"\BNov 02, \J1788\j\b - Settlement established at Rose Hill (Parramatta)."
"\BNov 10, \J1788\j\b - \IGolden Grove\b\i returns to Port Jackson and (19th) sails for England with \IFishburn."
"\BNov 01, \J1789\j\b - Rations reduced by one-third."
"\BNov 21, \J1789\j\b - Time-expired convict James Ruse established on land at Rose Hill (Experiment Farm) to see if and when he could support himself."
"\BNov 25, \J1789\j\b - Aborigines Bennelong and Colbee captured by Phillip. (Colbee escapes 12 Dec.)"
"\BNov 05, \J1789\j\b - William Bland born (-\J1868\j)."
"\BNov 01, \J1791\j\b - Party of convicts (20 male and 1 female) escape from Parramatta and attempt to walk to China. (Some die; others captured.)"
"\BNov 26, \J1791\j\b - \ISupply\b\i sails from Port Jackson for England."
"\BNov 08, \J1793\j\b - P. G. King takes the two Maori chiefs back to NZ in the \IBritannia.\b\i (Returns to Norfolk Is. on 18th and is later reprimanded by Grose for leaving his post without permission.)"
"\BNov 09, \J1794\j\b - Storeship \IResolution\b\i sails from Port Jackson with 14 escaping convicts."
"\BNov 10, \J1794\j\b - Robert Towns born (-\J1873\j)."
"\BNov 05, \J1795\j\b - Joseph Gerrald, the fifth of the Scottish Martyrs, arrives in Sydney in the storeship \ISovereign."
"\BNov 28, \J1795\j\b - First export consignment of cedar from NSW sent to India in \IExperiment.\i"
"\BNov 09, \J1796\j\b - Hunter disbands the convict night watch and divides Sydney into four districts whose inhabitants choose three residents to act as watchmen; also orders houses to be numbered."
"\BNov 03, \J1798\j\b - Bass and Flinders discover and explore the Tamar estuary (to 20th)."
"\BNov 08, \J1798\j\b - Nauru discovered by Capt. John Fearn in the \IHunter."
"\BNov 03, \J1799\j\b - Paterson arrives back in Sydney and resumes command of the NSW Corps."
"\BNov 05, \J1799\j\b - Dispatch sent recalling Hunter and naming Philip Gidley King as his successor."
"\BNov 12, \J1799\j\b - Capt. Thomas Rowley replaces John Townson as commandant on Norfolk Is."
"\BNov 06, \J1800\j\b - \IPorpoise\b\i (with John Murray as master's mate) arrives at Port Jackson with four tons of copper coins."
"\BNov 19, \J1800\j\b - King fixes the value of coinage in circulation."
"\BNov 21, \J1800\j\b - \IRoyal Admiral\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 257 convicts, including the West Indian George Howe (subsequently Government Printer), 43 having died of typhoid fever on the voyage; passengers include Ensign William Lawson."
"\BNov 12, \J1801\j\b - Lt John Murray, who replaced Grant as commander of \ILady Nelson,\b\i leaves Port Jackson to explore in southern waters."
"\BNov 15, \J1801\j\b - Macarthur leaves Sydney for court martial in England. (Arrives London 21 Dec. \J1802\j.)"
"\BNov 21, \J1801\j\b - Bass sails in the \IVenus\b\i on a commercial voyage in the Pacific."
"\BNov 03, \J1802\j\b - Flinders enters the Gulf of Carpentaria, having passed through Torres Strait, and begins a running survey of the gulf."
"\BNov 05, \J1802\j\b - Francis Barrallier makes an attempt to cross the Blue Mountains (to 23 Dec.), reaching about 25 km south of Jenolan Caves."
"\BNov 18, \J1802\j\b - \ILe GΘographe, Le Naturaliste,\b\i and a purchased vessel, \ICasuarina\b\i (Louis de Freycinet), leave Port Jackson for Bass Strait."
"\BNov 23, \J1802\j\b - Gov. King sends Lt Charles Robbins in \ICumberland\b\i to examine Bass Strait (Surveyor-Gen. Charles Grimes also aboard) and to thwart any colonising attempts by the French."
"\BNov 24, \J1802\j\b - Flinders careens \IInvestigator\b\i and finds it unfit to return to Sydney the way he came."
"\BNov 04, \J1804\j\b - \IBuffalo\b\i arrives at Port Dalrymple, and (11th) Paterson officially takes possession at Outer Cove on the eastern side of the Tamar (now George Town)."
"\BNov 04, \J1804\j\b - George Caley makes an attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. (Reaches Mount Banks; returns 23rd.)"
"\BNov 09, \J1804\j\b - Crew of the \IUnion,\b\i under charter to Simeon Lord, massacred by Koro Is. natives."
"\BNov 26, \J1804\j\b - Guards at Port Dalrymple fire on a band of unfriendly Aborigines, killing one and wounding another."
"\BNov 28, \J1805\j\b - Food and settlers from Norfolk Is. arrive at the Derwent."
"\BNov 15, \J1807\j\b - \IParramatta\b\i returns to Port Jackson from Tahiti and is placed under arrest and its bond of ú800 forfeited."
"\BNov 01, \J1808\j\b - \IPorpoise\b\i leaves Port Jackson to bring Paterson from Port Dalrymple."
"\BNov 16, \J1808\j\b - \ISpeke\b\i arrives in Port Jackson with 97 convicts; passengers include Lt John Oxley."
"\BNov 06, \J1810\j\b - Alexander Riley and Garnham Blaxcell (and, later, D'Arcy Wentworth) sign a contract with Macquarie giving them a monopoly on the import of rum (i.e., 205,000 litres of all spirits) in return for their undertaking to build a hospital in Sydney (the 'Rum Hospital')."
"\BNov 06, \J1810\j\b - Macquarie, his wife, and party set out from Sydney to visit all the inhabited inland districts. (Return 15 Jan. \J1811\j.)"
"\BNov 07, \J1810\j\b - Macquarie fixes the site of Liverpool and orders James Meehan to begin a survey."
"\BNov 04, \J1811\j\b - Macquarie leaves Port Jackson in the \ILady Nelson\b\i to visit Van Diemen's Land and the Hunter River."
"\BNov 23, \J1811\j\b - Macquarie arrives at Hobart, visits New Norfolk and fixes the site for the town of Elizabeth (27th), and crosses overland to Port Dalrymple (2-8 Dec.)."
"\BNov 17, \J1811\j\b - Eugen von GuΘrard born (-\J1901\j)."
"\BNov 26, \J1812\j\b - \ISamarang\b\i arrives at Port Jackson from India with ú10,000 in Spanish dollars."
"\BNov 30, \J1812\j\b - Armed brig \IEmu,\b\i en route to Hobart with 49 female convicts, is captured by US privateer \IHolkar\b\i and taken to New York as a prize. (Captain and convicts released at Cape Verde Is. on 17 Jan. \J1813\j.)"
"\BNov 19, \J1813\j\b - G. W. Evans crosses the main range of the Blue Mountains (to 18 Dec.) and discovers and names the Fish and Macquarie rivers and the Bathurst Plains. (Returns to Nepean, 8 Jan. \J1814\j.)"
"\BNov 27, \J1813\j\b - Macquarie prohibits meetings of more than six persons without notice to the Provost-Marshal and any attempts to influence rates of exchange through the issue of promissory notes."
"\BNov 28, \J1814\j\b - Rev. Samuel Marsden leaves for New Zealand to take Christianity to the Maoris."
"\BNov 10, \J1815\j\b - Ellis Bent dies before the arrival of the letter recalling him."
"\BNov 10, \J1815\j\b - Ellis Bent died (32?)."
"\BNov 11, \J1815\j\b - Maurice Margarot died (70?)."
"\BNov 20, \J1816\j\b - Macquarie calls a meeting of 14 people to discuss plans for opening a bank. (Public meetings for subscribers held on 5 and 18 Dec.)"
"\BNov 30, \J1816\j\b - Advertisement in the \ISydney Gazette\b\i calls for horses for export to India (beginning of export trade in horses for Indian army)."
"\BNov 09, \J1817\j\b - Father Jeremiah O'Flynn, appointed Prefect Apostolic of New Holland but without official sanction of the British government, arrives in Sydney and is allowed to stay temporarily. (Subsequently avoids orders to leave.)"
"\BNov 21, \J1818\j\b - Macquarie issues a proclamation giving magistrates jurisdiction in wages disputes between master and servant."
"\BNov 01, \J1819\j\b - Macquarie appoints Redfern a magistrate. (Appointment subsequently overruled by Lord Bathurst.)"
"\BNov 18, \J1819\j\b - Capt. Louis de Freycinet in Port Jackson (to 25 Dec.) after survey in \IL'Uranie\b\i from WA to Timor, New Guinea, and the Marianas."
"\BNov 08, \J1819\j\b - Isaac Nichols died (49)."
"\BNov 25, \J1820\j\b - Macquarie issues a government order permitting limited grazing outside the Cumberland Plains and (9 Dec.) allows grazing on the Goulburn and Breadalbane Plainsùmarking the beginning of the movement of graziers inland."
"\BNov 21, \J1820\j\b - Richard Atkins died (75?)."
"\BNov 07, \J1821\j\b - Sir Thomas Brisbane arrives in Sydney to take over from Macquarie as Governor; with him are astronomers Carl Rⁿmker and James Dunlop."
"\BNov 12, \J1821\j\b - Site of Mudgee, NSW, traversed by Lt William Lawson."
"\BNov 02, \J1821\j\b - George Bowen born (-\J1899\j)."
"\BNov 15, \J1822\j\b - Greenway dismissed as Civil Architect following a series of disagreements with his superiors."
"\BNov 13, \J1823\j\b - Band of Tasmanian Aborigines led by Musquito (transported from NSW) and Black Jack kill two stock-keepers at Grindstone Bay."
"\BNov 29, \J1823\j\b - Oxley, at Moreton Bay, finds Pamphlett (and next day one of his companions, John Finnegan)."
"\BNov 01, \J1824\j\b - Australian Agricultural Co. incorporated by act of parliament."
"\BNov 02, \J1824\j\b - First civil jury empanelled at first court of quarter sessions."
"\BNov 02, \J1824\j\b - Hume and Hovell discover the Tumut River, then sight and name the Australian Alps (8th) and discover the Murray (16th), Ovens (24th), and Goulburn (3 Dec.) rivers."
"\BNov 04, \J1825\j\b - Sydney Free Grammar School opens; L. H. Halloran headmaster. (Closes late \J1826\j.)"
"\BNov 24, \J1825\j\b - Darling arrives at Hobart in the \ICatherine Stewart."
"\BNov 15, \J1825\j\b - Andrew Garran born (-\J1901\j)."
"\BNov 08, \J1826\j\b - Privates Joseph Sudds and Patrick Thompson openly commit a robbery to get convicted, considering a convict's life better than a soldier's; Darling orders that they serve seven years' hard labour in irons."
"\BNov 12, \J1826\j\b - Dumont d'Urville at Westernport (to 19th)."
"\BNov 27, \J1826\j\b - Joseph Sudds dies, giving rise to public criticism of Darling."
"\BNov 01, \J1828\j\b - Martial law proclaimed by Lt-Gov. Arthur in the settled districts of Tas; roving parties hunt Aborigines."
"\BNov 10, \J1828\j\b - Charles Sturt with Hamilton Hume and a party leave Sydney to trace the course of the Macquarie River."
"\BNov 14, \J1828\j\b - Thomas Peel in Britain puts forward a proposal to the Colonial Office for the colonisation of WA."
"\BNov 03, \J1829\j\b - Sturt leaves Sydney on an expedition to determine the course of the Murrumbidgee."
"\BNov 30, \J1829\j\b - Compositors on the \IAustralian\b\i newspaper strike over a reduction in wages owing to currency depreciation."
"\BNov 15, \J1831\j\b - Australian College classes begin (in a hired hall)."
"\BNov 24, \J1831\j\b - T. L. Mitchell leaves Sydney to explore the Castlereaghû Gwydir area. (Returns, March. \J1832\j.)"
"\BNov 08, \J1831\j\b - Alfred Felton born (û \J1904\j)."
"\BNov 17, \J1831\j\b - Adelaide Ironside born (û \J1867\j)."
"\BNov 01, \J1833\j\b - Convict John Graham returns to Moreton Bay after living with the Aborigines since his escape in July \J1827\j."
"\BNov 05, \J1833\j\b - Assigned convicts of James Mudie in the Hunter Valley abscond and return\b\i to rob Mudie's house and attempt to kill his son-in-law John Larnach. (Captured and hanged, 21 Dec.)"
"\BNov 30, \J1833\j\b - Brig \IAnn Jamieson\b\i explodes at King's Wharf, Sydney; eight people killed."
"\BNov 01, \J1834\j\b - Commercial Banking Company of Sydney opens for business."
"\BNov 19, \J1834\j\b - Edward Henty and party in the schooner \IThistle\b\i arrive at Portland Bay to establish an agricultural settlement."
"\BNov 28, \J1834\j\b - Wollongong, NSW, notified as a town site. (Laid out by T. L. Mitchell in July.)"
"\BNov 09, \J1835\j\b - Batman and party land with 500 sheep and 20 cattle at site of Williamstown."
"\BNov 26, \J1835\j\b - Foundation stone laid for first Baptist church in Australia, in Bathurst Street, Sydney. (Opens 23 Sept. \J1836\j.)"
"\BNov 06, \J1836\j\b - Torrens River discovered by G. S. Kingston and named by Light."
"\BNov 15, \J1837\j\b - \IBeagle\b\i (Commander J. C. Wickham) arrives at Fremantle to begin a 5╜ -year survey, mainly in Torres Strait and Bass Strait."
"\BNov 18, \J1838\j\b - Some 200 German migrants under the guidance of Lutheran pastor Augustus Kavel arrive at Adelaide in the \IPrince George."
"\BNov 29, \J1838\j\b - Seven of the men involved in the Myall Creek massacre, previously tried and acquitted on a technicality, are charged again and found guilty. (Sentenced to death, 5 Dec; hanged, 18 Dec.)"
"\BNov 24, \J1839\j\b - Cyclone hits Port Essington; HMS \IPelorus\b\i wrecked; 12 lives lost."
"\BNov 28, \J1839\j\b - SA Agricultural Society formed."
"\BNov 29, \J1839\j\b - Two frigates of a US scientific expedition commanded by Capt. Charles Wilkes enter Port Jackson at night and anchor in Sydney Cove, causing near panic when discovered next morning. (Incident leads to construction of Fort Denison.)"
"\BNov 17, \J1840\j\b - Eyre sets up base at Fowler's Bay."
"\BNov 18, \J1840\j\b - \IEden,\b\i the last convict transport to unload in Sydney, arrives with 267 male convicts."
"\BNov 21, \J1840\j\b - \IGeelong Advertiser\b\i established by J. P. Fawkner."
"\BNov 08, \J1841\j\b - Sir Francis Forbes died (57?)."
"\BNov 05, \J1844\j\b - Leichhardt discovers and names the Dawson River."
"\BNov 16, \J1844\j\b - \IRoyal George\b\i arrives in Port Phillip from London with 21 'exiles'ùconvicted criminals given conditional pardons on landing."
"\BNov 28, \J1844\j\b - Public meeting in Melbourne demands separation from NSW and appoints a representative to take a petition to England."
"\BNov 21, \J1844\j\b - Ada Cambridge born (-\J1926\j)."
"\BNov 14, \J1845\j\b - Sir Thomas Mitchell leaves Sydney on his last expedition, to lead a party overland to Port Essington."
"\BNov 18, \J1846\j\b - Orange, NSW, proclaimed as a site for a village. (First land sales Dec. \J1848\j.)"
"\BNov 07, \J1848\j\b - First sale of land in Colac (Vic.)"
"\BNov 13, \J1848\j\b - Kennedy, having reached Weymouth Bay, leaves eight of the party there and pushes on with Aboriginal Jacky Jacky and three others."
"\BNov 24, \J1848\j\b - Kennedy leaves three men at Shelbourne Bay and continues with Jacky Jacky."
"\BNov 23, \J1849\j\b - Wagga Wagga, NSW, proclaimed a town, Dubbo a village site."
"\BNov 23, \J1849\j\b - û Geraldton, WA, laid out as a town site. (First town lots sold in June \J1850\j.)"
"\BNov 23, \J1849\j\b - û Yarra and Saltwater rivers in high flood."
"\BNov 11, \J1850\j\b - Ship \ILysander\i\b brings news to Melbourne of the passing of the Australian Colonies Government Act, which sets off four days of general rejoicing."
"\BNov 14, \J1850\j\b - Bank of NSW opens a branch in Brisbane, the first bank there."
"\BNov 15, \J1850\j\b - Princes Bridge opened in Melbourne. (Demolished in \J1884\j.)"
"\BNov 16, \J1850\j\b - United Operative Masons' Society formed in Melbourne. (Held to be the precursor of all labour organisations in Aust.)"
"\BNov 13, \J1851\j\b - Victoria's Legislative Council formally opened in St Patrick's Hall, Bourke Street, Melbourne."
"\BNov 13, \J1851\j\b - Boyd's yacht \IWanderer\i\b wrecked at Port Macquarie."
"\BNov 12, \J1852\j\b - SS \IGreat Britain\i\b, then the largest iron passenger steamer in the world, arrives in Melbourne with 615 passengers and 137 crew."
"\BNov 24, \J1852\j\b - Transportation to eastern Australia ends with the dispatch of the last convict ship (\ISt Vincent\i) to Tasmania."
"\BNov 01, \J1853\j\b - Tas. issues its first adhesive postage stamps."
"\BNov 11, \J1854\j\b - Ballarat Reform League formed at a meeting of aggrieved miners."
"\BNov 29, \J1854\j\b - At a mass meeting at Bakery Hill, Ballarat, miners burn their licences, fly the Southern Cross flag, and swear to resist any attempt to arrest them."
"\BNov 30, \J1854\j\b - Shots fired during a licence check at Ballarat; Riot Act read; Peter Lalor appointed leader of the rebellious miners, who begin to build a stockade at the Eureka Lead."
"\BNov 23, \J1855\j\b - Constitution Act proclaimed in Vic."
"\BNov 24, \J1855\j\b - Constitution Act proclaimed in NSW."
"\BNov 28, \J1855\j\b - First Vic. ministry formed; W. C. Haines becomes Premier."
"\BNov 01, \J1856\j\b - Tasmania's first ministry under responsible government appointed;"
"\BNov 01, \J1856\j\b - W. T. N. Champ becomes Premier."
"\BNov 21, \J1856\j\b - First Vic. parliament under responsible government meets."
"\BNov 21, \J1856\j\b - û \IHansard\i\b reporting of parliament begins in Vic. (by the \IArgus\i\b). (Introduced in SA in \J1857\j, Qld in \J1864\j, NSW in \J1879\j, WA in \J1890\j, Commonwealth in \J1901\j, NT in \J1948\j, Tas. in \J1979\j.)"
"\BNov 19, \J1857\j\b - SA imposes a head tax of ú10 on Chinese arrivals."
"\BNov 24, \J1857\j\b - Manhood suffrage granted for Vic. lower house elections."
"\BNov 24, \J1858\j\b - Secret ballot and manhood suffrage granted in NSW for the Legislative Assembly; property qualifications abolished for candidates."
"\BNov 20, \J1858\j\b - Nellie Stewart born (û \J1931\j)."
"\BNov 30, \J1859\j\b - Traralgon, Vic., proclaimed a township. (First land sale 27 Dec.)"
"\BNov 30, \J1859\j\b - Condobolin, NSW, proclaimed a town. (First land sale 3 Jan. \J1860\j.)"
"\BNov 30, \J1859\j\b - û J. M. Stuart makes another expedition in the vicinity of Lake Eyre."
"\BNov 30, \J1859\j\b - û Gold found at Kiandra, NSW. (Rush begins in Dec.)"
"\BNov 01, \J1860\j\b - W. P. Weston succeeds F. V. Smith as Premier of Tas."
"\BNov 01, \J1860\j\b - Qld issues its first adhesive postage stamps."
"\BNov 11, \J1860\j\b - Burke and Wills reach Cooper's Creek."
"\BNov 11, \J1860\j\b - \IMaryborough Chronicle\i\b (Qld) founded by C. H. Buzacott."
"\BNov 26, \J1860\j\b - Richard Heales replaces William Nicholson as Premier of Vic."
"\BNov 06, \J1861\j\b - Brisbane and Sydney linked by telegraph."
"\BNov 14, \J1861\j\b - John O'Shanassy becomes Premier of Vic. for the third time."
"\BNov 12, \J1863\j\b - SA legislates to sell 500,000 acres (202,500 ha) of land in the NT."
"\BNov 19, \J1863\j\b - John Vane of the Hall gang surrenders to a priest; another member, O'Meally, is shot during a raid by the gang."
"\BNov 03, \J1864\j\b - McCulloch government re-elected in Vic. on a program of reform of the Legislative Council, amendment of the Land Acts, and protection of local industries by tariff reform."
"\BNov 16, \J1864\j\b - Ben Hall and his gang hold up all travellers on the road near Jugiong and rob the mail coach; police sergeant Edmund Barry killed in the gun battle."
"\BNov 05, \J1865\j\b - B. T. Finniss recalled from Escape Cliffs and replaced by J. T. Manton."
"\BNov 29, \J1865\j\b - Brisbane lit by gas."
"\BNov 24, \J1866\j\b - Sir Richard Dry becomes Premier of Tas."
"\BNov 26, \J1867\j\b - Roderic Quinn born (-\J1949\j)."
"\BNov 03, \J1868\j\b - H. B. T. Strangways becomes Premier of SA after a succession of unstable ministries."
"\BNov 19, \J1868\j\b - Four members of the Christian Brothers Catholic teaching order arrive in Melbourne to found the order in Australia."
"\BNov 25, \J1868\j\b - Charles Lilley becomes Premier of Qld following the resignation of Robert Mackenzie."
"\BNov 30, \J1868\j\b - Sydney's St Andrew's Anglican cathedral consecrated and opened."
"\BNov 14, \J1868\j\b - Arthur Hoey Davis (Steele Rudd) born (-\J1935\j)."
"\BNov 17, \J1869\j\b - Opening of the Suez Canal speeds up travel between Australia and England."
"\BNov 01, \J1870\j\b - Christopher Brennan born (-\J1932\j)."
"\BNov 10, \J1871\j\b - Arthur Blyth forms a ministry in SA following the defeat of the Hart government."
"\BNov 04, \J1872\j\b - F. M. Innes replaces J. M. Wilson as Premier of Tas."
"\BNov 09, \J1872\j\b - Paddle-steamer \IProvidence\b\i explodes soon after leaving Menindee, on the Darling River; all five crew die; two passengers saved."
"\BNov 07, \J1873\j\b - NT's first newspaper, the \INorth Australian,\b\i begins publication in Palmerston (Darwin) (to \J1909\j)."
"\BNov 11, \J1873\j\b - Vic. passes Australia's first Factory Act, regulating employment of females in workrooms and factories."
"\BNov 19, \J1873\j\b - Railway line from Melbourne reaches Wodonga on the NSW border."
"\BNov 06, \J1874\j\b - University of Adelaide established by act of parliament. (Officially inaugurated 25 Apr. \J1876\j; Letters Patent not granted until 22 Mar. \J1881\j.)"
"\BNov 09, \J1875\j\b - Ten thousand Protestants and Orangemen march in Sydney on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the Protestant Hall."
"\BNov 09, \J1875\j\b - William Hovell died (89)."
"\BNov 01, \J1876\j\b - Railway from Hobart to Launceston inaugurated."
"\BNov 27, \J1876\j\b - Legislation enacted in Qld to establish a public fire service to take over from volunteer and private fire brigades. (Similar legislation passed in SA in \J1882\j, Tas. in \J1883\j, NSW in \J1884\j, Vic. in \J1890\j, WA in \J1898\j.)"
"\BNov 24, \J1876\j\b - Walter Burley Griffin born (-\J1937\j)."
"\BNov 12, \J1877\j\b - Maj.-Gen. Sir Harry Ord becomes Governor of WA."
"\BNov 2?, \J1877\j\b - Victor Trumper born (û \J1915\j)."
"\BNov 14, \J1877\j\b - Norman Brookes born (û \J1968\j)."
"\BNov 01, \J1878\j\b - Vic. parliament passes the Felons Apprehension Act. (Three days later the Kelly Gang are declared outlaws with rewards of ú500 each offered for their capture, alive or dead.)"
"\BNov 18, \J1878\j\b - Seamen in NSW, Qld, and Vic. begin a six-week strike in protest against employment of Chinese crews."
"\BNov 28, \J1878\j\b - YMCA re-established in Adelaide."
"\BNov 30, \J1878\j\b - Education Act in SA sets up a state education system."
"\BNov 15, \J1879\j\b - Captain Moonlite (A. G. Scott) and gang occupy Wantabadgery station, near Wagga Wagga. (Police attack on 17th, and two bushrangers and one policeman are killed; Scott captured 18th.)"
"\BNov 26, \J1879\j\b - R. L. Jack makes a further expedition through Cape York Peninsula to Somerset (to 3 Apr. \J1880\j)."
"\BNov 29, \J1879\j\b - First successful cargo of frozen meat leaves Sydney for London aboard the \IStrathleven\i\b. (Arrives London in good condition 2 Feb. \J1880\j)."
"\BNov 18, \J1879\j\b - C. E. W. Bean born (û \J1968\j)."
"\BNov 01, \J1880\j\b - Sydney's first telephone line opened, from the Royal Exchange to Darling Harbour. (Switchboard installed 11 Oct \J1881\j.)"
"\BNov 11, \J1880\j\b - Ned Kelly hanged at the old Melbourne Gaol."
"\BNov 19, \J1880\j\b - Jacob Garrard wins the seat of Balmain in the NSW Legislative Assembly to represent the interests of trade unions, which pay his salary."
"\BNov 23, \J1880\j\b - Sir Redmond Barry died (67)."
"\BNov 25, \J1880\j\b - John Flynn ("Flynn of the Inland") born (û \J1951\j)."
"\BNov 11, \J1882\j\b - Parkes ministry falls in NSW when Robertson's amending Land Bill is defeated. SS \IAustral \b\i sinks at anchor in Neutral Bay, Sydney, with the loss of five lives."
"\BNov 01, \J1883\j\b - Public Service Act passed in Vic., creating Australia's first Public Service Board."
"\BNov 06, \J1883\j\b - Sir Anthony Musgrave becomes Governor of Qld."
"\BNov 13, \J1883\j\b - Samuel Griffith replaces McIlwraith as Premier of Qld."
"\BNov 28, \J1883\j\b - Intercolonial conference in Sydney (to 9 Dec.) calls for the creation of a Federal Council of Australasia."
"\BNov 03, \J1884\j\b - German warship \IElisabeth\b\i annexes New Britain for Germany."
"\BNov 06, \J1884\j\b - Commodore J. E. Erskine in the \INelson\b\i proclaims a British protectorate over south-eastern New Guinea (Papua)."
"\BNov 14, \J1884\j\b - Land and income taxes introduced in SA."
"\BNov 16, \J1884\j\b - Germany proclaims a protectorate over north-eastern New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago."
"\BNov 22, \J1884\j\b - Maj.-Gen. P. H. Scratchley appointed Special Commissioner for British New Guinea. (Dies of malaria on 2 Dec. \J1885\j.)"
"\BNov 26, \J1884\j\b - Desiderius Orban born (- \J1986\j)."
"\BNov 10, \J1885\j\b - Pacific Islanders' Act, passed by the Griffith government in Qld, prohibits the indenture of kanaka labour after 31 Dec. \J1890\j."
"\BNov 11, \J1885\j\b - Charles Strong, a former Presbyterian minister, founds the Australian Church."
"\BNov 11, \J1885\j\b - First cable tram service begins in Melbourne (to Richmond)."
"\BNov 27, \J1886\j\b - Nine young men are sentenced to death for the rape of a 16-year-old unemployed domestic servant on Mount Rennie in Moore Park, Sydney. (Five reprieved and given life sentences; other four hanged.)"
"\BNov 30, \J1886\j\b - Sydney's water supply from the Upper Nepean catchment via Prospect reservoir turned on (superseding Botany Swamps scheme)."
"\BNov 04, \J1886\j\b - Sir James Martin died (66)."
"\BNov 28, \J1886\j\b - Margaret Edgeworth David (Margaret McIntyre) born (- \J1948\j)."
"\BNov 14, \J1887\j\b - Gordon Memorial Technical College (later Gordon Institute of Technology, now Deakin University) opens in Geelong."
"\BNov 16, \J1887\j\b - Legislation passed in SA providing for the payment of MPs."
"\BNov 19, \J1887\j\b - \IBoomerang,\b\i a radical weekly edited by William Lane, begins publication in Brisbane (to \J1892\j)."
"\BNov 25, \J1887\j\b - John Ridley died (81)."
"\BNov 05, \J1888\j\b - Fire destroys a block of more than 60 business premises in Broken Hill's main thoroughfare."
"\BNov 09, \J1888\j\b - Tamworth, NSW, becomes the first town in Australia (and in the Southern Hemisphere) to be lit by electricity."
"\BNov 30, \J1888\j\b - Boyd Morehead succeeds McIlwraith as Premier of Qld."
"\BNov 27, \J1889\j\b - Centennial Hall of Sydney Town Hall opened."
"\BNov 28, \J1889\j\b - Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor of Vic."
"\BNov 05, \J1889\j\b - P. E. Warburton died (76)."
"\BNov 05, \J1890\j\b - James Munro becomes Premier of Vic."
"\BNov 05, \J1890\j\b - Last of the unions involved in the Maritime Strike, the Newcastle coalminers, return to work."
"\BNov 09, \J1890\j\b - Experimental electric trams begin running between Bondi Junction and Waverley in Sydney."
"\BNov 27, \J1890\j\b - Elections held (to 12 Dec.) for WA's first Legislative Assembly."
"\BNov 28, \J1890\j\b - Legislation enacted in Tas. providing for the payment of MPs."
"\BNov 06, \J1892\j\b - Strike at Broken Hill collapses; miners return to work (11th)."
"\BNov 01, \J1893\j\b - John Anderson born (-\J1962\j)."
"\BNov 27, \J1893\j\b - Frank Clune born (-\J1971\j)."
"\BNov 24, \J1894\j\b - Railway from Perth (Midland Junction) to Geraldton completed."
"\BNov 27, \J1894\j\b - George Rayner Hoff born (-\J1937\j)."
"\BNov 17, \J1895\j\b - Visiting English actors Arthur Dacre and his wife, Amy Roselle, commit suicide in Sydney the day before they are to open in \IThe Silence of Dean Maitland."
"\BNov 22, \J1895\j\b - Viscount Hampden becomes Governor of NSW."
"\BNov 17, \J1896\j\b - People's Federal Convention held in Bathurst, NSW (to 21st)."
"\BNov 21, \J1897\j\b - Fire sweeps through the two-hectare Melbourne city block between Swanston and Elizabeth streets and Flinders Street and Flinders Lane."
"\BNov 03, \J1897\j\b - Doris Fitton born (-\J1985\j)."
"\BNov 13, \J1897\j\b - Ernest Giles died (62)."
"\BNov 20, \J1897\j\b - Margaret Sutherland born (-\J1984\j)."
"\BNov 18, \J1898\j\b - Hobart lit by electricity."
"\BNov 02, \J1898\j\b - George Goyder died (72)."
"\BNov 14, \J1899\j\b - NSW government appoints a royal commission to investigate sites for a national capital."
"\BNov 28, \J1899\j\b - Anderson Dawson forms a Labour government in Qldùthe first Labour government in the world. (Sworn in on 1 Dec., the ministry is forced to resign four days later.)"
"\BNov 19, \J1900\j\b - Sir George Turner again becomes Premier of Vic."
"\BNov 19, \J1901\j\b - Commonwealth parliament resolves to accept responsibility for British New Guinea. (Legislation not passed until \J1905\j.)"
"\BNov 19, \J1901\j\b - Lying-in Hospital (later Royal Hospital for Women) opens in Paddington, Sydney."
"\BNov 21, \J1901\j\b - A. E. Morgans replaces Leake as Premier of WA until 23 Dec., when Leake returns to office."
"\BNov 30, \J1901\j\b - Edward John Eyre died (86)."
"\BNov 03, \J1902\j\b - Submarine cable between Southport, Qld, and Vancouver, Canada, officially opened. (First message sent 31 Oct.)"
"\BNov 22, \J1903\j\b - û NSW Legislative Assembly reduced from 125 to 90 members."
"\BNov 30, \J1905\j\b - Electric tramway service begins in Fremantle, WA. (Closed Nov. \J1952\j.)"
"\BNov 01, \J1907\j\b - Hare-Clark system of voting extended to the whole of Tas."
"\BNov 08, \J1907\j\b - Justice Higgins in the Arbitration Court, hearing H. V. McKay's application for exemption from duty on his Sunshine Harvesters, finds that wages paid by McKay are not fair and reasonable and subsequently sets a minimum wage adequate for the normal needs of the average employee (with a wife and three children)ùthereby establishing the principle of the basic wage."
"\BNov 19, \J1907\j\b - Robert Philp replaces William Kidston as Premier of Qld."
"\BNov 10, \J1908\j\b - Deakin government defeated in the House of Representatives when Labor withdraws its support; Deakin resigns (11th), and Labor leader Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister (13th)."
"\BNov 10, \J1908\j\b - û YassûCanberra chosen by federal parliament as the site for the federal capital."
"\BNov 06, \J1909\j\b - NSW coalminers strike on the Newcastle coalfields (to 11 Mar. \J1910\j)."
"\BNov 11, \J1909\j\b - Vic. government establishes a state coalmine at Wonthaggi."
"\BNov 03, \J1910\j\b - Berri, SA, irrigation area proclaimed. (Town proclaimed 9 Feb. \J1911\j.)"
"\BNov 16, \J1910\j\b - Commonwealth government imposes a land tax on all estates with an unimproved value of more than ú5,000 (first direct federal tax; abandoned in 1952)."
"\BNov 20, \J1910\j\b - Cyclone causes extensive damage to Broome, WA; 26 pearling vessels wrecked and 40 lives lost."
"\BNov 23, \J1910\j\b - Torpedo-boat destroyers \IParramatta\i\b and \IYarra\i\b, the first ships to be built for the Australian navy, arrive in Fremantle from Britain."
"\BNov 25, \J1910\j\b - Naval Defence Act assented to, creating the Commonwealth Naval Forces."
"\BNov 25, \J1910\j\b - (Title changed to Royal Australian Navy on 5 Oct. \J1911\j.)"
"\BNov 25, \J1910\j\b - û Australian Wireless Co. in Sydney establishes a shore station for communicating with ships at sea."
"\BNov 09, \J1912\j\b - Mawson sets out with two companions (Ninnis and Mertz) to examine King George V Land."
"\BNov 09, \J1912\j\b - û Daisy Bates becomes honorary Protector of Aborigines at Eucla, SA."
"\BNov 21, \J1912\j\b - Eileen Joyce born (û \J1991\j)."
"\BNov 14, \J1913\j\b - Melbourne Public Library's new domed reading room officially opened."
"\BNov 20, \J1913\j\b - Bundaberg, Qld, declared a city."
"\BNov 01, \J1914\j\b - First convoy of AIF and NZ forces leaves Albany, WA, for Europe, escorted by HMAS \ISydney\i\band HMAS \IMelbourne\i\b, HMS \IMinotaur\i\b, and the Japanese cruiser \IIbuki\i\b."
"\BNov 06, \J1914\j\b - Australian forces occupy Nauru."
"\BNov 09, \J1914\j\b - HMAS \ISydney\i\b disables the German cruiser \IEmden\i\b at Cocos Island and (10th) takes the crew prisoner."
"\BNov 15, \J1915\j\b - River Murray Waters Agreement ratified by NSW, Vic., SA, and Commonwealth governments. (Comes into force 31 Jan. \J1917\j.)"
"\BNov 14, \J1916\j\b - Hughes walks out of federal Labor caucus, taking 23 supporters with him. (Expelled from ALP leadership, he forms the National Labor Party and a new ministry with support of the Liberal Party.)"
"\BNov 15, \J1916\j\b - Holman forms a coalition ministry in NSW with five expelled Labor members, six Liberals, and a Progressive."
"\BNov 25, \J1916\j\b - British government agrees to buy the entire Australian wool clip for the duration of the war."
"\BNov 07, \J1917\j\b - Hughes announces that another conscription referendum is to be held."
"\BNov 08, \J1917\j\b - German place names in SA changed by act of parliament."
"\BNov 19, \J1917\j\b - Qld Premier T. J. Ryan speaks at an anti-conscription rally; his speech is censored in the press. (He repeats his speech in parliament three days later; censors seize \IHansard\i\b copies next day. He repeats his speech outside parliament following a challenge from Hughes to do so; he and his deputy, E. G. Theodore, are charged with breaches of the War Precautions Act. Charges dropped at trial, 6 Dec.)"
"\BNov 29, \J1917\j\b - Hughes is hit by an egg while addressing a conscription rally at Warwick, Qld. (Angered by the lack of response from the Queensland police, he forms the Commonwealth Police Force on 12 Dec; disbanded in \J1921\j.)"
"\BNov 29, \J1917\j\b - John Bowser replaces Sir Alexander Peacock as Premier of Vic."
"\BNov 11, \J1918\j\b - Armistice concluded between Allies and Germany. (News received in Australia at 6 p.m.)"
"\BNov 21, \J1918\j\b - Preferential voting introduced in elections for House of Representatives. In the Corangamite by-election (14 Dec.) Victorian Farmers' Union candidate W. G. Gibson wins on the distribution of preferences and becomes the first country party member of federal parliament."
"\BNov 12, \J1919\j\b - Ross and Keith Smith, with Sergeants J. M. Bennett and W. H. Shiers, leave England in a Vickers Vimy aircraft to fly to Australia."
"\BNov 16, \J1919\j\b - H. N. Wrigley and A. W. Murphy make the first transcontinental flight from Point Cook, Vic., to Darwin (arrive 12 Dec.)."
"\BNov 26, \J1919\j\b - Victoria's State Electricity Commission decides to establish a powerhouse on the Morwell brown coal field in the Latrobe Valley."
"\BNov 11, \J1920\j\b - Federal Labor MP Hugh Mahon is expelled from Parliament for making seditious and disloyal utterances at a demonstration in Melbourne (on 7th) organised by the Irish Ireland League."
"\BNov 16, \J1920\j\b - Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd (Qantas) formed by Hudson Fysh, P. J. McGinness, and Fergus McMaster."
"\BNov 23, \J1920\j\b - Royal commission chaired by A. B. Piddington recommends a 25% increase in the basic wage; Justice Powers of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court subsequently awards only three shillings, on the ground that industry could not afford to pay more."
"\BNov 11, \J1920\j\b - Florence Young died (50)."
"\BNov 11, \J1921\j\b - Sir Joseph Cook resigns from federal parliament to become High Commissioner in London."
"\BNov 12, \J1921\j\b - Senator G. F. Pearce represents Australia at the Washington conference on disarmament (to 6 Feb. \J1922\j)."
"\BNov 06, \J1921\j\b - Robert Logan Jack died (76)."
"\BNov 01, \J1923\j\b - Vic. police strike over the use of plain-clothes supervisors; rioting and looting occur in Melbourne over the next two days; the government dismisses the strikers and (4th) swears in volunteers as special police until a new regular force is recruited."
"\BNov 18, \J1924\j\b - John Allan becomes Premier of Vic. (the first Country Party Premier in Australia) following the fall of the Prendergast government."
"\BNov 20, \J1924\j\b - Radio station 5CL begins broadcasting in Adelaide."
"\BNov 14, \J1925\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate (the first federal election under compulsory voting). BruceûPage government re-elected with a large majority."
"\BNov 17, \J1925\j\b - Charles Mackerras born"
"\BNov 01, \J1926\j\b - General Motors (A/asia) Pty Ltd begins operations in Australia, with assembly plants in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth; bodies supplied by Holden's in Adelaide."
"\BNov 07, \J1926\j\b - Joan Sutherland born"
"\BNov 02, \J1928\j\b - Union demonstrators are fired on as they attack volunteer labourers on Melbourne wharves; one wharf labourer killed and four wounded."
"\BNov 16, \J1928\j\b - Hubert Wilkins makes the first Antarctic flight, from Deception Island in the South Shetlands."
"\BNov 17, \J1928\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate; Bruce-Page government returned with a reduced majority; new members include John Curtin and J. B. Chifley."
"\BNov 17, \J1928\j\b - Referendum to endorse the Financial Agreement between the Commonwealth and states and to set up a permanent Loan Council carried."
"\BNov 22, \J1928\j\b - Sir William McPherson forms a Nationalist ministry in Vic. following the defeat of the Hogan government over its handling of the waterfront dispute."
"\BNov 01, \J1929\j\b - Compulsory military training replaced by a voluntary system."
"\BNov 24, \J1929\j\b - War Memorial in King's Park, Perth, unveiled."
"\BNov 28, \J1929\j\b - Export of merino rams banned."
"\BNov 29, \J1930\j\b - Scullin, in London for the Imperial Conference, obtains King George V's reluctant agreement to the appointment of Sir Isaac Isaacs as Governor-General."
"\BNov 25, \J1931\j\b - Scullin government defeated on a motion by the Lang Labour group; parliament dissolved (27th)."
"\BNov 23, \J1932\j\b - Dog on the Tuckerbox pioneer memorial unveiled by Prime Minister J. A. Lyons."
"\BNov 11, \J1933\j\b - Lady Millie Peacock becomes the first woman elected to the Vic. parliament on winning her late husband's seat in the Legislative Assembly."
"\BNov 09, \J1934\j\b - J. A. Lyons and Earle Page form a joint UAP-CP federal cabinet."
"\BNov 11, \J1934\j\b - Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance dedicated by the Duke of Gloucester."
"\BNov 12, \J1934\j\b - Czech journalist Egon Kisch jumps off the \IStrathaird\b\i in Melbourne after being refused admission. (Taken back on board with broken leg.)"
"\BNov 16, \J1934\j\b - Kisch is given a dictation test in Gaelic and gaoled as a prohibited immigrant. (Conviction quashed on ground that Gaelic is not a European language; Kisch stays in Australia until Mar. \J1935\j.)"
"\BNov 24, \J1934\j\b - Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney, unveiled by Duke of Gloucester."
"\BNov 02, \J1934\j\b - Ken Rosewall born"
"\BNov 23, \J1934\j\b - Lew Hoad born (-\J1994\j)."
"\BNov 05, \J1935\j\b - Charles Moses becomes general manager of the ABC (to \J1965\j)."
"\BNov 08, \J1935\j\b - Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, on a flight from England to Australia in the \ILady Southern Cross,\b\i disappears in the Bay of Bengal."
"\BNov 15, \J1935\j\b - Australia imposes trade sanctions against Italy in response to Italy's invasion of"
"\BNov 15, \J1935\j\b - Abyssinia (Ethiopia)."
"\BNov 08, \J1935\j\b - Sir Charles Kingsford Smith died (38)."
"\BNov 21, \J1936\j\b - Hume Reservoir on the Murray River officially opened."
"\BNov 23, \J1937\j\b - \ISpirit of Progress\b\i train begins running from Melbourne to Albury."
"\BNov 19, \J1937\j\b - George Rayner Hoff died (42)."
"\BNov 19, \J1939\j\b - \ISunday Telegraph\i\b begins publication in Sydney."
"\BNov 07, \J1940\j\b - British steamer \ICambridge\i\b strikes a mine and sinks off Wilsons Promontory; next day, American steamer \ICity of Rayville\i\b sinks after striking a mine off Cape Otway."
"\BNov 20, \J1940\j\b - Minesweeper HMAS \IGoorangai\i\b sinks after a collision with MV \IDuntroon\i\b in Port Phillip; 24 lives lost."
"\BNov 19, \J1941\j\b - HMAS \ISydney\i\b sinks with the loss of 645 lives after a gunnery duel with the German raider \IKormoran\i\b (which also sinks) off the WA coast."
"\BNov 25, \J1941\j\b - Legislation enacted to establish the NSW Housing Commission."
"\BNov 27, \J1941\j\b - û Import licensing extended to goods from sterling countries."
"\BNov 18, \J1941\j\b - J. C. Watson died (74)."
"\BNov 02, \J1942\j\b - Australian troops recapture Kokoda."
"\BNov 09, \J1942\j\b - US serviceman Edward Leonski executed at Pentridge Gaol, Melbourne, for the brown-out murders of three Melbourne women in May."
"\BNov 26, \J1942\j\b - Battle of Brisbane between Australian and American servicemen; one Australian shot and killed by an American MP and many seriously injured."
"\BNov 25, \J1943\j\b - Australian forces capture Sattelberg."
"\BNov 06, \J1943\j\b - William Lister Lister died (83)."
"\BNov 04, \J1944\j\b - Australian forces land at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain."
"\BNov 23, \J1944\j\b - Australian forces replace Americans at Torokina, Bougainville."
"\BNov 08, \J1945\j\b - Commonwealth Office of Education established."
"\BNov 08, \J1945\j\b - Strikes by steelworkers, coalminers, and printers break out in NSW."
"\BNov 21, \J1945\j\b - John Cain becomes Premier of Vic. following Labor's election win."
"\BNov 21, \J1945\j\b - û Commonwealthû States Housing Agreement signed."
"\BNov 19, \J1946\j\b - Federal government approves a proposal to set up a guided-missile range in Australia as a joint venture with the UK."
"\BNov 01, \J1947\j\b - Nauru becomes a United Nations Trusteeship Territory administered jointly by Australia, the UK, and NZ."
"\BNov 08, \J1947\j\b - Cain government voted out of office in Vic; T. T. Hollway (Lib.) forms a coalition government (20 Nov.)."
"\BNov 18, \J1947\j\b - Australia conforms to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)."
"\BNov 30, \J1947\j\b - Australian Regular Army formed."
"\BNov 25, \J1948\j\b - Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act provides for a five-year stabilisation plan with a guaranteed price to growers."
"\BNov 22, \J1949\j\b - Hamilton, Vic. proclaimed a city."
"\BNov 26, \J1949\j\b - Australia and America sign an agreement in Canberra for educational and cultural exchanges under the Fulbright Scheme."
"\BNov 11, \J1950\j\b - Adult suffrage introduced in elections for the Vic. Legislative Council."
"\BNov 14, \J1950\j\b - High Court hears a challenge to the validity of the Communist Party Dissolution Act made by the party and ten unions (to 20 Dec.); H. V. Evatt, ALP deputy leader, appears for the Waterside Workers' Federation."
"\BNov 08, \J1951\j\b - û Aborigines holding certificates of citizenship are given the vote in WA."
"\BNov 18, \J1952\j\b - Two-airlines policy legislation enacted to maintain competition between ANA and TAA while ensuring the existence of ANA."
"\BNov 29, \J1952\j\b - Gough Whitlam enters parliament, winning a by-election for the seat of Werriwa, NSW."
"\BNov 29, \J1952\j\b - û Australian Army Observer Unit sent to Malaya during emergency."
"\BNov 30, \J1952\j\b - Elizabeth Kenny died (72)."
"\BNov 15, \J1953\j\b - û West Australian Petroleum Ltd (WAPET) strikes oil at Rough Range, near North-West Cape, WA. (Announcement made on 4 Dec.)"
"\BNov 11, \J1954\j\b - Legislation introduced in WA to legalise off-course betting."
"\BNov 13, \J1954\j\b - Australia's first automatic telephone time service begins operating in Sydney."
"\BNov 13, \J1954\j\b - Referendum in NSW on hotel closing hours; majority in favour of 10 p.m."
"\BNov 14, \J1954\j\b - Inigo Jones died (81)."
"\BNov 22, \J1954\j\b - Roy Rene ("Mo") died (63)."
"\BNov 16, \J1955\j\b - New satellite town of Elizabeth, SA, named."
"\BNov 23, \J1955\j\b - Cocos (Keeling) Islands become Australian territory."
"\BNov 01, \J1956\j\b - Menzies announces his government's support of Anglo-French military action against Egypt in the Suez crisis."
"\BNov 08, \J1956\j\b - Diplomatic relations between Egypt and Australia broken off."
"\BNov 10, \J1956\j\b - Prince Philip arrives at Port Moresby on his way to open the Olympic Games in Melbourne (on 22nd)."
"\BNov 06, \J1957\j\b - Special Christmas postage stamps issued for the first time."
"\BNov 06, \J1957\j\b - û Wyndham committee reports on secondary education in NSW. (Wyndham Scheme not introduced until \J1962\j.)"
"\BNov 20, \J1958\j\b - Australia linked with Britain, Canada, the USA, and Japan by telex."
"\BNov 20, \J1958\j\b - Australian Association of Airline Pilots strike over wages (to 27th)."
"\BNov 22, \J1958\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate; Menzies government returned with a substantial majority helped by DLP preferences."
"\BNov 22, \J1958\j\b - Trams cease running in Adelaide (except on the line from city to Glenelg)."
"\BNov 30, \J1958\j\b - Sir Hubert Wilkins died (70)."
"\BNov 26, \J1959\j\b - National Service training scheme suspended."
"\BNov 27, \J1959\j\b - Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission increases margins for skill in the metal trades by 28%."
"\BNov 11, \J1959\j\b - Charles Chauvel died (62)."
"\BNov 24, \J1959\j\b - Dally Messenger died (76)."
"\BNov 15, \J1960\j\b - Treasurer Harold Holt introduces a credit squeeze, raising interest rates and heavily increasing sales tax on motor vehicles."
"\BNov 06, \J1961\j\b - Artist Leonard Lawson, released in May after serving seven years of a 14-year sentence for the rape of two models at Terrey Hills (Syd.), rapes and kills a 16-year-old girl at Collaroy and then attempts to take several students hostage at Moss Vale where one girl is shot dead."
"\BNov 12, \J1961\j\b - Discovery of vast iron-ore deposits in the Pilbara, WA, announced."
"\BNov 30, \J1961\j\b - Viscount aircraft crashes into Botany Bay soon after take-off from Sydney Airport; all 15 on board killed."
"\BNov 04, \J1962\j\b - Qld Labor Party agrees to become the state branch of the DLP. (Retains QLP title for state elections.)"
"\BNov 05, \J1962\j\b - Death sentence on Robert Peter Tait, murderer of Ada Hall at Hawthorn vicarage on 8 Aug \J1961\j, commuted to life imprisonment."
"\BNov 20, \J1962\j\b - Prince Philip arrives in Australia to open the Commonwealth Games in Perth (on 22nd)."
"\BNov 04, \J1963\j\b - Port Augusta, SA, proclaimed a city."
"\BNov 15, \J1963\j\b - Police evict Aborigines of the Mapoon community on Cape York Peninsula and raze community buildings to allow for the mining of bauxite."
"\BNov 30, \J1963\j\b - Election for House of Representatives; Menzies government returned with an additional 10 seats; new members include Ian Sinclair."
"\BNov 10, \J1964\j\b - Prime Minister Menzies announces the re-introduction of National Service from July \J1965\j; 20-year-olds to be selected on a birthday lottery for two years' full-time service; conscripts liable for service anywhere."
"\BNov 14, \J1964\j\b - Mount Isa Mines shuts down its copper smelter because of dispute."
"\BNov 07, \J1965\j\b - Underground fire at the Bulli colliery, NSW; four miners killed."
"\BNov 16, \J1965\j\b - Economic sanctions imposed on Rhodesia following that country's unilateral declaration of independence."
"\BNov 16, \J1965\j\b - û Churchill Fellowships awarded for the first time."
"\BNov 02, \J1965\j\b - H. V. Evatt died (71)."
"\BNov 03, \J1966\j\b - Liberal Reform Group (later Australian Reform Movement) established as a result of businessman Gordon Barton's publicised opposition to the Vietnam War."
"\BNov 24, \J1966\j\b - Qantas pilots begin a worldwide strike (to 22 Dec.)."
"\BNov 26, \J1966\j\b - Election for the House of Representatives; Holt government returned with an increased majority; new members include Phillip Lynch."
"\BNov 20, \J1967\j\b - Fixed rate of exchange between the Australian dollar and the pound sterling ends when Australia decides not to devalue in line with sterling."
"\BNov 25, \J1967\j\b - Election for half Senate; DLP wins two more seats, giving it the balance of power in the Senate (27 ALP, 28 LûCP, 4 DLP, 1 ind.)."
"\BNov 07, \J1969\j\b - Gorton re-elected Liberal Party leader after challenges from McMahon and Fairbairn."
"\BNov 29, \J1969\j\b - Standard-gauge railway line between Sydney and Perth completed. (Inaugural freight train leaves Sydney on 12 Jan. \J1970\j.)"
"\BNov 29, \J1969\j\b - û Sydney publisher Francis James detained by the authorities in China on a charge of espionage."
"\BNov 21, \J1969\j\b - Norman Lindsay died (90)."
"\BNov 27, \J1969\j\b - May Gibbs died (93)."
"\BNov 02, \J1970\j\b - Legislation passed establishing the Australian Wool Commission, to operate a flexible reserve price scheme."
"\BNov 05, \J1970\j\b - \ILa Balsa\i\b raft, with a crew of four men, reaches Mooloolaba, Qld, from Ecuador."
"\BNov 12, \J1970\j\b - Australia's withdrawal of troops from Vietnam begins with the return of the 8th Battalion, which is not replaced."
"\BNov 21, \J1970\j\b - Election for half Senate (resulting party affiliation: 26 ALP, 26 Lib.-CP, 5 DLP, 3 other)."
"\BNov 30, \J1970\j\b - Pope Paul VI, the first Pope to visit Australia, arrives in Sydney."
"\BNov 25, \J1971\j\b - Late-night shopping introduced in Vic. (and in NSW on 14 Dec.)."
"\BNov 25, \J1971\j\b - û Operational role of the Australian task force in Vietnam ends."
"\BNov 15, \J1972\j\b - Hijacker of a Fokker Friendship aircraft at Alice Springs is fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire."
"\BNov 15, \J1972\j\b - û Monthly magazine \ICleo\i\b begins publication."
"\BNov 17, \J1973\j\b - Askin government re-elected in NSW with an increased majority."
"\BNov 24, \J1973\j\b - Aborigines throughout Australia vote to elect a National Aboriginal Consultative Committee of 41 members to advise the government on Aboriginal needs."
"\BNov 11, \J1975\j\b - Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the Whitlam government and asks Fraser to form a caretaker government; double dissolution of parliament proclaimed."
"\BNov 19, \J1975\j\b - Letter-bomb addressed to the Qld Premier injures two staff members."
"\BNov 28, \J1976\j\b - Report of the Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry (Fox Commission) gives qualified approval to development of Australia's uranium reserves."
"\BNov 29, \J1976\j\b - Australian dollar devalued by 17.5%."
"\BNov 01, \J1977\j\b - Prince Charles visits all states (to 11th)."
"\BNov 12, \J1977\j\b - Bjelke-Petersen government re-elected in Qld."
"\BNov 12, \J1977\j\b - National Aboriginal Conference of 36 members elected, replacing the NACC."
"\BNov 17, \J1977\j\b - Wreck of the \IPandora\i\b, lost near Torres Strait in \J1791\j, located."
"\BNov 01, \J1978\j\b - Medibank health scheme undergoes further modifications."
"\BNov 15, \J1978\j\b - West Gate Bridge opened in Melbourne."
"\BNov 21, \J1979\j\b - ABC reporter Tony Joyce shot while on assignment in Zambia. (Dies in Feb. \J1980\j.)"
"\BNov 03, \J1980\j\b - Five volunteer firemen die fighting a bushfire at Waterfall, NSW."
"\BNov 29, \J1980\j\b - Bjelke-Petersen government re-elected in Qld."
"\BNov 20, \J1980\j\b - Sir John McEwen died (80)."
"\BNov 02, \J1981\j\b - Bank of New South Wales and the Commercial Bank of Australasia merge. (Begin trading under the name Westpac on 1 Oct. \J1982\j.)"
"\BNov 02, \J1981\j\b - Rural Bank of New South Wales becomes the State Bank."
"\BNov 04, \J1981\j\b - Pitjantjatjara people in SA granted land rights."
"\BNov 11, \J1981\j\b - Tas. Premier Doug Lowe resigns and leaves the ALP following a caucus vote of no confidence in him; Harry Holgate replaces him as Premier."
"\BNov 20, \J1981\j\b - Justice Toohey of the NT Supreme Court quashes coroner Barritt's findings in the Azaria Chamberlain inquest. (Second inquest opens on 30th.)"
"\BNov 06, \J1982\j\b - Labor wins office in SA election; John Bannon becomes Premier."
"\BNov 15, \J1982\j\b - Instant lotteries introduced in NSW."
"\BNov 30, \J1983\j\b - Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) agents raid the Sheraton Hotel in Melbourne in a training exercise."
"\BNov 01, \J1984\j\b - Costigan Report, tabled in Vic. parliament, links media magnate Kerry Packer with crime and urges prosecution. (Packer exonerated of all allegations in Mar. \J1987\j.)"
"\BNov 18, \J1984\j\b - Federal task force set up to co-ordinate the campaign against AIDS."
"\BNov 26, \J1984\j\b - Former NSW Minister for Corrective Services Rex Jackson appears in court to face conspiracy charges over the early release of prisoners."
"\BNov 10, \J1984\j\b - Xavier Herbert died (83)"
"\BNov 01, \J1986\j\b - Bjelke-Petersen government re-elected in Qld, the National Party winning an outright majority of seats."
"\BNov 11, \J1986\j\b - David and Catherine Birnie charged with the murder of four women found in shallow graves near Perth, WA."
"\BNov 23, \J1986\j\b - Bomb destroys the Turkish consulate in South Yarra, Melbourne; bomber killed in explosion."
"\BNov 24, \J1986\j\b - Pope John Paul II arrives in Canberra to begin a 6╜-day tour of Australia, visiting each capital city and Alice Springs."
"\BNov 01, \J1987\j\b - First transcontinental race by solar-powered cars begins from Darwin. (Winner, General Motors' \ISunraycer\i\b, arrives in Adelaide on 6 Nov.)"
"\BNov 06, \J1987\j\b - Oldest person in Australia, Miss Carol Mockridge, 112, dies in Geelong."
"\BNov 03, \J1988\j\b - WA merchant bank Rothwells Ltd goes into provisional liquidation."
"\BNov 29, \J1988\j\b - ACT granted self-government (to take effect on 4 March \J1989\j)."
"\BNov 07, \J1989\j\b - AsiaûPacific Economic Co-operation forum holds its first meeting, in Canberra."
"\BNov 10, \J1989\j\b - Gaby Kennard, the first Australian woman to fly single-handed round the world, arrives back at Bankstown airport."
"\BNov 25, \J1989\j\b - Election in SA. Bannon Labor government retains office with the support of two"
"\BNov 25, \J1989\j\b - independents."
"\BNov 19, \J1990\j\b - WA Premier Carmen Lawrence announces a royal commission into the state government's commercial activities (WA Inc.)"
"\BNov 29, \J1990\j\b - Treasurer Paul Keating announces that Australia is experiencing an economic recession."
"\BNov 17, \J1991\j\b - WA introduces daylight saving on a trial basis. (Abandons it after a referendum on 4 Mar. \J1992\j.)"
"\BNov 19, \J1992\j\b - Westpac Banking Corporation reveals a \J1991\j-92 loss of $1.56 billion."
"\BNov 29, \J1992\j\b - Sir Sidney Nolan died (75)."
"\BNov 01, \J1993\j\b - Plastic ten-dollar note (featuring Banjo Paterson and Mary Gilmore) goes into circulation."
"\BNov 01, \J1993\j\b - Federal government announces that 29,000 Chinese nationals, mostly students who were given temporary sanctuary in June 1989 following the violent suppression of pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing, will be given permanent residency, with spouses and children."
"\BNov 01, \J1993\j\b - Former WA Premier Ray O'Connor is charged with stealing a $25,000 political donation to the Liberal Party. (Found guilty on 17 Feb. 1995 and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment.)"
"\BNov 02, \J1993\j\b - Tour coach carrying 44 passengers collides with a truck on the Hume Highway north of Wangaratta, Vic; 9 killed and 36 injured."
"\BNov 11, \J1993\j\b - Remains of Australia's unknown soldier of World War I, retrieved from a grave site near Villers-Bretonneux, is entombed in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra."
"\BNov 04, \J1994\j\b - Sydney Airport's third runway opens, prompting sustained protest about increased aircraft noise."
"\BNov 15, \J1994\j\b - Australia and other APEC members sign a free-trade agreement pledging to remove regional trade barriers by the year 2020."
