Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 4


 * 1851 – Charles La Trobe forwards a Victorian Legislative Council motion opposing further transportation; it is passed unanimously.
 * 1960 – Athlete Glynis Nunn is born in Toowoomba, Queensland.
 * 1976 – The Royal Australian Navy's fleet of Grumman Tracker aircraft is destroyed by arson at Nowra, New South Wales.
 * 1995 – A gas explosion at Kogarah railway station, Sydney kills two people.