Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 2

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• 1837 - the Supreme Court of South Australia is established by Letters Patent, five days after the founding of the colony.
• 1913 - Australian philately proper begins with the Kangaroo and Map series of stamps.
• 1943 - Australia sends its first envoy to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
• 1961 - Oral contraceptives are first sold in Australia
• 1992 - George H. W. Bush becomes the first President of the United States to address the Parliament of Australia.