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Appearance
![Samuel Griffith, first Chief Justice of Australia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Chief_Justice_Samuel_Griffith.jpg/100px-Chief_Justice_Samuel_Griffith.jpg)
- 1892 – The Australian Cricket Council announces an intercolonial cricket competition to be known as the Sheffield Shield.
- 1903 – Samuel Griffith is appointed as the first Chief Justice of Australia.
- 1933 – Diane Cilento, theater and film actress was born in Brisbane.
- 1979 – Vince Grella, football (soccer) midfielder, and member of Australia's 2006 World Cup team was born in Dandenong, Victoria.
- 1990 – After one hundred and fifty years, The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. The first edition of the Herald-Sun appears on the 8th of October.
- 1990 – The Daily Mirror in Sydney is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. The first edition of The Daily Telegraph-Mirror appears on the 8th of October.