- 1889 – Peter Lalor, the leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion, dies aged 62.
- 1914 – Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, a landholder and provost of Kirkcaldy, appointed as the new Governor-General of Australia.
- 1923 – Stanley Bruce becomes Prime Minister of Australia.
- 1937 – Cairns is hit by a tropical cyclone.
- 1986 – Women were ordained as priests in the Anglican Church of Australia for the first time.
- 2002 – The Australian Labor Party, led by Mike Rann, wins the South Australian state election.