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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Portal:Australia
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Anniversaries
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October
Portrait of Miles Franklin, circa 1940s.
1824
–
W. C. Wentworth
and
Robert Wardell
begin publication of
The Australian
, the first independent newspaper in Australia.
1879
– Author
Miles Franklin
born at
Talbingo, New South Wales
.
1923
– Severe floods in
Melbourne
, two people drown.
1935
– The
Hornibrook Bridge
opens, connecting
Brisbane
and
Redcliffe
, the 2.8 km bridge is one of the longest timber and girder bridges in Australia.
1958
– Death of
Douglas Mawson
,
Antarctic
explorer and
geologist
, aged 76.
1959
– Radio comedian and quiz show host
Jack Davey
dies.
1959
– Death of
Errol Flynn
, flamboyant film
actor
, in
Vancouver
, British Columbia, aged 50. He shares coffin space with six bottles of whiskey, a parting gift from his drinking buddies.
1968
– The town of
Meckering, Western Australia
, is badly damaged by an earthquake.
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