- 1845 – The cutter Americana is wrecked in the Torres Strait, the sole survivor, Barbara Thompson, lives with the local indigenous people until 1849.
- 1923 – The Country Women's Association holds its first annual conference.
- 1929 – A dam on the Cascade River collapses, the subsequent torrent kills 14.
- 1978 – Cyclone Alby kills five people in Western Australia.