Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/September/September 8
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- 1855 - Queen Victoria signs an Order-in-Council to change the name of Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania.
- 1944 - Birth of cricketer Terry Jenner.
- 1954 - Australia becomes a founding member of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
- 1965 - HMAS Mildura, launched 1941, was sold for scrap to Brisbane Non-Ferrous Pty Ltd.
- 2006 - Motor racing champion Peter Brock dies in a race in Perth.
