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 * 1788 – The Colony of New South Wales is officially created with Arthur Phillip as the first Governor.


 * 1967 – Bushfires in Tasmania, destroy over 1,000 homes and take 62 lives.
 * 1969 – Nine people were killed in the Violet Town railway disaster.
 * 1986 – Lindy Chamberlain is released from prison after serving three years upon the find of new evidence which eventually leads a judge to overturn her conviction.
 * 2009 – Bushfires in Victoria left over 100 dead in the deadliest bushfires in Australia's history.