"\BSep 20, \J1789\j\b - Hunter explores and charts Botany Bay (to 30th)."
"\BSep 17, \J1791\j\b - Capt. Edwards and \IPandora\b\i shipwreck survivors arrive at Kupang."
"\BSep 21, \J1791\j\b - Storeship HMS \IGorgon\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 30 convicts and a large quantity of provisions, livestock, and seed; on board is Philip Gidley King, with the colony's seal."
"\BSep 26, \J1791\j\b - HMS \IDiscovery\b\i (Capt. George Vancouver) and the brig \IChatham\b\i (Lt W. R. Broughton), on way to Nootka Sound, arrive off the south-west coast of WA."
"\BSep 26, \J1791\j\b - Active\b\i and \IQueen\b\i arrive at Port Jackson with 302 convicts, including the first Irish prisoners (from Cork)."
"\BSep 28, \J1791\j\b - Vancouver discovers and names King George Sound."
"\BSep 08, \J1793\j\b - \IBritannia,\b\i chartered by Grose, leaves Port Jackson for India via Norfolk Is."
"\BSep 15, \J1793\j\b - Grose River, NSW, discovered and named by William Paterson during an unsuccessful attempt to cross the Blue Mountains."
"\BSep 17, \J1793\j\b - \ISugar Cane\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with 159 Irish convicts."
"\BSep 01, \J1794\j\b - \IBritannia,\b\i chartered by civil and military officers, leaves Port Jackson for the Cape of Good Hope to purchase trade goods."
"\BSep 07, \J1794\j\b - Thomas Reibey marries Mary Haydock."
"\BSep 07, \J1795\j\b - \IReliance\b\i arrives at Port Jackson with Hunter, Waterhouse, Flinders, Bass and Bennelong."
"\BSep 11, \J1795\j\b - Hunter takes up his position as Governor of NSW and its dependencies."
"\BSep 14, \J1796\j\b - Hunter writes to the Colonial Secretary, the Duke of Portland, complaining of Macarthur's behaviour."
"\BSep 15, \J1796\j\b - Macarthur writes to Portland complaining of Hunter's governorship."
"\BSep 29, \J1796\j\b - \IReliance\b\i (Waterhouse) and \ISupply\b\i sail for the Cape of Good Hope for supplies. \IBritannia\b\i sails for England via Norfolk Is., carrying David Collins home on leave of absence; his position as Judge-Advocate is taken by Atkins."
"\BSep 05, \J1797\j\b - Convicts steal the government boat \ICumberland\b\i from the Hawkesbury and sail north; Hunter sends Lt John Shortland in pursuit in a whaleboat."
"\BSep 09, \J1797\j\b - Shortland discovers the Hunter River estuary and an abundance of coal."
"\BSep 07, \J1800\j\b - Holt arrested on suspicion of being involved in a planned insurrection of Irish political prisoners. (Later released.)"
"\BSep 07, \J1800\j\b - Concerned about the possible insurrection, Hunter forms Loyal Associationsùthe first volunteer corps in the colonyùin Sydney (commanded by Balmain) and Parramatta (Richard Atkins)."
"\BSep 28, \J1800\j\b - King takes over from Hunter as Governor."
"\BSep 29, \J1800\j\b - Col. William Paterson appointed Lt-Governor."
"\BSep 14, \J1801\j\b - Paterson and Macarthur fight a duel; Paterson wounded; Macarthur arrested."
"\BSep 17, \J1802\j\b - First properly assembled masonic lodge in Australia (held by officers of \ILe Naturaliste\b\i) admits Capt. Anthony Fenn Kemp of the NSW Corps into masonry."
"\BSep 09, \J1804\j\b - Capt. John Piper replaces Joseph Foveaux as Lt-Governor of Norfolk Is., most of the convicts and half the military detachment having been withdrawn; Foveaux sails for UK in the \IAlbion\b\i on leave."
"\BSep 16, \J1804\j\b - Government brewery at Parramatta begins producing beer."
"\BSep 14, \J1804\j\b - John Gould born (-\J1881\j)."
"\BSep 22, \J1806\j\b - Sydney's free inhabitants present an address of welcome to Bligh, repudiating an earlier address signed by Macarthur on their behalf."
"\BSep 01, \J1808\j\b - William Redfern is examined by tribunal of surgeons and given a certificate of competenceùthe first medical diploma issued in Australia."
"\BSep 03, \J1808\j\b - Philip Gidley King died (50)."
"\BSep 01, \J1811\j\b - Maj. Thomas Davey commissioned as Lt-Governor of Van Diemen's Land."
"\BSep 12, \J1812\j\b - Macquarie orders the branding of all cattle."
"\BSep 30, \J1813\j\b - Road to Botany completed."
"\BSep 07, \J1815\j\b - John McDouall Stuart born (-\J1866\j)."
"\BSep 12, \J1816\j\b - Convicts seize Simeon Lord's brig \ITrial\b\i in Port Jackson and escape. (Vessel found wrecked north of Port StephensùTrial Bayùin Jan. \J1817\j.)"
"\BSep 20, \J1816\j\b - First free migrants arrive in Hobart in the \IAdamante."
"\BSep 03, \J1817\j\b - Lt Phillip Parker King and John Septimus Roe arrive at Port Jackson in the \IDick\b\i to conduct hydrographic surveys."
"\BSep 17, \J1817\j\b - Lt-Gov. George Molle brings charges against D'Arcy Wentworth consequent on a 'pipe' by W. C. Wentworth lampooning Molle and demands a court martial. (Judge-Advocate John Wylde rules the court cannot try him.)"
"\BSep 30, \J1817\j\b - John Macarthur returns to Sydney as a passenger on the transport \ILord Eldon,\b\i after an 'exile' of eight years, on condition that he take no further part in public affairs."
"\BSep 12, \J1818\j\b - Louis de Freycinet in the French naval corvette \IL'Uranie\b\i surveys Shark Bay, WA (to 26th) and at Dirk Hartog Is. finds de Vlamingh's plate (which he takes to Paris)."
"\BSep 15, \J1818\j\b - Oxley crosses the Macleay River and (25th) reaches the Hastings River, which he follows to the sea, discovering and naming Port Macquarie (8 Oct.)"
"\BSep 05, \J1818\j\b - Edmund Kennedy born (-\J1848\j)."
"\BSep 26, \J1819\j\b - Commissioner Bigge arrives in Sydney in the transport \IJohn Barry;\b\i with him are his secretary, T. H. Scott, and Dr James Bowman."
"\BSep 21, \J1820\j\b - \IVostok\b\i and \IMirnyi\b\i return to Port Jackson for a stay of seven weeks."
"\BSep 25, \J1822\j\b - P. P. King sails for England in the \IBathurst."
"\BSep 24, \J1823\j\b - Royal Veteran Company (formed from former members of NSW Corps) disbanded."
"\BSep 01, \J1824\j\b - Brisbane sends John Oxley with a party of convicts and soldiers under Lt Henry Miller in the \IAmity\b\i to found a penal settlement at Moreton Bay."
"\BSep 10, \J1824\j\b - Wentworth and Wardell admitted as barristers."
"\BSep 11, \J1824\j\b - Oxley arrives at Moreton Bay and finds Richard Parsons, companion of Pamphlett and Finnegan; Redcliffe chosen as site of settlement."
"\BSep 20, \J1824\j\b - Bremer lands at Port Essington and takes formal possession of the coast from 135░\b\i to 129░\b\i E; finding no fresh water at Port Essington, he chooses a site on Melville Island which he names Fort Dundas (30th)."
"\BSep 28, \J1824\j\b - Oxley recommends an alternative settlement site on the Brisbane River."
"\BSep 06, \J1825\j\b - Maj. Edmund Lockyer in the \IMermaid\b\i explores 195 km up the Brisbane River (to 6 Oct.)."
"\BSep 29, \J1825\j\b - \ISydney Gazette\b\i changes from weekly to twice-weekly publication."
"\BSep 29, \J1825\j\b - Licence issued for the Bush Inn (later Bush Hotel) at New Norfolk, Van Diemen's Land, the oldest continuously licensed house in Australia."
"\BSep 05, \J1826\j\b - Darling issues a 'Limits of Location' order restricting settlement to certain areas."
"\BSep 25, \J1826\j\b - Convict insurrection on Norfolk Is. savagely suppressed."
"\BSep 15, \J1827\j\b - Lt-Gov. Arthur passes acts to restrict the press and impose duties on newspapers."
"\BSep 23, \J1827\j\b - T. L. Mitchell arrives in Sydney to become Asst Surveyor-General."
"\BSep 29, \J1827\j\b - Robert Wardell tried for seditious libel for referring to Darling in the \IAustralian\b\i as 'ignorant and obstinate'. (Discharged by jury.)"
"\BSep 13, \J1828\j\b - Capt. Collet Barker arrives at Raffles Bay to take over command of the settlement."
"\BSep 14, \J1828\j\b - Bank of Australia in Sydney robbed of a large amount by a gang who break into the strongroom by a tunnel from a water drain. (Bank never recovers from the loss.)"
"\BSep 13, \J1829\j\b - Archdeacon William Grant Broughton (later Bishop Broughton, the first Anglican bishop in Australia) arrives in Sydney."
"\BSep 16, \J1830\j\b - Patrick Francis Moran born (-\J1911\j)."
"\BSep 13, \J1833\j\b - Sir Richard Spencer arrives at Albany, WA, to become Government Resident at King George Sound."
"\BSep 04, \J1834\j\b - George Loveless, the sixth of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, arrives at Hobart."
"\BSep 07, \J1834\j\b - Robert Wardell shot dead by one of three runaway convicts he encountered\b\i on his land near Cooks River, Sydney."
"\BSep 13, \J1835\j\b - John Bede Polding, first bishop of the Catholic Church in Australia (consecrated 29 June \J1834\j) arrives in Sydney."
"\BSep 09, \J1836\j\b - Port Phillip district declared open for settlement."
"\BSep 29, \J1836\j\b - Capt. William Lonsdale arrives at Port Phillip as police magistrate."
"\BSep 30, \J1836\j\b - Mitchell climbs Mt Macedon and sees Port Phillip."
"\BSep 05, \J1837\j\b - Scone, NSW, gazetted as a village."
"\BSep 05, \J1837\j\b - James Ruse died (77?)."
"\BSep 26, \J1837\j\b - Francis Greenway buried (59)."
"\BSep 18, \J1838\j\b - Robert Knopwood died (75)."
"\BSep 09, \J1839\j\b - Lt J. L. Stokes of the \IBeagle\b\i examines and names Port Darwin."
"\BSep 20, \J1839\j\b - Military juries abolished in NSW."
"\BSep 30, \J1839\j\b - C. J. La Trobe arrives at Port Phillip to take up his post as Superintendent of the Port Phillip district."
"\BSep 02, \J1840\j\b - Eyre reaches Mt Hopeless, then turns back towards the coast."
"\BSep 28, \J1840\j\b - Mass meeting of workers in Sydney protests against amendments to the Masters and Servants Act which make conspiring to increase wages or improve conditions illegal. (Legislation passed, 20 Oct.)"
"\BSep 01, \J1841\j\b - Savings Bank of Port Phillip established."
"\BSep 03, \J1843\j\b - Thomas Sutcliffe Mort establishes his wool-auctioning agency in Sydney."
"\BSep 05, \J1843\j\b - Australian Mutual Protection Association formed in Sydney to ameliorate conditions of disadvantaged and unemployed."
"\BSep 26, \J1843\j\b - Joseph Furphy born (-\J1912\j)."
"\BSep 29, \J1844\j\b - Norfolk Is. annexed to Tas."
"\BSep 08, \J1845\j\b - Sturt turns back after reaching Sturt's Stony Desert and retreats to his depot at Fort Grey (2 Oct.)."
"\BSep 21, \J1845\j\b - Leichhardt discovers and names the Macarthur River."
"\BSep 16, \J1845\j\b - Robert Logan Jack born (-\J1921\j)."
"\BSep 15, \J1846\j\b - Mitchell discovers a river he thinks flows north-west to the Gulf, which he names the Victoria (later found to be the Barcoo)."
"\BSep 24, \J1846\j\b - Mitchell turns back and returns to Sydney (29 Dec.)."
"\BSep 04, \J1848\j\b - British government revokes the order in council abolishing convict transportation to NSW."
"\BSep 08, \J1848\j\b - J. S. Roe explores south-east of Perth and north-east of Albany, WA (to 2 Feb. \J1849\j)."
"\BSep 09, \J1848\j\b - A. C. Gregory leads an expedition to the Murchison district, WA, and discovers good pastoral land as well as lead in the Murchison River. (Returns to Perth 12 Nov.)"
"\BSep 28, \J1848\j\b - \IAustralian\b\i newspaper published for the last time."
"\BSep 28, \J1850\j\b - \ISlain's Castle\i\b, first of the ships to sail under Caroline Chisholm's Family Colonisation Loan Society scheme, leaves England with 150 migrants."
"\BSep 01, \J1851\j\b - Gold-digging licences (fee 30s per month) required in Vic."
"\BSep 11, \J1851\j\b - Election held for Vic. Legislative Council (to 18th)."
"\BSep 27, \J1851\j\b - Sir Thomas Mitchell and politician Stuart Donaldson fight a duel over allegations of extravagance in the Surveyor-General's Dept."
"\BSep 27, \J1851\j\b - û Goldfield discovered near Creswick, Vic."
"\BSep 15, \J1852\j\b - SS \IConside\i\b wrecked off Point Lonsdale, Vic; 10 of its 200 passengers drown."
"\BSep 18, \J1852\j\b - Clipper \IMarco Polo\i\b, first of the Black Ball Line's emigrant ships, arrives at Port Phillip after a record 68-day run from Liverpool with 930 government-assisted migrants, 53 of whom die on the way (all but two of them children)."
"\BSep 04, \J1852\j\b - E. J. Banfield born (û \J1923\j)."
"\BSep 24, \J1853\j\b - New Caledonia annexed by France."
"\BSep 09, \J1853\j\b - Fred Spofforth born (û \J1926\j)."
"\BSep 12, \J1854\j\b - Australia's first steam railway, from Flinders Street, Melbourne, to Sandridge (now Port Melbourne) opens."
"\BSep 13, \J1854\j\b - Gov. Hotham orders a twice-weekly inspection of miners' licences instead of once a month as before."
"\BSep 19, \J1854\j\b - Sir George Arthur died (70)."
"\BSep 26, \J1855\j\b - NSW's first railwayùthe first government-owned steam railway in the British Empireùopens between the Sydney station (Redfern) and Parramatta Junction (Granville)."
"\BSep 23, \J1856\j\b - Perth constituted a city, and a bishopric created."
"\BSep 01, \J1857\j\b - R. R. Torrens replaces Baker as Premier of SA."
"\BSep 07, \J1857\j\b - Charles Cowper again becomes Premier of NSW."
"\BSep 30, \J1857\j\b - R. D. Hanson replaces Torrens as Premier of SA."
"\BSep 30, \J1857\j\b - û W. Masson in the riverboat \IMosquito\i\b reaches Balranald on the Murrumbidgee."
"\BSep 20, \J1858\j\b - Ararat, Vic., becomes a municipality."
"\BSep 20, \J1858\j\b - û Rush begins to Canoona, north of Gladstone, following the discovery of gold in July."
"\BSep 05, \J1858\j\b - Victor Daley born (û \J1905\j)."
"\BSep 07, \J1859\j\b - Brisbane proclaimed a municipality."
"\BSep 23, \J1859\j\b - Ship \ISapphire\i\b wrecked near Raine Is., Barrier Reef; all but one of the crew of 18 killed by natives on reaching Hammond Is."
"\BSep 23, \J1859\j\b - û Submarine cable between Cape Otway, Vic., and Circular Head, Tas., completed. (Breaks down within a few weeks.)"
"\BSep 18, \J1860\j\b - Nicholson Land Act passed in Vic. (free selection after survey)."
"\BSep 18, \J1860\j\b - û State aid to religion ceases in Qld."
"\BSep 02, \J1861\j\b - First bridge across the Murray River at Albury officially opened."
"\BSep 15, \J1861\j\b - Howitt finds King, alive, and the remains of Wills (18th) and Burke (21st). (McKinlay finds Gray's grave 21 Oct.)"
"\BSep 15, \J1861\j\b - û Rush begins to Forbes, NSW, following discovery of gold in July."
"\BSep 06, \J1861\j\b - William Lane born (û \J1917\j)."
"\BSep 03, \J1862\j\b - Roma, Qld, gazetted as a town."
"\BSep 25, \J1862\j\b - William Morris Hughes born (û \J1952\j)."
"\BSep 11, \J1863\j\b - Sir Charles Darling becomes Governor of Vic."
"\BSep 25, \J1863\j\b - Ipswich Grammar School, first of the government-subsidised secondary schools under Qld's Grammar Schools Act, opens."
"\BSep 04, \J1863\j\b - Arthur W. Jose born (û \J1934\j)."
"\BSep 19, \J1864\j\b - Railway line opened between Bendigo and Echuca, bringing the Vic. railways from Melbourne to the NSW border."
"\BSep 29, \J1864\j\b - Rupert Bunny born (û \J1947\j)."
"\BSep 08, \J1865\j\b - General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church formed in NSW by union of the various synods."
"\BSep 20, \J1865\j\b - Henry Ayers replaces Dutton as Premier of SA."
"\BSep 25, \J1865\j\b - John McKinlay leaves Adelaide in the barque \IEllen Lewis\b\i to investigate sites for settlement in the NT."
"\BSep 08, \J1866\j\b - 'Bread or blood' riots in Brisbane (to 10th)ùunemployed workers attempt to storm the Government Stores, stone police; ringleaders arrested."
"\BSep 17, \J1868\j\b - Henry Parkes resigns as NSW Colonial Secretary in protest at the dismissal of the Collector of Customs."
"\BSep 24, \J1868\j\b - John Hart becomes Premier of SA for the second time but is replaced after 19 days by Henry Ayers (his fourth ministry)."
"\BSep 11, \J1869\j\b - Melbourne \IHerald\b\i launches the \IWeekly Times."
"\BSep 20, \J1869\j\b - J. A. MacPherson replaces James McCulloch as Premier of Vic."
"\BSep 30, \J1869\j\b - Official opening of the Sydney Free Public Library (formerly the Australian Subscription Library; taken over by the NSW government). Frederick A. Weld becomes Governor of WA."
"\BSep 04, \J1869\j\b - John Pascoe Fawkner died (76)."
"\BSep 09, \J1870\j\b - Ballarat proclaimed a city."
"\BSep 15, \J1870\j\b - Construction begins on the Overland Telegraph Line, superintended by Charles Todd."
"\BSep 17, \J1871\j\b - Brig \ICarl,\b\i on a blackbirding voyage, kidnaps 85 Solomon Islanders, 60 to 70 of whom are shot and thrown overboard after an escape attempt. (Nine crew members subsequently charged with murder; two convicted but serve only a short prison sentence.)"
"\BSep 22, \J1871\j\b - Haymarket Theatre, Melbourne, destroyed by fire."
"\BSep 24, \J1871\j\b - Mary MacKillop excommunicated from the Catholic Church for protesting against a directive to break up the nuns in her order. (Absolved in Feb. \J1872\j.)"
"\BSep 02, \J1871\j\b - James Duhig born (-\J1965\j)."
"\BSep 28, \J1872\j\b - David Unaipon born (-\J1967\j)."
"\BSep 01, \J1873\j\b - Eight-hour day granted in SA to building trades, the government's public works force, and certain other workers."
"\BSep 03, \J1873\j\b - J. V. Mulligan announces his discovery of gold on the Palmer River, north Qld, which begins a dramatic gold rush."
"\BSep 17, \J1873\j\b - Gosse reaches the Townsend Range, WA, and turns back. (Returns to Overland Telegraph Line 16 Dec.)"
"\BSep 29, \J1873\j\b - G. E. Dalrymple leads an expedition by sea from Cardwell to explore the north coast of Qld to the Endeavour River."
"\BSep 30, \J1873\j\b - Warburton reaches Joanna Springs and decides to head for the Oakover River."
"\BSep 13, \J1873\j\b - George W. Lambert born (-\J1930\j)."
"\BSep 01, \J1874\j\b - General Post Office in Martin Place, Sydney, opened."
"\BSep 28, \J1874\j\b - Victorian Humane Society (later the Royal Humane Society of Australasia) formed in Melbourne following the wreck of the pilot schooner \IRip\b\i with the loss of several lives."
"\BSep 17, \J1874\j\b - Walter Murdoch born (-\J1970\j)."
"\BSep 11, \J1876\j\b - SS \IDandenong\b\i sinks off Jervis Bay with the loss of 40 lives."
"\BSep 07, \J1876\j\b - C. J. Dennis born (-\J1938\j)."
"\BSep 10, \J1876\j\b - Hugh D. McIntosh born (-\J1942\j)."
"\BSep 18, \J1876\j\b - James Scullin born (-\J1953\j)."
"\BSep 23, \J1876\j\b - Cyril Brudenell White born (-\J1940\j)."
"\BSep 11, \J1877\j\b - Ships \IAvalanche\i\b and \IForrest\i\b collide and sink off Portland, Vic; 104 lives lost, only 3 being saved."
"\BSep 16, \J1877\j\b - Saxe Bannister died (87?)."
"\BSep 03, \J1878\j\b - Railway line from Sydney reaches Wagga Wagga."
"\BSep 27, \J1878\j\b - William Morgan, MLC, succeeds J. P. Boucaut as Premier of SA."
"\BSep 23, \J1878\j\b - Raymond Longford born (- \J1959\j)."
"\BSep 16, \J1879\j\b - Steam tramway (horse-drawn until 28th because of late arrival of steam locomotives) begins in Sydney from Hunter Street to Redfern."
"\BSep 17, \J1879\j\b - Sydney International Exhibition opens in the newly built Garden Palace in the Domain. (Closes 20 April \J1880\j.)"
"\BSep 15, \J1879\j\b - J. A. Lyons born (û \J1939\j)."
"\BSep 05, \J1880\j\b - First meeting of the Salvation Army in Australia held in Adelaide's Botanic Gardens by Edward Saunders and John Gore."
"\BSep 16, \J1880\j\b - Railway opened to Roma, Qld."
"\BSep 03, \J1880\j\b - Will Dyson born (û \J1938\j)."
"\BSep 20, \J1880\j\b - Elizabeth Kenny born (û \J1952\j)."
"\BSep 08, \J1882\j\b - Dedication of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney."
"\BSep 22, \J1882\j\b - Garden Palace in Sydney destroyed by fire."
"\BSep 25, \J1882\j\b - (Royal) Prince Alfred Hospital opens in Sydney, and the Austin Hospital opens in Melbourne."
"\BSep 05, \J1883\j\b - Boundary rider Charles Rasp registers the first mineral claim on what is now Broken Hill."
"\BSep 30, \J1884\j\b - SA's first warship, the gunboat \IProtector,\b\i arrives at Port Adelaide from Britain."
"\BSep 01, \J1885\j\b - Trades and Labor Council founded in Brisbane."
"\BSep 22, \J1885\j\b - J. B. Chifley born (- \J1951\j)."
"\BSep 02, \J1886\j\b - Fourth Intercolonial Trade Union Congress meeting in Adelaide (to 7th) resolves that there should be direct representation of labour in parliament and that members should be paid."
"\BSep 02, \J1886\j\b - Aboriginal Protection Act in WA provides for the setting up of a Protection Board."
"\BSep 16, \J1886\j\b - Legislation passed granting payment of expenses for Qld MPs."
"\BSep 21, \J1886\j\b - The Normanby woman, a white woman speaking no English, is found living with Aborigines near Cooktown, Qld. (She dies within a few days of capture.)"
"\BSep 25, \J1886\j\b - Edward Hallstrom born (- \J1970\j)."
"\BSep 10, \J1887\j\b - Railway from Silverton, NSW, to Broken Hill opened."
"\BSep 04, \J1888\j\b - Dr (later Sir) William Macgregor arrives at Port Moresby to take up his appointment as Administrator of British New Guinea and formally annex the protectorate as a British Crown colony."
"\BSep 13, \J1889\j\b - Fire in Collins Street, Melbourne, completely destroys George's Emporium and Allan's Music Warehouse; three firemen killed and nine seriously injured."
"\BSep 21, \J1889\j\b - Legislation passed granting payment to members of the NSW Legislative Assembly."
"\BSep 20, \J1889\j\b - Ion L. Idriess born (- \J1979\j)."
"\BSep 11, \J1890\j\b - BHP locks out workers, who refuse to return to work after a week."
"\BSep 15, \J1890\j\b - Sydney carriers refuse to convey wool from railway to wharf."
"\BSep 19, \J1890\j\b - Riot Act read at Circular Quay in Sydney after unionists clash with volunteer carriers of non-union wool and their police escort."
"\BSep 24, \J1890\j\b - Shearers strike (but return to work after a week)."
"\BSep 25, \J1890\j\b - BHP miners agree to return to work (but with working hours reduced from 48 to 46)."
"\BSep 01, \J1890\j\b - Arthur W. Upfield born (-\J1964\j)."
"\BSep 05, \J1891\j\b - Australian Auxiliary Naval Squadronùcruisers \IKatoomba, Mildura, Ringarooma, Tauranga,\i and \IWallaroo,\i and torpedo gunboats \IBoomerang\i and \IKarrakatta\iùarrives in Sydney from Britain."
"\BSep 28, \J1891\j\b - Miners at Moonta, SA, strike for higher wages (to Feb. \J1892\j)."
"\BSep 26, \J1891\j\b - William McKell born (- \J1985\j)."
"\BSep 29, \J1891\j\b - Ian Fairweather born (- \J1974\j)."
"\BSep 10, \J1892\j\b - Rioting in Broken Hill over the arrival of non-union labour to work in mines; strike leaders arrested by police with fixed bayonets (15th); further arrests made in Sydney (19th)."
"\BSep 17, \J1892\j\b - Arthur Bayley and William Ford report their discovery of gold at Coolgardie, WA."
"\BSep 20, \J1893\j\b - Sydney's first regular electric tramway service begins, from North Sydney to Spit Junction."
"\BSep 21, \J1893\j\b - Electric tramway begins operating in Hobart."
"\BSep 03, \J1893\j\b - Harold Williams born (-\J1976\j)."
"\BSep 18, \J1893\j\b - Arthur Benjamin born (-\J1960\j)."
"\BSep 02, \J1894\j\b - Dagworth station, Qld, woolshed burnt down; shots fired by both sides."
"\BSep 05, \J1894\j\b - Bill for the Better Preservation of Peace in Queensland passes through the Qld Legislative Assembly after bitter debate."
"\BSep 10, \J1894\j\b - Shearers call off their strike, having been unable to prevent strike-breakers from working."
"\BSep 27, \J1894\j\b - George Turner becomes Premier of Vic. following the Liberals' success in the elections."
"\BSep 09, \J1894\j\b - Bert Oldfield born (-\J1976\j)."
"\BSep 01, \J1895\j\b - Tas. standardises its time on EST."
"\BSep 14, \J1895\j\b - \IKalgoorlie Miner\b\i begins publication as a daily newspaper."
"\BSep 29, \J1896\j\b - American lone sailor Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handed round the world, arrives at Newcastle from Boston in his yawl \ISpray.\b\i (Leaves Australian coast 24 June \J1897\j.)"
"\BSep 02, \J1897\j\b - Federal Convention reassembles in Sydney (to 24th) to consider amendments to the draft constitution bill."
"\BSep 08, \J1898\j\b - Sidney and Beatrice Webb arrive in Sydney at the beginning of a visit to Australia. (Leave Adelaide in Nov.)"
"\BSep 19, \J1898\j\b - Sir George Grey died (86)."
"\BSep 24, \J1898\j\b - Howard Florey born (-\J1968\j)."
"\BSep 02, \J1899\j\b - Qld holds its first referendum on federation: 38,488 vote in favour; 30,996 against."
"\BSep 12, \J1899\j\b - Fire burns out Sydney's Tivoli Theatre. (Reopens in six months.)"
"\BSep 14, \J1899\j\b - W. J. Lyne replaces George Reid as Premier of NSW."
"\BSep 24, \J1899\j\b - Electric tramway begins operating in Hay Street, Perth."
"\BSep 03, \J1899\j\b - Macfarlane Burnet born (-\J1985\j)."
"\BSep 24, \J1899\j\b - William Dobell born (-\J1970\j)."
"\BSep 14, \J1900\j\b - Tas. enacts legislation to introduce adult male suffrage, abolishing plural voting and property qualification."
"\BSep 17, \J1900\j\b - Queen Victoria proclaims that on and after 1 Jan. \J1901\j the six colonies shall be united in a Federal Commonwealth under the name of the Commonwealth of Australia. "
"\BSep 21, \J1900\j\b - Earl of Hopetoun officially appointed first Governor-General of Australia."
"\BSep 03, \J1901\j\b - Australian flag chosen by competition from 30,000 designs displayed at the Exhibition Building in Melbourne. (Gazetted officially in \J1903\j; status and dimensions officially established by act of parliament on 20 Nov. \J1953\j.)"
"\BSep 16, \J1902\j\b - Customs Tariff Act introduces the Commonwealth's first uniform tariff, a compromise between policies of Protectionists and Free Traders (retrospective to 8 Oct. \J1901\j)."
"\BSep 22, \J1902\j\b - Dymphna Cusack born (û \J1981\j)."
"\BSep 17, \J1903\j\b - Arthur Morgan becomes Premier of Qld, in coalition with Labour's W. H. Browne, following the resignation of Robert Philp."
"\BSep 24, \J1903\j\b - Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister on the resignation of Sir Edmund Barton to become a judge of the High Court."
"\BSep 30, \J1903\j\b - Automobile and Motor Cycle Club of South Australia formed. (Becomes the Automobile Association of SA in \J1911\j; Royal prefix added in \J1929\j.)"
"\BSep 30, \J1904\j\b - French barque \IAdolphe\i\b wrecked on the northern breakwater at Newcastle. (Ship eventually built into the breakwater.)"
"\BSep 23, \J1904\j\b - George Adams died (65)."
"\BSep 01, \J1905\j\b - Vic. Socialist Party founded in Melbourne by English trade union leader Tom Mann."
"\BSep 02, \J1905\j\b - Hobart GPO opened."
"\BSep 05, \J1905\j\b - Australian National Defence League formed in NSW to press for compulsory military training."
"\BSep 05, \J1905\j\b - û Iron clipper \ILoch Vennachar\i\b lost off Kangaroo Is., SA, with the loss of all 26 hands."
"\BSep 01, \J1906\j\b - Australia assumes responsibility for the administration of British New Guinea, renaming it Papua (by the Papua Act of \J1905\j)."
"\BSep 24, \J1906\j\b - Australian Industries Preservation Act provides protection against the dumping of foreign goods on the Australian market."
"\BSep 26, \J1906\j\b - WA parliament proposes holding a referendum to withdraw from the Commonwealth. (No action taken until \J1933\j.)"
"\BSep 26, \J1906\j\b - û Rivers in southern NSW and northern Vic. in flood (to Oct.)."
"\BSep 04, \J1907\j\b - H. B. Higgins succeeds R. E. O'Connor as the High Court judge presiding over the Arbitration Court."
"\BSep 15, \J1907\j\b - Disastrous night fire in Murwillumbah, NSW, destroys 59 buildings in the business section."
"\BSep 15, \J1907\j\b - û Amalgamated Workers' Association formed in Irvinebank, Qld, by E. G. Theodore and William McCormack."
"\BSep 05, \J1908\j\b - Rock fall at Mt Morgan, Qld, mine kills seven men. (Another fall on 4 Nov. kills five more miners.)"
"\BSep 09, \J1908\j\b - Earl of Dudley succeeds Lord Northcote as Governor-General."
"\BSep 20, \J1908\j\b - Women granted the vote in Vic. state elections. (Act not proclaimed until 31 Mar. \J1909\j, after the Dec. election.)"
"\BSep 16, \J1910\j\b - Australian Bank Notes Act gives the Commonwealth Treasury power to issue Australian paper currency. (A 10% tax is subsequently imposed on private bank notes and sterling to force them out of circulation.)"
"\BSep 16, \J1910\j\b - Frank Wilson succeeds N. J. Moore as Premier of WA."
"\BSep 19, \J1910\j\b - Liberal Union formed in SA by the formal amalgamation of the Australasian Nationalist League, the Farmers' and Producers' Political Union, and the Liberal and Democratic Union."
"\BSep 01, \J1910\j\b - Peggy Van Praagh born"
"\BSep 11, \J1911\j\b - SS \IRosedale\i\b founders between Smoky Cape, NSW, and Sydney; 26 drown."
"\BSep 30, \J1911\j\b - Victoria adopts a preferential voting system."
"\BSep 09, \J1911\j\b - John Gorton born"
"\BSep 14, \J1912\j\b - Construction begins on the transcontinental railway from Port Augusta, SA, to Kalgoorlie, WA."
"\BSep 20, \J1912\j\b - Ministry of Defence approves the formation of the Australian Flying Corps. (Recruiting begins 1 Jan. \J1913\j.)"
"\BSep 26, \J1912\j\b - Rev. John Flynn's report to the Presbyterian Church of Australian leads to the founding of the Australian Inland Mission."
"\BSep 13, \J1912\j\b - Joseph Furphy died (68)."
"\BSep 01, \J1913\j\b - û Workers' Educational Association of NSW founded, with David Stewart as secretary."
"\BSep 25, \J1913\j\b - Kenneth (Seaforth) Mackenzie born (û \J1955\j)."
"\BSep 05, \J1914\j\b - Election for federal parliament; Labor gains a clear majority in both houses; Fisher becomes Prime Minister for the third time (17th)."
"\BSep 11, \J1914\j\b - Expeditionary force captures the German wireless station on New Britain with the loss of six lives and four wounded, the first Australian casualties of the war."
"\BSep 12, \J1914\j\b - Australian forces capture Rabaul and (15th) accept the surrender of the government of German New Guinea."
"\BSep 14, \J1914\j\b - Australia loses its first naval vessel, the submarine \IAE1\i\b, off the coast of New Britain."
"\BSep 07, \J1914\j\b - Graeme Bell born"
"\BSep 09, \J1914\j\b - John Passmore (philosopher) born"
"\BSep 24, \J1914\j\b - John Kerr born (û \J1991\j)."
"\BSep 04, \J1915\j\b - Area of 73 square kilometres at Jervis Bay transferred from NSW to the Commonwealth for use as a port."
"\BSep 13, \J1915\j\b - Income tax imposed by the Commonwealth to pay for the war."
"\BSep 13, \J1915\j\b - Voting in federal referendums made compulsory."
"\BSep 14, \J1915\j\b - Tom Barker, editor of the IWW journal \IDirect Action\i\b, gaoled for publishing material likely to prejudice recruiting."
"\BSep 23, \J1915\j\b - Journalist Keith Murdoch, after visiting Gallipoli, writes to Prime Minister Andrew Fisher criticising the conduct and prospects of the Dardanelles operation."
"\BSep 30, \J1915\j\b - HMAS \IBrisbane\i\b, the first cruiser built in Australia, launched in Port Jackson."
"\BSep 03, \J1916\j\b - Australian troops capture Mouquet Farm (but later relinquish it)."
"\BSep 04, \J1916\j\b - Hughes expelled from the NSW Labor executive."
"\BSep 08, \J1916\j\b - First of twelve incendiary acts, thought to be the work of the IWW, attempted in Sydney (to 12th)."
"\BSep 09, \J1916\j\b - Daniel Mannix, Catholic Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne, begins publicly expressing his opposition to conscription and the war."
"\BSep 14, \J1916\j\b - Minister for Trade and Customs Frank Tudor resigns from the government over conscription. (Three other ministers resign on 27 Oct.)"
"\BSep 30, \J1916\j\b - Australian Farmers' Federal Organisation formed in Melbourne."
"\BSep 30, \J1916\j\b - û Premier Holman of NSW loses Labor Party endorsement for campaigning in favour of conscription."
"\BSep 28, \J1916\j\b - Peter Finch born (û \J1977\j)."
"\BSep 19, \J1917\j\b - Rail strike officially ends (with a trial period for new system)."
"\BSep 20, \J1917\j\b - Australian troops fight in the Battle of Menin Road, during the Third Battle of Ypres, and (26th) capture Polygon Wood."
"\BSep 22, \J1917\j\b - Legislation assented to introducing a wartime profits tax (to \J1919\j)."
"\BSep 01, \J1918\j\b - Australian troops capture and hold Mont St Quentin and (2nd) PΦronne."
"\BSep 18, \J1918\j\b - Australian troops spearhead the attack on the Hindenburg Line."
"\BSep 19, \J1918\j\b - Desert Mounted Corps, led by Gen. Harry Chauvel, begins its great ride round the enemy's rear to Nablus in Palestine."
"\BSep 20, \J1918\j\b - SS \IUndola\i\b sinks with all hands off Wollongong, NSW, after apparently striking one of the mines laid by the German raider \IWolf.\i\b "
"\BSep 22, \J1918\j\b - First direct wireless message transmitted from Britain to Australia (from Marconi's station in Carnarvon, Wales) received by Ernest Fisk of AWA at his home in Wahroonga, Sydney."
"\BSep 24, \J1921\j\b - Rockhampton and Mackay linked by rail."
"\BSep 02, \J1922\j\b - Henry Lawson died (55)."
"\BSep 01, \J1923\j\b - Explosion at Bellbird coalmine, near Cessnock, NSW; 21 miners killed."
"\BSep 23, \J1924\j\b - Big Brother movement, under which British migrant youths are sponsored by Australians, officially launched in Melbourne by Richard Linton."
"\BSep 13, \J1924\j\b - Harold Blair born (û \J1976\j)."
"\BSep 01, \J1925\j\b - Thomas Blamey becomes Chief Commissioner of Police in Vic."
"\BSep 23, \J1925\j\b - John Coburn born"
"\BSep 03, \J1926\j\b - \ICanberra Times\b\i begins publication as a bi-weekly. (Becomes a morning daily in \J1928\j.)"
"\BSep 04, \J1926\j\b - Referendums to allow the Commonwealth to regulate commerce and industry and to protect the public against interruption of essential services both rejected."
"\BSep 13, \J1926\j\b - Runaway goods trucks collide with a passenger train at Murulla, NSW, killing 27 people and injuring 42."
"\BSep 21, \J1926\j\b - Don Dunstan born"
"\BSep 01, \J1928\j\b - Liquor referendum in NSW and the ACT results in a vote against prohibition."
"\BSep 10, \J1928\j\b - Kingsford Smith, Ulm, Litchfield, and McWilliams fly from Sydney to Christchurch in the \ISouthern Cross,\b\i making the first flight across the Tasman (arrive 11th)."
"\BSep 12, \J1928\j\b - Waterside workers repudiate a new award handed down by Justice Beeby of\b\i the Commonwealth Arbitration Court, beginning months of industrial trouble on the waterfront, mainly in Melbourne."
"\BSep 25, \J1928\j\b - British Economic Mission arrives in Australia to report on the Australian economy for the British government."
"\BSep 10, \J1929\j\b - W. M. Hughes, expelled from the Nationalist Party for voting with Labor in a no-confidence motion, successfully moves an amendment to the Maritime Industries Bill that the bill should be submitted to a referendum, thereby bringing about the defeat of the government."
"\BSep 29, \J1929\j\b - \ISunday Guardian\b\i first published in Sydney (to \J1931\j)."
"\BSep 29, \J1930\j\b - Richard Bonynge born"
"\BSep 14, \J1931\j\b - Tom Roberts died (75)."
"\BSep 05, \J1933\j\b - Trade pact signed between Australia and NZ under Ottawa Agreement."
"\BSep 01, \J1934\j\b - Body of the 'pyjama girl' found in a culvert near Albury, NSW."
"\BSep 15, \J1934\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate; Lyons government retains office but loses its absolute majority (32 UAP, 15 CP, 8 ALP, 9 Lang Labour); new members include R. G. Menzies and John McEwen."
"\BSep 05, \J1934\j\b - Sidney Myer died (55)."
"\BSep 25, \J1935\j\b - Goldsbrough Mort's nine-storey wool store in Pyrmont, Sydney, burnt out with the loss of 30,000 bales of wool."
"\BSep 02, \J1935\j\b - Sir Sidney Kidman died (78)."
"\BSep 26, \J1935\j\b - Louis Stone died (63)."
"\BSep 04, \J1937\j\b - Dawn Fraser born"
"\BSep 03, \J1939\j\b - Australia declares war on Germany immediately following Britain's declaration of war. (Next day, the first Allied shot fired in the war, as in World War I, is fired from Fort Nepean, Port Phillip, at an escaping German ship.)"
"\BSep 05, \J1939\j\b - W. J. McKell replaces J. T. Lang as leader of the NSW parliamentary Labor Party following a struggle between opposing factions at the state conference in Aug."
"\BSep 06, \J1940\j\b - Prison ship \IDunera\i\b arrives at Sydney with over 2,000 German and Austrian internees from Britain."
"\BSep 21, \J1940\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate; Menzies government remains in office with the support of two independents; new members include A. A. Calwell and H. V. Evatt."
"\BSep 16, \J1942\j\b - F. A. Cooper becomes Premier of Qld following the retirement of William Forgan Smith."
"\BSep 21, \J1942\j\b - Mass breakout attempted at Tatura PoW camp, Vic; eight wounded; all recaptured."
"\BSep 23, \J1942\j\b - Destroyer HMAS \IVoyager\i\b runs aground on a reef near Timor. (Abandoned and destroyed on 25th.)"
"\BSep 03, \J1943\j\b - Agreement between governments of Australia and NZ for reciprocal provision of social services comes into operation."
"\BSep 14, \J1943\j\b - John Cain forms a brief Labor government in Vic. before being replaced (on 18th) by A. A. Dunstan's UAPûCP coalition government."
"\BSep 16, \J1943\j\b - Lae recaptured by Australian forces."
"\BSep 22, \J1943\j\b - Menzies resumes leadership of the UAP and the opposition."
"\BSep 26, \J1943\j\b - Task force in the disguised fishing boat \IKrait\i\b blows up seven ships in Singapore Harbour (and returns to Exmouth Gulf without loss)."
"\BSep 26, \J1943\j\b - û Eleanor Roosevelt visits Australia during a Pacific tour."
"\BSep 01, \J1943\j\b - Sir Arthur Streeton died (76)."
"\BSep 26, \J1943\j\b - Ian Chappell born"
"\BSep 11, \J1944\j\b - Aerogrammes first issued in Australia."
"\BSep 11, \J1944\j\b - û Brown-out restrictions removed."
"\BSep 11, \J1944\j\b - û Kiewa, Vic., hydro-electric scheme's first power station begins operating."
"\BSep 02, \J1945\j\b - General MacArthur accepts the Japanese surrender on board USS \IMissouri\i\b in Tokyo Bay, with Australian representatives in attendance."
"\BSep 24, \J1945\j\b - Waterside workers, in support of Indonesian independence, ban the loading of Dutch ships bound for the Netherlands East Indies."
"\BSep 02, \J1946\j\b - Wool auctions resume in Sydney (after seven years of government purchase of the whole clip); prices rise significantly."
"\BSep 09, \J1946\j\b - Trans-Australia Airlines (TAA) begins operations with a daily service between Melbourne and Sydney."
"\BSep 28, \J1946\j\b - Election for House of Representatives and half Senate; Chifley government returned to office. Referendum to give the Commonwealth power to legislate on social services approved; proposals concerned with marketing and industrial employment rejected."
"\BSep 08, \J1947\j\b - Commonwealth Arbitration Court grants a 40-hour week (to take effect on 1 Jan. \J1948\j)."
"\BSep 24, \J1947\j\b - City of Greater Wollongong created."
"\BSep 01, \J1948\j\b - First Holden motor car comes off the assembly line. (Publicly displayed and named on 29 Nov.)"
"\BSep 02, \J1948\j\b - ANA DC3 \ILutana\i\b crashes near Quirindi, NSW; 13 killed, including Margaret McIntyre, the first woman member of Tas. parliament (elected to the Legislative Council on 8 May)."
"\BSep 20, \J1948\j\b - Price control transferred from Commonwealth to states."
"\BSep 24, \J1948\j\b - H. V. Evatt elected president of the UN General Assembly."
"\BSep 19, \J1949\j\b - Australia, in line with Britain, devalues the pound against the US dollar (úA=$US2.24)."
"\BSep 19, \J1949\j\b - A. E. Monk becomes the first full-time president of the ACTU."
"\BSep 17, \J1950\j\b - Advance party of Australian troops from Japan land in Korea. (Main body of the 3rd Battalion, RAR, arrive on 28th.)"
"\BSep 22, \J1950\j\b - Menzies announces that, in future, personnel recruited for army and citizen military units would be liable for service anywhere."
"\BSep 01, \J1951\j\b - Security treaty between Australia, NZ, and the USùthe ANZUS Treatyùsigned at San Francisco. (Ratified on 29 Apr. \J1952\j.)"
"\BSep 08, \J1951\j\b - Treaty of Peace between Allied Powers and Japan signed in San Francisco (comes into force on 28 Apr. \J1952\j); Australia's occupation force in Japan ceases operations."
"\BSep 22, \J1951\j\b - Referendum to give the Commonwealth government power to ban the Communist Party defeated by a narrow margin (2,317,927 in favour; 2,370,009 against)."
"\BSep 26, \J1951\j\b - Federal government introduces a horror Budget, greatly increasing sales taxes."
"\BSep 10, \J1952\j\b - MV \IAwahou\i\b disappears between Sydney and Lord Howe Is; all 12 hands lost."
"\BSep 12, \J1953\j\b - Automatic quarterly cost-of-living adjustments to the basic wage discontinued."
"\BSep 01, \J1953\j\b - Bernard O'Dowd died (87)."
"\BSep 01, \J1954\j\b - Telex (teleprinter exchange) service introduced in Sydney and Melbourne."
"\BSep 08, \J1954\j\b - South-East Asia Collective Defence Treaty and Pacific Charter signed at Manila, leading to the creation of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO)."
"\BSep 19, \J1954\j\b - Miles Franklin died (74)."
"\BSep 01, \J1955\j\b - Advance party of Australian troops leave for Malaya to become part of the British Commonwealth Strategic Defence Force in South-East Asia."
"\BSep 14, \J1955\j\b - Petrov royal commission final report tabled in federal parliament. (No new spies uncovered and no prosecutions begun.)"
"\BSep 17, \J1955\j\b - Referendum in the ACT on hotel closing hours results in a majority for 10 p.m."
"\BSep 27, \J1955\j\b - Severe import restrictions imposed."
"\BSep 03, \J1956\j\b - Prime Minister Menzies leads a five-nation delegation to Cairo to try to settle the Suez Canal nationalisation dispute (to 6th)."
"\BSep 16, \J1956\j\b - Channel TCN-9 in Sydney launches Australia's first regular television service. (GTV-9 in Melbourne begins transmission on 27 Sept., ABC on 5 Nov.)"
"\BSep 27, \J1956\j\b - Britain conducts the first of a series of four atomic weapons tests (Operation Buffalo) at Maralinga, WA (other tests on 4, 11, and 12 Oct.)."
"\BSep 29, \J1956\j\b - NSW Democratic Labor Party formed in Sydney by expelled ALP executive members and Industrial Group supporters."
"\BSep 23, \J1956\j\b - Shane Gould born"
"\BSep 14, \J1957\j\b - Britain conducts the first of three Operation Antler nuclear weapons tests at Maralinga, WA (other tests on 25 Sept. and 9 Oct.)."
"\BSep 26, \J1958\j\b - Fortnightly independent journal \INation\i\b, founded by T. M. Fitzgerald, begins publication in Sydney (û \J1972\j)."
"\BSep 11, \J1959\j\b - Percy Leason died (70)."
"\BSep 27, \J1961\j\b - Peter Dawson died (79)."
"\BSep 11, \J1962\j\b - Huge iron-ore deposits discovered at Mount Tom Price, WA."
"\BSep 01, \J1963\j\b - Commonwealth Marriage Act of \J1961\j comes into operation, placing the marriage laws of the states and territories on a uniform basis."
"\BSep 02, \J1963\j\b - Perth's moonstruck murderer, truckdriver Eric Edgar Cooke, arrested. (Hanged 27 Oct. \J1964\j.)"
"\BSep 20, \J1963\j\b - Floodgates closed on the Molonglo River at Canberra, beginning the filling of Lake Burley Griffin."
"\BSep 25, \J1963\j\b - Australia pledges military assistance to the new nation of Malaysia against direct or indirect aggression."
"\BSep 20, \J1963\j\b - Sir David Low died (72)."
"\BSep 23, \J1964\j\b - \IOz\i\b magazine judged to be obscene by a Sydney magistrate; publishers Richard Walsh, Richard Neville, and Martin Sharp sentenced to terms of imprisonment. (Convictions quashed in Feb. \J1965\j after an appeal.)"
"\BSep 26, \J1964\j\b - Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, visits Australia (to 8 Oct.) for the British Exhibition and the opening of Sydney's Gladesville Bridge."
"\BSep 23, \J1965\j\b - Roma Mitchell appointed judge of the Supreme Court of SAùthe first woman to become a judge in Australia."
"\BSep 12, \J1966\j\b - Dubbo, NSW, becomes a city."
"\BSep 01, \J1967\j\b - Commonwealth Trade Practices Act comes into force."
"\BSep 06, \J1967\j\b - Commonwealth government announces its intention to limit appeals from the High Court to the Privy Council. (Act assented to, 6 Aug. \J1968\j.)"
"\BSep 08, \J1967\j\b - Police arrest 114 demonstrators in Brisbane protesting against changes in the law governing street marches."
"\BSep 17, \J1967\j\b - Prime Minister Holt announces that Australia would increase its military aid to South Vietnam by another battalion and support groups."
"\BSep 29, \J1969\j\b - Poseidon mining company announces the discovery of a massive lode of nickel at Windarra, WA, setting off a share boom. ($1 shares peak at $280 in Feb. \J1970\j; company in receivership in \J1977\j.)"
"\BSep 01, \J1970\j\b - Queensland Mines Ltd announces the discovery of a rich uranium field at Nabarlek, NT."
"\BSep 01, \J1970\j\b - Federal government bans a visit by US comedian and pacifist Dick Gregory."
"\BSep 14, \J1970\j\b - Vic. branch of the ALP dissolved by the federal executive."
"\BSep 18, \J1970\j\b - Further Vietnam moratorium rallies held in capital cities throughout Australia; 200 marchers arrested in Sydney, 100 in Adelaide."
"\BSep 01, \J1971\j\b - Payroll tax transferred from the Commonwealth to the states."
"\BSep 19, \J1971\j\b - Trams stop running in Ballarat."
"\BSep 27, \J1971\j\b - Sir Douglas Copland died (77)."
"\BSep 16, \J1972\j\b - Terrorists explode two bombs inside Yugoslav travel agencies in Sydney."
"\BSep 09, \J1973\j\b - Australian dollar revalued upward by 5%."
"\BSep 26, \J1973\j\b - Bus carrying elderly tourists plunges 100 metres into the Tumut Pond Dam near Cabramurra in the Snowy Mountains; 18 people killed."
"\BSep 16, \J1975\j\b - Papua New Guinea becomes an independent nation, ending Australia's 69-year rule."
"\BSep 21, \J1975\j\b - Thirteen miners killed by an explosion during a fire in the Kianga coalmine at Moura, central Qld."
"\BSep 27, \J1975\j\b - J. T. (Jack) Lang died (98)."
"\BSep 01, \J1976\j\b - Cigarette and tobacco advertising banned on radio and television."
"\BSep 20, \J1976\j\b - Large 'Kerr and the Consequences' rally in the Sydney Town Hall calls for Australia to become a republic."
"\BSep 04, \J1977\j\b - Qld government bans street protest marches."
"\BSep 17, \J1977\j\b - Dunstan government re-elected in SA with an increased majority."
"\BSep 01, \J1978\j\b - Australian government buys the Clunies Ross holdings on the Cocos Islands except for the family home and grounds."
"\BSep 14, \J1978\j\b - Commonwealth Arbitration Commission decides to hold half-yearly rather than quarterly wage-indexation hearings in future."
"\BSep 15, \J1979\j\b - Liberals led by David Tonkin win the SA election."
"\BSep 27, \J1979\j\b - Ian Sinclair resigns as federal Minister for Primary Industry following the Finnane Commission's report that he forged his father's name on company annual returns. (Reinstated in Aug. \J1980\j after being acquitted of all charges.)"
"\BSep 27, \J1979\j\b - û Ban on protest marches in Brisbane eased."
"\BSep 30, \J1980\j\b - Bob Hawke retires as president of the ACTU to contest the forthcoming federal election. (Replaced as ACTU president by Cliff Dolan.)"
"\BSep 05, \J1980\j\b - Don Banks died (56)."
"\BSep 01, \J1981\j\b - Medibank health scheme undergoes further changes: free treatment for uninsured in hospital standard wards ends."
"\BSep 05, \J1981\j\b - First death from AIDS in Australia: a 72-year-old man in Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (established in Nov. \J1993\j by biopsy analysis)."
"\BSep 19, \J1981\j\b - NT Chief Minister Paul Everingham orders the police to reopen investigation into the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain."
"\BSep 19, \J1981\j\b - Wran government re-elected in NSW with an increased majority; opposition leader Bruce McDonald loses his seat. Referendums to extend the term of the Legislative Assembly from three years to four and to require MPs to disclose certain pecuniary interests both carried."
"\BSep 26, \J1981\j\b - Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Australia (to 12 Oct.) to open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Melbourne."
"\BSep 02, \J1981\j\b - Dame Enid Lyons died (84)."
"\BSep 09, \J1981\j\b - Sir Robert Askin died (72)."
"\BSep 23, \J1983\j\b - Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission sets out guidelines for a centralised system of wage-fixing (full indexation)."
"\BSep 29, \J1983\j\b - Alan Moorehead died (73)."
"\BSep 02, \J1984\j\b - Seven shot dead and 15 wounded in a clash between rival bikie gangs the Comancheros and the Bandidos at the Viking Tavern, Milperra, Sydney."
"\BSep 10, \J1984\j\b - Federal government invites foreign banks to set up in Australia."
"\BSep 29, \J1984\j\b - Hal Porter died (73)."
"\BSep 05, \J1985\j\b - John Howard replaces Andrew Peacock as leader of the federal opposition."
"\BSep 10, \J1985\j\b - Simon Crean succeeds Cliff Dolan as president of the ACTU."
"\BSep 15, \J1985\j\b - Eleanor Dark died (84)."
"\BSep 07, \J1986\j\b - Sealed road around Australia completed with the opening of the section between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek in the far north-west of WA."
"\BSep 10, \J1986\j\b - Australia's credit rating reduced from AAA to AA1 in the US."
"\BSep 28, \J1986\j\b - Sir Robert Helpmann died (77)."
"\BSep 01, \J1987\j\b - Coffs Harbour, NSW, becomes a city."
"\BSep 03, \J1988\j\b - Federal referendums on four-year parliamentary terms; fair and democratic elections; recognition of local government; and trial by jury, freedom of religion, and fair terms for persons whose property is acquired by governments are all defeated."
"\BSep 15, \J1988\j\b - NT Court of Criminal Appeal quashes the convictions of Michael and Lindy Chamberlain and enters verdicts of acquittal."
"\BSep 10, \J1989\j\b - Katherine Gorge (Nitmiluk), NT, handed over to the Jawoyn people, the traditional owners. (Leased back to NT government for continued use as a national park.)"
"\BSep 14, \J1989\j\b - Former Ananda Marga member Evan Pederick convicted of Hilton Hotel bombing murders."
"\BSep 22, \J1989\j\b - Russell Cooper replaces Mike Ahern as Premier of Qld."
"\BSep 25, \J1990\j\b - Tour coach crashes in Qld's Gold Coast hinterland; 11 killed."
"\BSep 28, \J1990\j\b - Floor trading ends at the Australian Stock Exchange."
"\BSep 02, \J1990\j\b - Robert Holmes ß Court died (53)."
"\BSep 30, \J1990\j\b - Patrick White died (78)."
"\BSep 01, \J1992\j\b - John Bannon steps down as SA Premier and Labor Party leader. Lynn Arnold takes his place."
"\BSep 15, \J1992\j\b - Qantas acquires Australian Airlines in preparation for eventual privatisation."
"\BSep 19, \J1992\j\b - Election in Qld. Wayne Goss's Labor government returned with a comfortable majority."
"\BSep 30, \J1992\j\b - In its judgment invalidating the federal government's legislation banning political advertising on radio and TV, the High Court acknowledges the existence of an implied freedom of speech guarantee in the Constitution."
"\BSep 24, \J1993\j\b - International Olympic Committee announces that Sydney has been chosen as host of the 2000 Olympic Games."
"\BSep 30, \J1993\j\b - Legislation passed to introduce a new citizenship oath in which new Australians no longer swear allegiance to the Queen and her heirs. ('From this time forward [under God] I pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people whose democratic beliefs I share, whose rights and liberties I respect, and whose laws I will uphold and obey.')"
"\BSep 16, \J1993\j\b - Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) died (81)."
"\BSep 05, \J1994\j\b - NSW state MP for Cabramatta, John Newman, shot dead outside his house by an unknown gunman."
