Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/March/March 24

1804 - the settlement at the Hunter River, also known as the Coal River, was officially named Newcastle.
1810 - David Collins the inaugural Governor of the Colony of Van Diemens Land dies in Hobart aged 56.
1980 - The Australian Olympic Federation announces it will send an Olympic delegation to Moscow, despite objections raised by the Prime Minister.
1984 - Wran Government re-elected in NSW for a 4th term.
1990 - Bob Hawke-led Australian Labor Party returned to power at federal election.