A little ray of sunshine from Australia

[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 1st August

1791 – The Third Fleet began to arrive with convicts and supplies; the first ship, Matilda brought 205 convicts.

1797 – Following advice from the master of the Sydney Cove who observed currents and tides while wrecked on Preservation Island, Governor Hunter wrote to Joseph Banks that it seemed certain that the yet-to-be-located Bass Strait existed.

1819 – Explorer and surveyor, Augustus Gregory was born at Farnsfield, Nottingham, England. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions and was the first Surveyor-General of Queensland. He was appointed a lifetime Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

1853 – The Bendigo Petition, 30 metres long with at least 23,000 signatures requesting reform of the license fee system that applied to miners on the gold fields, was sent to Governor La Trobe in Melbourne.

1872 – George Taylor, a little-known pioneer in Australian aviation, was born. As a student and admirer of aviator Lawrence Hargrave, Taylor developed a keen interest in gliding. Together with Edward Hallstrom, he pioneered gliding in Australia, launching from the sandhills at the northern Sydney beach of Narrabeen on 5 December 1909. His craft was a biplane with a box-kite tail for balance, built from coachwood and covered with oiled calico. Taylor went on to be an architect, engineer, founder and Secretary of the Australian Air League, and cartoonist for Bulletin and Punch magazines. He also founded the Wireless Institute of Australia, contributing much to the spread and development of wireless technology in Australia.

1879 – Queensland annexed the Torres Strait Islands.

1888 – The Melbourne Centennial Exhibition was opened.

1902 – The magazine 'New Idea' was first published.

1905 – Grata Flos Matilda Greig became the first woman admitted to practise as a barrister in Australia.

1940 – The first of sixty Bathurst class corvettes, HMAS Bathurst, was launched in Sydney.

1953 – Collingwood ended Geelong's record 26-game unbeaten streak, which still stands, when they won 10.15 (75) to 7.13 (55).

1967 – Qantas Airways dropped the word 'Empire' from its name.

1984 – Australian banks were deregulated. Foreign banks were invited to operate in Australia on 10 September.

Pictured:
Augustus Charles Gregory, c. 1903 (John Oxley Library, SLQ) – Top Left
Bendigo Goldfields Petition (SLV) – Top Right
George Taylor (Pittwater Online) – Bottom Left
Grata Flos Greig, (1880-1958), Australian lawyer, the first woman to be admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor in Australia, Leader (Melbourne), 4 April 1903, pg. 36 (Trove) – Bottom Right



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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 2nd August

1851 – The discovery of gold by Thomas Hiscock in Ballarat (Buninyong) to the south was first publicised, leading to the Victorian gold rush.

1861 – Edith Cowan, the first Australian woman elected as a representative in an Australian parliament, was born near Geraldton, Western Australia.

1872 – George Evans Stewart an officer in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the Philippine-American War, was born in NSW. George Evans Stewart went to America in 1890 to pursue a career in architecture, however, in 1896 he enlisted as a private in the United States Army. Three years later he applied for and received a commission as a second lieutenant and was attached to the 19th Infantry Regiment. In his first combat, in the Philippine War (1899-1902), he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the American's highest military decoration for "While crossing a river in face of the enemy, this officer plunged in and at the imminent risk of his own life saved from drowning an enlisted man of his regiment." With America's entry into WWI, George Evans Stewart rose rapidly to Major in 1917 and Colonel in early 1918. On 2 July 1918, he assumed command of the 339th Infantry Regiment and which immediately made him Commander of the American Expeditionary Force, North Russia (AEFNR). George Evans Stewart died on 2 March 1976 (aged 73 years) in Portland, Texas. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

1917 – The General Strike of 1917 began. The strike was a massive industrial action involving over 100,000 workers in support of railway workers in Sydney.

1922 – Geoffrey Piers Henry Dutton, Australian writer, critic, publisher, and activist, was born.

1982 – ‘The Daily Sun’ newspaper began publication in Brisbane.

1983 – Paul Sharp became the first European to cross the Simpson Desert alone and on foot.

1986 – The painting ‘The Weeping Woman’ by Pablo Picasso was stolen from the National Gallery of Victoria. The painting was found undamaged in a locker at Spencer Street station on 19 August.

1991 – The Palm Grove Hostel fire killed 12 people in Dungog, New South Wales.

1997 – Stuart Diver, a ski instructor, was rescued as the sole survivor of the Thredbo landslide.

2000 – Essendon became the first team to finish with a 21–1 record; a feat subsequently equalled by Geelong in 2008.

Pictured:
Painting by Eugene von Guerard of Ballarat's tent city in the summer of 1853–54 (Wiki) – Top Left
Edith Cowan c. 1900 (SLWA) – Top Right
Col. G. E. Stewart & Officer, Archangel (Library of Congress) – Bottom Left
Cover of Geoffrey Dutton's autobiography, Out in the Open (Wiki) – Bottom Right



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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 3rd August

1850 – Reginald Roe was born. Reginald Heber Roe (3 August 1850 – 21 September 1926) was a headmaster of Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia and first vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland. Roe was a good swimmer, rower and lawn tennis player, and has been called the father of lawn tennis in Queensland. At different periods was president of the Queensland Rowing, Swimming and Lawn Tennis associations. He was also a member of the Queensland Club. As an educationist he was a combination of learning and sound common-sense, interested in ideals and all things intended for the improvement of mankind. Roe did useful work as educational adviser to the government and as vice-chancellor in the difficult early days of the university.

1856 – Alfred Deakin, Australia's second Prime Minister, was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne.

1918 – Australia House, Australia's high commission to the United Kingdom, opened in London. A major landmark on Strand, London, construction on the building by the Dove Brothers commenced in 1913, but shipping problems caused by World War I delayed completion. It was officially opened by individual George V in a ceremony on 3 August 1918 attended by the Australian Prime Minister William Morris Hughes. The cost of the triangular shaped land was £379,756 when purchased by the Commonwealth of Australia in 1912 and building and other associated costs brought total expenditure to about £1 million. The building was designed by Scottish architects, Alexander Marshall Mackenzie and his son, Alexander George Robertson Mackenzie following an architectural competition, the judges of which included Bertram Mackennal, John Longstaff, George Washington Lambert, Fred Leist and Arthur Streeton. The Commonwealth of Australia's chief architect, John Smith Murdoch, travelled to London to work with the Mackenzie firm on the building. Although an Official Secretary had been appointed to London as early as 1906, the High Commission to London was the first Australian diplomatic mission and one of the most prominent in London.

1925 – William Bruce, an Australian cricketer who played in 14 Tests between 1885 and 1895, died. William Bruce (24 May 1864 – 3 August 1925) made his debut in the second match of 1884/85 series when 10 of the Australian players went on strike. Bruce was a gifted left-hander from Victoria and, although he never made a century in his 14 Tests, he had an average of 29—very respectable for his era—and he established himself as a batsman of note. Bruce "kissed his wife goodbye one morning in 1925, saying he wasn’t sure after she had asked if he’d be home for dinner ... his legal practice in difficulties, drinking more than was good for him, and battling depression, Bruce drowned himself in the sea not far from his home."

1962 – The first members of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam arrived in Vietnam.

1968 – The standard gauge rail line between Perth and Kalgoorlie was completed.

Pictured:
Portrait of Reginald Heber Roe (SLQ) – Top Left
Alfred Deakin (John Oxley Library, SLQ) – Bottom Left
The Prosperity of Australia, Australia House, by Harold Parker (Wiki) – Bottom Right
Sport, Cricket, Circa 1895, William Bruce, Victoria, [1882-1894] and Australia, [1884-1895] (Wiki) – Top Right



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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 4th August

1845 – The ship Cataraqui was wrecked off the coast of Tasmania, the 406 people on board drown.

1851 – The Governor of Western Australia complained of receiving too many convicts as 300 ticket-of-leave men arrived unexpectedly.

1860 – The 'Sydney Morning Herald' reported that gold has been found at Lambing Flat, later the scene of Australia's largest anti-Chinese riots.

1900 – The Battle of Elands River commenced. On 4th August 1900, bushmen from five Australian colonies and other British Empire troops became involved in the defence of a staging post in Western Transvaal against a force of between 2,000–3,000 Boers. The siege lasted two weeks before the Boers withdrew in the face of overwhelming British reinforcements. “The Siege at Elands River Post in which Australian Troops played a major part was one of the most remarkable engagements of the Boer War. The engagement was uncharacteristic of the role of the Australian Troops in South Africa and for the first time they were called upon to experience the privations of trench warfare. The significance of this action was no doubt overshadowed by the horrific events of WW I.” [The Australian Lighthorse Association]

1906 – Central Railway Station in Sydney was opened.

1914 – The United Kingdom declared war on Germany – as a consequence Australia entered the war.

1976 – New South Wales Premier Neville Wran announced that the State Government would invest $120,000 in the film "The Picture Show Man" – the state's first big investment in film-making in many years.

1993 – Coles Myer announced a $4 billion expansion plan creating 100,000 new jobs & spanning five years.

1997 – Cathy Freeman became the first Australian woman to win a title at the World Athletics Championships, after her triumph in the 400 metres event in Athens in 49.77 seconds.

Pictured:
The New South Wales Citizens’ Bushmen (Lighthorse) – Top
Demolishing the old Devonshire St Cemetery for the new Central Railway Station (SLNSW) – Middle
Cathy Freeman (Alchetron) – Bottom



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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 5th August

1806 – Captain William Bligh arrived in Sydney to take over the governorship.

1850 – Port Phillip was established as a separate colony from New South Wales.

1859 – The passenger steamship SS Admella was shipwrecked on a submerged reef near Mount Gambier South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.

1914 – Australia fired its first shot in World War I at Fort Nepean in Victoria. The German merchant ship Pfalz was leaving Port Phillip Bay at 12.10am when news of involvement in the war had just reached the fort. The battery fired shots across its bows forcing the ship to surrender. This is believed to be the first shots fired in anger by British Empire forces during the war.

1944 – Japanese prisoners at Cowra, New South Wales, staged a breakout: 4 Australians and 234 Japanese were killed.

1947 – Australia became a member of the International Monetary Fund.

Pictured:
SS Admella, by Shaw, James (1815 - 1881), 1858 (AGSA) – Top
The Melbourne Herald reports the British acceptance of Australian troops, page 14 on Friday, August 7, 1914 (SLV) – Bottom Right
Cowra, NSW, 1944-08. Burial of Australian soldiers killed during breakout of Japanese prisoners at camp 12B, Cowra Prison of War and Interment Group Compound, 1944-08-05. 22nd Australian Garrison Battalion was Security Guard. (AWM - Donated by Cowra and District Historical Society) – Bottom Left




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[Doodoo]

enjoy reading your posting each day
Keep up the good work Barney

[Barney]

enjoy reading your posting each day
Keep up the good work Barney

As I do yours


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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 6th August

1835 – Proclamation of Governor Bourke, a document which formally declared that the British Crown, relying on the doctrine of terra nullius, owned the whole of the continent of Australia.

1915 – The August Offensive at Gallipoli commenced with the Battle of Lone Pine begins on Gallipoli, seven Australians are awarded the Victoria Crosses for this battle.

1919 – Harry Butler made the first air flight over a major body of water in Australia. Henry John 'Harry' Butler AFC (9 November 1889 – 30 July 1924) was a pioneer Australian aviator, Captain and Chief Flight Instructor in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. When he flew an air mail run from Adelaide across Gulf St Vincent to Minlaton on 6 August 1919, it was the first over-water flight in the Southern Hemisphere carrying air mail and the first flight over a major body of water in the southern hemisphere.

1958 – Herb Elliott set a world record for the one-mile dash (3:54.5) at Morton Stadium in Dublin, Ireland.

1986 – A low pressure system moved from South Australia and redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumped a record 327.6 millimetres (12.90 in) of rain in a day on Sydney. Resulting floods killed six people.

Pictured:
Southern Trench in Lone Pine, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915 (Archives New Zealand) – Top
Captain Harry Butler (pilot), Royal Flying Corps (Wiki) – Bottom Left
Herb Elliott, 1960 Olympics (Wiki) – Bottom Right



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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 7th August

1858 – The first recorded game of Australian Rules Football was played between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College at Yarra Park.

1915 – WWI: Assault against Russell's Top, the Battle of the Nek, at Gallipoli. The 8th Light Horse suffered 234 casualties, 154 fatal; and the 10th, suffered 138 casualties, 80 fatal. The action is best known through its depiction in the film Gallipoli (1981).

1946 – Overseas Telecommunications Commission established by an Act of Parliament in August 1946. It inherited facilities and resources from Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited (AWA) and Cable & Wireless, and was charged with responsibility for all international telecommunications services into, through and out of Australia.

Pictured:
Statue next to the Melbourne Cricket Ground on the approximate site of the 1858 football match between Melbourne Grammar and Scotch College. Tom Wills is depicted umpiring behind two young players contesting the ball. The plaque reads that Wills "did more than any other person – as a footballer and umpire, co-writer of the rules and promoter of the game – to develop Australian football during its first decade." – Bottom
The charge of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade at the Nek, 7 August 1915, George Lambert (AWM) – Top



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British celebrity Katie Hopkins has broken her silence following her deportation from Australia, claiming she never broke any hotel quarantine rules.

The controversial media personality, 46, who was flown into Australia ahead of a rumoured appearance on Big Brother VIP, was sent packing on July 19 after her hotel antics — which involved boasting on social media about taunting Sydney hotel guards by answering the door naked without wearing a mask.

Goodbye dont let the door hit you on the arse on the way out

[pipoz4444]

British celebrity Katie Hopkins has broken her silence following her deportation from Australia, claiming she never broke any hotel quarantine rules.

The controversial media personality, 46, who was flown into Australia ahead of a rumoured appearance on Big Brother VIP, was sent packing on July 19 after her hotel antics — which involved boasting on social media about taunting Sydney hotel guards by answering the door naked without wearing a mask.

Goodbye dont let the door hit you on the arse on the way out

Yes, and how stupid are the idiots who structured the Contract/Agreement with her, with that "Pay or Play" clause (Reportedly)

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/t ... e99a25fc2d


pipoz4444

[stattointhailand]

The Aussie T20 team managed to beat Bangladesh ( at the 4th attempt)

[papafarang]

British celebrity Katie Hopkins has broken her silence following her deportation from Australia, claiming she never broke any hotel quarantine rules.

The controversial media personality, 46, who was flown into Australia ahead of a rumoured appearance on Big Brother VIP, was sent packing on July 19 after her hotel antics — which involved boasting on social media about taunting Sydney hotel guards by answering the door naked without wearing a mask.

Goodbye dont let the door hit you on the arse on the way out

I'd describe that woman as a .jerk.

[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 8th August

1789 – Australia's first police force was established in the colony of New South Wales. It was made up of a dozen convicts.

1895 – The steamship SS Catterthun struck Seal Rocks, NSW, and foundered, killing 55 persons.

1900 – The first Australian contingents of naval volunteers set sail for China to assist British and international troops during the Boxer Rebellion.

1907 – The New South Wales Rugby Football League was formed in Sydney, introducing the sport of rugby league in Australia.

1918 – The Battle of Amiens, one of the greatest advances in WWI begins with British, Australian and Canadian troops participating in a successful offensive – General Erich Ludendorff described it as "the black day of the German Army".

1925 – South Sydney recorded the only perfect season in NSWRFL history, winning all twelve of their matches.

1926 – The first aircraft produced by Qantas was turned out. The first aircraft, a DH50A, was turned out under the Qantas banner on 8 August 1926. This was the first time an aircraft had been built in Australia under licence from overseas manufacturers.

1982 – The Dalai Lama visited Australia to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Buddhism in the country.

Pictured:
Mounted Police & prisoners. Date unknown. By Samuel Thomas Gill [1818-1880] (SLNSW) – Bottom Left
8th August, 1918 (oil-on-linen, 107 cm x 274 cm, 1918-1919) by Will Longstaff, Australian official war artist. Depicts a scene during the Battle of Amiens. The view is towards the west, looking back towards Amiens. A column of German prisoners of war being led into captivity. Meanwhile horse-drawn artillery are advancing to the east. (Wiki) – Top
Qantas DH50A (Australian National Trust) – Bottom Right



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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 9th August

1851 – Gold was discovered at Sovereign Hill, near Ballarat, in Victoria.

1890 – The first recital was held on the largest pipe organ in the world at the time, the Grand Organ in the Sydney Town Hall.

1915 – Alexander Burton, Victoria Cross recipient, died at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey. His Citation (abridged) reads: "In the early morning of 9th August the enemy made a determined counter-attack on a newly captured trench held by Lieutenant Tubb, Corporals Burton, Dunstan and a few men. They advanced up a trench and blew in a sandbag barricade, but Tubb and the two corporals repulsed the enemy and rebuilt the barricade. Strong enemy bombing parties twice again succeeded in blowing in the barricade, but on each occasion, the enemy was repulsed and the barricade rebuilt, although Tubb was wounded and Corporal Burton killed while most gallantly building up the parapet under a hail of bombs".

1916 – Between 9 August and 12 August – Martin O'Meara repeatedly went out and brought in wounded officers and men from "No Man's Land" under intense artillery and machine-gun fire during the Battle of Pozières; for his gallantry, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

1942 – HMAS Canberra was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island.

Pictured:
The Gold Diggings of Victoria in Five Views taken on the spot by D. Tulloch, 1852 (SLV) – Top
Studio portrait of 384 Corporal Alexander Stewart Burton, VC, 7th Battalion (AWM) – Bottom Left
Private Martin O'Meara c. 1915–16 (Wiki) – Bottom Right



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[Barney]

https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclo ... _navy/savo


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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 10th August

1844 – Charles Sturt set out on his final expedition to search for an inland sea in Australia.

1853 – A Jubilee Festival was held in Hobart to mark the cessation of convict transportation to the colony.

1885 – The Broken Hill Proprietary Company (later to become the world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton) was registered as a company in Victoria.

1914 – Recruiting began for the First Australian Imperial Force. Australia had offered a force of 20,000 troops.

1920 – The Princes Highway was officially opened, connecting Sydney and Adelaide via Melbourne.

1976 – The New South Wales Government guaranteed an extra $15 million for the Sydney Water Board to create 750 more jobs in the 1976–77 financial year in an effort to relieve increasing unemployment in the state.

1990 – The State Bank of Victoria was sold to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for AU$1.6b, in the wake of bad debts run up by the State Bank's Tricontinental subsidiary in the 1980s.

1997 – Australia retained the Ashes after beating England by 264 runs in the Fifth Test at Trent Bridge Nottingham. The win gave Australia its fifth consecutive series victory.

Pictured:
South Australia: Departure of Sturt's Expedition, 10th August, 1844. Looking south down individual William Street, Adelaide. From the coloured lithograph by S.T. Gill in George French Angas' 'South Australia Illustrated'. (SLSA) – Top
"The trumpet calls", an Australian Army recruitment poster from World War I (Library of Congress) – Bottom Left
Princes Highway, Dapto in 1920. Dapto Hotel in the background. (Wollongong City Library) – Bottom Right



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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 11th August

1824 – New South Wales was constituted a Crown Colony.

1870 – Melbourne Town Hall was opened.

1965 – Australian Cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s, William Woodfull died. William Maldon Woodfull OBE (22 August 1897 – 11 August 1965) was an Australian cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s. He captained both Victoria and Australia and was best known for his dignified and moral conduct during the tumultuous bodyline series in 1932–33. Trained as a schoolteacher, Woodfull was known for his benevolent attitude towards his players, and his patience and defensive technique as an opening batsman. Woodfull was not a flamboyant player but was known for his calm, unruffled style and his reliability in difficult situations. His opening pairing with fellow Victorian Bill Ponsford for both his state and Australia remains one of the most successful in history. While not known for his tactical skills, Woodfull was widely admired by his players and observers for his sportsmanship and ability to mould a successful and loyal team through the strength of his character.

1977 – A 24-hour strike by postal staff at Melbourne's two biggest parcel centres stops more than 25,000 parcels from being handled.

1989 – Actor John Meillon died. John Meillon, OBE (1 May 1934 – 11 August 1989), was an Australian character actor, known for many straight as well as comedy roles, he became most widely known internationally however as Walter Reilly in the films Crocodile Dundee and Crocodile Dundee II. He also voiced advertisements for Victoria Bitter beer.

1989 – A pilots' strike crippled domestic air travel in Australia.

1989 – Canterbury Bulldogs & Canberra Raiders met at the WACA Ground in Perth in the first NSWRL match played outside the eastern states.

1989 – It was announced that the VFL will become known as the AFL from next season.

Pictured:
Melbourne Town Hall, 1910 (SLV) – Left
Australian cricketer Bill Woodfull (Wiki) – Top Right
John Meillon in They're a Weird Mob [1966] (Wiki) – Bottom Right



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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 12th August

1806 – Captain Philip Gidley individual, third Governor of New South Wales, was succeeded by Captain William Bligh.

1829 – The city of Perth, Western Australia, was founded.

1900 – Frederick Lane won the Men's 200-metre freestyle at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

1902 – England beat Australia by one wicket at ‘The Oval’.

1918 – individual George V knighted Australian John Monash on the battlefield, the first British commander to be knighted in that way for 200 years.

1940 – An RAAF Lockheed Hudson crashed near Canberra, killing three members of Cabinet and the Chief of the General Staff.

1965 – Limited free-trade agreement negotiated between Australia and NZ.

1989 – Thirteen people die when two hot-air balloons crash near Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

Pictured:
P.G. individual and family, painted in London by Robert Dighton, 1799. (L to R) Anna Josepha individual, Elizabeth (b.1797 at sea); Anna Maria (b. 1793 Norfolk Island), Phillip Parker (b. 1791 Norfolk Island), Philip Gidley individual (Mitchell Library) – Top
The Foundation of Perth. George Pitt Morison (Wiki) – Middle Right
Frederick Lane (second from right) Swimming at the Olympic Games, Paris 1900: 200m Obstacle (Swimming Effects) – Bottom Right
His Majesty individual George V, knighting Lieutenant-General Sir John Monash, Australian Corps Commander, at the Corps Headquarters in the Chateau, when General Monash was invested as a Knight Commander of the Bath. (AWM) – Left



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[Barney]

ON THIS DAY – 14th August

1861 – William Landsborough organised a relief expedition to find missing explorers Burke and Wills.

1875 – ‘The Queenslander’ newspaper reported on the first-ever game of Association Football, later Soccer, played in Australia.

1924 – The final Cobb & Co coach made its run from Yuleba to Surat on the Darling Downs.

1987 – All the children held at Kia Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon run by the Santiniketan Park Association, were released after a police raid.

Pictured:
William Landsborough (John Oxley Library, SLQ) – Bottom Right
Brisbane Soccer Team ca 1870 (John Oxley Library, SLQ) – Bottom Left
Cobb & Co. coach in front of an unknown post office, ca. 1920 (John Oxley Library, SLQ) – Top



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