Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 21


 * 1817 – Lachlan Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland.
 * 1889 – The poem "Clancy of the Overflow", by Banjo Paterson, is first published in The Bulletin magazine.
 * 1921 – The Gun Alley Murder: 12-year-old Alma Tirtschke is raped and murdered in Gun Alley, Melbourne. 28-year-old Colin Ross was hanged for the crime, but in 1992 was proved innocent (unsolved).
 * 1938 – A direct radio-telephone link is established between Canberra and Washington, D.C..
 * 1977 – World Series Cricket is launched by Kerry Packer.