Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/May/May 1
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- 1802 - Explorer Matthew Flinders becomes the first European to climb the You Yangs.
- 1821 - The Australian Magazine, Australia's first periodical, begins publication
- 1869 - A submarine telegraphic cable successfully establishes contact between Tasmania and Victoria.
- 1997 - HM Prison Pentridge in Melbourne closes after a 147 year history.
- 1997 - Tasmania becomes the last Australian state to decriminalise homosexuality.
