Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/June/June 28

1894 - A Colonial Conference held in Ottawa, Canada, resolved to lay a telegraph cable between Canada and Australia.
1880 - Ned Kelly captured at Glenrowan, Victoria; Dan Kelly, Steve Hart and Joe Byrne are killed.
1919 - Prime minister Billy Hughes signs the Treaty of Versailles on Australia's behalf. Australia gained mandate over German New Guinea.
1981 - Painter Russell Drysdale dies.