Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/November/November 28

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• 1903 - The Petriana spills 1,300 tonnes of crude oil in Port Phillip Bay, it was Australia's first recorded major oil spill.
• 1942 - Australian pilot F/Sgt Ron Middleton earns a posthumous VC for valour in bringing his crew and crippled bomber home after a raid on Turin, Italy.
• 1992 - Death of Sidney Nolan, one of Australia's most well-known painters, aged 75.
• 1996 - Dean Brown is ousted in a party-room ballot as Premier of South Australia by John Olsen.
• 2003 - Simon Crean resigns as Opposition Leader.