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• 1851 - Charles La Trobe appointed as first Lieutenant Governor of Victoria.
• 1912 - The first branch of the Commonwealth Bank opens.
• 1940 - The Volunteer Defence Force, composed mainly of World War I veterans, was formed for home defence by the Returned Services League.
• 1977 - Anti Drugs Campaigner Donald Mackay disappears near Griffith presumed Murdered.
• 1995 - The Queensland state election produces a hung Parliament, but with the support of Gladstone-based independent Liz Cunningham the coalition form the government in Queensland.