Portal:Military history of Australia/Selected anniversaries/December/December 4

December 4


 * 1854 – Ballarat is placed under martial law after the Battle of the Eureka Stockade.
 * 1914 – World War I: the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps enters Cairo for the first time
 * 1990 – Royal Australian Navy involvement in the Persian Gulf is approved by the Australian Government
 * 2006 – The first RAAF C-17 Globemaster III arrives in Australia.