Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 2


 * 1851 – Gold is first discovered in Ballarat, Victoria, 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.
 * 1989 – The Australian cricket team captained by Allan Border wins the Ashes in England, for the first time since 1934.
 * 1991 – The Palm Grove Hostel fire kills 12 people in Dungog, New South Wales.
 * 1997 – Stuart Diver, a ski instructor, is rescued as the sole survivor of the Thredbo landslide.