Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/February/February 7

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• 1788 - The Colony of New South Wales is officially created with Arthur Phillip as the first Governor.
• 1856 - Tasmanian Electoral Act introduced the secret ballot, which was known elsewhere, in particular in the United States as the "Australian ballot"
• 1967 - Bushfires in Tasmania, destroy over 1,000 homes and take 62 lives.
• 1969 - Violet Town railway disaster; nine people killed.
• 1986 - Lindy Chamberlain is released from prison after serving 3 years upon the find of new evidence which eventually overturns her conviction.