Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/February/February 13

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• 1896 - The Brisbane River ferry Pearl capsizes, killing 28.
• 1907 - The Northern Territory is transferred to the Commonwealth by South Australia.
• 1938 - Sydney ferry the Rodney with 150 passengers capsizes in Sydney Harbour while farwelling US Navy cruiser USS Louisville. 19 lives lost.
• 1954 - Mawson Station in the Australian Antarctic Territory is established.
• 1978 - The Sydney Hilton bombing occurs during a meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government.