Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 27

• 1906 – A cyclone damages Cairns and Innisfail in Queensland.
• 1921 – Victoria Cross winner Maurice Vincent Buckley dies following a riding accident at Boolarra in Gippsland.
• 1941 – Following the capture of Tobruk, two brigades of the 6th Australian Division under Major General Iven Mackay pursue the Italians westwards and encounters an Italian rear guard at Derna.