- 1616 – Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog is the first European explorer to reach Western Australia.
- 1921 – the first group of Barnardo's Boys arrived in Sydney.
- 1958 – The wreckage of the Australian National Airways Avro 618 Ten Southern Cloud is found after 27 years missing.
- 1964 – Eric Edgar Cooke hanged, last person in Western Australia to be executed.
- 1981 – Guy Sebastian, winner of the first series of Australian Idol in 2003 is born in Klang, Malaysia.
- 1985 – The Mutitjulu people of central Australia were given freehold title to Uluru and the surrounding National Park.
- 2002 – Federation Square in Melbourne is opened.