Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/June/June 5

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• 1823 - A path through the Liverpool Range, now known as Pandora’s Pass, is found by Allan Cunningham.
• 1866 - John McDouall Stuart, the most accomplished and most famous of all Australia's inland explorers, died.
• 1909 - Steam trams begin operation in Rockhampton, Queensland.
• 1909 - Archibald Peake, South Australian leader of the Commonwealth Liberal Party, becomes Premier of South Australia.
• 1981 - Rupert Hamer resigns as Premier of Victoria after losing the support of his party.
• 1988 - Kay Cottee completes the first single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world by a woman.
• 2002 - Actress Gwen Plumb dies.