Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/March/March 6

1788 - Lieutenant Philip Gidley King takes formal possession of Norfolk Island.
1812 - Two Wesleyan Methodist classes were established in Sydney by Thomas Bowden and John Hosking - the beginning of Methodism in Australia.
1837 - The Theatre Royal in Hobart opened. It remains Australia's oldest working theatre.
1963 - Moe becomes a city.
1989 - Former National Safety Council of Australia boss John Friedrich is arrested in Western Australia on AUDS$237 Million fraud charges.