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    Australian, Victorian, local and worldwide history from the same date in any year …

    Uluru Ayers Rock NT

    October 26, 1985: The Australian Government returns ownership of Uluru to...

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    Dirk Hartog

    October 25, 1616: Dutch sea captain Dirk Hartog becomes the first...

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    Sir Henry Parkes

    October 24, 1889: Sir Henry Parkes, ‘Father of Australian Federation’, makes...

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    John Oxley

    October 23, 1823: Oxley departs Sydney to search north for a...

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    October 22, 1872: The first overseas telegraph messages are received in...

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    Thomas Edison

    October 21, 1879: Thomas Edison successfully demonstrates the first commercially viable...

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    October 20, 1973: The Sydney Opera House is formally opened by...

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    Ludwig Leichhardt

    October 19, 1845: Leichhardt discovers the Roper River in northern Australia

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    Australian Parliament

    October 18, 1909: The Australian Capital Territory is created

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    eureka hotel ballarat

    October 17, 1854: The Eureka Hotel is burnt to the ground...

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