Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 5
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- 1924 - The first Woolworths Supermarket opens in the Imperial Arcade in Sydney.
- 1941 - Clive Caldwell, Australian fighter ace, shot down five Junkers Ju-87 (Stuka) dive bombers in matter of minutes.
- 1958 - Construction of Stage I of the Sydney Opera House begins.
- 1972 - Prime Minister Gough Whitlam establishes his first cabinet, consisting of himself and Lance Barnard.
- 1989 - Trevor Kaine becomes Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.
