Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 15
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- 1838 - John King, the sole survivor of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, is born at Moy in the county of Tyrone, Ireland.
- 1900 - Upon his arrival in Australia, the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, commits the so-called Hopetoun Blunder.
- 1905 - Women in Queensland are given the right to vote in state elections.
- 2003 - The Fourth Martin Ministry is formed in the Northern Territory following a major ministerial reshuffle.
