Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 29

1882 - Australian cricketers win The Ashes for the first time.
1998 - The Liberal Party government of Tony Rundle is voted out in Tasmania and replaced with an ALP government of Jim Bacon.
2001 - Graham "Shirley" Strachan, lead singer of Australian 1970s rock group Skyhooks, is killed in a helicopter accident.
2005 - After describing Bob Carr's wife Helena as a "mail-order bride", NSW Opposition Leader John Brogden resigns. He attempts suicide on August 30.