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 * 1929 – Fremantle, Western Australia, is proclaimed a city.
 * 1969 – The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21) collides with the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) in the South China Sea, killing 74 US sailors.
 * 1991 – Paul Keating made his first leadership challenge for the Australian Labor Party. Bob Hawke won 66–44 and Keating resigned as Treasurer the same day.
 * 1992 – Mabo v Queensland is decided upon by the High Court of Australia, making irrelevant the doctrine of terra nullius and recognising the existence of Native Title land rights.