"\BOct 02, \J1788\j\b - Hunter sails for Cape Town in the \ISirius\b\i to obtain provisions."
"\BOct 02, \J1788\j\b - More convicts and marines sent to Norfolk Is. in the \IGolden Grove."
"\BOct 25, \J1788\j\b - HMS \IBounty\b\i (Capt. William Bligh) arrives at Tahiti to procure breadfruit plants for the West Indies."
"\BOct 05, \J1789\j\b - \IRose Hill Packet,\b\i the first vessel built in the colony, launched for the Parramatta River trade."
"\BOct 0-, \J1790\j\b - William Charles Wentworth born (-\J1872\j)."
"\BOct 05, \J1791\j\b - Capt. Edwards of the \IPandora\b\i arrests Bryant's party and sails next day with them and fellow survivors and prisoners to Batavia (where William Bryant and one child die)."
"\BOct 13, \J1791\j\b - \IAlbermarle\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 256 convicts."
"\BOct 14, \J1791\j\b - \IBritannia\b\i (Thomas Melville) arrives at Port Jackson with 129 convicts; Thomas Reibey one of the officers."
"\BOct 16, \J1791\j\b - \IAdmiral Barrington,\b\i last of the Third Fleet transports, arrives at Port Jackson with 264 convicts, including James Underwood and Isaac Nichols; on board is Capt. William Paterson of the NSW Corps."
"\BOct 21, \J1791\j\b - Vancouver leaves the WA coast at Termination Is. to continue his voyage into the Pacific."
"\BOct 24, \J1791\j\b - \IBritannia\b\i and \IWilliam and Ann\b\i leave to make the first whaling expedition. (Return 10 Nov.)"
"\BOct 26, \J1791\j\b - King leaves for Norfolk Is. in \IAtlantic.\b\i (Replaces Ross as commandant, 4 Nov.)"
"\BOct 20, \J1792\j\b - John Pascoe Fawkner born (-\J1869\j)."
"\BOct 25, \J1793\j\b - Hayes annexes part of New Guinea at Dore Bay, which he names New Albion, and forms a settlement."
"\BOct 25, \J1794\j\b - Four of the five 'Scottish Martyrs'ùThomas Muir, Thomas Fyshe Palmer, William Skirving, and Maurice Margarotùsentenced to 14 years' transportation for sedition, arrive in Sydney on the \ISurprize."
"\BOct 29, \J1794\j\b - Marsden receives a grant of 100 acres at Hunters Hill."
"\BOct 26, \J1795\j\b - Bass and Flinders in the \ITom Thumb\b\i explore Botany Bay and Georges River (to 4 Nov.)."
"\BOct 22, \J1796\j\b - P. G. King sails from Norfolk Is. for England in \IBritannia;\b\i Capt. John Townson of the NSW Corps replaces him as commandant."
"\BOct 02, \J1797\j\b - Fourteen convicts seize a boat and escape from Port Jackson. (Later abandon seven of their number on Glennie Is., off Wilsons Promontory.)"
"\BOct 01, \J1798\j\b - Sydney's first church destroyed by fire, apparently deliberately."
"\BOct 07, \J1798\j\b - Bass and Flinders leave Port Jackson in the \INorfolk\b\i on an exploratory trip to Van Diemen's Land, accompanied by the brig \INautilus\b\i (Charles Bishop) on a sealing expedition to Cape Barren Is."
"\BOct 18, \J1799\j\b - Five settlers on the Hawkesbury found guilty of murdering two Aborigines. (Subsequently pardoned.)"
"\BOct 02, \J1799\j\b - William Lonsdale born (-\J1864\j)."
"\BOct 15, \J1799\j\b - Archibald Mosman born (-\J1863\j)."
"\BOct 01, \J1800\j\b - King issues a general order aimed at ending monopolies in trade and forbids traffic in spirits without permission."
"\BOct 10, \J1800\j\b - Import duties imposed on liquor; ships required to pay entry and victualling charges."
"\BOct 17, \J1800\j\b - Balmain appointed Naval Officer (i.e., harbourmaster)."
"\BOct 17, \J1800\j\b - Paterson arrests George Johnston on charges of paying spirits to a sergeant as part of his pay."
"\BOct 21, \J1800\j\b - \IBuffalo\b\i leaves for England carrying Hunter, Rev. Richard Johnson, George Johnston (under arrest), and eight sample merino fleeces from John Macarthur's farm."
"\BOct 04, \J1801\j\b - Consignment of coal exported to Bengal in the \IEarl Cornwallis.\b\i"
"\BOct 16, \J1802\j\b - Maj. George Johnston returns to Sydney in HMS \IBuffalo,\b\i his trial in England having been quashed; also aboard are John Oxley, G. W. Evans, and Garnham Blaxcell."
"\BOct 18, \J1802\j\b - Flinders, at Cumberland Is., orders \ILady Nelson\b\i back to Sydney."
"\BOct 30, \J1802\j\b - \IAtlas\b\i (2) arrives at Port Jackson with 188 Irish rebel prisoners."
"\BOct 02, \J1803\j\b - William Lonsdale born (-\J1864\j)."
"\BOct 15, \J1803\j\b - Archibald Mosman born (-\J1863\j)."
"\BOct 15, \J1804\j\b - Col. William Paterson in HMS \IBuffalo\b\i leaves Port Jackson to establish a settlement at Port Dalrymple; Johnston takes over as commander of the NSW Corps."
"\BOct 13, \J1805\j\b - Macarthur is given conditional occupancy of land in the Cowpastures area subject to Colonial Office confirmation. (Receives grant on 15 Jan. \J1806\j.)"
"\BOct 24, \J1805\j\b - John Fairfax born (-\J1877\j)."
"\BOct 04, \J1806\j\b - Bligh issues new and stricter port regulations."
"\BOct 21, \J1806\j\b - Food shortage at Hobart relieved by the arrival of the \IRoyal George\b\i with provisions."
"\BOct 22, \J1807\j\b - Bligh orders the confiscation of the boilers imported on the \IDart."
"\BOct 24, \J1807\j\b - Macarthur institutes proceedings for unlawful seizure of the boilers."
"\BOct 18, \J1808\j\b - Bligh refuses to leave Government House to make way for Paterson."
"\BOct 29, \J1809\j\b - G. W. Evans appointed assistant surveyor at Port Dalrymple."
"\BOct 13, \J1809\j\b - Robert Sidaway died (\Ic.\b\i 52)."
"\BOct 06, \J1810\j\b - Macquarie divides Sydney into five police districts, seven constables being allotted to each, and names four major streets as well as Hyde Park, Macquarie Place, etc."
"\BOct 08, \J1811\j\b - Brig \IGovernor Macquarie\b\i launched in Sydney."
"\BOct 10, \J1811\j\b - \IFriends\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 100 female convicts; Edward Smith Hall also on board as passenger."
"\BOct 26, \J1811\j\b - Macquarie appoints W. C. Wentworth acting Provost-Marshal (the first native-born Australian to hold an important official position)."
"\BOct 19, \J1812\j\b - \IIndefatigable,\b\i the first convict transport to sail direct to Van Diemen's Land, arrives at the Derwent with 199 convicts, including Michael Howe."
"\BOct 25, \J1812\j\b - \IMinstrel\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 125 female convicts; passengers include Thomas Davey and John Oxley."
"\BOct 09, \J1813\j\b - \IEarl Spencer\i\b arrives at Port Jackson with 196 convicts and some free settlers, including William Hovell."
"\BOct 23, \J1813\j\b - Ludwig Leichhardt born (û \J1848\j)."
"\BOct 01, \J1814\j\b - Common stage cart service begins between Sydney and ParramattaûRichmondûWindsor."
"\BOct 27, \J1815\j\b - Dr William Bland receives a pardon and establishes a private medical practice in Sydney."
"\BOct 05, \J1816\j\b - John Wylde arrives in Sydney as a passenger in the transport \IElizabeth\b\i to succeed Ellis Bent as Judge-Advocate; ship also brings dispatches recalling Jeffery Bent. (Macquarie stops Bent's salary as Supreme Court justice.)"
"\BOct 07, \J1816\j\b - Edward Hammond Hargraves born (-\J1891\j)."
"\BOct 15, \J1816\j\b - John Robertson born (-\J1891\j)."
"\BOct 07, \J1817\j\b - First Methodist church in Australia, at Castlereagh, NSW, opened by Rev. Samuel Leigh."
"\BOct 10, \J1817\j\b - Bushranger Michael Howe captured but escapes after stabbing and shooting his two captors."
"\BOct 21, \J1817\j\b - Marsden brings a libel action in the Criminal Court against Campbell for his 'Philo Free' letter in \ISydney Gazette.\b\i (Action fails.)"
"\BOct 21, \J1818\j\b - Bushranger Michael Howe killed by Private William Pugh and convict Thomas Worrall on the banks of the Shannon River."
"\BOct 24, \J1819\j\b - John Howe finds an overland route to the Hunter River (arr. 5 Nov.)."
"\BOct 25, \J1819\j\b - Bowman succeeds D'Arcy Wentworth as Principal Surgeon. (Redfern resigns from the medical service as a result of being overlooked.)"
"\BOct 25, \J1821\j\b - William Redfern and Edward Eagar sail for England to present the emancipists' petition to the king."
"\BOct 29, \J1821\j\b - Macquarie lays the foundation stone of St Mary's Chapel (Cathedral) in Sydney, the first Catholic church built in Australia."
"\BOct 13, \J1823\j\b - Supreme Court of NSW constituted under the Third Charter of Justice."
"\BOct 23, \J1823\j\b - John Oxley leaves Port Jackson in the cutter \IMermaid\b\i to examine Port Bowen, Port Curtis, and Moreton Bay."
"\BOct 31, \J1823\j\b - Oxley discovers and names the Tweed River."
"\BOct 02, \J1824\j\b - NSW raised to the status of archdeaconry within Anglican diocese of Calcutta; T. H. Scott appointed Archdeacon."
"\BOct 02, \J1824\j\b - Hamilton Hume and William Hovell leave Appin, NSW, to find an overland route to Port Phillip."
"\BOct 14, \J1824\j\b - Wentworth and Wardell begin publication of the \IAustralian,\b\i the first independent newspaper in Australia."
"\BOct 15, \J1824\j\b - Freedom of press recognised; censorship of \ISydney Gazette\b\i ends."
"\BOct 21, \J1825\j\b - At a public meeting in Sydney to frame a farewell address to Gov. Brisbane, W. C. Wentworth makes his first important move in a campaign for representative government."
"\BOct 31, \J1825\j\b - Catherine Helen Spence born (-\J1910\j)."
"\BOct 07, \J1826\j\b - French navigator J. S. C. Dumont d'Urville in \IL'Astrolabe\b\i at King George Sound (to 25th)."
"\BOct 13, \J1826\j\b - W. H. Moore replaces Saxe Bannister as NSW Attorney-General."
"\BOct 21, \J1826\j\b - Bannister fights a duel with Robert Wardell at Pyrmont."
"\BOct 27, \J1826\j\b - Van Diemen's Land Co. lands settlers and livestock at Circular Head."
"\BOct 02, \J1827\j\b - David Syme born (-\J1908\j)."
"\BOct 09, \J1829\j\b - Emancipists become eligible for jury service, such juries to consist of 12 men."
"\BOct 14, \J1829\j\b - Gov. Darling proclaims the Nineteen Counties of NSW, redefining the 'Limits of Location', beyond which settlement is prohibited."
"\BOct 13, \J1831\j\b - \IStirling Castle\i\b arrives at Port Jackson with a large number of skilled Presbyterian workmen, two ministers, and three schoolmasters to build and staff Rev. J. D. Lang's Australian College."
"\BOct 22, \J1831\j\b - Darling sails for England in the \IHoogly\i\b (Col. Patrick Lindesay replacing him as administrator); W. C. Wentworth holds a huge celebration at Vaucluse."
"\BOct 22, \J1831\j\b - û Australian Agricultural Co. takes over completely the mining of coal in the Newcastle area."
"\BOct 11, \J1832\j\b - Sydney receives news of the passing of the Reform Bill in UK."
"\BOct 19, \J1833\j\b - Adam Lindsay Gordon born (-\J1870\j)."
"\BOct 28, \J1834\j\b - 'Battle of Pinjarra', WAùan armed party of police, soldiers, and civilians led by Gov. Stirling clash with a band of Aborigines; at least 14 Aborigines killed; police superintendent dies from spear wounds."
"\BOct 12, \J1834\j\b - George Dibbs born (-\J1904\j)."
"\BOct 05, \J1835\j\b - Tooth's Kent Brewery established in Sydney by John Tooth and Charles Newnham."
"\BOct 16, \J1835\j\b - Fawkner and family, with cattle, arrive at the Yarra camp in the \IEnterprise.\b\i (Fawkner subsequently opens a store and a hotel.)"
"\BOct 28, \J1835\j\b - Regulations issued for the 'bounty system' of emigrationùsettlers introducing labourers to be paid a per capita bounty equal to the cost of the passage."
"\BOct 01, \J1836\j\b - Gov. Bourke grants squatters grazing rights beyond the 'Limits of Location' subject to payment of a ú10 licence fee (to operate from 1 Jan. \J1837\j)."
"\BOct 05, \J1836\j\b - Mitchell discovers and names the Campaspe River, reaches the Goulburn River (8th) and Ovens River (15th). (Returns to Sydney 3 Nov.)"
"\BOct 02, \J1837\j\b - WA Governor Sir James Stirling submits his resignation."
"\BOct 08, \J1837\j\b - News reaches Sydney of the death of King William IV and the accession to the throne of Queen Victoria."
"\BOct 27, \J1837\j\b - Police station and gaol erected in Bourke Street West, Melbourne."
"\BOct 02, \J1837\j\b - Barnett Levey died (39)."
"\BOct 10, \J1838\j\b - Site of Gundagai gazetted. (First land sales, 2 Dec. \J1842\j.)"
"\BOct 12, \J1838\j\b - Lt-Col. George Gawler arrives in Adelaide and (17th) is sworn in as Governor of SA, also replacing Fisher as Resident Commissioner."
"\BOct 19, \J1838\j\b - Public market opened in Sydney."
"\BOct 26, \J1838\j\b - Capt. Sir J. Gordon Bremer in HMS \IAlligator,\b\i together with Lt Owen Stanley in the \IBritomart,\b\i arrives at Port Essington to establish a new settlement there (named Victoria)."
"\BOct 05, \J1840\j\b - NSW's two Presbyterian synods unite to form the Synod of Australia."
"\BOct 14, \J1840\j\b - Road from Adelaide to Port Adelaide completed."
"\BOct 15, \J1840\j\b - First sale of land at Portland."
"\BOct 31, \J1840\j\b - Adelaide municipal election held (Australia's first political election); J. H. Fisher elected mayor."
"\BOct 06, \J1841\j\b - Five Tasmanian Aborigines (Truganini among them), absconders from G. A. Robinson's Port Phillip establishment, kill two whalers near Westernport. (Arrested 20 Oct.)"
"\BOct 18, \J1841\j\b - Hunter River SN Co.'s \IShamrock\b\i begins service between Sydney, Melbourne, and Launceston."
"\BOct 18, \J1841\j\b - Sheriff of NSW Supreme Court suicides over money difficulties."
"\BOct 10, \J1843\j\b - SA Legislative Council (of seven nominees) meets for the first time."
"\BOct 11, \J1843\j\b - First Ipswich (Qld) land sales."
"\BOct 01, \J1844\j\b - Leichhardt's party leave Jimbour station, on the Darling Downs, at the start of their expedition to Port Essington."
"\BOct 10, \J1844\j\b - Sturt's party reach the site of Menindee on the Darling River."
"\BOct 09, \J1845\j\b - Sturt moves north again from Fort Grey."
"\BOct 19, \J1845\j\b - Leichhardt names the Roper River (sighted by Roper on 17 Oct.)."
"\BOct 21, \J1845\j\b - Sturt again forced to turn back from the Stony Desert."
"\BOct 25, \J1845\j\b - Maj. F. H. Robe replaces George Grey as Governor of SA. (Grey leaves for NZ to become Lt-Governor.)"
"\BOct 31, \J1845\j\b - 'The patriotic six' unofficial members of Tasmania's Legislative Council walk out in protest over taxes to pay for police and judicial establishments."
"\BOct 01, \J1846\j\b - Christ's College, near Longford, Tas., opens."
"\BOct 10, \J1846\j\b - Breakaway group of 'Free Presbyterians' forms the Synod of Eastern Australia in Sydney."
"\BOct 22, \J1846\j\b - First of several public meetings held in Sydney to protest against the proposed resumption of transportation to NSW."
"\BOct 18, \J1847\j\b - Aboriginal station at Flinders Is. (Wybalenna) closes down, and the 47 survivors are taken to Oyster Cove, south of Hobart."
"\BOct 08, \J1847\j\b - Rose Scott born (-\J1925\j)."
"\BOct 27, \J1848\j\b - Convict ship \IGovernor Phillip\b\i wrecked off Cape Barren Is; 16 die from drowning or starvation before rescue arrives."
"\BOct 15, \J1848\j\b - John Langdon Bonython born (-\J1939\j)."
"\BOct 28, \J1848\j\b - Jessie Couvreur ('Tasma') born (-\J1897\j)."
"\BOct 10, \J1849\j\b - Sydney Railway and Tramway Co. incorporated by act of parliament."
"\BOct 12, \J1849\j\b - Town of Geelong (Vic.) incorporated."
"\BOct 16, \J1849\j\b - Castaway Barbara Thompson, after living with Aborigines for five years, is rescued by HMS \IRattlesnake\i\b at Evans Bay, Cape York Peninsula."
"\BOct 01, \J1850\j\b - Act to incorporate and endow the University of Sydney receives royal assent."
"\BOct 01, \J1850\j\b - NSW Legislative Council resolves that no more transported convicts will be received under any conditions."
"\BOct 29, \J1850\j\b - Anglican bishops of Australia and NZ, meeting in Sydney, establish the Australian Board of Missions."
"\BOct 06, \J1851\j\b - Melbourne Academy (later Scotch College) opens in Spring Street."
"\BOct 07, \J1851\j\b - Tenterfield, NSW, gazetted as a town. (First land sale 9 Mar. \J1854\j.)"
"\BOct 15, \J1851\j\b - Ben Boyd disappears, presumed killed by natives, after going ashore at Guadalcanal Is. from his yacht \IWanderer.\i\b "
"\BOct 24, \J1851\j\b - Election held for Tasmania's Legislative Council."
"\BOct 30, \J1851\j\b - First official Mormon missionaries to Australia arrive in Sydney."
"\BOct 15, \J1851\j\b - Benjamin Boyd died (\Ic\i\born 48)."
"\BOct 08, \J1852\j\b - Amalgamated Society of Engineers formed by a shipboard group en route to Sydney."
"\BOct 11, \J1852\j\b - Australia's first university, the University of Sydney, inaugurated."
"\BOct 16, \J1852\j\b - Crew of the migrant ship \IGeorgiana\i\b, anchored in Port Phillip, mutiny, kill one of the ship's officers, and make off for the goldfields."
"\BOct 16, \J1852\j\b - George W. Evans died (72)."
"\BOct 01, \J1853\j\b - Gold licence fee in NSW reduced to 10 shillings per month."
"\BOct 08, \J1853\j\b - \IIllustrated Sydney News\i\b first published. (Ceases publication \J1894\j.)"
"\BOct 17, \J1854\j\b - Melbourne \IAge\i\b first published."
"\BOct 17, \J1854\j\b - û Francis Cadell in the \ILady Augusta\i\b reaches Howlong on the Murray."
"\BOct 22, \J1854\j\b - Walter Withers born (û \J1914\j)."
"\BOct 01, \J1855\j\b - Diocesan schoolùthe origins of Geelong Church of England Grammar Schoolùopens in a private house in Newtown, Vic. (School building officially opened in Geelong on 24 June \J1858\j; moves to Corio in \J1914\j.)"
"\BOct 02, \J1855\j\b - G. B. Johnston takes Cadell's river steamer \IAlbury\i\b up the Murray as far as Albury."
"\BOct 08, \J1855\j\b - \IIllawarra Mercury\i\b founded in Wollongong. (Becomes a daily in \J1950\j.)"
"\BOct 03, \J1859\j\b - Hay, NSW, proclaimed a town. (First land sale 11 Oct.)."
"\BOct 27, \J1859\j\b - William Forster replaces Charles Cowper as Premier of NSW."
"\BOct 27, \J1859\j\b - William Nicholson replaces John O'Shanassy as Premier of Vic."
"\BOct 03, \J1860\j\b - Prince of Wales Theatre, Sydney, destroyed by fire; three killed."
"\BOct 09, \J1860\j\b - Qld's first Agent-General, Henry Jordan, assumes duty in London."
"\BOct 09, \J1860\j\b - û First sale of town land at Bairnsdale, Vic."
"\BOct 08, \J1861\j\b - G. M. Waterhouse becomes Premier of SA."
"\BOct 17, \J1861\j\b - Aborigines massacre 19 whites at Cullin-la-ringo station, near Springsure, Qld."
"\BOct 18, \J1861\j\b - Legislation passed in NSWùRobertson Land Actsùproviding for free selection before survey. (Comes into force 1 Jan. \J1862\j.)"
"\BOct 26, \J1861\j\b - Stuart's third transcontinental expedition sets out from Adelaide. (Stuart, ill, does not leave Adelaide to join until 5 Dec.)"
"\BOct 20, \J1862\j\b - Railway line from Melbourne reaches Sandhurst (Bendigo)."
"\BOct 20, \J1862\j\b - û Township of Mackay, Qld, founded."
"\BOct 12, \J1863\j\b - Bushrangers John Gilbert, John O'Meally, Ben Hall, Michael Burke, and John Vane occupy Canowindra, NSW (to 14th)."
"\BOct 16, \J1863\j\b - James Martin forms a ministry in NSW following the fall of the CowperûRobertson government."
"\BOct 16, \J1863\j\b - Daisy May O'Dwyer (Daisy Bates) born (û \J1951\j)."
"\BOct 01, \J1864\j\b - Melbourne \IArgus\i\b launches the weekly \IAustralasian\i\b (later the \IAustralasian Post\i\b)."
"\BOct 11, \J1864\j\b - Frank and Alexander Jardine set out from Carpentaria Downs station, near Rockhampton, to overland 250 head of cattle and 42 horses to Somerset."
"\BOct 16, \J1864\j\b - Stock Exchange of Melbourne formed."
"\BOct 10, \J1865\j\b - Townsville, Qld, gazetted as a port of entry and named."
"\BOct 23, \J1865\j\b - John Hart replaces Ayers as Premier of SA."
"\BOct 24, \J1866\j\b - Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia opens in Melbourne (to 23 Feb. \J1867\j)."
"\BOct 24, \J1866\j\b - John Martin and Otto Peters open a store in Adelaide (later John Martin's Ltd)."
"\BOct 27, \J1868\j\b - John Robertson forms a minstry in NSW with William Forster's support."
"\BOct 24, \J1868\j\b - Charles Conder born (-\J1909\j)."
"\BOct 28, \J1868\j\b - Anthony Fenn Kemp died (95?)."
"\BOct 18, \J1869\j\b - Railway line over the Blue Mountains reaches Bowenfels; includes the Lithgow Zigzag (abandoned in \J1910\j when deviation with tunnels opened)."
"\BOct 14, \J1870\j\b - Henry Parkes resigns from NSW parliament because of insolvency."
"\BOct 26, \J1870\j\b - Ballarat School of Mines officially opened."
"\BOct 02, \J1870\j\b - Florence Young born (-\J1920\j)."
"\BOct 15, \J1871\j\b - Germans in SA hold a peace festival at Tanunda to celebrate the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War."
"\BOct 12, \J1871\j\b - Louis Stone born (-\J1935\j)."
"\BOct 01, \J1872\j\b - Brisbane \ITelegraph\b\i first published."
"\BOct 03, \J1872\j\b - General Synod of the Church of England in Australia initiated."
"\BOct 19, \J1872\j\b - Holtermann Nugget, the largest mass of gold ever found, discovered at Hill End, NSW."
"\BOct 14, \J1873\j\b - Giles reaches his most westerly depot (some 100 km further than Gosse had gone), then returns to Fort Mueller."
"\BOct 24, \J1873\j\b - Dalrymple reaches the Endeavour River and (26th) selects a site for a settlement (later named Cooktown). (Returns to Cardwell 22 Dec.)"
"\BOct 06, \J1873\j\b - Sir Paul de Strzelecki died (76)."
"\BOct 10, \J1874\j\b - NSW Governor Sir Hercules Robinson formally accepts sovereignty of the Fiji Islands on behalf of Britain and becomes temporary Governor of Fiji."
"\BOct 17, \J1874\j\b - Lionel Lindsay born (-\J1961\j)."
"\BOct 01, \J1875\j\b - First Australian postcards issued in Sydney (12,000 issued on first day)."
"\BOct 09, \J1875\j\b - Adelaide Steamship Co. founded in Adelaide."
"\BOct 20, \J1875\j\b - Sir James McCulloch displaces Graham Berry to become Premier of Vic. for the fourth time."
"\BOct 20, \J1875\j\b - Sir Charles Cowper died (68)."
"\BOct 04, \J1876\j\b - Hugh McCrae born (-\J1958\j)."
"\BOct 02, \J1877\j\b - Sir William Jervois becomes Governor of SA."
"\BOct 11, \J1877\j\b - Land tax imposed in Vic. (on estates over 640 acres and valued at more than ú2,500) to break up large holdings."
"\BOct 26, \J1877\j\b - J. P. Boucaut becomes Premier of SA again after the fall of the Colton ministry."
"\BOct 08, \J1877\j\b - Hans Heysen born (û \J1968\j)."
"\BOct 15, \J1878\j\b - Railway from Newcastle reaches Tamworth."
"\BOct 26, \J1878\j\b - Kelly Gang kill three policemen at Stringybark Creek, Vic."
"\BOct 30, \J1879\j\b - W. R. Giblin becomes Premier of Tas. for the second time, heading a coalition government."
"\BOct 30, \J1879\j\b - û First Intercolonial Trade Union Congress held in Sydney."
"\BOct 14, \J1879\j\b - Miles Franklin born (û \J1954\j)."
"\BOct 01, \J1880\j\b - International Exhibition opens in the newly built Exhibition Buildings in Carlton Gardens, Melbourne. (Closes 30 Apr \J1881\j.)"
"\BOct 08, \J1880\j\b - Telephone exchange opened in Brisbane."
"\BOct 08, \J1880\j\b - û NSW Government Geologist Lamont Young and four others disappear mysteriously at Bermagui, NSW, and are never seen again."
"\BOct 27, \J1880\j\b - S. T. Gill died (62)."
"\BOct 03, \J1881\j\b - Mrs Mary Watson, with her baby and a Chinese servant wounded in an attack by Aborigines, puts to sea from her home on Lizard Is., near Cooktown, in an iron tank; their bodies and a diary kept for 11 days are later found on an island in the Howick group."
"\BOct 21, \J1881\j\b - SS \IBalclutha,\b\i en route from Melbourne to Sydney, last seen off GaboIs. before apparently foundering with the loss of 22 lives."
"\BOct 29, \J1881\j\b - Iron clipper \ILoch Maree\b\i leaves Geelong, Vic., and is not seen again."
"\BOct 28, \J1882\j\b - SS \IWoniora\b\i founders off Botany Bay; only one of the 16 crewmen saved."
"\BOct 01, \J1883\j\b - Sydney High School, first of the state-run high schools established under the Education Act of \J1880\j, enrols its first students."
"\BOct 23, \J1883\j\b - Ayr, Qld, proclaimed a town site."
"\BOct 07, \J1885\j\b - George Dibbs replaces Alexander Stuart as Premier of NSW."
"\BOct 15, \J1885\j\b - Frank Hurley born (- \J1962\j)."
"\BOct 01, \J1886\j\b - Dookie Agricultural College, Vic., enrols its first students."
"\BOct 21, \J1886\j\b - George Chaffey signs an agreement with the Vic. government to establish an irrigation settlement at Mildura."
"\BOct 19, \J1887\j\b - SS \ICheviot\b\i wrecked near Point Nepean, Vic; 35 drown."
"\BOct 01, \J1888\j\b - Nauru annexed by Germany."
"\BOct 03, \J1888\j\b - Railway line from Sydney to Kiama completed."
"\BOct 04, \J1888\j\b - Princes Bridge opened in Melbourne."
"\BOct 09, \J1888\j\b - Launceston becomes a city."
"\BOct 13, \J1888\j\b - Township of Alice Springs (originally named Stuart) surveyed by David Lindsay. (First land sales 31 Jan. \J1889\j.)"
"\BOct 28, \J1888\j\b - William Bede Dalley died (57)."
"\BOct 31, \J1888\j\b - Hubert Wilkins born (- \J1958\j)."
"\BOct 01, \J1889\j\b - Railway completed from Darwin to Pine Creek."
"\BOct 14, \J1889\j\b - First electric tramway in Australia begins operating between Box Hill and Doncaster, Melbourne (to Jan. \J1896\j)."
"\BOct 24, \J1889\j\b - Parkes delivers a stirring pro-federation speech at Tenterfield, NSW, calling for a federal government and parliament in place of the ineffectual Federal Council."
"\BOct 02, \J1890\j\b - Fire destroys central Sydney area between Castlereagh and Pitt streets from Hosking Place to what is now Martin Place."
"\BOct 17, \J1890\j\b - Marine officers agree to abandon affiliation with Trades Hall Council and return to work."
"\BOct 20, \J1890\j\b - Sir William Robinson becomes Governor of WA for the third time."
"\BOct 01, \J1891\j\b - Australian colonies join the Universal Postal Union."
"\BOct 09, \J1891\j\b - New mace presented to the Vic. Legislative Assembly by the House of Commons disappears and is never recovered."
"\BOct 19, \J1891\j\b - Workers' journal the \IHummer \b\i(later the \IWorker\b\i) founded in Wagga."
"\BOct 19, \J1891\j\b - (Moves to Sydney in \J1893\j and becomes the \IAustralian Worker\b\i in \J1913\j.)"
"\BOct 23, \J1891\j\b - George Dibbs becomes Premier of NSW following the resignation of Sir Henry Parkes."
"\BOct 29, \J1891\j\b - Edward Hammond Hargraves died (75)."
"\BOct 10, \J1892\j\b - Jacky Howe shears a record 321 sheep in a standard working day of 8 hours 40 mins using hand shears."
"\BOct 15, \J1892\j\b - Sir John Downer becomes Premier of SA for a second time, following Holder's resignation."
"\BOct 30, \J1892\j\b - Six Broken Hill union leaders sentenced to gaol terms varying from three months to two years for conspiring to prevent non-union labour working in the mines. (Amnesty granted 3 July \J1893\j.)"
"\BOct 13, \J1893\j\b - Homestead Act passed in WA allowing free selection of 160-acre (65-hectare) homestead farms."
"\BOct 16, \J1893\j\b - Submarine cable between New Caledonia and Bundaberg, Qld, opened."
"\BOct 27, \J1893\j\b - Hugh Nelson becomes Premier of Qld on McIlwraith's retirement."
"\BOct 28, \J1894\j\b - SS \IWairarapa,\b\i en route from Sydney to Auckland, is wrecked off the coast of NZ with the loss of 112 lives."
"\BOct 31, \J1894\j\b - Suburban train and country train collide at Redfern, Sydney; 11 people killed and 27 injured."
"\BOct 02, \J1895\j\b - State aid to religion abolished in WA."
"\BOct 15, \J1895\j\b - Suppression of Gambling Act passed in Qld, forcing Tattersall's Sweeps (already forced out of NSW by similar legislation) to move to Hobart."
"\BOct 25, \J1895\j\b - Baron Brassey becomes Governor of Vic."
"\BOct 29, \J1895\j\b - Sir Thomas Buxton becomes Governor of SA."
"\BOct 31, \J1895\j\b - Les Darcy born (-\J1917\j)."
"\BOct 23, \J1896\j\b - Port Hedland, WA, declared a town site."
"\BOct 27, \J1896\j\b - Federation enabling act passed in WA."
"\BOct 10, \J1896\j\b - Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller died (71)."
"\BOct 21, \J1896\j\b - P. G. Taylor born (-\J1966\j)."
"\BOct 02, \J1897\j\b - \ITocsin\b\i (later \ILabor Call\b\i), a radical weekly founded by Bernard O'Dowd and others, begins publication in Melbourne."
"\BOct 27, \J1897\j\b - St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, consecrated and (31st) formally opened."
"\BOct 05, \J1897\j\b - Percy Spender born (-\J1985\j)."
"\BOct 07, \J1897\j\b - Charles Chauvel born (-\J1959\j)."
"\BOct 22, \J1897\j\b - Jessie Couvreur ('Tasma') died (48)."
"\BOct 01, \J1898\j\b - J. R. Dickson becomes Premier of Qld on the death of Thomas Byrnes."
"\BOct 17, \J1898\j\b - David Scott Mitchell makes known his intention to bequeath his collection of Australiana to the Sydney Public Library on condition that suitable accommodation is provided for the Public Library and his collection is preserved in a separate wing called the Mitchell Library."
"\BOct 28, \J1898\j\b - Early Closing Act in WA provides for shops to be closed at 6 p.m. on five days a week and at 10 p.m. on Sat. (or Wed.)."
"\BOct 18, \J1898\j\b - C. T. P. Ulm born (-\J1934\j)."
"\BOct 05, \J1899\j\b - Education made free and compulsory in WA."
"\BOct 11, \J1899\j\b - Outbreak of the Boer War sparks off enthusiastic volunteering throughout Australia."
"\BOct 12, \J1899\j\b - N. E. Lewis replaces Sir Edward Braddon as Premier of Tas."
"\BOct 28, \J1899\j\b - Vic.'s first contingent of volunteers for the Boer War leaves Melbourne in the \IMedic\b\i (which picks up contingents from Tas., SA, and WA). In Sydney, the first NSW contingent marches through city streets to board the \IKent\b\i (which embarks the Qld contingent in Brisbane)."
"\BOct 27, \J1900\j\b - Jimmy Governor captured. (Tried and convicted, 22û23 Nov; hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol on 18 Jan. \J1901\j.)"
"\BOct 31, \J1900\j\b - Joe Governor shot dead."
"\BOct 20, \J1900\j\b - Jack Lindsay born (û \J1990\j)."
"\BOct 03, \J1901\j\b - û Tasmanian Workers' Political League (forerunner of the Tasmanian Labor Party) formed in Hobart."
"\BOct 08, \J1901\j\b - Marcus Oliphant born"
"\BOct 02, \J1902\j\b - W. H. Gocher, proprietor and editor of a Manly (NSW) newspaper, defies the law forbidding sea bathing betwen 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. by entering the water at noon."
"\BOct 03, \J1903\j\b - Brisbane \IDaily Mail\i\b, edited by C. H. Buzacott, begins publication (to \J1933\j)."
"\BOct 05, \J1903\j\b - Sir Samuel Griffith appointed first Chief Justice of the High Court (Barton and R. E. O'Connor the other two judges)."
"\BOct 06, \J1903\j\b - High Court of Australia formally opened in Melbourne."
"\BOct 22, \J1903\j\b - Commonwealth Defence Act assented to. (Comes into force on 1 Mar. \J1904\j.)"
"\BOct 14, \J1904\j\b - Fire at the Brilliant gold mine, Charters Towers, Qld, causes the death of seven miners."
"\BOct 20, \J1904\j\b - Toowoomba, Qld, proclaimed a city."
"\BOct 05, \J1904\j\b - Iron barque \IBrier Holme\i\b wrecked on the south-west coast of Tas; one survivor out of the crew of 20 (not rescued until Feb. \J1905\j)."
"\BOct 18, \J1905\j\b - Wireless Telegraphy Act gives the Postmaster-General control of the operation of wireless stations."
"\BOct 01, \J1906\j\b - South African Preference Act introduces the first Commonwealth preferential tariff."
"\BOct 08, \J1906\j\b - Free Education Act assented to in NSW, making primary education free in the state."
"\BOct 15, \J1906\j\b - Isaac Isaacs and H. B. Higgins sworn in as justices of the High Court."
"\BOct 02, \J1907\j\b - C. G. Wade becomes Premier of NSW on the retirement of J. H. Carruthers."
"\BOct 18, \J1907\j\b - Surf Bathing Association of NSW formed at a meeting of seven surf lifesaving clubs in Sydney."
"\BOct 30, \J1907\j\b - J. C. Watson resigns the leadership of the federal Labour party and is succeeded by Andrew Fisher."
"\BOct 30, \J1907\j\b - û Branches of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) established in Australia."
"\BOct 18, \J1909\j\b - NSW agrees to surrender approx. 2,400 sq. km of the state to the Commonwealth as a seat for the federal government."
"\BOct 20, \J1909\j\b - John Earle forms the first Labor ministry in Tas., following the resignation of the Lewis government."
"\BOct 27, \J1909\j\b - Lewis resumes the premiership of Tas. on the defeat of the week-old Earle government."
"\BOct 21, \J1910\j\b - J. S. T. McGowen becomes the first Labor Premier of NSW."
"\BOct 03, \J1911\j\b - Labor wins office in WA; John Scaddan becomes Premier (7th)."
"\BOct 06, \J1911\j\b - Enrolment for federal elections made compulsory."
"\BOct 11, \J1911\j\b - SS \IMacleay\i\b founders near Port Stephens, NSW; 15 lives lost, 2 saved."
"\BOct 25, \J1911\j\b - HMAS \IAustralia\i\b launched in Britain. (Commissioned in \J1913\j.)"
"\BOct 05, \J1911\j\b - William Astley (Price Warung) died (56)."
"\BOct 13, \J1911\j\b - Harry Rickards died (67)."
"\BOct 12, \J1912\j\b - Fire in the underground pumping house at the North Lyell tin mine, Tas; 42 trapped miners die."
"\BOct 24, \J1912\j\b - Harry Hawker establishes a British endurance flying record (8 hours 23 min.)."
"\BOct 04, \J1913\j\b - Royal Australian Navy squadronùbattle-cruiser and flagship \IAustralia\i\b, light cruisers \IMelbourne\i\b, \ISydney\i\b, and \IEncounter\i\b, and destroyers \IParramatta\i\b, \IWarrego\i\b, and \IYarra\i\bùceremonially enters Port Jackson."
"\BOct 29, \J1914\j\b - Commonwealth Crimes Act and War Precautions Act assented to."
"\BOct 04, \J1914\j\b - J. F. (Jim) Cairns born"
"\BOct 13, \J1914\j\b - Walter Withers died (59)."
"\BOct 27, \J1915\j\b - Fisher resigns because of ill health (becomes High Commissioner in London, Jan. \J1916\j); W. M. Hughes succeeds him as Prime Minister."
"\BOct 08, \J1915\j\b - E. Phillips Fox died (50)."
"\BOct 17, \J1916\j\b - Miners in NSW demand increased wages and reduced hours. (Locked out 1 Nov; all mines in Australia idle by 3 Nov; work resumes on 5 Dec. after demands met.)"
"\BOct 03, \J1917\j\b - Coalfields strike ends."
"\BOct 04, \J1917\j\b - Anzac forces take part in the assault on Broodseinde ridge and (12th) on Passchendaele."
"\BOct 08, \J1925\j\b - Baron Stonehaven succeeds Lord Forster as Governor-General."
"\BOct 22, \J1925\j\b - William McCormack replaces Gillies as Premier of Qld."
"\BOct 31, \J1925\j\b - Radio station 2KY begins broadcasting in Sydney. (Taken over by J. T. Lang, it becomes the world's first Labor-owned radio station.)"
"\BOct 03, \J1925\j\b - Charles Web Gilbert died (58)."
"\BOct 19, \J1926\j\b - Imperial Conference in London (to 23 Nov.); Balfour formula defines relations between the UK and the self-governing dominions as autonomous communities, equal in status."
"\BOct 11, \J1926\j\b - Neville Wran born"
"\BOct 08, \J1928\j\b - Leonard French born"
"\BOct 22, \J1928\j\b - Andrew Fisher died (66)."
"\BOct 12, \J1929\j\b - Election for House of Representatives; Labor has a sweeping victory; new members include J. A. Lyons; Bruce loses his seat; J. H. Scullin becomes Prime Minister (on 22nd)."
"\BOct 21, \J1929\j\b - Dixson wing of the State Library of NSW opened."
"\BOct 17, \J1929\j\b - Ada Crossley died (55)."
"\BOct 25, \J1930\j\b - Election in NSW; Bavin government defeated; J. T. Lang again becomes Premier (4 Nov.)."
"\BOct 06, \J1930\j\b - Richie Benaud born"
"\BOct 08, \J1931\j\b - Sir John Monash died (66)."
"\BOct 10, \J1931\j\b - Sir Bertram Mackennal died (68)."
"\BOct 05, \J1932\j\b - Christopher Brennan died (61)"
"\BOct 13, \J1933\j\b - First traffic lights installed in Sydney."
"\BOct 04, \J1934\j\b - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, arrives at Fremantle to begin a tour of all states (to 11 Dec.)."
"\BOct 18, \J1934\j\b - Duke of Gloucester opens Victoria's centenary celebrations in Melbourne."
"\BOct 19, \J1934\j\b - Holyman's Airways DH86 \IMiss Hobart\b\i disappears over Bass Strait; 12 killed, including proprietor Victor Holyman."
"\BOct 21, \J1934\j\b - Charles Kingsford Smith and P. G. Taylor leave Brisbane in the \ILady Southern Cross\b\i on the first west-east crossing of the Pacific (arr. Oakland, Cal., 4 Nov.)."
"\BOct 23, \J1934\j\b - C. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black win the Centenary Air Race from England to Melbourne in 2 days 23 hours."
"\BOct 01, \J1935\j\b - J. H. Scullin resigns as federal Labor leader and is succeeded by John Curtin."
"\BOct 02, \J1935\j\b - Holyman's Airways' DH86 \ILoina\b\i crashes into the sea off Flinders Is., Bass Strait; five killed."
"\BOct 04, \J1935\j\b - Hornibrook Highway, between Sandgate and Redcliffe, Qld, opened."
"\BOct 11, \J1935\j\b - Sir John Latham succeeds Sir Frank Gavan Duffy as Chief Justice of the High Court."
"\BOct 07, \J1935\j\b - Thomas Keneally born"
"\BOct 11, \J1935\j\b - Arthur Hoey Davis (Steele Rudd) died (66)."
"\BOct 30, \J1936\j\b - Mrs Mary Freer, a British subject travelling to Australia, is given a dictation test in Italian to prevent her admission. (The case attracts much public attention, and after an unsuccessful High Court challenge Mrs Freer is allowed to enter the country in June \J1937\j.)"
"\BOct 23, \J1937\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate; Lyons government retains office; new members include Percy Spender."
"\BOct 17, \J1938\j\b - Les A. Murray born"
"\BOct 11, \J1939\j\b - Empire Air Training Scheme inaugurated."
"\BOct 20, \J1939\j\b - Reintroduction of compulsory service in the militia announced (to begin 1 Jan. \J1940\j); unmarried men aged 21 to undergo three months' training."
"\BOct 17, \J1939\j\b - Elioth Gruner died (56)."
"\BOct 22, \J1939\j\b - Sir John Langdon Bonython died (91)."
"\BOct 01, \J1940\j\b - Petrol rationing begins."
"\BOct 16, \J1940\j\b - A. G. Cameron resigns as Country Party leader; A. W. Fadden becomes acting leader."
"\BOct 26, \J1940\j\b - Last cable tram runs in Melbourne."
"\BOct 28, \J1940\j\b - Advisory War Council formed, with Labor Party participation."
"\BOct 28, \J1940\j\b - û German raiders \IAtlantis\i\b and \IPinguin\i\b lay mines off Newcastle, Wilsons Promontory, Cape Otway, Hobart, and Adelaide (û Nov.)."
"\BOct 03, \J1941\j\b - Fadden government defeated in a no-confidence motion when independent MPs A. W. Coles and Alexander Wilson withdraw their support; Curtin commissioned to form a Labor government (sworn in on 7th)."
"\BOct 20, \J1941\j\b - Australia First movement founded in Sydney, with P. R. Stephensen as president."
"\BOct 20, \J1941\j\b - û Woronora Dam, NSW, completed."
"\BOct 01, \J1941\j\b - Sir John Longstaff died (80)."
"\BOct 09, \J1942\j\b - Australia adopts the Statute of Westminster (retrospective to \J1939\j)."
"\BOct 19, \J1942\j\b - Labor MP E. J. Ward accuses the previous Menzies and Fadden governments of responsibility for a Brisbane Line plan of defence."
"\BOct 23, \J1942\j\b - AIF 9th Division plays a major part in the Battle of El Alamein (to 4 Nov.)."
"\BOct 28, \J1942\j\b - Williamstown Dockyard taken over by the RAN."
"\BOct 02, \J1943\j\b - Australian forces recapture Finschhafen."
"\BOct 10, \J1943\j\b - Sir Joynton Smith died (85)."
"\BOct 07, \J1944\j\b - Strike at Sydney's \ISun\i\b newspaper over a 40-hour-week campaign leads to a complete newspaper stoppage (to 19th); during the strike, the proprietors issue a composite paper and the strikers produce their own paper, the \INews\i\b."
"\BOct 13, \J1944\j\b - Liberal Party of Australia founded at a conference (to 16th) of 18 anti-Labor organisations convened in Canberra by R. G. Menzies. (Party formally consitituted at another conference in Albury in Dec.)"
"\BOct 18, \J1944\j\b - Minesweeper HMAS \IGeelong\i\b lost in a collision off New Guinea."
"\BOct 21, \J1944\j\b - Cruiser HMAS \IAustralia\i\b severely damaged by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft; 20 killed and 54 wounded, including Commodore J. A. Collins."
"\BOct 01, \J1945\j\b - General demobilisation begins."
"\BOct 02, \J1945\j\b - Ian Macfarlan replaces A. A. Dunstan as Premier of Vic."
"\BOct 30, \J1945\j\b - Military court of inquiry finds Gen. Gordon Bennett not justified in leaving Singapore in \J1942\j. (Royal commission held 26 Nov. to 13 Dec. finds that he was legally justified in escaping but had shown an error of judgement in doing so.)"
"\BOct 16, \J1946\j\b - Strike of ironworkers in Vic. begins a metal trades strike which lasts to 7 May \J1947\j."
"\BOct 30, \J1946\j\b - Commonwealth Arbitration Court declares itself in favour of the 40-hour week (but sets no time for its introduction)."
"\BOct 01, \J1947\j\b - City of Blue Mountains formed by uniting the municipalities of Blackheath and Katoomba and the shire of Blue Mountains, NSW."
"\BOct 15, \J1947\j\b - Bill to nationalise banking introduced into federal parliament."
"\BOct 18, \J1947\j\b - Two mail trains collide head-on at Tamaree, Qld; eight people killed."
"\BOct 01, \J1948\j\b - Australia and NZ acquire full rights to mine phosphate on Christmas Is. (Buy out Christmas Island Phosphate Co.'s interests on 31 Dec.)"
"\BOct 27, \J1948\j\b - Covent Gardens Restaurant in Adelaide destroyed by fire; five killed."
"\BOct 17, \J1949\j\b - L. L. Sharkey, chairman of the Communist Party, sentenced to three years' gaol for uttering seditious words."
"\BOct 11, \J1949\j\b - Sydney Ure Smith died (62)."
"\BOct 16, \J1950\j\b - Railwaymen in Vic. begin a 54-day strike."
"\BOct 17, \J1950\j\b - Australian ground forces in Korea go into action at Sariwon and (22nd) have their first hard fight near Yongyu, north of Pyongyang."
"\BOct 23, \J1950\j\b - Rail strike in SA (to 19 Nov.)."
"\BOct 27, \J1950\j\b - Australian forces in Korea win the Battle of the Broken Bridge."
"\BOct 01, \J1951\j\b - Australian and New Zealand Bank Ltd formed by the amalgamation of the Union Bank of Australia and the Bank of Australasia."
"\BOct 08, \J1951\j\b - Australian forces in Korea advance to the Jamestown Line in the British Commonwealth Division's Operation Commando. "
"\BOct 03, \J1952\j\b - Britain explodes its first atomic bomb in the Monte Bello Islands, WA (Operation Hurricane)."
"\BOct 25, \J1952\j\b - Buddhist Society of NSW holds its first meeting in Sydney."
"\BOct 27, \J1952\j\b - T. T. Hollway forms a brief ministry in Vic. following refusal of supply by the upper house; John McDonald resumes office on 31st."
"\BOct 04, \J1952\j\b - Sir Keith Murdoch died (67)."
"\BOct 28, \J1952\j\b - W. M. Hughes died (88)."
"\BOct 11, \J1953\j\b - Sydney's \ISunday Herald\i\b and \ISunday Sun\i\b merge to form the \ISun-Herald\i\b, following the purchase by the Fairfax organisation of a controlling interest in Associated Newspapers."
"\BOct 15, \J1953\j\b - Britain explodes the first of two nuclear devices at Emu Field, Woomera, SA (Operation Totem; second explosion on 27th)."
"\BOct 26, \J1953\j\b - John Wren died (82)."
"\BOct 05, \J1954\j\b - Evatt publicly attacks Vic. right-wing members of the ALP, accusing them of disloyal and subversive actions directed from outside the party (i.e., by the Industrial Groups, organised by the Catholic Social Studies Movement)."
"\BOct 13, \J1954\j\b - Seven miners killed by gas in a coalmine at Collinsville, Qld."
"\BOct 19, \J1955\j\b - Opposition leader H. V. Evatt reveals that he wrote to Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to ascertain the truth of evidence given before the Petrov commission."
"\BOct 27, \J1955\j\b - Aircraft-carrier HMAS \IMelbourne\i\b (formerly HMS \IMajestic\i\b) commissioned in Britain."
"\BOct 01, \J1956\j\b - Australian Coastal Shipping Commission established to operate government ships, to be known as the Australian National Line."
"\BOct 13, \J1956\j\b - Labor retains government in Tas. in a second tied election."
"\BOct 04, \J1957\j\b - Ansett Transport Industries takes over Australian National Airways, becoming AnsettûANA."
"\BOct 21, \J1957\j\b - Australia's first automatic telephone weather service begins in Melbourne."
"\BOct 01, \J1958\j\b - Administration of Christmas Is. in the Indian Ocean transferred from British-ruled Singapore to Australia."
"\BOct 07, \J1958\j\b - Albert Namatjira sentenced to six months' gaol (reduced on appeal to three months) for supplying liquor to another Aboriginal."
"\BOct 26, \J1958\j\b - Wreckage of the airliner \ISouthern Cloud\i\b, lost in \J1931\j, found in the Snowy Mountains."
"\BOct 14, \J1958\j\b - Sir Douglas Mawson died (76)."
"\BOct 02, \J1959\j\b - ANL's vehicular ferry \IPrincess of Tasmania\b\i begins operations between Melbourne and Devonport, inaugurating the roll-on/roll-off concept."
"\BOct 19, \J1959\j\b - Australia and the United Arab Republic (Egypt) agree to resume diplomatic relations."
"\BOct 22, \J1959\j\b - R. J. Heffron becomes Premier of NSW on the death of J. J. Cahill (sworn in on 28th)."
"\BOct 14, \J1959\j\b - Jack Davey died (52) and Errol Flynn died (50)."
"\BOct 22, \J1959\j\b - J. J. Cahill died (68)."
"\BOct 14, \J1960\j\b - Warragamba Dam, NSW, officially opened (begun in \J1948\j)."
"\BOct 30, \J1960\j\b - Alfred Hill died (89)."
"\BOct 19, \J1961\j\b - Whyalla, SA, becomes a city."
"\BOct 24, \J1961\j\b - \IAustralian Financial Review\i\b changes from weekly to twice-weekly publication."
"\BOct 02, \J1961\j\b - Essington Lewis died (80)."
"\BOct 23, \J1964\j\b - Pat Mackie, leader of a rival union faction in the Mt Isa Mines dispute, is sacked on the eve of a vital mass meeting."
"\BOct 27, \J1964\j\b - NSW's biggest oil fire at Mobil storage depot, Hunters Hill, Sydney."
"\BOct 30, \J1964\j\b - Australian troops capture Indonesian guerrillas in Malacca during their first action in the IndonesiaûMalaysia Confrontation."
"\BOct 19, \J1964\j\b - Nettie Palmer died (79)."
"\BOct 20, \J1964\j\b - Sir Adolph Basser died (77)."
"\BOct 07, \J1965\j\b - Sir Robert Menzies appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports."
"\BOct 20, \J1966\j\b - President Lyndon Johnson's visit to eastern Australian cities (to 23rd) sparks off rowdy political demonstrations."
"\BOct 21, \J1966\j\b - Five miners killed in a cave-in at Wyee (NSW) state coalmine."
"\BOct 14, \J1968\j\b - Earthquake in south-west WA devastates the town of Meckering."
"\BOct 23, \J1968\j\b - Australia's first heart-transplant operation performed by Dr Harry Windsor at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney."
"\BOct 28, \J1968\j\b - Postal deliveries in suburbs reduced from two to one a day."
"\BOct 28, \J1968\j\b - Disastrous bushfires in NSW around Wollongong and in the Blue Mountains (29th), where three firefighters die and over 100 houses are destroyed."
"\BOct 01, \J1969\j\b - \IOz\i\b magazine ceases publication in Australia."
"\BOct 11, \J1969\j\b - Australia's steam train era ends with the last journey of loco 3801 between Sydney and Goulburn."
"\BOct 25, \J1969\j\b - Election for the House of Representatives; Gorton government returned with its majority reduced to seven (DLP preferences keeping Labor out of office); new members include Lionel Bowen and Paul Keating."
"\BOct 25, \J1969\j\b - û Bass Strait oil piped to shore."
"\BOct 02, \J1969\j\b - Katharine Susannah Prichard died (85)."
"\BOct 15, \J1970\j\b - û Black ban imposed by unions on the redevelopment of Carlton (Melb.)."
"\BOct 31, \J1971\j\b - Daylight saving introduced on a trial basis throughout Australia except in WA and NT. (Qld decides in Aug. \J1972\j not to reintroduce daylight saving.)"
"\BOct 16, \J1971\j\b - Robin Boyd died (52)."
"\BOct 06, \J1972\j\b - Six schoolchildren and their teacher, Mary Gibbs, are kidnapped from Faraday state school, Vic., but escape next day while their captors go to arrange the ransom. (Kidnappers captured on 9th.)"
"\BOct 07, \J1972\j\b - Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden visit Australia (to 17th) for the opening of the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth."
"\BOct 09, \J1973\j\b - Fifty-dollar note goes into circulation."
"\BOct 13, \J1973\j\b - Coastal freighter \IBlythe Star\i\b capsizes and sinks off South West Cape, Tas. (Seven survivors of the crew of ten rescued on 24th after drifting in an open life raft.)"
"\BOct 17, \J1973\j\b - Queen Elizabeth joins Prince Philip in Australia for the opening of the Sydney Opera House (leaves on 22nd)."
"\BOct 23, \J1973\j\b - AlburyûWodonga declared a growth centre."
"\BOct 24, \J1973\j\b - Police arrest 77 green-ban demonstrators preventing the demoliton of a building in the Rocks, Sydney. (Another 21 arrested next day.)"
"\BOct 14, \J1975\j\b - Connor resigns as minister following revelations of his continued loan-raising activities."
"\BOct 15, \J1975\j\b - Fraser announces the opposition's intentions to block appropriation bills in the Senate until the government agrees to an election."
"\BOct 16, \J1975\j\b - Five Australian newsmen die at Balibo, East Timor, during the capture of the town by pro-Indonesian forces."
"\BOct 23, \J1975\j\b - Eleven killed when a DH114 Heron aircraft crashes near Cairns, Qld."
"\BOct 31, \J1975\j\b - Commonwealth Racial Discrimination Act proclaimed; A. J. Grassby becomes Commissioner for Community Relations."
"\BOct 01, \J1976\j\b - First of several major changes to Medibank comes into effect."
"\BOct 23, \J1976\j\b - Total eclipse of the sun in south-eastern Australia."
"\BOct 21, \J1977\j\b - Cardinal Sir Norman Gilroy died (81)."
"\BOct 07, \J1978\j\b - Wran government re-elected in NSW with an increased majority; opposition leader Peter Coleman loses his seat."
"\BOct 11, \J1978\j\b - Sydney Rugby League footballer Paul Hayward, Warren Fellows, and William Sinclair are arrested in Thailand for attempted heroin smuggling."
"\BOct 06, \J1978\j\b - Johnny O'Keefe died (43)."
"\BOct 08, \J1979\j\b - Bunbury, WA, proclaimed a city."
"\BOct 14, \J1979\j\b - ACTU president Bob Hawke wins preselection for the safe federal seat of Wills."
"\BOct 19, \J1979\j\b - Australian Federal Police formed, incorporating the Commonwealth and ACT police forces."
"\BOct 22, \J1979\j\b - Lotto tickets go on sale in NSW. (First draw held 5 Nov.)"
"\BOct 22, \J1979\j\b - û Report of the Woodward royal commission into drug trafficking in NSW tabled in parliament."
"\BOct 22, \J1979\j\b - û \INation Review\i\b ceases publication. (Revived Feb. \J1980\j to Dec. \J1981\j.)"
"\BOct 01, \J1980\j\b - Royal commission into the activities of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union, under F. X. Costigan, begins sitting in Melbourne."
"\BOct 09, \J1980\j\b - Standard-gauge line from Tarcoola (SA), on the Trans-Australian Railway, to Alice Springs opened by Princess Alexandra."
"\BOct 15, \J1980\j\b - Violet Roberts and her son Bruce, convicted of killing their husband and father, are freed from prison in NSW after a public campaign for their release."
"\BOct 18, \J1980\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate; Fraser government re-elected with a reduced majority; Democrats win three more Senate seats; new members include Bob Hawke and Senator Florence Bjelke-Petersen, wife of the Qld Premier."
"\BOct 01, \J1981\j\b - National Bank of Australasia and Commercial Banking Company of Sydney merge to form the National Australia Bank."
"\BOct 19, \J1981\j\b - Dymphna Cusack died (79)."
"\BOct 05, \J1982\j\b - Queen Elizabeth visits Australia (to 13th) to open the Australian National Gallery (Prince Phillip having arrived on 27th Sept. for the opening of the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane)."
"\BOct 13, \J1982\j\b - Inquest into the Hilton Hotel bombing finds a prima facie case of murder against Ross Dunn and Paul Alister."
"\BOct 16, \J1982\j\b - National Country Party, at the federal level, changes its name to the National Party of Australia."
"\BOct 22, \J1983\j\b - Qld state election: increased support for the National Party and the subsequent defection of two Liberals allows the National Party to govern in its own right."
"\BOct 02, \J1984\j\b - Royal commission into British nuclear tests in Australia between \J1952\j and \J1963\j begins hearings in Sydney. (Sittings in London begin, 4 Jan. \J1985\j.)"
"\BOct 02, \J1984\j\b - Newcastle City Council dismissed by the NSW government."
"\BOct 03, \J1984\j\b - Tim Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer become the first Australians to climb Mt Everest and the first to ascend the north face without oxygen."
"\BOct 17, \J1984\j\b - Ian Tuxworth becomes Chief Minister of NT following the resignation of Paul Everingham to enter federal politics."
"\BOct 25, \J1984\j\b - Crime boss Robert Trimbole arrested in Dublin. (Released 6 Feb. \J1985\j.)"
"\BOct 31, \J1984\j\b - Senate select committee finds that Justice Murphy could have been guilty of behaviour serious enough to warrant his removal from the High Court."
"\BOct 12, \J1985\j\b - Canon Arthur Malcolm becomes Australia's first Aboriginal bishop."
"\BOct 26, \J1985\j\b - Freehold title to Ayers Rock and the Uluru National Park handed over to the Mutijulu Aboriginal community."
"\BOct 27, \J1985\j\b - Prince Charles and Princess Diana visit Australia (to 8 Nov.) for Vic.'s 150th anniversary celebrations."
"\BOct 08, \J1986\j\b - ACTU approves a two-tier wage-fixing system, to end three years of wage indexation. (Endorsed by Arbitration Commission, 23 Dec.)"
"\BOct 21, \J1986\j\b - Justice Murphy dies of cancer (a special inquiry into his conduct having been dropped in Aug.)."
"\BOct 24, \J1986\j\b - Last link of Australia's microwave telephone system completed at Kununurra, WA."
"\BOct 26, \J1986\j\b - Perth's new international airport opens."
"\BOct 04, \J1986\j\b - Desiderius Orban died (101)."
"\BOct 21, \J1986\j\b - Lionel Murphy died (64)."
"\BOct 19, \J1987\j\b - Share prices on Australian stock exchanges suffer a record fall, in line with the worldwide stockmarket crash."
"\BOct 01, \J1988\j\b - Cain Labor government returned to office in Vic. with a reduced majority."
"\BOct 01, \J1988\j\b - John Flynn memorial complex in Cloncurry, Qld, officially opened."
"\BOct 20, \J1989\j\b - Brisbane-bound tourist coach collides with a semi-trailer north of Grafton, NSW; twenty killed."
"\BOct 08, \J1990\j\b - Sydney's \IDaily Telegraph\i\b and \IDaily Mirror\i\b and Melbourne's \IHerald\i\b and \ISun News-Pictorial\i\b merge to become the 24-hour tabloids the \IDaily Telegraph Mirror\i\b and the \IHerald-Sun\i\b."
"\BOct 27, \J1990\j\b - Marshall Perron's CLP government re-elected in NT with an increased majority."
"\BOct 28, \J1990\j\b - Qld adopts daylight saving permanently. (Legislation repealed June \J1992\j, after referendum.)"
"\BOct 19, \J1991\j\b - After deliberating for 61 hours over five days, a jury fails to reach a verdict on whether Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen had lied to the Fitzgerald inquiry, and the charge is dropped."
"\BOct 01, \J1992\j\b - Command of the joint naval communications station at Exmouth, WA, is handed over to Australia."
"\BOct 03, \J1992\j\b - Election in Vic. Coalition has a landslide victory. Liberal Party's Jeff Kennett replaces Labor's Joan Kirner as Premier."
"\BOct 05, \J1992\j\b - Primer Minister Paul Keating announces that the Queen would not accept any further recommendations for Australians to be made knights or dames."
"\BOct 05, \J1993\j\b - Republic Advisory Committee of ten eminent Australians, appointed in May to spearhead the federal government's push for a republic by 2001, reports that\b\i '\b\i a republic is achievable without threatening Australia's cherished democratic traditions'."
"\BOct 05, \J1993\j\b - Skeletal remains of two people are found in Belanglo State Forest, NSW, not far from where the bodies of two backpackers were found in Sept. \J1992\j. (Remains of three more bodies are subsequently found nearby.)"
"\BOct 02, \J1994\j\b - Seaview Air twin-jet aircraft with nine people aboard disappears on a scheduled flight from Williamtown to Lord Howe Island."
"\BOct 12, \J1994\j\b - High Court finds that the Constitution guarantees a right to free political speech and that 'in future defendants need only prove that they did not knowingly publish false material, did not act in reckless disregard for the truth, and took reasonable steps to substantiate their claims'."
"\BOct 24, \J1994\j\b - Tour coach overturns in the Brisbane suburb of Boondall, killing 11 women and a child."
"\BOct 31, \J1994\j\b - Plastic twenty-dollar note, featuring Mary Reibey and John Flynn, goes into circulation."
