Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 7

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• 1813 - The Macquarie River is discovered by George Evans.
• 1838 - Thomas Bent, one of Australia's more colourful politicians, and Premier of Victoria, is born in Penrith, New South Wales.
• 1915 - The evacuation of ANZAC forces from Gallipoli begins, some argue that the evacuation was the greatest Allied success of the campaign.
• 1963 - Cricket umpire Colin Egar no-balls Ian Meckiff four times in Meckiff’s first over for ‘throwing’ and effectively ends Meckiff's Test career.
• 1985 - The Labor government of John Bannon is re-elected for a second term in South Australia.