Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 9

1868 - The last convicts arrive in Western Australia.
1903 - Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson is appointed the second Governor-General of Australia.
1909 - Australia defeats England nine points to three in the first Rugby Union test match at Blackheath's Rectory Field in England.
1997 - Yachtsman Tony Bullimore is found alive five days after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean.