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Portrait of Miles Franklin, circa 1940s.

• 1824 – W. C. Wentworth and Robert Wardell begin publication of The Australian, the first independent newspaper in Australia.
• 1879 – Author Miles Franklin born at Talbingo, New South Wales.
• 1923 – Severe floods in Melbourne, two people drown.
• 1935 – The Hornibrook Bridge opens, connecting Brisbane and Redcliffe, the 2.8 km bridge is one of the longest timber and girder bridges in Australia.
• 1958 – Death of Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer and geologist, aged 76.
• 1959 – Radio comedian and quiz show host Jack Davey dies.
• 1959 – Death of Errol Flynn, flamboyant film actor, in Vancouver, British Columbia, aged 50. He shares coffin space with six bottles of whiskey, a parting gift from his drinking buddies.
• 1968 – The town of Meckering, Western Australia, is badly damaged by an earthquake.