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Bert Hinkler and his Avro Avian 1928
- 1892 – Pioneer aviator Bert Hinkler is born in Bundaberg, Queensland.
- 1910 – Geelong, Victoria is declared a city.
- 1934 – Imperial Airways extends its airmail service to Australia.
- 1987 – Frank Vitkovic kills eight and injures another five before falling to his death in the Queen Street massacre in Melbourne.
- 1988 – In Mabo v Queensland (1988) the High Court of Australia finds that the Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act, which attempted to retrospectively abolish native title rights, was not valid.
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