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• 1815 - Bathurst, New South Wales is founded following its discovery by George Evans.
• 1841 - Edward John Eyre becomes the first European to cross the Nullarbor Plain, arrives in Western Australia.
• 1851 - Edward Hargraves proclaims the discovery of gold at Ophir, New South Wales. A court later decides that Hargraves companions William Tom and John Lister found the gold.
• 1896 - Teddy Flack wins the Men's 1500 metres at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
• 1939 - Sir Earle Page becomes the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1967 - Peter John Badcoe died in the Vietnam War, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, conspicuous gallantry and leadership on more than one occasion.