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 * 1878 – Loch Ard, a clipper ship is wrecked at Mutton Bird Island just off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria.


 * 1948 – The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme was introduced by the Australian Government to provide subsidised prescription medication.


 * 2004 – Australian Jennifer Hawkins wins the Miss Universe contest, held in Quito, Ecuador.
 * 2005 – A letter containing a white powder results in the 2005 Indonesian embassy bioterrorism hoax.