Tag: #onthisday

September 13, 1982: A second inquest begins into the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain

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

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

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

September 9, 1839: Darwin Harbour is discovered and named

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

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

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

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

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