Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/November/November 1


 * 1791 – A party of twenty-one convicts escape from Port Jackson and (with an obviously limited knowledge of Australian geography) attempt to walk to China. Some die in the wilderness, while others are recaptured.
 * 1792 – The Philadelphia becomes the first foreign trading vessel to visit Sydney.
 * 1853 – The first postage stamps of Tasmania are issued.
 * 1914 – The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force leaves for Egypt.
 * 1916 – a general coal strike began in eastern Australia.
 * 1926 – General Motors opens assembly plants in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
 * 1940 – Aviator Guy Menzies is killed when his flying boat is shot down over Italy.
 * 1945 – Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations.
 * 1967 – Pop singer Tina Arena is born in Moonee Ponds.
 * 1972 – Actress Toni Collette is born in Blacktown, New South Wales.
 * 1986 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen wins his final election as Premier of Queensland with his party, the National Party, gaining 38.6% of the vote.
 * 1990 – The Australian domestic aviation market is deregulated.
 * 2005 – Makybe Diva wins her third Melbourne Cup.