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On this day: One of Australia’s worst maritime disasters
The loss of the SS Yongala – now a Great Barrier Reef dive site – was a puzzling mystery for almost 50 years.
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On this day: birth of an aviation pioneer
John Duigan, the first to design, build and fly an Australian- made plane, was born on May 31, 1882.
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On this day: The birth of the Australian nation
Our nation was legally born on 9 July 1900 – but it’s not a date many Australians would recognise.
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On this day: Australia’s first female politician born
Edith Cowan, Australia’s first female candidate to be voted into parliament, was born 150 years ago today.
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On this day: Australia’s biggest prison breakout
On 5 August 1944, more than 500 Japanese prisoners of war launched a violent breakout in Cowra, NSW.
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On this day: Captain James Cook sets sail
Almost 250 years ago, Captain James Cook sailed on the voyage where he discovered Australia.
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On this day: Australia at war
On 3 September 1939, two days after Hitler invaded Poland, Australia entered World War II.
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On this day: PNG gains independence
On 16 September 1975, Papua New Guinea became an independent state after 70 years under Australian rule.
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On this day: First picture of a tornado in Australia
On 27 September 1911, a violent Australian tornado was captured on film for the first time.
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On this day: Australia’s first atomic bomb test
On 3 October 1952, Britain tested its first atomic weapon off the coast of Western Australia.