Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/June/June 5


 * 1823 – A path through the Liverpool Range, now known as Pandora’s Pass, is found by Allan Cunningham.
 * 1866 – John McDouall Stuart, the most accomplished and most famous of all Australia's inland explorers, died.
 * 1909 – Steam trams begin operation in Rockhampton, Queensland.
 * 1909 – Archibald Peake, South Australian leader of the Commonwealth Liberal Party, becomes Premier of South Australia.
 * 1981 – Rupert Hamer resigns as Premier of Victoria after losing the support of his party.
 * 1988 – Kay Cottee completes the first single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world by a woman.
 * 2002 – Actress Gwen Plumb dies.