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 * 1793 – John Macarthur receives 100 acres at Parramatta, he establishes Elizabeth Farm.
 * 1798 – Matthew Flinders explores the Furneaux Islands in Bass Strait.
 * 1851 – Edward Hargraves finds gold near Bathurst, starting the first of many Australian gold rushes.
 * 1981 – Harry Gibbs is appointed as the eighth Chief Justice of Australia.
 * 1990 – Carmen Lawrence becomes Premier of Western Australia and Australia's first female premier, after the resignation of Peter Dowding.