Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/June/June 24

1826 - Birth of George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia.
1856 - Queen Victoria makes Norfolk Island a separate settlement from Tasmania to be administered by the Governor of New South Wales.
1913 - Joseph Cook becomes the sixth Prime Minister of Australia.
1953 - British and Australian governments announced Britain was developing atomic weapons and they would be tested in Australia.
1978 - The first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is held to mark International Gay Solidarity Day
1987 - Christopher Skase buys the Seven Network.
1992 - Nick Greiner resigns as Premier of New South Wales after corruption finding against him.