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1876 - Truganini, the last Tasmanian Aborigine in Tasmania, dies in Hobart.
1898 - The paddle steamer Maitland sinks near Broken Bay. 24 persons are drowned.
1917 - Dr Daniel Mannix becomes the 3rd Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne after the death of Archbishop Thomas Carr.
2005 - The scandal concerning the 2001 deportation of Vivian Solon first came to light.