Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/November/November 28


 * 1903 – The Petriana spills 1,300 tonnes of crude oil in Port Phillip Bay; it was Australia's first recorded major oil spill.
 * 1942 – Australian pilot Ron Middleton earns a posthumous Victoria Cross for valour in bringing his crew and crippled bomber home after a raid on Turin, Italy.
 * 1992 – Death of Sidney Nolan, one of Australia's most well-known painters, aged 75.
 * 1996 – Dean Brown is ousted in a party-room ballot as Premier of South Australia by John Olsen.
 * 2003 – Simon Crean resigns as Opposition Leader.