Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 31


 * 1855 – Governor of Victoria Charles Hotham dies aged 48.
 * 1935 – The cane toad is introduced into Queensland to control the cane beetle.
 * 1964 – Donald Campbell sets a new land speed record at Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia of 276.33 mph (442 km/h).
 * 2005 – Sections of the Trans-Australian Railway near Nurina on the Nullarbor Plain were washed away by flooding, halting passenger and freight services for up to five days.