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Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster 1810 – A town plan of Sydney was published, on which the streets were given new and permanent names, including Market, George, Park and Barrack Streets.1862 – The Melbourne Zoo is opened.1903 – The High Court of Australia opens in Melbourne .1911 – Compulsory voting is introduced.1920 – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster is appointed the seventh Governor-General of Australia , his appointment the first in consultation with the Australian Government .1930 – Richie Benaud , one of the greatest leg-spinners to have played Test cricket , was born in Penrith, New South Wales .1972 – A school teacher and her six pupils are kidnapped for A$1 million ransom in the Faraday School kidnapping .1978 – Rock and roll singer Johnny O'Keefe dies.1992 – Jeff Kennett becomes Premier of Victoria , after defeating Joan Kirner in the 1992 Victorian state election.1992 – Death of Bill O'Reilly , cricketer , and well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster, in Sydney aged 87.
