Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/February/February 28
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- 1790 - John Irving, is the first convict emancipated in New South Wales.
- 1851 - formation of an Anti-Transportation League from anti-transportation organisations in Victoria and Tasmania.
- 1890 - The steamship RMS Quetta sinks off Cape York Peninsula, killing 133.
- 2004 - Central City Studios, a five-studio film production complex, opens in the Melbourne Docklands.