Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 18

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• 1788 - HMS Supply of the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay.
• 1878 - construction of The Ghan railway line starts in Port Augusta, South Australia.
• 1934 - Qantas and Imperial Airways join forces and establish Qantas Empire Airways.
• 1977 - A train derailment and bridge collapse kills 83 in the Granville railway disaster.
• 2003 - The Canberra bushfires reach the city, killing 4 people and destroying in excess of 400 houses.