Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/February/February 6

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• 1788 - The first female convicts arrive at Port Jackson.
• 1794 - John Hunter is appointed the second Governor of New South Wales.
• 1851 - "Black Thursday" as bushfires rage from Mount Gambier to Melbourne.
• 1906 - The Bondi Beach Surf Lifesaving club is established, becoming the first club of its type in the world.
• 1938 - Black Sunday at Bondi Beach, Sydney. 300 swimmers dragged out to sea in three freak waves. 80 lifesavers save all but 5.
• 1984 - A bomb blast wrecks the home of High Court judge Richard Gee in the Sydney suburb of Belrose.
• 1987 - Anthony Mason is appointed as the ninth Chief Justice of Australia.
• 1991 - Roma Mitchell is appointed Governor of South Australia, she was the first female Governor of an Australian state.
• 1993 - In the Western Australia election the ALP government of Carmen Lawrence is defeated and the Liberal Party's Richard Court becomes the new premier.