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• 1800 - First copper coins circulated in New South Wales.
• 1813 - George William Evans, assistant surveyor, sets out to confirm the earlier discoveries of Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth.
• 1834 - The first permanent European settlement on the north coast of Bass Strait is established at Portland.
• 1937 - Hubert Opperman completes an epic bicycle ride from Fremantle, Western Australia to Sydney, taking 13 days, 10 hours and 11 minutes.
• 1941 - The HMAS Sydney is lost in battle, all 600 aboard die, and the whereabout of the ship still remains a mystery.
• 1996 - U.S President Bill Clinton makes a visit to Australia in which he addresses both Houses of Parliament.
• 1996 - Martin Bryant is sentenced to 35 consecutive sentences of life imprisonment plus 1035 years without parole for the Port Arthur Massacre.