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  • 1790 - John Irving, is the first convict emancipated in New South Wales.
  • 1851 - formation of an Anti-Transportation League from anti-transportation organisations in Victoria and Tasmania.
  • 1890 - The steamship RMS Quetta sinks off Cape York Peninsula, killing 133.
  • 1973 - The federal voting age is lowered from 21 to 18.
  • 2004 - Central City Studios, a five-studio film production complex, opens in the Melbourne Docklands.
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