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Douglas Mawson, 1914 portrait

• 1908 – Australians Douglas Mawson and Edgeworth David accompanied by Ernest Shackleton and others are the first people to scale Mount Erebus in Antarctica.
• 1931 – The first Apex Club is formed in Geelong, Victoria.
• 1946 – An Australian National Airways (ANA) DC3 aircraft crashes near Hobart, killing 25.
• 1959 – The Australian population officially reaches 10 million.
• 1971 – William McMahon becomes the twentieth Prime Minister of Australia, after John Gorton stands down following a vote of no confidence.