Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/June/June 24


 * 1826 – Birth of George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia.
 * 1856 – Queen Victoria makes Norfolk Island a separate settlement from Tasmania to be administered by the Governor of New South Wales.
 * 1913 – Joseph Cook becomes the sixth Prime Minister of Australia.
 * 1953 – British and Australian governments announced Britain was developing atomic weapons and they would be tested in Australia.
 * 1978 – The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is held to mark International Gay Solidarity Day.
 * 1987 – Christopher Skase buys the Seven Network.
 * 1992 – Nick Greiner resigns as Premier of New South Wales after corruption finding against him.
 * 2010 – Julia Gillard becomes the first female Prime Minister of Australia.