Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 21

1817 - Lachlan Macquarie recommends the adoption of the name Australia for the continent instead of New Holland.
1889 - The poem "Clancy of the Overflow", by Banjo Paterson, is first published in The Bulletin magazine.
1921 - The Gun Alley Murder - 12 year old Alma Tirtschke is raped and murdered in Gun Alley, Melbourne. 28 year-old Colin Ross was hanged for the crime, but in 1992 was proved innocent (unsolved).
1938 - A direct radio-telephone link is established between Canberra and Washington D.C..
1977 - World Series Cricket is launched by Kerry Packer.