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1802 - Matthew Flinders met the French explorer Nicolas Baudin at Encounter Bay.
1817 - Australias first bank, the Bank of New South Wales is established.
1867 - Arthur Streeton, artist and a member of the famous Heidelberg School of Australian artists, is born in Mount Duneed, southwest of Geelong
1930 - Brisbane City Hall is officially opened
1933 - Referendum produces 2 to 1 vote in favour of Western Australia's secession from the Commonwealth.