Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 24
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- 1822 - Reverend Archibald Macarthur, the first Presbyterian minister in Australia, arrives in Hobart.
- 1971 - Cyclone Althea hits Townsville, Queensland and surrounding islands, killing 3.
- 1972 - The official highest maximum temperature in Queensland, of 49.5°C (121.1°F), is recorded at Birdsville.
- 1974 - Cyclone Tracy devastates the city of Darwin. The official death toll was 71.
