Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/March/March 12

1868 - Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, was picnicking in the beach-front suburb of Clontarf, when Henry James O'Farrell fired a revolver into the Duke’s back, in Australia's first attempt of political assassination.
1913 - Canberra is named by Lady Denman, an event celebrated in the Australian Capital Territory on the third Monday in March as Canberra Day.
1921 - Edith Cowan becomes first woman elected to an Australian parliament.
1936 - Western Australia makes voting compulsory in state elections.
1980 - James Miller is sentenced to life in prison for committing the Truro murders.