"\BMar 02, \J1788\j\b - Phillip explores Broken Bay (to 9th)."
"\BMar 06, \J1788\j\b - King takes formal possession of Norfolk Is."
"\BMar 10, \J1788\j\b - \ILa Boussole\b\i and \IL'Astrolabe\b\i leave Botany Bay, never to be seen again (wrecked on Vanikoro Is., Vanuatu, and all lives lost)."
"\BMar 13, \J1788\j\b - Ball explores Lord Howe Is. on way back to Port Jackson in \ISupply."
"\BMar 25, \J1789\j\b - Seven marines tried for systematic robbery of stores. (Six executed on 27th.)"
"\BMar 16, \J1791\j\b - First land grants made to free men (two sailors from \ISirius).\b"
"\BMar 23, \J1791\j\b - HMS \IPandora\b\i (Capt. Edward Edwards), dispatched from England in Nov.\b\i \J1790\j to search for \IBounty\b\i mutineers, reaches Tahiti; 14 mutineers arrested."
"\BMar 28, \J1791\j\b - \IWaaksamheyd\b\i sails for England, carrying Hunter and officers and crew of the \ISirius.\i"
"\BMar 28, \J1791\j\b - Convict William Bryant and his wife, Mary, their two children, and seven other convicts escape from Port Jackson in the Governor's six-oared cutter."
"\BMar 30, \J1791\j\b - Bryant's party go ashore near present-day Newcastle and find coal."
"\BMar 13, \J1793\j\b - Spanish expedition led by Alessandro Malaspina visits Sydney in the ships \IDescubierta\b\i and \IAtrevida\b\i (to 20 Apr.)."
"\BMar 08, \J1793\j\b - David Jones born (-\J1873\j)."
"\BMar 10, \J1794\j\b - Rev. Samuel Marsden arrives at Port Jackson in the storeship \IWilliam."
"\BMar 04, \J1795\j\b - \IBritannia\b\i returns from the Cape with goods and livestock."
"\BMar 19, \J1796\j\b - William Skirving dies, three days after the death of his fellow Scottish Martyr Joseph Gerrald."
"\BMar 24, \J1796\j\b - Bass and Flinders in the second \ITom Thumb\b\i explore the coast south of Botany Bay (to 2 Apr.); discover Lake Illawarra (27 Mar.); examine Port Hacking (1 Apr.)."
"\BMar 20, \J1796\j\b - Edward Gibbon Wakefield born (-\J1862\j)."
"\BMar 11, \J1797\j\b - \ISydney Cove\b\i longboat is wrecked on the southern coast near present-day Cape Everard; the survivors continue their journey to Port Jackson on foot (15th)."
"\BMar 09, \J1798\j\b - Wilson leads another party, which includes Henry Hacking, to the south-west of Sydney, penetrating as far as the vicinity of present-day Goulburn."
"\BMar 03, \J1799\j\b - Hawkesbury River floods after torrential rains break the drought; grain stores destroyed and one man drowned."
"\BMar 06, \J1799\j\b - William Paterson ordered to return to NSW from leave in England and put an immediate end to trading by the NSW Corps officers, especially in spirits."
"\BMar 12, \J1799\j\b - Isaac Nichols charged with receiving stolen goods and sentenced (16th) to 14 years on Norfolk Is."
"\BMar 03, \J1800\j\b - \IReliance\b\i (Henry Waterhouse) leaves Port Jackson for England with Matthew Flinders aboard."
"\BMar 21, \J1801\j\b - Lt James Grant in the \ILady Nelson\b\i surveys Westernport Bay (to 29 Apr.)."
"\BMar 20, \J1801\j\b - Charles Joseph La Trobe born (-\J1875\j)."
"\BMar 21, \J1801\j\b - Conrad Martens born (-\J1878\j)."
"\BMar 08, \J1802\j\b - Murray takes formal possession of Port Phillip area."
"\BMar 08, \J1802\j\b - Baudin's two ships are separated in a gale off Van Diemen's Land."
"\BMar 21, \J1802\j\b - Flinders discovers Kangaroo Is., observes a high hill on the mainland (23rd) which he later names Mount Lofty, and explores Gulf St Vincent (to 1 Apr.)."
"\BMar 04, \J1804\j\b - Irish convicts at Castle Hill launch a full-scale rebellion."
"\BMar 05, \J1804\j\b - Gov. King declares martial law in Parramatta, Castle Hill, and adjacent districts; Maj. George Johnston and a force from the NSW Corps march to Parramatta, and the rising is quickly put down at Vinegar Hill (Kellyville); 12 rebels are killed and 26 captured; leader Philip Cunningham hanged without trial."
"\BMar 08, \J1804\j\b - Principal Castle Hill rebels tried and condemned; three hanged forthwith at Parramatta (another three at Castle Hill, 9th; two at Sydney, 10th)."
"\BMar 10, \J1804\j\b - Martial law revoked."
"\BMar 30, \J1804\j\b - Lt Charles Menzies arrives at the Hunter River to re-establish a settlement, which is named Newcastle."
"\BMar 21, \J1805\j\b - Colonial schooner \IFrancis\b\i wrecked on Oyster Bank, Newcastle."
"\BMar 30, \J1805\j\b - In an attempt to stop convicts escaping in ships, Gov. King decrees that all ships' captains will be required to put up bonds before communicating with the settlement."
"\BMar 15, \J1806\j\b - Hawkesbury River rises to an unprecedented level, causing great loss of crops, stock, and houses and reducing the colony almost to starvation; seven drown in floods (to 20th)."
"\BMar 29, \J1806\j\b - James Matra died (60?)."
"\BMar 09, \J1807\j\b - \IDart,\b\i part-owned by John Macarthur, arrives at Port Jackson carrying two stills, one for Macarthur and the other for Capt. Edward Abbott. (Confiscated and held in government stores awaiting re-exportation; Naval Officer John Harris allows Macarthur to remove the two boilers belonging to the stills.)"
"\BMar 21, \J1808\j\b - Former Provost-Marshal William Gore charged with perjury and held in gaol. (Sentenced to seven years at Newcastle on 30 May.)"
"\BMar 17, \J1809\j\b - \IPorpoise\b\i leaves Port Jackson, but instead of proceeding to UK, Bligh sails for Hobart."
"\BMar 29, \J1809\j\b - John Macarthur (with his sons James and William) and Maj. George Johnston (bound for England to put his version of events before the British government) sail from Port Jackson in the returning transport \IAdmiral Gambier."
"\BMar 31, \J1809\j\b - Bligh arrives at Hobart and subsequently moves into the government cottage with his daughter, Mrs Putland."
"\BMar 22, \J1810\j\b - Charity School opened in Parramatta by Macquarie; John Eyre appointed teacher."
"\BMar 24, \J1810\j\b - David Collins dies suddenly in Hobart."
"\BMar 24, \J1810\j\b - David Collins died (54)."
"\BMar 06, \J1812\j\b - Methodist laymen meet in Sydney and resolve to form two fellowship classes."
"\BMar 09, \J1812\j\b - Private John Gould of the 73rd Regt hanged for the murder of the wife of a fellow private."
"\BMar 25, \J1812\j\b - G. W. Evans sails in the \ILady Nelson\b\i to survey Jervis Bay."
"\BMar 30, \J1813\j\b - George Johnston returns to Sydney in the \IJames Hay\i\b as a private citizen and takes up residence at his Annandale property."
"\BMar 22, \J1814\j\b - Road from Sydney to Liverpool opened."
"\BMar 03, \J1814\j\b - Louis Buvelot born (û \J1888\j)."
"\BMar 23, \J1815\j\b - Samuel Marsden returns to Sydney from NZ with several Maori chiefs."
"\BMar 03, \J1816\j\b - Aborigines kill four whites near the Nepean River, NSW."
"\BMar 25, \J1816\j\b - W. C. Wentworth sails for England to study law."
"\BMar 30, \J1816\j\b - Gov. Macquarie appoints Francis Greenway as the government's Civil Architect."
"\BMar 07, \J1817\j\b - Bible Society of NSW (auxiliary of the British and Foreign Bible Society) formed in Sydney."
"\BMar 03, \J1818\j\b - Charles Throsby, Hamilton Hume, and James Meehan set out from Liverpool to find an overland route to Jervis Bay. (Throsby reaches Jervis Bay on 2 Apr.)"
"\BMar 28, \J1818\j\b - Samuel Marsden removed as JP and magistrate."
"\BMar 06, \J1819\j\b - William Gore suspended as Provost-Marshal and J. T. Campbell appointed in his place."
"\BMar 22, \J1819\j\b - Macquarie forwards to the Colonial Office a petition by 1,260 colonists requesting a new legal system, including trial by jury, and the removal of restrictions on trade and the distillation of liquor."
"\BMar 02, \J1820\j\b - Russian exploration ships \IBlagonamerenny\b\i and \IOtkrytie,\b\i en route to Alaska, sojourn in Port Jackson (to 27th)."
"\BMar 04, \J1821\j\b - Stage coach begins operating between Sydney and Richmond."
"\BMar 17, \J1821\j\b - Capt. Francis Allman and a party of soldiers and convicts sail from Sydney in the \IPrince Regent\b\i and \ILady Nelson\b\i to found a penal settlement at Port Macquarie, NSW."
"\BMar 13, \J1821\j\b - John Hunter died (83)."
"\BMar 01, \J1822\j\b - Brisbane reinstates Samuel Marsden as magistrate."
"\BMar 25, \J1822\j\b - Magistrates meet in Parramatta to discuss claims by Judge Wylde that laws effected by the Governor which are contrary to British laws are invalid."
"\BMar 05, \J1823\j\b - Road from Richmond, NSW, to Wallis Plains (Maitland) opened for droving."
"\BMar 21, \J1823\j\b - Convict Thomas Pamphlett and three others leave Port Jackson in an open boat and are driven north for several days by a gale, eventually being wrecked at Moreton Bay, where Pamphlett and two surviving companions settle with Aborigines."
"\BMar 05, \J1824\j\b - Francis Forbes arrives in Sydney to take up his position as first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court."
"\BMar 15, \J1824\j\b - Bank of Van Diemen's Land opens for business in Hobart."
"\BMar 04, \J1825\j\b - Penal settlement established on Maria Is., Tas."
"\BMar 24, \J1825\j\b - Brisbane issues regulations for the sale of Crown land (from 5 shillings to 10 shillings per acre)."
"\BMar 09, \J1826\j\b - Letters Patent issued in London to form a Church and School Corporation, giving the Anglican Church the status of an established religion in NSW with the right to vast areas of Crown land and control of the school system."
"\BMar 16, \J1826\j\b - Australian Subscription Library, forerunner of the State Library of NSW, founded. (Opens, 1 Dec. \J1827\j.)"
"\BMar 17, \J1826\j\b - Bushranger Matthew Brady captured by John Batman near Launceston. (Hanged, 4 May.)"
"\BMar 17, \J1826\j\b - Capt. Patrick Logan takes command of the Moreton Bay settlement."
"\BMar 03, \J1827\j\b - G. T. Howe publishes the first edition of the \ITasmanian\b\i in Hobart."
"\BMar 05, \J1827\j\b - Capt. James Stirling in HMS \ISuccess\b\i examines the Swan River district (to 22nd) with a view to establishing a settlement there."
"\BMar 16, \J1827\j\b - \IMonitor\b\i attacks the government of Darling on 24 charges."
"\BMar 19, \J1827\j\b - Darling's private secretary Henry Dumaresq fights a duel with Robert Wardell over an article in the \IAustralian\b\i attacking him and his brother."
"\BMar 13, \J1827\j\b - Rev. Richard Johnson died (73?)."
"\BMar 01, \J1828\j\b - Post offices opened at Parramatta, Windsor, Liverpool, Campbelltown, Penrith, Bathurst, and Newcastle; Australia's first postman appointed in Sydney, a twice-weekly horse post established between principal towns, and a regular sea postal service started between Sydney, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, and Hobart."
"\BMar 03, \J1828\j\b - Transport \IMorley\b\i arrives at Port Jackson carrying whooping cough (first time in Sydney); several deaths occur, including that of Gov. Darling's son."
"\BMar 01, \J1829\j\b - W. C. Wentworth, in a letter to the Colonial Office, impeaches Darling."
"\BMar 25, \J1829\j\b - G. A. Robinson appointed guardian of Aborigines at Bruny Is., Tas."
"\BMar 31, \J1829\j\b - Fort Dundas, Melville Is., is abandoned; settlers move to Raffles Bay."
"\BMar 05, \J1829\j\b - John Adams (last survivor of Bounty mutineers) died (\Ic.\b\i 62)."
"\BMar 07, \J1831\j\b - Control of King George Sound settlement transferred from NSW to WA. (Capt. Collet Barker and garrison relieved and convict station closed on 29th.)"
"\BMar 31, \J1831\j\b - \ISurprise\i\b, the first steamer built in Australia, launched at Sydney. (Makes trial run 1 June; begins regular service to Parramatta in July.)"
"\BMar 07, \J1832\j\b - \IGovernment Gazette\b\i first issued (as part of \ISydney Gazette).\b\i"
"\BMar 22, \J1833\j\b - Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts formally constituted. (Lectures begin, 13 June.)"
"\BMar 27, \J1833\j\b - Goulburn, NSW, gazetted as a town."
"\BMar 09, \J1835\j\b - T. L. Mitchell and party leave Parramatta on an expedition down the Bogan and Darling rivers."
"\BMar 10, \J1836\j\b - Free pardons ordered for the Tolpuddle Martyrs. (Reach Sydney in June.)"
"\BMar 15, \J1836\j\b - T. L. Mitchell leaves a site near Orange on an expedition to check Sturt's findings on the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers."
"\BMar 16, \J1836\j\b - Wooden-railed tramway, with trucks hauled by convicts, completed between Port Arthur and Norfolk Bay, Tas."
"\BMar 19, \J1836\j\b - David Scott Mitchell born (-\J1907\j)."
"\BMar 01, \J1837\j\b - Gov. Bourke visits the Port Phillip settlement and (8th) approves Robert Hoddle's plan of a town, which he names Melbourne."
"\BMar 02, \J1837\j\b - Charles Bonney leaves C. H. Ebden's station on the Murray for the Goulburn River with 9,000 sheep, the first to be overlanded."
"\BMar 04, \J1837\j\b - Yass, NSW, gazetted as a town. (First land sale 12 July.)"
"\BMar 27, \J1837\j\b - First land sales held in Adelaide (holders of preliminary land orders having made their selection on 23 Mar.)."
"\BMar 15, \J1837\j\b - William Cox died (72)."
"\BMar 02, \J1838\j\b - George Grey discovers the Glenelg River, WA."
"\BMar 25, \J1838\j\b - Site of Geelong determined by Robert Hoddle. (Proclaimed town site, 26 Oct; first land sales, Feb. \J1839\j.)"
"\BMar 30, \J1838\j\b - Party of Lutheran missionaries arrive at Moreton Bayùthe first free settlers thereùand establish a mission at Nundah."
"\BMar 19, \J1839\j\b - Settlement begins at Port Lincoln, SA."
"\BMar 22, \J1839\j\b - Legislation passed requiring squatters in NSW to pay a variable tax on the number of stock grazed as well as the ú10 annual licence fee."
"\BMar 31, \J1839\j\b - Joseph Forbes ('Timor Joe') rescued by the schooner \IEssington\b\i from Timorlaut Is., where he had been held captive for 14 years."
"\BMar 14, \J1839\j\b - George Adams born (-\J1904\j)."
"\BMar 02, \J1840\j\b - Patrick Leslie overlands sheep from New England to the Darling Downs (to 4 June), the first overlanding of stock from NSW to the Moreton Bay district."
"\BMar 06, \J1840\j\b - Alexander Maconochie becomes superintendent at Norfolk Is."
"\BMar 18, \J1840\j\b - Royal Hotel and theatre, Sydney, destroyed by fire."
"\BMar 18, \J1841\j\b - \IParkfield\b\i arrives at Leschenault Inlet, WA, with the first settlers for the Australind colony."
"\BMar 01, \J1843\j\b - Great Comet makes its appearance in southern skies."
"\BMar 20, \J1844\j\b - First sale of land at Seymour (Vic.)."
"\BMar 01, \J1845\j\b - Hobart Savings Bank opens."
"\BMar 05, \J1846\j\b - Lt-Gov. Robe imposes a royalty on minerals recovered in SA, which leads to a public outcry."
"\BMar 08, \J1846\j\b - Barque \IPeruvian\b\i wrecked on the Barrier Reef; sole survivor of the 22 on board, James Murrell, lives with the Aborigines for 17 years."
"\BMar 16, \J1846\j\b - Henry Kable died (82?)."
"\BMar 20, \J1846\j\b - Joseph Foveaux died (80?)."
"\BMar 09, \J1847\j\b - Order in council implementing the Sale of Waste Lands Act divides land in NSW into settled, intermediate, and unsettled areas; 8- and 14-year lease-holds available to squatters in intermediate and unsettled areas with subsequent right of purchase; a scramble for land follows."
"\BMar 11, \J1847\j\b - Paddle-steamer \ISovereign\b\i wrecked in Rous Channel, between Moreton and Stradbroke islands, with a loss of 44 lives."
"\BMar 13, \J1847\j\b - E. B. Kennedy sets out to investigate whether Mitchell's Victoria River flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria."
"\BMar 23, \J1849\j\b - Armidale, NSW, town site gazetted. (First land sale 14 June.)"
"\BMar 23, \J1849\j\b - û Mass meetings held in Sydney and Melbourne opposing reintroduction of convict transportation."
"\BMar 12, \J1850\j\b - Deniliquin, NSW, gazetted as a town."
"\BMar 13, \J1850\j\b - Owen Stanley died (38)."
"\BMar 29, \J1851\j\b - Sydney Chamber of Commerce revived."
"\BMar 27, \J1851\j\b - Rosa Caroline Murray-Prior (Mrs Campbell Praed) born (û \J1935\j)."
"\BMar 19, \J1852\j\b - First gold escort from Mount Alexander to Adelaide arrives with 5,119 oz of gold."
"\BMar 21, \J1852\j\b - \IIsabella Watson\i\b wrecked off Port Phillip; nine lives lost."
"\BMar 03, \J1854\j\b - Australia's first telegraph line begins operating between Melbourne and Williamstown."
"\BMar 05, \J1854\j\b - St Vincent de Paul Society established in Australia."
"\BMar 13, \J1854\j\b - Dalby (Qld) proclaimed a town."
"\BMar 30, \J1854\j\b - M. C. O'Connell arrives at Gladstone to become Government Resident."
"\BMar 01, \J1856\j\b - Moore Theological College opened at Liverpool, NSW. (Moves to Sydney in \J1891\j.)"
"\BMar 11, \J1856\j\b - Elections held for NSW's first Legislative Assembly (to 19 Apr.)."
"\BMar 19, \J1856\j\b - Voting by secret ballot introduced in Australia with Vic.'s passing of the first ballot law."
"\BMar 19, \J1856\j\b - û Sydney stonemasons achieve the eight-hour working day."
"\BMar 09, \J1856\j\b - Tom Roberts born (û \J1931\j)."
"\BMar 09, \J1857\j\b - Hobart lit by gas."
"\BMar 09, \J1857\j\b - Elections held for SA's first parliament under responsible government. (Opens 22 Apr; B. T. Finniss becomes Premier.)"
"\BMar 11, \J1857\j\b - John O'Shanassy replaces W. C. Haines as Premier of Vic."
"\BMar 11, \J1857\j\b - Supreme Court of Moreton Bay established."
"\BMar 26, \J1857\j\b - Convicts from the prison hulk \ISuccess\i\b attack and kill Inspector-General John Price at Gellibrand Point, near Williamstown, Vic."
"\BMar 28, \J1857\j\b - Maryborough, Vic., proclaimed a municipality."
"\BMar 30, \J1857\j\b - Railway opened between Newcastle and East Maitland."
"\BMar 01, \J1858\j\b - Eight-hour working day granted to some stonemasons in Qld. (Granted to others on 5 Apr.)"
"\BMar 01, \J1858\j\b - B. H. Babbage explores to the west of Lake Torrens, SA (to 29 Aug.)."
"\BMar 10, \J1858\j\b - John O'Shanassy becomes Premier of Vic. for the second time."
"\BMar 24, \J1858\j\b - A. C. Gregory and party set out from the Dawson River (Qld) to search for Leichhardt traces."
"\BMar 25, \J1859\j\b - Australian naval station established as a separate command of the Royal Navy under Captain William Loring (who takes up his post on 1 July)."
"\BMar 02, \J1860\j\b - J. M. Stuart and two companions leave Chambers Creek, SA, in an attempt to cross the continent from south to north."
"\BMar 09, \J1860\j\b - John Robertson forms his first government in NSW."
"\BMar 16, \J1860\j\b - John Mackay begins an expedition north from Rockhampton during which he discovers the Pioneer River."
"\BMar 22, \J1861\j\b - Sir John Young becomes Governor of NSW."
"\BMar 10, \J1861\j\b - John Longstaff born (û \J1941\j)."
"\BMar 01, \J1862\j\b - Police Regulation Act brings organisation and control of all police forces in NSW under one central administration."
"\BMar 04, \J1862\j\b - Sir Dominick Daly becomes Governor of SA."
"\BMar 0û, \J1862\j\b - G. W. L. Marshall-Hall born (û \J1915\j)."
"\BMar 25, \J1863\j\b - Settlement established at Somerset, on the northern tip of Cape York Peninsula, by John Jardine."
"\BMar 26, \J1863\j\b - Henry Manns, one of the Eugowra gold escort robbers, executed at Darlinghurst Gaol, Sydney."
"\BMar 26, \J1863\j\b - Intercolonial conference held in Melbourne (to 13 Apr.) to consider uniform tariffs."
"\BMar 01, \J1864\j\b - NT land offered for sale in London and Adelaide. (Most taken up by speculators.)"
"\BMar 03, \J1864\j\b - Bushranger Frank Gardiner arrested near Rockhampton, Qld. (Convicted on 8 July and sentenced to 32 years' imprisonment.)"
"\BMar 04, \J1864\j\b - Daniel Mannix born (û \J1963\j)."
"\BMar 28, \J1864\j\b - William Lonsdale died (64)."
"\BMar 02, \J1865\j\b - Frank and Alexander Jardine reach Somerset after an overland journey lasting five months."
"\BMar 22, \J1865\j\b - F. S. Dutton becomes Premier of SA for a second time."
"\BMar 28, \J1865\j\b - Land Act (Grant's Act) assented to in Vic."
"\BMar 12, \J1865\j\b - E. Phillips Fox born (-\J1915\j)."
"\BMar 02, \J1866\j\b - New Vic. Tariff Bill passed by Legislative Assembly but (9th) rejected by Legislative Council; McCulloch resigns. (Recalled 13 Apr.)"
"\BMar 20, \J1866\j\b - Hugh George, publisher of the Melbourne \IArgus,\b\i called before the bar of Vic. parliament and detained in custody for three weeks because his paper accused McCulloch of lying."
"\BMar 28, \J1866\j\b - J. P. Boucaut becomes Premier of SA."
"\BMar 26, \J1866\j\b - Barcroft Boake born (-\J1892\j)."
"\BMar 18, \J1867\j\b - Charles Web Gilbert born (-\J1925\j)."
"\BMar 04, \J1868\j\b - Polynesian Labourers Act passed in Qld to control the recruiting (black-birding) of kanakas for labour in Qld."
"\BMar 05, \J1868\j\b - Lucy Osburn, with five other trained nurses selected by Florence Nightingale, arrives in Sydney to become superintendent of Sydney Hospital and begin the training of nurses."
"\BMar 12, \J1868\j\b - Prince Alfred shot and wounded at Clontarf, Sydney, in an assassination attempt by an Irish Australian, H. J. O'Farrell (subsequently tried, sentenced to death, and hanged)."
"\BMar 03, \J1869\j\b - William Lanney (Lanny or LannΘ), alias King Billy, the last surviving full-blood male Tasmanian Aboriginal, dies."
"\BMar 03, \J1869\j\b - William Lanney died (34)."
"\BMar 30, \J1870\j\b - John Forrest leads an expedition overland from Perth to Adelaide (to 27 Aug.)."
"\BMar 11, \J1871\j\b - Alice Springs discovered by survey party for the Overland Telegraph Line."
"\BMar 08, \J1872\j\b - Tin discovered at Stanthorpe, Qld. (Town site proclaimed 26 May.)"
"\BMar 20, \J1872\j\b - Theatre Royal, Melbourne, gutted by fire."
"\BMar 20, \J1872\j\b - Cyclone destroys every building in Roebourne, WA."
"\BMar 20, \J1872\j\b - William Charles Wentworth died (81)."
"\BMar 03, \J1873\j\b - Sir George Ferguson Bowen becomes Administrator of Vic. (Appointed Governor 30 July.)"
"\BMar 29, \J1873\j\b - David Jones died (80)."
"\BMar 10, \J1874\j\b - Giles discovers and (12th) names the Petermann Range."
"\BMar 27, \J1874\j\b - Henri Rochefort and five other French political prisoners arrive at Newcastle after escaping from New Caledonia in an Australian vessel. (Proceed to California 11 Apr.)"
"\BMar 02, \J1874\j\b - Gregan McMahon born (-\J1941\j)."
"\BMar 03, \J1874\j\b - Ada Crossley born (-\J1929\j)."
"\BMar 20, \J1875\j\b - Benjamin Fuller born (-\J1952\j)."
"\BMar 03, \J1876\j\b - Qld dock workers granted an eight-hour day."
"\BMar 21, \J1876\j\b - J. V. Mulligan reports finding gold on the Hodgkinson River, Qld."
"\BMar 21, \J1876\j\b - SS \IBanshee\b\i wrecked off Townsville with the loss of 17 lives."
"\BMar 28, \J1876\j\b - Academic work begins at Adelaide University, women being admitted to classes from the start."
"\BMar 08, \J1877\j\b - John Douglas replaces George Thorn as Premier of Qld."
"\BMar 10, \J1877\j\b - Cloncurry, Qld, proclaimed a town site."
"\BMar 16, \J1877\j\b - Dr R. W. B. Vaughan becomes Catholic Archbishop of Sydney on the death of Archbishop Polding."
"\BMar 22, \J1877\j\b - Henry Parkes forms a ministry in NSW following the defeat of the Robertson government."
"\BMar 25, \J1877\j\b - Caroline Chisholm died (69?)."
"\BMar 04, \J1878\j\b - Great Synagogue in Elizabeth Street, Sydney, consecrated."
"\BMar 05, \J1878\j\b - W. R. Giblin replaces P. O. Fysh as Premier of Tas."
"\BMar 08, \J1878\j\b - Violent cyclone causes great damage in Cairns, Qld."
"\BMar 24, \J1879\j\b - Bridge at Murray Bridge, SA, opened for road traffic. (Adapted for railway \J1886\j.)"
"\BMar 24, \J1879\j\b - û Smithfield, a settlement on the Barron River, north Qld, completely destroyed by floodwaters."
"\BMar 05, \J1880\j\b - James Service forms a ministry in Vic. after the defeat of the Berry government at the polls."
"\BMar 01, \J1881\j\b - Railway opened between Fremantle and Perth, continuing to Guildford."
"\BMar 07, \J1882\j\b - Cyclone causes serious damage at Cossack and Roebourne, WA."
"\BMar 22, \J1882\j\b - Government telephone exchange opens at the Sydney GPO."
"\BMar 06, \J1883\j\b - Turbulent public meeting held in the Protestant Hall, Sydney, to protest against Irish National League representatives in Australia."
"\BMar 24, \J1883\j\b - Salvation Army newspaper \IWar Cry\b\i first issued in Sydney."
"\BMar 21, \J1884\j\b - Patrick Francis Moran appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney."
"\BMar 21, \J1884\j\b - (Arrives to take up duty on 8 Sept.)"
"\BMar 03, \J1885\j\b - Troops embark from Sydney for the Sudan. (Arrive 29th.)"
"\BMar 13, \J1885\j\b - Victorian Employers' Union formed."
"\BMar 20, \J1885\j\b - A total of 121 cities (including Armidale, Bathurst, Grafton, and Goulburn), towns, and villages in NSW proclaimed under Crown Lands Act."
"\BMar 28, \J1885\j\b - HMQS \IGayundah,\b\i the first of two gunboats for Qld's navy, arrives at Brisbane from Britain. (The other, \IPaluma,\b\i arrives in May, a torpedo boat, \IMosquito,\b\i having been shipped out earlier in the year.)"
"\BMar 28, \J1885\j\b - G. J. Coles born (- \J1977\j)."
"\BMar 08, \J1886\j\b - J. W. Agnew becomes Premier of Tas., replacing Adye Douglas, who becomes first Tas. Agent-General in UK."
"\BMar 29, \J1886\j\b - John Forrest leaves Fremantle to examine the Kimberley district, during which he selects the site for the port of Wyndham. (Declared a town site 2 Sept.)"
"\BMar 11, \J1887\j\b - Sir Robert Hamilton becomes Governor of Tas."
"\BMar 23, \J1887\j\b - Mine disaster at the Bulli colliery, NSW; gas explosion kills 83."
"\BMar 29, \J1887\j\b - P. O. Fysh becomes Premier of Tas. for the second time."
"\BMar 01, \J1888\j\b - Fifth Intercolonial Trade Union Congress, held in Brisbane (to 7th), demands legislation to restrict Chinese immigration."
"\BMar 08, \J1889\j\b - Sir Henry Parkes resumes the premiership of NSW, forming his fifth ministry."
"\BMar 01, \J1890\j\b - \IWorker\b\i newspaper, edited by William Lane, founded in Brisbane."
"\BMar 06, \J1890\j\b - Henry George arrives in Sydney to begin a lecture tour arranged by the Single Tax League."
"\BMar 27, \J1891\j\b - A. P. Elkin born (- \J1979\j)."
"\BMar 08, \J1892\j\b - Disastrous floods on the Hunter River, NSW (to 10th)."
"\BMar 08, \J1892\j\b - Brig \IHebe\b\i lost near Port Stephens."
"\BMar 27, \J1893\j\b - Sir Thomas McIlwraith becomes Premier of Qld following Sir Samuel Griffith's retirement."
"\BMar 08, \J1894\j\b - Central business area of Melbourne lit by electric street lighting generated by the City Council."
"\BMar 17, \J1895\j\b - Lloyd Rees born (-\J1988\j)."
"\BMar 04, \J1896\j\b - Premiers' Conference agrees that colonies should amend anti-Chinese legislation to restrict immigration of all coloured races."
"\BMar 07, \J1896\j\b - Federation enabling act passed in Vic."
"\BMar 07, \J1896\j\b - First Japanese consulate in Australia opens in Townsville, because of the large number of Japanese working in CSR canefields."
"\BMar 24, \J1896\j\b - Railway from Perth to Coolgardie opened. (Reaches Kalgoorlie 8 Sept.)"
"\BMar 04, \J1897\j\b - Election of representatives for the Federal Convention held in NSW, Vic., SA, and Tas. (WA representatives chosen by parliament.)"
"\BMar 22, \J1897\j\b - Federal Convention meets in Adelaide (to 23 Apr.), attended by representatives of all colonies except Qld."
"\BMar 06, \J1897\j\b - Thomas Elder died (78?)."
"\BMar 21, \J1898\j\b - Mine explosion at the Dudley Colliery, near Newcastle, causes 15 deaths."
"\BMar 05, \J1899\j\b - Cyclone devastates the far north coast of Qld; 55 pearling luggers in the Bathurst Bay area sink, with the loss of some 300 lives."
"\BMar 25, \J1900\j\b - SS \IGlenelg\i\b wrecked off Vic. coast; 31 lives lost."
"\BMar 29, \J1900\j\b - John McEwen born (û \J1980\j)."
"\BMar 01, \J1901\j\b - Naval and military forces and establishments of the states are transferred to the Commonwealth, which also assumes control of all postal and telegraphic services."
"\BMar 21, \J1901\j\b - SS \IFederal\i\b sinks in Bass Strait with the loss of 21 lives."
"\BMar 28, \J1901\j\b - John See becomes Premier of NSW following the transfer of Lyne, Reid, and others to federal politics."
"\BMar 29, \J1901\j\b - First federal elections held (to 30th). Supporters of Barton's Protectionist government win most seats in the House of Representatives; Free Traders dominate in the Senate. Labour wins enough seats in both houses to hold the balance of power."
"\BMar 27, \J1901\j\b - Kenneth Slessor born (û \J1971\j)."
"\BMar 09, \J1902\j\b - British New Guinea (Papua) formally transferred to Australian control (but responsibility not accepted by Australia until Sept. \J1906\j)."
"\BMar 10, \J1902\j\b - C. Y. O'Connor, engineer-in-chief of WA, commits suicide as a result of criticism of his goldfields water supply scheme."
"\BMar 23, \J1902\j\b - Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, destroyed by fire."
"\BMar 23, \J1902\j\b - û Post Office refuses to deliver mail addressed to Tattersall's Sweep. (Ban not lifted until \J1930\j.)"
"\BMar 15, \J1902\j\b - Nicholas Chevalier died (73)."
"\BMar 09, \J1903\j\b - Cyclone Leonta demolishes a swathe of buildings in Townsville; ten killed."
"\BMar 20, \J1903\j\b - Automobile Club of Australia formed in Sydney. (Granted Royal prefix in \J1919\j.)"
"\BMar 20, \J1903\j\b - û Lightning Ridge, NSW, opal field opened up."
"\BMar 01, \J1904\j\b - Commonwealth Defence Act (\J1903\j) comes into force, providing for conscription of men between 18 and 60 in time of war for service within the Commonwealth or territory controlled by the Commonwealth."
"\BMar 01, \J1904\j\b - Capt. W. R. Creswell appointed director of Commonwealth naval forces."
"\BMar 31, \J1904\j\b - Recruiting of Pacific Island labour ceases."
"\BMar 01, \J1905\j\b - Richard Butler succeeds J. G. Jenkins as Premier of SA."
"\BMar 14, \J1906\j\b - George Coppin died (86)."
"\BMar 19, \J1907\j\b - Floodwaters trap miner Modesto Vareschetti in a mine at Bonnievale, WA, for nine days."
"\BMar 19, \J1907\j\b - (Rescued by fellow miner Frank Hughes after being repeatedly brought food by Hughes in a diving suit.)"
"\BMar 10, \J1908\j\b - Australians T. W. Edgeworth David and Douglas Mawson, of Sir Ernest Shackelton's British Antarctic expedition, ascend Mt Erebus in Antarctica."
"\BMar 17, \J1908\j\b - A. W. Canning sets out to equip a stock route between Hall's Creek and Wiluna, WA. (Puts down 52 wells; route completed Dec. \J1909\j.)"
"\BMar 09, \J1909\j\b - Electric tram service begins in Adelaide."
"\BMar 12, \J1909\j\b - Arbitration Court awards striking Broken Hill miners their former wages."
"\BMar 12, \J1909\j\b - (Miners return to work on 24 May.)"
"\BMar 26, \J1909\j\b - John Goffage (Chips Rafferty) born (û \J1971\j)."
"\BMar 17, \J1910\j\b - F. C. Custance flies a Bleriot monoplane for five minutes at Bolivar, SA; next day, American escape artist Harry Houdini makes the first certified successful series of flights in a powered aircraft in Australia, in a French Voisin at Digger's Rest, Vic."
"\BMar 11, \J1911\j\b - Reconstituted Naval Board gazetted, with Rear-Admiral Sir William Creswell as First Naval Member."
"\BMar 16, \J1911\j\b - Cyclone severely damages Cairns, Innisfail, and Port Douglas; two people killed."
"\BMar 24, \J1911\j\b - Passenger steamer \IYongala\i\b founders in a cyclone off Cape Bowling Green, Qld, with the loss of 120 lives. (Wreck discovered in \J1958\j.)"
"\BMar 07, \J1912\j\b - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen arrives in Hobart in his ship \IFram\i\b, bringing the news that he had reached the South Pole on 14 Dec. \J1911\j."
"\BMar 14, \J1912\j\b - Electric trams begin operating in Geelong."
"\BMar 21, \J1912\j\b - Adelaide SS Co. liner \IKoombana\i\b founders between Port Hedland and Broome, WA, during a cyclone, with the loss of some 150 lives."
"\BMar 21, \J1912\j\b - û S. R. Ferguson and Francis Birtles drive a Brush motor car from Fremantle to Sydney in 28 days (first latitudinal crossing of the continent by car)."
"\BMar 12, \J1912\j\b - Kylie Tennant born (û \J1988\j)."
"\BMar 01, \J1913\j\b - Royal Australian Naval College officially opened in temporary premises at Geelong."
"\BMar 12, \J1913\j\b - Lady Denman, wife of the Governor-General, names the federal capital Canberra at the official ceremony to mark the start of building."
"\BMar 19, \J1913\j\b - Farmers and Settlers' Association in Western Australia resolves to form a political party to be known as the Country Party."
"\BMar 23, \J1913\j\b - Daniel Mannix arrives in Melbourne as Catholic Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne."
"\BMar 19, \J1913\j\b - Henry Herbert ("Smoky") Dawson born"
"\BMar 16, \J1914\j\b - Trains collide at Exeter, NSW; 14 killed and 32 injured."
"\BMar 27, \J1914\j\b - SS \ISaint Paul\i\b wrecked at Cape Moreton, Qld, with the loss of 18 lives."
"\BMar 03, \J1915\j\b - Manning Clark born (û \J1991\j)."
"\BMar 11, \J1915\j\b - T. A. Browne (Rolf Boldrewood) died (88)."
"\BMar 24, \J1916\j\b - Wartime price control regulations introduced."
"\BMar 17, \J1917\j\b - Australian troops in France enter Bapaume and continue their advance towards the Hindenburg Line."
"\BMar 26, \J1917\j\b - First Battle of Gaza in Palestine."
"\BMar 21, \J1917\j\b - Frank Hardy born (û \J1994\j)."
"\BMar 09, \J1918\j\b - Cyclone in north Queensland (to 10th) almost completely demolishes Innisfail and Babinda and severely damages Cairns, Ingham, and Cardwell; 17 people killed."
"\BMar 21, \J1918\j\b - H. S. W. Lawson replaces John Bowser as Premier of Vic."
"\BMar 28, \J1918\j\b - Australian forces in France stop the German advance at Dernancourt."
"\BMar 14, \J1918\j\b - John McCallum born"
"\BMar 01, \J1919\j\b - \ISmith's Weekly\i\b, founded by Joynton Smith, Claude McKay, and R. C. Packer, begins publication in Sydney (to \J1950\j)."
"\BMar 06, \J1919\j\b - War Service Homes Act becomes operative."
"\BMar 10, \J1919\j\b - Commonwealth government offers a prize of ú10,000 to the first Australian crew to fly a British-made aircraft from Britain to Australia in 30 days before the end of the year."
"\BMar 24, \J1919\j\b - Several thousand anti-Bolsheviks led by returned soldiers clash with police in Brisbane; shots fired and 19 wounded."
"\BMar 20, \J1920\j\b - Holman government defeated at the NSW election; John Storey forms a Labor ministry (13 Apr.)."
"\BMar 20, \J1920\j\b - û David Fletcher Jones establishes his tailoring company in Warrnambool, Vic."
"\BMar 12, \J1921\j\b - Mitchell government re-elected in WA; among the successful candidates for the Legislative Assembly is Mrs Edith Cowan, the first woman to become a member of any parliament in Australia."
"\BMar 31, \J1921\j\b - Australian Air Force formed (\IRoyal\b\i added on 13 Aug.)."
"\BMar 28, \J1922\j\b - Neville Bonner born"
"\BMar 23, \J1923\j\b - Hurricane in the Gulf of Carpentaria (to 9 Apr.); SS \IDouglas Mawson\i\b leaves Normanton (26 Mar.) for Darwin and is lost with all aboard."
"\BMar 23, \J1923\j\b - û Barrier Industrial Council formed in Broken Hill, with E. P. (Paddy) O'Neill as president."
"\BMar 07, \J1924\j\b - Greek Orthodox Holy Metropolis of Australia and New Zealand established, with Christopher Knites as first Metropolitan."
"\BMar 08, \J1925\j\b - Radio 3UZ, Melbourne's first commercial station, begins broadcasting."
"\BMar 01, \J1926\j\b - NSW's first electric train service beginsùbetween Sydney's Central Station and Oatley."
"\BMar 16, \J1926\j\b - Commonwealth Crimes Act amended to give the government power to deal with Communists and political agitators."
"\BMar 17, \J1926\j\b - Proportional representation abolished for NSW Legislative Assembly elections, and marking of preferences allowed."
"\BMar 31, \J1929\j\b - Charles Kingsford Smith, C. T. P. Ulm, H. A. Litchfield, and T. H. McWilliams leave Sydney in the \ISouthern Cross\b\i to fly to England but are forced down 400 km from Wyndham, WA. (Found 16 Apr.)"
"\BMar 31, \J1930\j\b - Lectures begin at Canberra University College."
"\BMar 11, \J1930\j\b - Geoffrey Blainey born"
"\BMar 30, \J1930\j\b - Rolf Harris born"
"\BMar 02, \J1931\j\b - Prime Minister James Scullin re-forms his cabinet, dropping J. A. Beasley and other NSW members, who withdraw from caucus (12th) to form the 'Lang Labour' group."
"\BMar 05, \J1931\j\b - Adelaide Bridge (across the Torrens at King William Road) opened."
"\BMar 13, \J1931\j\b - Lyons, Fenton, and three other Labor members vote against the government in a no-confidence motion, thereby placing themselves outside the party."
"\BMar 17, \J1931\j\b - Theodore introduces a measure to create 'fiduciary notes' to the extent of ú18 million. (Senate blocks the legislation.)"
"\BMar 21, \J1931\j\b - ANA airliner \ISouthern Cloud\b\i disappears on a flight between Sydney and Melbourne. (Wreckage found in the Snowy Mountains in \J1958\j.)"
"\BMar 26, \J1931\j\b - Lang informs Scullin that NSW will not meet payment of interest to overseas bondholders on 1 Apr."
"\BMar 28, \J1931\j\b - Special federal conference of the ALP expels the Lang Labour group and the NSW branch executive."
"\BMar 11, \J1931\j\b - Rupert Murdoch born"
"\BMar 12, \J1932\j\b - Commonwealth passes legislation to take over the liability for the debts of the states and to recoup itself by appropriating state funds. Lang withdraws ú1,150,000 in notes from banks and holds them in the Treasury."
"\BMar 19, \J1932\j\b - Sydney Harbour Bridge officially opened by Lang (but New Guard member F. E. De Groot cuts the ribbon before him)."
"\BMar 30, \J1932\j\b - William Jolly Bridge, Brisbane, opened."
"\BMar 01, \J1932\j\b - George Chaffey died (84)"
"\BMar 14, \J1933\j\b - SS \IKinsen Maru\b\i founders in a cyclone off Sandy Cape, Qld; 25 lives lost; 13 saved from a raft."
"\BMar 11, \J1934\j\b - Cyclone sweeps north Qld from Thursday Is. to Townsville (to 13th), causing the sinking of several pearling luggers and the loss of 75 lives."
"\BMar 15, \J1934\j\b - Sir Walter Lee becomes Premier of Tas. for the third time following the retirement of John McPhee."
"\BMar 25, \J1935\j\b - Severe cyclone on the north-west coast of WA (to 27th); 20 pearling luggers sink and 140 lives lost."
"\BMar 25, \J1936\j\b - Submarine telephone cable between Vic. and Tas., via King Is., begins operating."
"\BMar 23, \J1936\j\b - Oscar Asche died (65)."
"\BMar 06, \J1937\j\b - Referendums held on proposals to increase the powers of federal parliament to make laws with respect to aviation and marketing; both rejected."
"\BMar 23, \J1937\j\b - Tas. reverts to a five-year parliamentary term."
"\BMar 14, \J1939\j\b - R. G. Menzies resigns his ministerial portfolios (effective on 20th) and the deputy leadership of the UAP because of cabinet's failure to implement the National Insurance scheme (legislation passed in July \J1938\j)."
"\BMar 27, \J1939\j\b - Australia's first locally built military aircraft, the Wirraway (built by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation) test flown in Melbourne."
"\BMar 08, \J1940\j\b - N. T. Gilroy becomes Catholic Archbishop of Sydney."
"\BMar 11, \J1940\j\b - Coalminers strike for higher wages and shorter hours (to 16 May)."
"\BMar 14, \J1940\j\b - Country Party members once again included in federal cabinet."
"\BMar 18, \J1940\j\b - War Savings Certificates go on sale."
"\BMar 11, \J1941\j\b - Breakaway Labor MPs readmitted to the ALP."
"\BMar 20, \J1941\j\b - Seven US warships arrive at Sydney on a goodwill visit."
"\BMar 20, \J1941\j\b - Trawler \IMillimumul\i\b strikes a mine off Newcastle and sinks; 7 killed."
"\BMar 21, \J1941\j\b - Australian forces capture Giarabub, Libya."
"\BMar 28, \J1941\j\b - HMA Ships \IPerth\i\b, \IStuart\i\b, and \IVendetta\i\b take part in the Battle of Matapan, in which the Italian fleet suffers a crushing defeat."
"\BMar 28, \J1941\j\b - û ALF 9th Division relieves the 6th Division in Cyrenaica to enable the 6th Division to be sent"
"\BMar 28, \J1941\j\b - to Greece."
"\BMar 01, \J1942\j\b - Cruiser HMAS \IPerth\i\b sunk in the Sunda Strait; 357 lives lost (and 106 survivors later die in prison camps)."
"\BMar 02, \J1942\j\b - Australia declares war on Thailand."
"\BMar 03, \J1942\j\b - Japanese aircraft attack Broome, WA, destroying several flying-boats and other aircraft and causing some 70 deaths, then attack Wyndham."
"\BMar 04, \J1942\j\b - Sloop HMAS \IYarra\i\b sunk south of Java."
"\BMar 08, \J1942\j\b - Japanese occupy Lae and Salamaua. Australian forces in Java surrender to the Japanese."
"\BMar 10, \J1942\j\b - Sixteen members of the Australia First movement arrested in Sydney and imprisoned without trial. (P. R. Stephensen held until Sept. \J1945\j.)"
"\BMar 11, \J1942\j\b - Registration of all persons over 16 required; the carrying of identity cards to be compulsory."
"\BMar 17, \J1942\j\b - Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrives in Australia from the Philippines."
"\BMar 28, \J1942\j\b - Sydney receives its first shipload of US servicemen (8,398)."
"\BMar 28, \J1942\j\b - û Northern part of the NT placed under military control."
"\BMar 03, \J1943\j\b - Battle of the Bismarck Sea foils Japanese attempts to reinforce their New Guinea bases."
"\BMar 15, \J1943\j\b - J. T. Lang expelled from the Labor Party. (Readmitted in \J1971\j.)"
"\BMar 17, \J1943\j\b - Gen. Douglas MacArthur, reviewing his year in Australia, refers to the Brisbane Line, claiming that Australia's plans before his arrival envisaged northern Australia in the hands of the Japanese."
"\BMar 30, \J1943\j\b - National Welfare Scheme established to increase the number and variety of social services."
"\BMar 31, \J1943\j\b - Australian and American servicemen unload ships in Sydney during a strike by wharf labourers."
"\BMar 06, \J1944\j\b - Sydney waiter Antonio Agostini charged with the murder in \J1934\j of his wife, Linda, the pyjama girl. (Tried in June and sentenced to six years' gaol for manslaughter; deported to Italy in \J1949\j.)"
"\BMar 31, \J1944\j\b - Pipeline bringing water from the Murray River at Morgan, SA, to Whyalla, on the Spencer Gulf, via Port Augusta, completed."
"\BMar 18, \J1944\j\b - R. H. (Dick) Smith born"
"\BMar 24, \J1945\j\b - Captain Cook Graving Dock in Sydney officially opened."
"\BMar 04, \J1945\j\b - Gen. Sir Harry Chauvel died (79)."
"\BMar 27, \J1945\j\b - Johnny Famechon born"
"\BMar 07, \J1946\j\b - E. M. Hanlon succeeds Frank Cooper as Premier of Qld."
"\BMar 10, \J1946\j\b - ANA DC3 airliner crashes at Hobart, Tas; 25 killed."
"\BMar 20, \J1946\j\b - Henry Handel Richardson (Mrs Ethel Robertson) died (76)."
"\BMar 11, \J1947\j\b - W. J. (later Sir William) McKell succeeds the Duke of Gloucester as Governor-General."
"\BMar 31, \J1947\j\b - Assisted migration scheme reintroduced for British migrants to Australia (with free passages for ex-servicemen)."
"\BMar 31, \J1947\j\b - û Joint Coal Board, set up to regulate and assist the coal industry in NSW, begins operations."
"\BMar 02, \J1948\j\b - Department store of Charles Moore & Co. in Adelaide gutted by fire."
"\BMar 15, \J1949\j\b - Australian Broadcasting Control Board comes into being."
"\BMar 16, \J1949\j\b - Shepparton, Vic., created a city."
"\BMar 18, \J1949\j\b - High Court rules that Mrs O'Keefe, an Indonesian married to an Australian, and her eight children should not be deported."
"\BMar 25, \J1949\j\b - Federal franchise extended to certain Aborigines: (a) those entitled to vote in their own state; (b) members or former members of the armed services."
"\BMar 25, \J1949\j\b - û Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) established."
"\BMar 09, \J1951\j\b - High Court declares the Communist Party Dissolution Act invalid."
"\BMar 11, \J1951\j\b - Australian forces in Korea capture Chisan."
"\BMar 17, \J1951\j\b - National Service Act requires males aged 19 to register for compulsory training in the armed services."
"\BMar 19, \J1951\j\b - Prime Minister Menzies obtains a double dissolution of parliament following the failure of the Labor-dominated Senate to pass banking legislation."
"\BMar 07, \J1952\j\b - Severe import restrictions imposed on all commodities; tourists' travelling allowances reduced."
"\BMar 10, \J1952\j\b - Sir Benjamin Fuller died (76)."
"\BMar 30, \J1953\j\b - Bert Bailey died (84)."
"\BMar 01, \J1954\j\b - Earthquake (5.4 on Richter scale) causes extensive damage in the Adelaide area."
"\BMar 15, \J1955\j\b - Split in the Labor Party over activities of the Industrial Groups comes to a head at the ALP federal conference in Hobart."
"\BMar 31, \J1955\j\b - Federal cabinet agrees to send ground troops to Malaya."
"\BMar 03, \J1956\j\b - Cahill government re-elected in NSW, and the Playford government re-elected in SA."
"\BMar 06, \J1956\j\b - Cyclone Agnes batters Cairns and Townsville; four people drown."
"\BMar 14, \J1956\j\b - Federal government in its little Budget greatly increases company tax and sales tax on cars, petrol, cigarettes, beer, and spirits."
"\BMar 16, \J1956\j\b - Prof. Sydney Sparkes Orr is summarily dismissed by the University of Tas; grounds for dismissal include misconduct with one of his female students. (Orr sues university for wrongful dismissal; claim dismissed, 19 Nov.)."
"\BMar 18, \J1957\j\b - Meals on Wheels service introduced in Sydney.\B"
"\BMar 21, \J1958\j\b - John McEwen succeeds Sir Arthur Fadden as federal Country Party leader."
"\BMar 24, \J1958\j\b - Sydney's Cahill Expressway opened. (Completed to Woolloomooloo in \J1962\j.)"
"\BMar 07, \J1959\j\b - Playford government re-elected in SA; new MPs include Joyce Steele and Jessie Cooper, the first women elected to the SA parliament."
"\BMar 21, \J1959\j\b - Labor loses office in WA election; David Brand becomes Premier of a coalition government."
"\BMar 21, \J1959\j\b - Cahill government re-elected in NSW by a narrow majority."
"\BMar 02, \J1961\j\b - Three timber towns in south-west WAùKarridale, Pemberton, and Augustaùdestroyed by bushfires (to 5th)."
"\BMar 16, \J1961\j\b - Monash University opens in Melbourne."
"\BMar 29, \J1961\j\b - Stephen Bradley, kidnapper of Graeme Thorne, found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment."
"\BMar 31, \J1961\j\b - Maryborough, Vic., declared a city."
"\BMar 03, \J1962\j\b - Labor wins its seventh successive election in NSW, with an increased majority, and the Playford government retains office in SA with the support of two independents."
"\BMar 31, \J1962\j\b - Brand government re-elected in WA."
"\BMar 06, \J1963\j\b - Moe, Vic., becomes a city."
"\BMar 10, \J1964\j\b - Sir Percy Spender becomes president of the International Court of Justice (û \J1967\j)."
"\BMar 10, \J1964\j\b - û Split in the Communist Party of Australia results in the founding of the pro-Chinese Communist Party of Australia (MarxistûLeninist)."
"\BMar 01, \J1965\j\b - Echuca, Vic., gazetted as a city."
"\BMar 06, \J1965\j\b - Labor wins government in SA for the first time in 32 years; Frank Walsh becomes Premier, replacing Sir Thomas Playford, who had been in office for 26 years and four months, a record term in Australia."
"\BMar 10, \J1965\j\b - First drawing of the birthday lottery to determine those eligible for National Service training."
"\BMar 12, \J1965\j\b - Swan Hill, Vic., becomes a city."
"\BMar 17, \J1965\j\b - Legislation introduced outlawing picketing and restricting pamphlets and banners at Mt Isa. (Strikers begin returning to work later in month.)"
"\BMar 20, \J1965\j\b - Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visit Australia (to 26 Apr.)."
"\BMar 24, \J1965\j\b - Prime Minister Menzies announces a new concept in tertiary education as recommended by the Martin Committee on the Future of Tertiary Education in Australia."
"\BMar 08, \J1966\j\b - Prime Minister Holt announces a trebling of Australian forces in Vietnam, including 1,500 National Servicemen."
"\BMar 22, \J1966\j\b - Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother visits Australia (to 7 Apr.)."
"\BMar 25, \J1966\j\b - Flinders University of South Australia officially opened."
"\BMar 30, \J1966\j\b - Legislation enacted granting the ACT member of the House of Representatives full voting rights (from 21 Feb. \J1967\j)."
"\BMar 01, \J1967\j\b - Prince Philip visits Australia (to 10th)."
"\BMar 13, \J1967\j\b - Record floods in northern Qld."
"\BMar 30, \J1967\j\b - û Gurindji people occupy part of Wave Hill station, NT."
"\BMar 02, \J1968\j\b - Labor and LCL win 19 seats each in the SA election; Raymond Steele Hall becomes Premier (17 Apr.) when the independent Speaker gives his support to the LCL, forcing Don Dunstan to resign the premiership."
"\BMar 22, \J1968\j\b - Helicopter crashes on the Barracouta natural gas platform in Bass Strait, killing two journalists and an oil company officer."
"\BMar 23, \J1968\j\b - Brand government re-elected in WA."
"\BMar 29, \J1968\j\b - Australian Resources Development Bank opens for business."
"\BMar 13, \J1969\j\b - Natural gas piped from Bass Strait into Vic. (Enters Melbourne's metropolitan system later in the month.)"
"\BMar 17, \J1969\j\b - With the opening of the pipeline from Roma, Brisbane becomes the first Australian capital to receive a natural gas supply."
"\BMar 18, \J1969\j\b - Australia's first container ship, the \IKanimbla\i\b, docks in Sydney."
"\BMar 20, \J1969\j\b - Liberal MP Edward St John accuses Prime Minister Gorton of impropriety in his personal conduct."
"\BMar 25, \J1969\j\b - Nimmo Committee report strongly criticises aspects of health insurance."
"\BMar 30, \J1970\j\b - Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Princess Anne, and Prince Charles visit Australia (to 3 May) for the Captain Cook Bicentenary."
"\BMar 30, \J1970\j\b - û Rural Bank secretary Peter Huxley sentenced to 20 years' gaol for fraudulently manipulating more than $5 million. (Released in \J1978\j.)"
"\BMar 08, \J1971\j\b - Malcolm Fraser resigns as Defence Minister, accusing Prime Minister Gorton of disloyalty."
"\BMar 10, \J1971\j\b - William McMahon replaces Gorton as Prime Minister (Gorton having made a casting vote against himself in a divided vote of confidence.)"
"\BMar 11, \J1971\j\b - Frank Clune died (77)."
"\BMar 15, \J1972\j\b - Steele Hall resigns as leader of the Liberal and Country League opposition in SA and (28th) forms the Liberal Movement within the party."
"\BMar 08, \J1973\j\b - Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Brisbane deliberately set on fire; 15 people killed."
"\BMar 10, \J1973\j\b - Dunstan government re-elected in SA."
"\BMar 16, \J1973\j\b - Attorney-General Lionel Murphy and Commonwealth police raid ASIO headquarters in Melbourne to demand information on Croatian terrorists."
"\BMar 31, \J1973\j\b - Liberal Movement in SA formally separates from the LCL."
"\BMar 01, \J1975\j\b - Colour television officially introduced."
"\BMar 21, \J1975\j\b - Malcolm Fraser replaces B. M. Snedden as federal Liberal Party leader."
"\BMar 31, \J1975\j\b - W. A. Neilson replaces Eric Reece as Premier of Tas."
"\BMar 20, \J1976\j\b - Hamer government re-elected in Vic."
"\BMar 07, \J1977\j\b - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit all states and territories (to 30th) during the Queen's Silver Jubilee year."
"\BMar 18, \J1977\j\b - MoombaûSydney natural gas pipeline officially commissioned."
"\BMar 30, \J1978\j\b - Commonwealth police raid five Sydney doctors' clinics and begin arresting some 180 GreekûAustralians said to be involved in a conspiracy to defraud the Dept of Social Security."
"\BMar 08, \J1979\j\b - Prince Charles visits Australia (to 1 Apr.) for WA's 150th anniversary celebrations."
"\BMar 01, \J1980\j\b - ALP federal executive votes for intervention in the Qld branch, replacing most of the key office-holders."
"\BMar 02, \J1981\j\b - Sir Roy Grounds died (75)."
"\BMar 18, \J1982\j\b - Sir Lawrence Wackett died (86)."
"\BMar 05, \J1983\j\b - Election for federal parliament; Labor wins office. Malcolm Fraser resigns from the Liberal leadership."
"\BMar 08, \J1983\j\b - Dollar devalued by 10%."
"\BMar 11, \J1983\j\b - Hawke ministry sworn in. Andrew Peacock elected Liberal Party leader."
"\BMar 20, \J1983\j\b - Prince Charles and Princess Diana with baby Prince William visit Australia (to 20 Apr.)."
"\BMar 31, \J1983\j\b - Christina Stead died (80)."
"\BMar 06, \J1984\j\b - Bomb blast wrecks the Belrose (Sydney) home of Family Court judge Richard Gee, injuring him."
"\BMar 06, \J1984\j\b - Justice Lionel Murphy of the High Court named in parliament as the judge referred to in the \IAge\i tapes. "
"\BMar 14, \J1984\j\b - Neighbourhood Watch introduced in Vic. to help cut home burglaries."
"\BMar 24, \J1984\j\b - Wran government re-elected in NSW with a reduced majority."
"\BMar 26, \J1984\j\b - $100 note goes into circulation."
"\BMar 01, \J1985\j\b - Uniform credit legislation comes into effect in NSW, Vic., and WA."
"\BMar 02, \J1985\j\b - Cain government re-elected in Vic. with a reduced majority, the first time a Labor government in Vic. has been elected for a successive term."
"\BMar 04, \J1985\j\b - Annual meeting of the ANZUS Council cancelled by the Australian government at the request of the US."
"\BMar 08, \J1985\j\b - Former NSW Chief Stipendiary Magistrate Murray Farquhar found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice and (15th) sentenced to four years' gaol."
"\BMar 13, \J1985\j\b - ALP gains control of the Vic. Legislative Council for the first time when the returning officer draws the winner's name out of a hat following a tied recount. (Loses control on 17 Aug. with the loss of the Nunawading by-election.)"
"\BMar 31, \J1985\j\b - More than 300,000 people across Australia march in Palm Sunday anti-nuclear rallies."
"\BMar 02, \J1986\j\b - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit ACT, NSW, Vic., and SA (to 13th)."
"\BMar 27, \J1986\j\b - Car bomb explodes outside the Russell Street police headquarters in Melbourne; 21 people injured (one policewoman subsequently dies)."
"\BMar 27, \J1986\j\b - û Loggers and conservationists clash at Farmhouse Creek wilderness, Tas."
"\BMar 26, \J1987\j\b - NSW government dismisses the Sydney City Council. (Three-man commission subsequently appointed to run the city.)"
"\BMar 29, \J1987\j\b - Crocodile kills an American woman at the Prince Regent River, north-west WAùthe eighth person in two years to be killed by crocodiles."
"\BMar 13, \J1988\j\b - Yachtsman John Sanders completes the first non-stop solo triple circumnavigation of the world."
"\BMar 13, \J1988\j\b - Times on Sunday\i\b published for the last time."
"\BMar 14, \J1988\j\b - Sydney \ISun\i\b ceases publication."
"\BMar 19, \J1988\j\b - Unsworth Labor government defeated in NSW election. (Lib.ûNat. coalition government led by N. F. H. Greiner sworn in on 25th.)"
"\BMar 19, \J1988\j\b - û Prolonged heavy rain causes flooding in southern Qld and northern NSW and across the centre of Australia from Port Hedland to Alice Springs."
"\BMar 31, \J1988\j\b - Sir William McMahon died (80)."
"\BMar 01, \J1989\j\b - Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission abolished and replaced by the Industrial Relations Commission."
"\BMar 04, \J1989\j\b - First election for ACT Legislative Assembly under self-government. (After a complicated series of deals over 69 days, the ALP forms a minority government with Rosemary Follett as Chief Minister.)"
"\BMar 23, \J1989\j\b - Vic. division of the National Safety Council found to have debts amounting to $180 million. (Chief executive John Friedrick found dead July \J1991\j.)"
"\BMar 23, \J1989\j\b - û Central Australia experiences worst flooding since white settlement."
"\BMar 20, \J1990\j\b - Serial murderer John Glover arrested after having killed six elderly women in Sydney's northern suburbs since March \J1989\j. (Found guilty 29 Nov. \J1991\j and sentenced to prison for the rest of his life.)"
"\BMar 24, \J1990\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate: Hawke Labor government re-elected with a reduced majority. New members include Ted Mack, the first independent elected to the House for 35 years."
"\BMar 08, \J1990\j\b - Jack Lindsay died (89)."
"\BMar 03, \J1991\j\b - Seven killed in a helicopter crash on the Gold Coast."
"\BMar 12, \J1991\j\b - WA Inc. royal commission public hearings begin."
"\BMar 28, \J1991\j\b - Adelaide Steamship group reports a loss of $3.7 billion."
"\BMar 24, \J1991\j\b - Sir John Kerr died (76)."
"\BMar 25, \J1991\j\b - Eileen Joyce died (78)."
"\BMar 02, \J1992\j\b - Open Learning university begins broadcasting on ABC television."
"\BMar 03, \J1992\j\b - Bomb blast damages Blue Mountains City Council chambers in Katoomba, NSW, during discussion of a controversial building development."
"\BMar 07, \J1992\j\b - Ten women ordained as priests at St George's Cathedral in Perth, the first Anglican women to be ordained in Australia. (The Anglican Church agrees to the ordination of women on 23 Nov., and the first five are officially ordained in Adelaide on 5 Dec.)"
"\BMar 27, \J1992\j\b - Australia's last afternoon newspaper, \IThe News\b\i of Adelaide, ceases publication."
"\BMar 13, \J1993\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate. Paul Keating's Labor government re-elected with an increased majority."
"\BMar 30, \J1993\j\b - Gunman who led a five-murder rampage through two states, suicides after a 26-hour siege at Cangai, NSW."
"\BMar 02, \J1994\j\b - Letter bomb kills a policeman and injures five other people at the National Crime Authority's Adelaide headquarters."
"\BMar 11, \J1994\j\b - Former Spedley Securities managing director Brian Yuill sentenced to eight years' gaol for dishonesty as a director. (Conviction quashed in July and retrial ordered; sentenced to two years and ten months on 14 Sept.)"
"\BMar 30, \J1994\j\b - Federal government's Industrial Relations Reform Act comes into operation: provides for certified agreements between employers and unions and flexibility in enterprise agreements between employers and their employees, and bans employers sacking workers for taking industrial action."
