Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/June/June 21

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• 1845 - News of the discovery of a rich body of copper ore at Burra, South Australia is published in Adelaide newspapers.
• 1913 - HMAS Australia, commissioned at Portsmouth and sailed to Australia to become the Australian flagship.
• 1933 - Maude Bonney becomes first women to fly from Australia to England.
• 1954 - John Landy is the second man in the world to run a mile in under 4 minutes, setting a world record time of 3 mins 58 secs at Turku, Finland.