Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 27
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- 1906 - A cyclone damages Cairns and Innisfail in Queensland.
- 1921 - Victoria Cross winner Maurice Vincent Buckley dies following a riding accident at Boolarra in Gippsland.
- 1941 - Following the capture of Tobruk, two brigades of the 6th Australian Division under Major General Iven Mackay pursue the Italians westwards and encounters an Italian rear guard at Derna.
