) murdered at Campbelltown."
"\BJun 24, \J1826\j\b - George Goyder born (-\J1898\j)."
"\BJun 05, \J1827\j\b - Cunningham reaches the Condamine River and discovers the Darling Downs."
"\BJun 08, \J1827\j\b - Patrick Logan discovers coal at Limestone (Ipswich)."
"\BJun 08, \J1827\j\b - Cunningham sights the Canning Downs from Mt Dumaresq."
"\BJun 18, \J1827\j\b - Stirling establishes a settlement at Raffles Bay (NT)."
"\BJun 18, \J1829\j\b - Colony of Western Australia proclaimed, with Stirling as Lt-Governor. (Becomes Governor and Commander-in-Chief on 28 Apr. \J1831\j.)"
"\BJun 25, \J1831\j\b - Regular coach service between Hobart and Launceston begins."
"\BJun 19, \J1834\j\b - Gov. Stirling returns to WA. (Arrives at Perth, 19 Aug.)"
"\BJun 17, \J1835\j\b - James Brunton Stephens born (-\J1902\j)"
"\BJun 01, \J1836\j\b - First public meeting at Port Phillip requests a resident magistrate."
"\BJun 13, \J1836\j\b - Mitchell crosses the Murray near its junction with the Murrumbidgee, follows its southern bank to the site of Swan Hill (20th) and Cohuna (25th), then strikes south through 'Australia Felix'."
"\BJun 18, \J1836\j\b - First number of the \ISouth Australian Gazette\b\i published in London."
"\BJun 18, \J1836\j\b - Boy survivors of the \ICharles Eaton\b\i wreck in \J1834\j found on Murray Is."
"\BJun 28, \J1836\j\b - Snow falls in Sydney."
"\BJun 29, \J1836\j\b - St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, consecrated by Bishop Polding."
"\BJun 01, \J1837\j\b - First sale of town allotments in Melbourne and Williamstown."
"\BJun 01, \J1837\j\b - Bank of Western Australia opens for business in Perth."
"\BJun 03, \J1837\j\b - \ISouth Australian Gazette and Colonial Register\b\i begins publication in Adelaide."
"\BJun 09, \J1838\j\b - Station hands on Henry Dangar's Myall Creek station near present-day Inverell, NSW, massacre 28 Aborigines."
"\BJun 22, \J1838\j\b - William Light resigns as Surveyor-General of SA after being refused additional staff and being ordered to use an inexact method of survey."
"\BJun 15, \J1839\j\b - Boundaries of NSW extended to include 'such portions of New Zealand as the Crown might acquire'."
"\BJun 20, \J1839\j\b - R. W. Newland and party begin a settlement at Victor Harbour, SA."
"\BJun 27, \J1839\j\b - Allan Cunningham died (47)."
"\BJun 18, \J1840\j\b - E. J. Eyre and party leave Adelaide to explore to the north."
"\BJun 02, \J1841\j\b - Eyre and Wylie receive succour from the French whaler \IMississippi\b\i (Capt. Rossiter) at Thistle Cove, near Esperance."
"\BJun 20, \J1841\j\b - First land sales at Jervis Bay."
"\BJun 04, \J1843\j\b - Sydney Banking Co. fails."
"\BJun 15, \J1843\j\b - First election for the NSW Legislative Council begins. (Those elected include W. C. Wentworth, William Bland, Hannibal Macarthur, Charles Cowper, William Lawson, Alexander Macleay, Roger Therry, and J. D. Lang.)"
"\BJun 17, \J1843\j\b - Gov. Gipps orders the removal from office of Justice J. W. Willis, resident judge in the Port Phillip district, after powerful interests in Melbourne petition for his recall."
"\BJun 01, \J1844\j\b - Squatters meet in Melbourne to protest against new land regulations."
"\BJun 29, \J1844\j\b - Sir John Jamison died (67?)."
"\BJun 15, \J1845\j\b - Leichhardt discovers the Mitchell River."
"\BJun 28, \J1845\j\b - Aborigines attack Leichhardt's party, killing one man (John Gilbert) and wounding two others (John Roper and J. S. Calvert)."
"\BJun 21, \J1845\j\b - Samuel Griffith born (-\J1920\j)."
"\BJun 01, \J1846\j\b - Sir Thomas Mitchell makes a depot on the Maranoa River, from there making expeditions to the Warrego (28 June) and Belyando (20 July) rivers."
"\BJun 02, \J1846\j\b - \IArgus\b\i begins publication in Melbourne (published by William Kerr and named \IMelbourne Argus\b\i until \J1852\j)."
"\BJun 20, \J1846\j\b - Brisbane's first newspaper, the \IMoreton Bay Courier\b\i (later \IBrisbane Courier\b\i and then \ICourier-Mail\b\i) begins publication."
"\BJun 29, \J1846\j\b - Paddle-steamer \IExperiment,\b\i brought from Sydney, begins running on the Brisbane River between Brisbane and Ipswich."
"\BJun 25, \J1847\j\b - Anglican diocese of Australia subdivided into dioceses of Sydney (Bishop Broughton), Newcastle, Melbourne, and Adelaide."
"\BJun 29, \J1847\j\b - Three new bishops, William Tyrrell (Newcastle), Charles Perry (Melbourne), and Augustus Short (Adelaide) consecrated in London."
"\BJun 04, \J1848\j\b - E. B. Kennedy and 12 others set out from Rockingham Bay to find a route through Cape York Peninsula."
"\BJun 04, \J1848\j\b - William Sorell died (72?)."
"\BJun 08, \J1849\j\b - Convict ship \IHashemy\i\b, carrying 212 convicts of the better class, arrives at Port Jackson, La Trobe having refused it permission to land convicts at Port Phillip."
"\BJun 11, \J1849\j\b - Protest meeting held at Circular Quay, Sydney, against the landing of convicts from the \IHashemy.\i\b "
"\BJun 28, \J1849\j\b - Plan of Grafton, NSW, approved. (First sale of land 22 Jan. \J1851\j.)"
"\BJun 28, \J1849\j\b - First sale of land at Wangaratta (Vic.)."
"\BJun 28, \J1849\j\b - û Aborigines kill two brothers from Gregory Blaxland's Gin Gin station (near Bundaberg), leading to the massacre by whites of a huge number of Aborigines."
"\BJun 01, \J1850\j\b - Transportation of convicts to WA begins with the arrival of the \IScindian\i\b carrying 75 convicts together with 54 prison guards, a number of officials, and their families."
"\BJun 01, \J1850\j\b - Tamworth, NSW, gazetted as a town."
"\BJun 27, \J1850\j\b - \IFreeman's Journal\i\b founded in Sydney. (Merges with \ICatholic Worker\i\b in \J1942\j.)"
"\BJun 30, \J1850\j\b - First Unitarian congregation in Australia formed in Sydney."
"\BJun 16, \J1850\j\b - William Lawson died (76)."
"\BJun 19, \J1851\j\b - Goldfield discovered on the Turon River, NSW."
"\BJun 26, \J1851\j\b - Sale (Vic.) gazetted as a village site."
"\BJun 08, \J1851\j\b - John Piper died (78)."
"\BJun 30, \J1851\j\b - Henry Bournes Higgins born (û \J1929\j)."
"\BJun 24, \J1852\j\b - Murrumbidgee River in flood washes away most of Gundagai; 89 lives lost out of a population of 250."
"\BJun 05, \J1853\j\b - Rabbi Herman Hoelzel, the first qualified Jewish minister in Australia, inducted as minister of the Hobart Synagogue."
"\BJun 06, \J1853\j\b - Miners at Bendigo form an Anti-Gold Licence Association."
"\BJun 11, \J1853\j\b - Francis Barrallier died (80?)."
"\BJun 22, \J1854\j\b - Sir Charles Hotham installed as Governor of Vic."
"\BJun 22, \J1854\j\b - News received of the outbreak of the Crimean War (28 Mar.), which gives rise to fears of an attack on Australia by the Russian navy."
"\BJun 24, \J1854\j\b - First sales of land at Toowoomba (Qld.)"
"\BJun 24, \J1854\j\b - û Goldfields discovered at Ararat and Maryborough, Vic."
"\BJun 08, \J1855\j\b - Sir Richard MacDonnell becomes Governor of SA."
"\BJun 08, \J1855\j\b - û Chinese Immigration Restriction Act in Vic. imposes a head tax of ú10 on every new arrival and limits the number of Chinese immigrants to one for every ten tons of shipping."
"\BJun 18, \J1855\j\b - Louis Becke born (û \J1913\j)."
"\BJun 0û, \J1855\j\b - Ned Kelly born (û \J1880\j)."
"\BJun 06, \J1856\j\b - NSW's first ministry under responsible government appointed, with Stuart Donaldson as Prime Minister (Premier)."
"\BJun 06, \J1856\j\b - Ebenezer Syme buys the Melbourne \IAge.\i\b (His brother David becomes a partner on 27 Sept., manager and editor on Ebenezer's death in \J1860\j, sole owner in \J1891\j.)"
"\BJun 08, \J1856\j\b - Pitcairn Island's entire community of 194 arrive at Norfolk Is. for resettlement. (Some return to Pitcairn in \J1858\j and \J1863\j.)"
"\BJun 21, \J1856\j\b - A. C. Gregory and party, having explored the Victoria River, set out to traverse northern Australia from west to east. (Arrive Port Curtis 22 Nov.)"
"\BJun 24, \J1856\j\b - Norfolk Is. separates from Tas. and becomes an individual settlement under the NSW Governor's administration."
"\BJun 25, \J1857\j\b - Railway line opened from Williamstown to Geelong."
"\BJun 30, \J1857\j\b - Dutch barque \IKoenig Willem II\i\b wrecked at Guichen Bay, SA, with the loss of 16 lives."
"\BJun 01, \J1858\j\b - A. C. Gregory passes Kennedy's furthest point on Cooper's Creek and (9th) passes the point from which Sturt returned. (Reaches Adelaide 21 July.)"
"\BJun 09, \J1858\j\b - Welcome nugget, weighing 2,217 oz and containing an estimated 2,195 oz of pure gold, found at Bakery Hill, Ballarat."
"\BJun 11, \J1858\j\b - Township of Stawell, Vic., proclaimed."
"\BJun 11, \J1858\j\b - û Inverell, NSW, approved as a town site. (First land sales Mar. \J1859\j.)"
"\BJun 14, \J1859\j\b - Wentworth, NSW, gazetted as a town. (First land sales in Mar. \J1860\j.)"
"\BJun 15, \J1859\j\b - First NSW election under secret ballot. (J. D. Lang elected for West Sydney.)"
"\BJun 19, \J1859\j\b - Ethel Pedley born (û \J1898\j)."
"\BJun 10, \J1860\j\b - Edmund Lockyer died (76)."
"\BJun 23, \J1860\j\b - Walter Baldwin Spencer born (û \J1929\j)."
"\BJun 30, \J1860\j\b - Sir John Hindmarsh died (78?)."
"\BJun 25, \J1861\j\b - Supreme Court established in WA."
"\BJun 30, \J1861\j\b - Miners attack the Chinese tent township at Lambing Flat. (Five leaders arrested next day.)"
"\BJun 29, \J1861\j\b - William Wills died (27)."
"\BJun 30, \J1861\j\b - Robert O'Hara Burke died (40?)."
"\BJun 15, \J1862\j\b - Bushranger Frank Gardiner and gang hold up the gold escort at Eugowra, NSW, and get away with gold and notes worth ú14,000."
"\BJun 16, \J1862\j\b - Col. Thomas Browne becomes Governor of Tas."
"\BJun 18, \J1862\j\b - Charles Gavan Duffy's Land Act assented to in Vic."
"\BJun 18, \J1862\j\b - Common Schools Act in Vic. replaces the national and denominational boards with a single Board of Education; state aid to be given only to designated common schools."
"\BJun 23, \J1862\j\b - Qld's western boundary north of SA is extended from 141░E to 138░E."
"\BJun 23, \J1862\j\b - û Cobb & Co. begin a coaching service in NSW from headquarters in Bathurst."
"\BJun 11, \J1863\j\b - First public demonstration of electric light in Sydney."
"\BJun 22, \J1863\j\b - Adelaide lit by gas."
"\BJun 27, \J1863\j\b - James McCulloch becomes Premier of Vic."
"\BJun 12, \J1863\j\b - Bertram Mackennal born (û \J1931\j)."
"\BJun 02, \J1864\j\b - SS \IRainbow\i\b wrecked in Seal Rocks Bay, NSW, with the loss of seven lives."
"\BJun 24, \J1864\j\b - Bushranger Daniel (Mad Dog) Morgan kills Sgt McGinnerty on the Tumbarumba road, NSW."
"\BJun 29, \J1865\j\b - St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, destroyed by fire."
"\BJun 27, \J1865\j\b - John Monash born (-\J1931\j)."
"\BJun 20, \J1866\j\b - Adelaide Town Hall opened."
"\BJun 05, \J1866\j\b - John McDouall Stuart died (50)."
"\BJun 17, \J1867\j\b - Henry Lawson born (-\J1922\j)."
"\BJun 21, \J1867\j\b - Ernest Scott born (-\J1939\j)."
"\BJun 10, \J1868\j\b - Charles Harpur died (55)."
"\BJun 11, \J1868\j\b - A. E. (Bert) Bailey born (-\J1953\j)."
"\BJun 21, \J1869\j\b - Telegraph line from Perth to Fremantle inaugurated. (Privately erected; taken over by government in \J1871\j.)"
"\BJun 16, \J1869\j\b - Charles Sturt died (74)."
"\BJun 01, \J1870\j\b - New constitution adopted in WA providing for a Legislative Council of 18 (12 elected on a property franchise, 6 nominated)."
"\BJun 17, \J1870\j\b - British and Australian Telegraph Co. agrees to lay a cable from Java to Darwin on condition that a line is completed between Port Augusta and Darwin by 1 Jan. \J1872\j."
"\BJun 20, \J1870\j\b - Intercolonial conference in Melbourne (to 5 July) brings out differences between protectionists (mainly Vic.) and free traders."
"\BJun 21, \J1870\j\b - Legislation passed in Vic. abolishing state aid to religion (to be phased out over five years)."
"\BJun 25, \J1870\j\b - Ship \IHarlech Castle\b\i leaves Melbourne for Newcastle and is not heard of again; 23 lives lost."
"\BJun 05, \J1870\j\b - Jeannie Taylor (Mrs Aeneas Gunn) born (-\J1961\j)."
"\BJun 24, \J1870\j\b - Adam Lindsay Gordon died (36)."
"\BJun 19, \J1871\j\b - Charles Gavan Duffy replaces James McCulloch as Premier of Vic."
"\BJun 03, \J1872\j\b - Sir Hercules Robinson becomes Governor of NSW."
"\BJun 03, \J1872\j\b - Queensland National Bank begins business in Brisbane."
"\BJun 07, \J1872\j\b - Women at Clunes, Vic., attack Chinese miners and drive them out of town."
"\BJun 10, \J1872\j\b - J. G. Francis replaces Charles Gavan Duffy as Premier of Vic."
"\BJun 12, \J1872\j\b - Branch of the Royal Mint opens in Melbourne. (Ceases printing sovereigns in \J1931\j, other coins in \J1968\j.)"
"\BJun 26, \J1872\j\b - William Hann leads an expedition into Cape York Peninsula (to 12 Nov.) and discovers the Palmer and Normanby rivers and gold on the Palmer."
"\BJun 09, \J1873\j\b - Sir Anthony Musgrave becomes Governor of SA."
"\BJun 18, \J1873\j\b - Warburton reaches Waterloo Wells, where he is pinned down through lack of water."
"\BJun 15, \J1874\j\b - Brisbane's first Victoria Bridge officially opened. (Carried away by floods in \J1893\j.)"
"\BJun 03, \J1875\j\b - SA Premier Arthur Blyth resigns and is replaced by J. P. Boucaut."
"\BJun 14, \J1875\j\b - Railway from Ipswich to Brisbane completed (but rail bridge over Brisbane River at Indooroopilly not opened till 5 July \J1876\j)."
"\BJun 05, \J1876\j\b - George Thorn becomes Premier of Qld on the resignation of Arthur Macalister."
"\BJun 06, \J1876\j\b - John Colton replaces J. P. Boucaut as Premier of SA."
"\BJun 14, \J1876\j\b - Barque \IGiltwood\b\i wrecked near Rivoli Bay, SA; 27 lives lost."
"\BJun 04, \J1877\j\b - Maj.-Gen. Sir William Jervois, appointed with Lt-Col. Peter Scratchley of the Royal Engineers to advise on defences of the various colonies, reports on NSW's defences."
"\BJun 08, \J1877\j\b - Party of Lutheran missionaries arrive at the Finke River, NT, to found the Hermannsburg Mission."
"\BJun 16, \J1877\j\b - John Fairfax died (71)."
"\BJun 01, \J1878\j\b - Iron clipper \ILoch Ard\b\i wrecked near Cape Otway, Vic; only two of the 54 aboard survive."
"\BJun 10, \J1878\j\b - Horse-drawn trams begin running in Adelaide. (Tramway electrified in \J1909\j.)"
"\BJun 15, \J1879\j\b - Tin discovered at Tinaroo Creek, north Qld, by John Atherton."
"\BJun 24, \J1879\j\b - Qld extends its boundary to include Torres Strait islands beyond the previous 60-mile limit."
"\BJun 24, \J1879\j\b - û Australian and European Bank closes its doors."
"\BJun 10, \J1880\j\b - Macpherson Robertson, founder of the MacRobertson confectionery company, begins making confectionery in Fitzroy, Melbourne."
"\BJun 11, \J1880\j\b - First sugarcane planted on T. H. Fitzgerald's Innisfail estate, on the Johnstone River, north Qld. (Mill constructed \J1881\j.)"
"\BJun 26, \J1880\j\b - Joe Byrne of the Kelly Gang kills the informer Aaron Sherritt."
"\BJun 27, \J1880\j\b - Kelly Gang occupy the Glenrowan Hotel."
"\BJun 28, \J1880\j\b - Railway from Port Augusta reaches Hawker, SA."
"\BJun 29, \J1880\j\b - Ned Kelly captured by police and the rest of the Kelly Gang killed at Glenrowan."
"\BJun 16, \J1881\j\b - Two houses of Vic. parliament reach a compromise; number of members of Legislative Council increased, and property qualifications of members and electors reduced."
"\BJun 24, \J1881\j\b - J. C. Bray replaces William Morgan as Premier of SA."
"\BJun 02, \J1883\j\b - Sir Frederick Broome becomes Governor of WA."
"\BJun 02, \J1883\j\b - David Lindsay leads a party from Palmerston (Darwin) to explore into Arnhem Land. (Arrives at Katherine in Nov.)"
"\BJun 14, \J1883\j\b - Bridge over the Murray River at Albury-Wodonga completed, linking NSW and Vic. railways. (Train service between Sydney and Melbourneùwith change for break of gaugeùbegins 21 Aug.)"
"\BJun 26, \J1883\j\b - St John Ambulance Association formed in Melbourne."
"\BJun 16, \J1884\j\b - John Colton replaces J. C. Bray as Premier of SA."
"\BJun 18, \J1884\j\b - Pioneer Dairy Co., first co-operative dairy and butter factory in Australia, opens in Kiama, NSW."
"\BJun 22, \J1884\j\b - Vic. Women's Suffrage Society formed in Melbourne by Henrietta Dugdale and Annette Bean."
"\BJun 22, \J1884\j\b - \C0000FF\U\BJul\b\c\u"
"\BJun 15, \J1884\j\b - Sir Henry Loch becomes Governor of Vic."
"\BJun 17, \J1884\j\b - Schooner \IHopeful \b\i arrives at the Herbert River, north Qld, with 123 island labourers; soon after, crew members are charged with kidnapping and murder. (Recruiter and bosun receive the death sentence; master and government agent sentenced to life imprisonment; other crew members receive terms of 7 to 10 years; no executions carried out.)"
"\BJun 09, \J1885\j\b - First Seventh Day Adventists arrive in Melbourne."
"\BJun 16, \J1885\j\b - J. W. Downer replaces John Colton as Premier of SA."
"\BJun 19, \J1885\j\b - Sudan contingent returns to Sydney, having participated in only one minor skirmish. (Casualties: 3 slightly wounded in action; 7 deaths from fever or dysentery.)"
"\BJun 20, \J1885\j\b - First prospectus of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd issued. (Company floated on 10 Aug.)"
"\BJun 26, \J1885\j\b - Weekly journal \ITable Talk\b\i founded in Melbourne (- \J1937\j)."
"\BJun 27, \J1885\j\b - Archbishop Moran becomes Australia's first cardinal."
"\BJun 11, \J1885\j\b - John Lort Stokes died (72?)."
"\BJun 12, \J1886\j\b - Amalgamated Shearers' Union formed at Ballarat; W. G. Spence president."
"\BJun 11, \J1887\j\b - Thomas Playford replaces Sir John Downer as Premier of SA."
"\BJun 14, \J1887\j\b - Railway line from Port Pirie, SA, reaches the NSW border at Cockburn, and (16th) the line from Adelaide reaches Mt Gambier."
"\BJun 21, \J1887\j\b - SA Intercolonial and Jubilee Exhibition opens in Adelaide (to 7 Jan. \J1888\j)."
"\BJun 21, \J1887\j\b - Six people killed and 73 injured in a railway accident at Peat's Ferry, NSW."
"\BJun 26, \J1887\j\b - Adolph Basser born (- \J1964\j)."
"\BJun 06, \J1888\j\b - Christmas Is. annexed by Britain. (Settlement established at Flying Fish Cove by George Clunies Ross in Nov.)."
"\BJun 12, \J1888\j\b - Intercolonial conference held in Sydney (to 14th) recommends that uniform legislation be passed to restrict Chinese immigration."
"\BJun 13, \J1888\j\b - Sir Thomas McIlwraith forms his second ministry in Qld."
"\BJun 01, \J1889\j\b - WA's Great Southern Railway opened, linking Perth and Albany."
"\BJun 11, \J1889\j\b - Australian Labour Federation formed by unions in Brisbane."
"\BJun 22, \J1889\j\b - Eleven miners killed in a fall at Hamilton Mine, Newcastle."
"\BJun 27, \J1889\j\b - J. A. Cockburn becomes Premier of SA after the defeat of the Playford government on 22 June."
"\BJun 14, \J1890\j\b - Tramway (battery operated) begins operating in Bendigo, Vic. (Power inadequate; replaced by steam in \J1892\j.)"
"\BJun 24, \J1890\j\b - William Saumarez Smith consecrated in St Paul's, London, as Anglican Bishop of Sydney and Primate of Australia."
"\BJun 17, \J1891\j\b - Labour candidates contest 45 seats in the NSW Legislative Assembly election and win 36, to hold the balance of power."
"\BJun 08, \J1892\j\b - Melbourne \IAge\b\i accuses the Vic. railway commissioners (suspended on 17 Mar.) of mismanagement and the chairman, Richard Speight, of incompetence. (Speight sues David Syme for libel and after two prolonged trials is awarded a farthing damages in Sept. \J1894\j.)"
"\BJun 17, \J1892\j\b - Theatre Royal, Sydney, destroyed by fire."
"\BJun 21, \J1892\j\b - F. W. Holder replaces Thomas Playford as Premier of SA."
"\BJun 14, \J1893\j\b - Patrick Hannan discovers gold at Kalgoorlie, WA."
"\BJun 16, \J1893\j\b - C. C. Kingston replaces Sir John Downer as Premier of SA."
"\BJun 22, \J1893\j\b - Australasian Federation League established in Sydney."
"\BJun 10, \J1893\j\b - Martin Boyd born (-\J1972\j)."
"\BJun 23, \J1893\j\b - Frank Dalby Davison born (-\J1970\j)."
"\BJun 17, \J1894\j\b - Qld shearers' strike begins in Longreach over a new agreement imposed by pastoralists and a reduction in wages."
"\BJun 28, \J1895\j\b - Sydney ferry-master George Dean, condemned to death for poisoning his wife, is released after an inquiry by royal commission. (His lawyer, R. D. Meagher, MP, is subsequently struck off the rolls as a solicitor when it is revealed that he knew Dean to be guilty, and Dean is sentenced to 14 years' gaol for perjury.)"
"\BJun 25, \J1896\j\b - Smelting begins at Mount Lyell, Tas."
"\BJun 04, \J1897\j\b - Narrogin, WA, declared a town site."
"\BJun 21, \J1897\j\b - Electric trams begin running in Brisbane."
"\BJun 03, \J1898\j\b - Referendums held in NSW, Vic., and Tas. (and SA on 4th) to decide on the draft federal constitution. All the colonies vote in favour of acceptance, but NSW's vote falls short of the statutory minimum required."
"\BJun 26, \J1898\j\b - W. K. Hancock born (-\J1988\j)."
"\BJun 10, \J1899\j\b - Qld passes enabling legislation for a referendum on federation."
"\BJun 20, \J1899\j\b - NSW holds its second referendum and gains the required number of votes: 107,420 in favour; 82,741 against."
"\BJun 20, \J1899\j\b - Branch of the Royal Mint opens in Perth, mainly to convert the colony's gold into sovereigns and half-sovereigns (to \J1931\j)."
"\BJun 13, \J1900\j\b - WA passes federal referendum enabling legislation."
"\BJun 12, \J1901\j\b - At Wilmansrust, South Africa, 18 Vic. troops are killed and more than 40 wounded in a guerrilla attack by the Boers."
"\BJun 06, \J1901\j\b - Andrew Garran died (75)."
"\BJun 10, \J1902\j\b - W. H. Irvine becomes Premier of Vic. following the defeat of the Peacock government."
"\BJun 12, \J1902\j\b - Commonwealth Franchise Act grants the vote to all British subjects of six months' residence aged 21 and over (Asians, Africans, and Australian Aborigines excluded)."
"\BJun 24, \J1902\j\b - Frederick Illingworth becomes Premier of WA on the death of George Leake."
"\BJun 30, \J1902\j\b - Imperial Conference in London (to 11 Aug.); Naval Agreement negotiated, providing for a RN squadron to be stationed in Australia, its cost subsidized by Australia. (Ratified 28 Aug. \J1903\j.)"
"\BJun 30, \J1902\j\b - û Mundaring Weir, on the Helena River near Perth, completed."
"\BJun 29, \J1902\j\b - James Brunton Stephens died (67)."
"\BJun 22, \J1903\j\b - Garfield Barwick born"
"\BJun 15, \J1904\j\b - Thomas Waddell becomes Premier of NSW on the retirement of John See to the Legislative Council."
"\BJun 20, \J1904\j\b - C. S. Robinson, Chief Judicial Officer and Acting Administrator of British New Guinea, shoots himself following criticism of his punitive expedition to Goaribari."
"\BJun 20, \J1904\j\b - \b8\b Sydney streets lit by electricity when Pyrmont power station officially switched on."
"\BJun 10, \J1904\j\b - SS \INemesis\i\b founders off the coast of NSW during a storm, with the loss of all 21 aboard."
"\BJun 12, \J1904\j\b - J. W. Evans forms a government in Tas. following the resignation of W. B. Propsting."
"\BJun 20, \J1904\j\b - P & O liner \IAustralia\i\b runs aground on a reef at the entrance to Port Phillip; no lives lost but ship a total loss."
"\BJun 24, \J1904\j\b - Alfred Felton died (72)."
"\BJun 25, \J1905\j\b - Sir Augustus Charles Gregory died (85)."
"\BJun 03, \J1908\j\b - Tariff Act increases the duty on imported goods and the number of items liable for duty, but allows a 5% rebate on goods from the UK."
"\BJun 30, \J1908\j\b - H. H. Dutton and Murray Aunger leave Adelaide in a Talbot car to drive to Darwin (arr. 20 Aug.), the first crossing of Australia by car."
"\BJun 02, \J1909\j\b - Deakin becomes Prime Minister (with Cook his deputy), Andrew Fisher having been forced to resign on the resumption of parliament."
"\BJun 05, \J1909\j\b - A. H. Peake forms an all-Liberal ministry in SA following the death of Premier Tom Price on 31 May."
"\BJun 19, \J1909\j\b - Sir Neil Lewis becomes Premier of Tas., leading a Liberal Fusion group."
"\BJun 30, \J1909\j\b - Children's Hospital opens in Perth."
"\BJun 10, \J1909\j\b - Lang Hancock born (û \J1992\j)."
"\BJun 20, \J1909\j\b - Errol Flynn born (û \J1959\j)."
"\BJun 11, \J1911\j\b - Sidney Myer opens a drapery business in Bourke Street, Melbourne."
"\BJun 27, \J1911\j\b - Royal Military College, Duntroon, opens, with Col. W. T. Bridges as commandant."
"\BJun 21, \J1911\j\b - Chester Wilmot born (û \J1954\j)."
"\BJun 01, \J1912\j\b - Denison Miller takes up his appointment as first governor of the Commonwealth Bank."
"\BJun 14, \J1912\j\b - Albert Solomon becomes Premier of Tas. on the retirement of Sir Neil Lewis."
"\BJun 29, \J1912\j\b - W. E. Hart wins (by default) Australia's first air race, from Botany to"
"\BJun 29, \J1912\j\b - Parramatta and return, against Wizard Stone of the USA."
"\BJun 04, \J1912\j\b - William Dargie born"
"\BJun 13, \J1912\j\b - Ivor Hele born (û \J1993\j)."
"\BJun 24, \J1913\j\b - Joseph Cook replaces Andrew Fisher as Prime Minister."
"\BJun 29, \J1913\j\b - W. A. Holman becomes Premier of NSW on the retirement of James McGowen."
"\BJun 05, \J1914\j\b - Prime Minister Joseph Cook asks the Governor-General for a double dissolution. (Parliament prorogued 27 June, dissolved 30 July.)"
"\BJun 18, \J1914\j\b - Sir Alexander Peacock becomes Premier of Vic. again following W. A. Watt's resignation to enter federal politics."
"\BJun 02, \J1915\j\b - BHP's steelworks at Newcastle officially opened."
"\BJun 30, \J1915\j\b - Attack by the Turks at the Nek repulsed by Anzacs."
"\BJun 28, \J1915\j\b - Victor Trumper died (37)."
"\BJun 02, \J1916\j\b - Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australasia established in Tas."
"\BJun 06, \J1916\j\b - Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia founded (now the Returned and Services League of Australia, or RSL)."
"\BJun 15, \J1916\j\b - Hughes arranges for the purchase of 15 merchant ships in London to begin a Commonwealth shipping line."
"\BJun 06, \J1916\j\b - Tom Bass born"
"\BJun 07, \J1917\j\b - Messines ridge, Flanders, captured by II Anzac Corps after Australian tunnellers blow up Hill 60."
"\BJun 14, \J1917\j\b - First drawing of Qld's Golden Casket lottery (opened in Dec. \J1916\j in aid of patriotic war funds)."
"\BJun 28, \J1917\j\b - H. B. Lefroy forms a National Coalition ministry in WA."
"\BJun 30, \J1917\j\b - All Lutheran day schools in SA closed by act of parliament."
"\BJun 11, \J1918\j\b - Hughes attends the second session of the Imperial War Cabinet in London."
"\BJun 28, \J1919\j\b - Hughes and Cook sign the Peace Treaty in Versailles."
"\BJun 29, \J1919\j\b - Striking meatworkers in Townsville clash with police; nine wounded in an exchange of gunshots."
"\BJun 02, \J1920\j\b - Victor Patrick Lucca (Vic Patrick) born"
"\BJun 25, \J1921\j\b - SS \IOur Jack\b\i sinks in a gale off Cape Hawke, NSW, with the loss of five lives. Next day, SS \IFitzroy\b\i goes down in the same area; 31 drowned."
"\BJun 17, \J1922\j\b - Sir Robert Philp died (70)."
"\BJun 09, \J1923\j\b - Premiers' Conference agrees to the establishment of a voluntary loan council to co-ordinate borrowing."
"\BJun 26, \J1923\j\b - SS \ISumatra\i\b founders in a storm off Port Macquarie, NSW; 46 lives lost."
"\BJun 26, \J1923\j\b - û Commonwealth financial aid for main roads introduced."
"\BJun 26, \J1923\j\b - û \ISunday Mail\i\b first published in Brisbane."
"\BJun 02, \J1923\j\b - E. J. Banfield died (70)."
"\BJun 15, \J1923\j\b - Ninian Stephen born"
"\BJun 25, \J1923\j\b - Harry Seidler born"
"\BJun 02, \J1924\j\b - Airmail service begins between Adelaide and Sydney."
"\BJun 04, \J1924\j\b - Radio station 6WF begins broadcasting in Perth."
"\BJun 15, \J1924\j\b - Morwell power station in the Latrobe Valley begins generating electricity for Melbourne."
"\BJun 04, \J1925\j\b - Seamen's Union deregistered following a series of disputes; a strike follows."
"\BJun 09, \J1925\j\b - Train derailment on a bridge at Traveston, near Gympie, Qld; 10 killed and 28 injured in a falling carriage."
"\BJun 04, \J1926\j\b - Northern Australia Act divides the Northern Territory into North Australia and Central Australia, each with a separate administration. (Takes effect 1 Mar. \J1927\j; NT reverts to a single entity in \J1931\j.)"
"\BJun 10, \J1926\j\b - Sydney-Brisbane express train falls through a timber bridge near Aberdeen, NSW; five killed and 50 injured."
"\BJun 25, \J1926\j\b - Beryl Mills of WA wins the first 'Miss Australia' competition."
"\BJun 04, \J1926\j\b - Fred Spofforth died (72)."
"\BJun 06, \J1927\j\b - Alan Seymour born"
"\BJun 13, \J1927\j\b - David Kirkpatrick (Slim Dusty) born"
"\BJun 09, \J1928\j\b - Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia established as a separate entity."
"\BJun 15, \J1928\j\b - J. C. McPhee replaces J. A. Lyons as Premier of Tas. following Labor's defeat at the polls on 30 May. (Lyons resigns from state parliament.)"
"\BJun 03, \J1929\j\b - Fremantle proclaimed a city."
"\BJun 25, \J1929\j\b - Kingsford Smith, Ulm, Litchfield, and McWilliams set out again for England in the \ISouthern Cross.\b\i (Reach London on 10 July in the record time of 12 days 18 hours.)"
"\BJun 10, \J1929\j\b - Ian Sinclair born"
"\BJun 24, \J1930\j\b - Kingsford Smith flies from Ireland to New York (arr. 26th) and thence to Oakland, California (arr. 4 July), thereby completing his circumnavigation of the world in the \ISouthern Cross."
"\BJun 26, \J1930\j\b - Royal Australian Naval College transfers from Jervis Bay, NSW, to Flinders Naval Depot at Westernport, Vic."
"\BJun 19, \J1931\j\b - Pitched battle between police and anti-evictionists in Newtown, Sydney."
"\BJun 20, \J1931\j\b - Nellie Stewart died (72)."
"\BJun 09, \J1932\j\b - Liberal and Country League formed in SA."
"\BJun 11, \J1932\j\b - Labor government elected in Queensland; William Forgan Smith becomes Premier (on 17th)."
"\BJun 17, \J1932\j\b - Sir John Quick died (80)"
"\BJun 10, \J1933\j\b - E. G. Theodore and Frank Packer (Sydney Newspapers Ltd), having agreed not to publish a Sydney evening daily, launch the \IAustralian Women's Weekly."
"\BJun 24, \J1933\j\b - Collier \IChristina Fraser\b\i disappears off Gabo Is; all 17 hands lost."
"\BJun 09, \J1934\j\b - Labor wins Tas. election; A. G. Ogilvie becomes Premier (on 22nd)."
"\BJun 05, \J1934\j\b - W. A. Holman died (62)."
"\BJun 25, \J1936\j\b - Japan bans imports of Australian wool, wheat, and flour in retaliation to Australia's trade diversion policy."
"\BJun 16, \J1936\j\b - Charles Perkins born"
"\BJun 23, \J1937\j\b - Commonwealth Arbitration Court adds 'prosperity loadings' to the basic wage."
"\BJun 01, \J1937\j\b - Colleen McCullough born"
"\BJun 22, \J1938\j\b - C. J. Dennis died (61)."
"\BJun 11, \J1939\j\b - Edmund Dwyer-Gray becomes Premier of Tas. following the death of Albert Ogilvie."
"\BJun 08, \J1940\j\b - Sir Keith Murdoch appointed Director-General of the newly formed Department of Information."
"\BJun 11, \J1940\j\b - Australia declares war on Italy (following Italy's declaration of war against Britain and France)."
"\BJun 15, \J1940\j\b - Communist and Fascist parties in Australia declared illegal under the National Security Act."
"\BJun 21, \J1940\j\b - Commonwealth government given increased powers to control Australia's resources, production, manpower, and people."
"\BJun 21, \J1941\j\b - Damascus taken by Allied forces."
"\BJun 30, \J1941\j\b - Destroyer HMAS \IWaterhen\i\b sunk off the Libyan coast."
"\BJun 03, \J1942\j\b - SS \IIron Chieftain\i\b torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine off Sydney, with the loss of 12 lives. Next day, SS \IIron Crown\i\b torpedoed and sunk near Gabo Is; 37 lives lost."
"\BJun 07, \J1942\j\b - Japanese submarines shell Sydney and Newcastle."
"\BJun 13, \J1942\j\b - Ration books issued. (Clothes rationing begins on 15 June, tea on 6 July, sugar on 31 Aug.)"
"\BJun 16, \J1942\j\b - Destroyer HMAS \INestor\i\b sunk in the Mediterranean."
"\BJun 07, \J1943\j\b - Butter and household drapery rationed."
"\BJun 11, \J1943\j\b - Minesweeper HMAS \IWallaroo\i\b sinks after colliding with a US liberty ship off Fremantle."
"\BJun 11, \J1943\j\b - û Sealed road completed between Darwin and Alice Springs."
"\BJun 10, \J1945\j\b - Australian forces land at Brunei and Labuan Is."
"\BJun 20, \J1945\j\b - Australian forces land at Sarawak."
"\BJun 26, \J1945\j\b - Australia signs the United Nations Charter in San Francisco."
"\BJun 07, \J1946\j\b - Australia and the US sign an agreement terminating Lend-Lease."
"\BJun 24, \J1946\j\b - British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Ltd (BCPA) registered in Sydney. (Begins service between Sydney and Vancouver on 15 Sept.)"
"\BJun 01, \J1947\j\b - ABC begins an independent radio news service."
"\BJun 12, \J1947\j\b - NT granted a Legislative Council, comprising the Administrator, seven official members, and six elected members."
"\BJun 30, \J1947\j\b - Qantas Empire Airways taken over by the Commonwealth."
"\BJun 01, \J1948\j\b - Commonwealth pharmaceutical benefits become available."
"\BJun 24, \J1948\j\b - Rationing of meat and clothing ends."
"\BJun 30, \J1948\j\b - Mail train derailed near Rocky Ponds, NSW; 4 killed and 19 injured."
"\BJun 18, \J1948\j\b - Robyn Archer born"
"\BJun 19, \J1948\j\b - George Sorlie died (63)."
"\BJun 21, \J1948\j\b - Lionel Rose born"
"\BJun 06, \J1949\j\b - Petrol rationing lifted when the High Court declares the regulations invalid. (Reimposed temporarily in all mainland states on 15 Nov.)"
"\BJun 27, \J1949\j\b - Nation-wide coalminers' strike (to 15 Aug.), which causes severe gas and electricity restrictions."
"\BJun 29, \J1949\j\b - National Emergency (Coal Strike) Act passed, freezing union funds and forbidding support for strikers. (Eight union leaders subsequently gaoled.)"
"\BJun 08, \J1950\j\b - Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the first Australian to attain the rank of field marshal."
"\BJun 16, \J1950\j\b - Butter rationing ends."
"\BJun 26, \J1950\j\b - ANA DC4 \IAmana\i\b crashes near York, WA; 29 killed."
"\BJun 27, \J1950\j\b - J. G. B. McDonald forms a Country Party ministry in Vic. with Labor support following the election on 13 May."
"\BJun 29, \J1950\j\b - Prime Minister Menzies announces that two RAN shipsùthe frigate \IShoalhaven\i\b and the destroyer \IBataan\i\b ùwould be placed at the disposal of the UN in Korea (North Korea having invaded South Korea on 25 June)."
"\BJun 29, \J1950\j\b - û Severe gales, flood rains, and high seas cause 26 deaths in NSW."
"\BJun 08, \J1951\j\b - School of the Air begins, broadcasting from the Flying Doctor base at Alice Springs."
"\BJun 13, \J1951\j\b - J. B. Chifley dies. (H. V. Evatt replaces him as leader of the opposition on 20 June.)"
"\BJun 13, \J1951\j\b - J. B. Chifley died (65)."
"\BJun 01, \J1952\j\b - Train and bus collision at a level crossing at Boronia, Vic; nine people killed."
"\BJun 01, \J1952\j\b - û Serious flooding of the Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, and Macquarie systems in NSW (to Aug.); in Gippsland and south-west Vic. (to July; two deaths); and in Tas. (most destructive in the state's history to date)."
"\BJun 08, \J1953\j\b - Britain and Australia sign an agreement for reciprocity in social service benefits. (Comes into operation on 7 Jan. \J1954\j.)"
"\BJun 06, \J1954\j\b - Severe flooding in eastern and southern Tas. (to 7th)."
"\BJun 10, \J1955\j\b - Frank Browne and Raymond Fitzpatrick charged before the bar of the House of Representatives with a breach of parliamentary privilege and sentenced to three months' imprisonment."
"\BJun 24, \J1955\j\b - Strike by Sydney newspaper printers (to 15 July); proprietors bring out a composite paper, and journalists and printers produce their own daily, the \IClarion.\i\b "
"\BJun 06, \J1955\j\b - Max Meldrum died (79)."
"\BJun 12, \J1956\j\b - ALP Federal executive dismisses the NSW executive, replacing it with a balanced group of members."
"\BJun 30, \J1956\j\b - Conciliation and Arbitration Act amended to replace the Federal Court of Conciliation and Arbitration with the Commonwealth (later, Australian) Industrial Court (to deal with judicial matters) and the Commonwealth (later, Australian) Conciliation and Arbitration Commission (for the arbitral function)."
"\BJun 12, \J1957\j\b - Qld government falls when ALP members vote with the opposition to block supply."
"\BJun 22, \J1957\j\b - Closing of the Adaminaby Dam outlet gates completes the second major phase of the Snowy Mountains scheme."
"\BJun 01, \J1959\j\b - Migration Act comes into force, abolishing the dictation test as means of excluding ineligible persons entering Australia and substituting an entry permit."
"\BJun 04, \J1959\j\b - Australia and the Soviet Union resume diplomatic relations."
"\BJun 20, \J1959\j\b - Sir Ian Clunies Ross died (60)."
"\BJun 03, \J1960\j\b - First of the 'Mutilator' murders discovered in Sydney."
"\BJun 10, \J1960\j\b - TAA Fokker Friendship \IAbel Tasman\b\i crashes into the sea off Mackay, Qld; 29 killed."
"\BJun 30, \J1960\j\b - National Service training officially ends; remaining trainees discharged."
"\BJun 21, \J1961\j\b - First aircraft to fly non-stop from UK to Australia (RAF Vulcan jet bomber) arrives at Richmond, NSW, after refuelling in mid-air three times during the 20-hour flight."
"\BJun 29, \J1961\j\b - Australia and the US announce a joint guided missile research project to be carried out at Woomera, SA."
"\BJun 05, \J1961\j\b - Sir Richard Boyer died (69)."
"\BJun 09, \J1961\j\b - Mrs Aeneas Gunn died (91)."
"\BJun 13, \J1962\j\b - Sir Eugene Goossens died (69)."
"\BJun 01, \J1963\j\b - Nicklin coalition government re-elected in Qld."
"\BJun 08, \J1964\j\b - Australian army advisers in Vietnam increased to 80 and committed to active service."
"\BJun 12, \J1964\j\b - Macquarie University (Syd.) founded. (First undergraduates accepted in \J1967\j.)"
"\BJun 27, \J1964\j\b - Bolte government re-elected in Vic. with a majority in both houses."
"\BJun 16, \J1966\j\b - Australia and eight other countries form the Asian and Pacific Council."
"\BJun 21, \J1966\j\b - Opposition leader Arthur Calwell is injured when shot at after attending a political meeting in Mosman (Syd.)."
"\BJun 30, \J1966\j\b - Holt, on a visit to Washington, promises complete support for the US escalation of the Vietnam War (all the way with LBJ)."
"\BJun 01, \J1967\j\b - D. A. Dunstan becomes Premier of SA on the retirement of Frank Walsh."
"\BJun 05, \J1967\j\b - Total wage concept introduced by the Commonwealth Arbitration Commission to replace the basic wage plus margins. (Operates from 1 July.)"
"\BJun 18, \J1968\j\b - Warringah Expressway opens in Sydney."
"\BJun 24, \J1968\j\b - National Service Act increases penalties for evasion of National Service."
"\BJun 24, \J1968\j\b - British comedian Tony Hancock suicides in Sydney."
"\BJun 03, \J1969\j\b - HMAS \IMelbourne\i\b collides with USS \IFrank E. Evans\i\b during SEATO naval exercises in the south China Sea, cutting the American ship in two; 73 American lives lost."
"\BJun 19, \J1969\j\b - Commonwealth Arbitration Commission adopts the principle of equal pay for women doing the same work as men (increases to be introduced over three years)."
"\BJun 18, \J1970\j\b - Newington College (Syd.) headmaster D. A. Trathen is dismissed for calling on Australian youth to defy the National Service Act."
"\BJun 07, \J1971\j\b - Australia becomes a full member of the OECD."
"\BJun 27, \J1971\j\b - ALP delegation led by Gough Whitlam visits the People's Republic of China (to 14 July)."
"\BJun 27, \J1971\j\b - û Work begins on Melbourne's underground railway."
"\BJun 30, \J1971\j\b - Kenneth Slessor died (70)."
"\BJun 30, \J1972\j\b - Ord River Dam (Lake Argyle) officially opened as the second stage of the Ord River scheme."
"\BJun 03, \J1972\j\b - Martin Boyd died (78)."
"\BJun 01, \J1973\j\b - RAAF receives the first six of its 24 F-111C strike aircraft. "
"\BJun 25, \J1973\j\b - HMAS \ISupply\i\b leaves Sydney to rendezvous with NZ frigate \IOtago\i\b at the French nuclear test zone in protest against nuclear testing in the Pacific."
"\BJun 02, \J1975\j\b - Lance Barnard announces his resignation from federal parliament to become ambassador to Sweden. (J. F. Cairns replaces him as deputy Prime Minister on 12th.)"
"\BJun 05, \J1975\j\b - Whitlam reshuffles his cabinet; W. G. Hayden replaces Cairns as Treasurer."
"\BJun 09, \J1975\j\b - Order of Australia awarded for the first time."
"\BJun 16, \J1975\j\b - Ethnic radio begins experimental broadcasting from 2EA in Sydney. (3EA begins in Melbourne on 23rd.)"
"\BJun 28, \J1975\j\b - Liberal candidate (Kevin Newman) wins the by-election for Barnard's seat of Bass."
"\BJun 30, \J1975\j\b - Qld Labor senator Bert Milliner dies, and Premier Bjelke-Petersen appoints an anti-Whitlam nominee, Albert Field, as a replacement (3 Sept.)."
"\BJun 16, \J1976\j\b - Australia and Japan sign the Basic Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation."
"\BJun 05, \J1976\j\b - Harold Williams died (82)."
"\BJun 17, \J1976\j\b - Lord Casey died (85)."
"\BJun 22, \J1977\j\b - Uniting Church in Australia formed by the merger of the Methodist Church with major elements of the Presbyterian and Congregational churches."
"\BJun 30, \J1977\j\b - SEATO disbanded."
"\BJun 16, \J1978\j\b - Three Ananda Marga membersùRoss Dunn, Timothy Anderson, and Paul Alisterùare arrested in Sydney and charged with conspiring to murder National Front leader Robert Cameron. (Found guilty in Aug. \J1979\j and sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment.)"
"\BJun 17, \J1978\j\b - Referendum carried in NSW to change the method of choosing members of the Legislative Council from a vote by sitting members of both houses to a popular vote."
"\BJun 02, \J1979\j\b - Election held for the ACT House of Assembly (replacing the Legislative Assembly)."
"\BJun 05, \J1979\j\b - Royal commission into the Vic. Housing Commission land deals announced."
"\BJun 08, \J1979\j\b - Hijacker of a TAA plane between Coolangatta and Brisbane overpowered by the crew."
"\BJun 09, \J1979\j\b - Seven die in a fire in the Ghost Train at Luna Park, Sydney."
"\BJun 21, \J1979\j\b - One-day general strike called by the ACTU to protest against the use of a controversial public assembly law to arrest union officials in WA during strike meetings."
"\BJun 06, \J1979\j\b - Ion L. Idriess died (89)."
"\BJun 23, \J1980\j\b - Unknown gunman shoots dead Justice David Opas of the Family Court in Sydney on the doorstep of his Woollahra home."
"\BJun 23, \J1980\j\b - Australia's first test tube baby (Candice Reed) born at the Royal Melbourne Women's Hospital."
"\BJun 16, \J1981\j\b - Jack (Puttynose) Nicholls, due to give evidence to the Costigan royal commission, found shot dead in a car at Wangaratta, Vic."
"\BJun 25, \J1981\j\b - Royal commission into drug trafficking (Justice Donald Stewart) established."
"\BJun 16, \J1981\j\b - Sir Thomas Playford died (84)."
"\BJun 29, \J1981\j\b - Sir Russell Drysdale died (69)."
"\BJun 07, \J1982\j\b - Allegation of a mass conspiracy among doctors, patients, and prominent members of the Greek community dismissed by magistrate Bruce Brown on the 386th day of the hearing."
"\BJun 18, \J1982\j\b - Legislation passed in SA authorising the development of the Roxby Downs copper-uranium deposit, despite controversy."
"\BJun 09, \J1982\j\b - Sir Bernard Heinze died (87)."
"\BJun 03, \J1984\j\b - Electrification of railway from Sydney to Newcastle inaugurated."
"\BJun 02, \J1985\j\b - \IEmpress of Australia\b\i makes its last voyage between Tas. and the mainland."
"\BJun 13, \J1985\j\b - BLF federal secretary Norm Gallagher found guilty of 20 charges of receiving secret commissions and (21st) sentenced to four years and three months' gaol. (Released on 7 Oct; convictions quashed.)"
"\BJun 02, \J1987\j\b - Morling Report tabled in NT parliament results in a pardon for Lindy and Michael Chamberlain."
"\BJun 12, \J1987\j\b - After a trial lasting 332 days, 30 members of rival motorcycle gangs are found guilty (nine of murder, 21 of manslaughter) of the Fathers Day massacre at Milperra, Sydney, in Sept. \J1984\j."
"\BJun 19, \J1987\j\b - Police shoot dead West German tourist Joseph Schwab, believed to have shot and killed five people in northern Australia in the past 11 days."
"\BJun 26, \J1987\j\b - Sir Billy Snedden died (60)."
"\BJun 05, \J1988\j\b - Kay Cottee in her yacht \IFirst Lady\i\b arrives back at Port Jackson to become the first woman to sail single-handed non-stop round the world."
"\BJun 20, \J1988\j\b - Two-dollar coin goes into circulation to replace the note."
"\BJun 04, \J1988\j\b - Sir Douglas Nicholls died (81)."
"\BJun 29, \J1989\j\b - Tas. Premier Robin Gray resigns after losing a no-confidence vote. Labor's Michael Field becomes Premier, leading an alliance of Labor and (Green) independents led by Bob Brown."
"\BJun 24, \J1990\j\b - Vic.'s largest building society, Pyramid, collapses."
"\BJun 25, \J1990\j\b - Peggy Glanville-Hicks died (77)."
"\BJun 06, \J1991\j\b - Rosemary Follett's Labor government resumes office in ACT following the coalition government's defeat in a no-confidence vote."
"\BJun 13, \J1991\j\b - Entrepreneur Christopher Skase declared bankrupt with personal debts of $170 million. (Subsequently flees to Spain.)"
"\BJun 02, \J1992\j\b - John Elliott's holding company controlling the Foster's brewing group goes into receivership."
"\BJun 03, \J1992\j\b - High Court judgment in the 'Mabo case' (that the Murray Islands in Torres Strait belong to the Meriam people) recognises a new class of ownership right, native title, and ends the notion of \Iterra nullius.\b\i"
"\BJun 16, \J1992\j\b - Former WA Premier Brian Burke is charged with defrauding parliamentary travel expenses. (Found guilty in July \J1994\j of four charges of false pretences and sentenced to two years' gaol.)"
"\BJun 24, \J1992\j\b - NSW Premier Nick Greiner resigns in response to a threat by the three non-aligned independents to bring down his government following an ICAC report that he had acted in a corrupt manner (finding subsequently rejected by Supreme Court). John Fahey replaces him as Premier."
"\BJun 16, \J1992\j\b - Brett Whiteley died (53)."
"\BJun 11, \J1993\j\b - Monarch Air commuter jet crashes near Young, NSW; seven killed."
"\BJun 18, \J1993\j\b - Businessman-adventurer Dick Smith and co-pilot John Wallington become the first to cross Australia by balloon (Carnarvon, WA, to Tabulam on the NSW north coast)."
"\BJun 04, \J1994\j\b - Marshall Perron's CLP government re-elected in NT with an increased majority."
