Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 1

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• 1838 - John Pascoe Fawkner founded The Melbourne Advertiser, the Port Phillip district's first newspaper.
• 1856 - The name Tasmania officially adopted to replace Van Diemen's Land which was felt to have too many convict connotations.
• 1900 - Street lights are installed in Adelaide.
• 1901 - With the Federation of Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia was born.
• 1901 - John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun is appointed as the first Governor-General of Australia.
• 1911 - The Australian Capital Territory is established through the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.
• 1915 - Four people are shot dead and seven are wounded in The Battle of Broken Hill.
• 1934 - The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is established.
• 1983 - The Closer Economic Relations free trade agreement between Australia and New Zealand came into force.
• 2005 - The Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement commenced.