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• 1802 - Matthew Flinders met the French explorer Nicolas Baudin at Encounter Bay.
• 1817 - Australias first bank, the Bank of New South Wales is established.
• 1867 - Arthur Streeton, artist and a member of the famous Heidelberg School of Australian artists, is born in Mount Duneed, southwest of Geelong
• 1933 - Referendum produces 2 to 1 vote in favour of Western Australia's secession from the Commonwealth.
• 1952 - Actress Peta Toppano is born.