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September 12, 1854: Australia’s first steam train makes its maiden voyage in Melbourne

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September 11, 1914: Australian troops land in New Guinea in the first significant Australian action of World War I

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September 10, 1906: The first Australian licence plates and driver’s licences are issued

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September 9, 1839: Darwin Harbour is discovered and named

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September 8, 1792: The first convict is believed to have been buried in the Old Sydney Burial Ground

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September 7, 1876: C J Dennis, Australian journalist, poet and author of ‘The Sentimental Bloke’, is born

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September 6, 1997: The first Saturday edition of the Australian Financial Review is published

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September 5, 1880: The first Salvation Army meeting in Australia is held in Adelaide

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September 4, 2006: Australian icon Steve Irwin is killed by a stingray

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September 3, 1901: The Australian flag is flown for the first time

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September 2, 1922: Henry Lawson dies

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September 1, 1992: Today is Australia’s “National Wattle Day”

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