Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/November/November 1

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• 1791 – A party of twenty-one convicts escape from Port Jackson and (with an obviously limited knowledge of Australian geography) attempt to walk to China. Some die in the wilderness, while others are recaptured.
• 1792 – The Philadelphia becomes the first foreign trading vessel to visit Sydney.
• 1853 – The first postage stamps of Tasmania are issued.
• 1914 – The first contingent of the First Australian Imperial Force leaves for Egypt.
• 1916 – a general coal strike began in eastern Australia.
• 1926 – General Motors opens assembly plants in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
• 1940 – Aviator Guy Menzies is killed when his flying boat is shot down over Italy.
• 1945 – Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations.
• 1967 – Pop singer Tina Arena is born in Moonee Ponds.
• 1972 – Actress Toni Collette is born in Blacktown, New South Wales.
• 1986 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen wins his final election as Premier of Queensland with his party, the National Party, gaining 38.6% of the vote.
• 1990 – The Australian domestic aviation market is deregulated.
• 2005 – Makybe Diva wins her third Melbourne Cup.