Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/September/September 17


 * 1877 – The Port Arthur penal colony was closed.
 * 1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for a third non-consecutive term.
 * 1950 – The first Australian forces land in Korea, during the War. Australian casualties numbered more than 1,500, of whom 339 were killed.
 * 1962 – Film director Baz Luhrmann was born.