Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/February/February 26

1942 - A floatplane from Japanese submarine I-25 makes a reconnaissance flight over Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay.
1945 - Motor racing driver Peter Brock is born in Hurstbridge.
1949 - Simon Crean, former leader of the Australian Labor Party, is born in Melbourne, Victoria.
1974 - Remains of Mungo Man discovered at Lake Mungo, New South Wales
2005 - The ALP government of Geoff Gallop is re-elected in Western Australia for a second term.