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Anzac, the landing 1915
(1922) by
George Washington Lambert
1829
– Captain
Charles Fremantle
arrives off the coast of the present-day state of
Western Australia
, aboard
HMS
Challenger
, with the intention of establishing the
Swan River Colony
.
1896
– At the
1896 election
in
South Australia
, women exercise their right to vote for the first time, having been given
limited suffrage
the previous year.
1915
– The
Gallipoli Campaign
commences
, with the
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
(ANZAC)
landing
at
Anzac Cove
(painting pictured)
on the
Gallipoli
peninsula in present-day
Turkey
.
1918
– In the
Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux
, Australian and British troops counter-attack German forces near
Amiens
,
France
, with
Clifford Sadlier
later receiving the
Victoria Cross
for his actions.
1927
–
Anzac Day
is uniformly observed in all
Australian states
for the first time.
1975
– The
Australian embassy
in
Saigon
,
South Vietnam
, is closed and staff evacuated prior to the
Fall of Saigon
.