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• 1793 - John Macarthur receives 100 acres at Parramatta, he establishes Elizabeth Farm.
• 1798 - Matthew Flinders explores the Furneaux Islands in Bass Strait.
• 1851 - Edward Hargraves finds gold near Bathurst, starting the first of many Australian gold rushes.
• 1981 - Harry Gibbs is appointed as the eighth Chief Justice of Australia.
• 1990 - Carmen Lawrence becomes premier of Western Australia and Australia's first female premier, after the resignation of Peter Dowding.