Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/May/May 27
1801
– The French cartographic expedition of
Nicolas Baudin
sighted
Cape Leeuwin
.
1967
– Australia holds a
referendum
approving two amendments to the
Australian Constitution
relating to
Indigenous Australians
.
2005
–
Schapelle Corby
convicted of drug smuggling by an
Indonesian
court and sentenced to 20 years in gaol, later reduced to 15 and then reverted to 20 years.