Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/October/October 29


 * 1914 – The War Precautions Act 1914, which gave the Government of Australia special powers for the duration of World War I and for six months afterwards, was passed by the Parliament of Australia.
 * 1953 – British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) Douglas DC-6, registration VH-BPE, en route from Sydney, crashes on approach to San Francisco, killing 19.
 * 1981 – Jonathan Brown, Australian Football League player for the Brisbane Lions, is born.
 * 1982 – Lindy Chamberlain is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her baby daughter Azaria; husband Michael Chamberlain is charged as an accessory.
 * 1997 – Australian economist and first Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia H. C. Coombs dies.