April 29, 1770 — Captain James Cook is the first European to make contact with Australian Natives
It was on his first voyage of discovery that Captain James Cook’s ship the Endeavour, sighted the eastern coast of...
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Paul Kelly
June 28, 1880 — Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan
By the time Ned Kelly was finally brought down by the police, not long after dawn on the 28th of...
August 9, 2020
October 28, 1880 — Ned Kelly is sentenced to death
Despite his long list of charges, Ned Kelly was convicted of only one capital crime: the murder of Constable Lonigan...
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December 5, 1939 — Albert Namitjira’s first solo show opens
One of the greatest of Australian painters, Albert Namitjira was 36 when his first solo show opened. It ran for...
March 24, 2019
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