Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 31
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- 1814 - Admiral Arthur Phillip RN, British naval officer and Governors of New South Wales, dies at Bath, England aged 75.
- 1918 - The Battle of Mont St. Quentin, a famous Australian action under the leadership of Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, begins.
- 1945 - The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
- 1985 - Death of Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
