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- 1815 – Bathurst, New South Wales is founded following its discovery by George Evans.
- 1841 – Edward John Eyre becomes the first European to cross the Nullarbor Plain, arrives in Western Australia.
- 1851 – Edward Hargraves proclaims the discovery of gold at Ophir, New South Wales. A court later decides that Hargraves companions William Tom and John Lister found the gold.
- 1896 – Edwin Flack wins the Men's 1500 metres at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
- 1939 – Sir Earle Page becomes the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia.
- 1967 – Peter John Badcoe died in the Vietnam War, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, conspicuous gallantry and leadership on more than one occasion.
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