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1788 - A seventeen year old convict, Thomas Barrett, receives the first death sentence in the colony.
1902 - Drover, poet and soldier Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant is executed by firing squad at Pietersburg.
1994 - Australian Federal Sports & Environment Minister Ros Kelly resigns over "The Sports Rorts Affair", where it was alleged that she apportioned money for community sporting projects in a pork barreling fashion.