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The iconic view of the penitentiary originally built as a flour mill, across the water.
- 1830 – The Port Arthur penal settlement was established.
- 1975 – Thirteen miners are killed in an underground coal mine explosion at the Kianga Mine at Moura, Queensland.
- 1999 – Australian troops commanded by Peter Cosgrove arrive in East Timor as a part of INTERFET peacekeeping operations.
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