Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/October/October 27

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• 1897 - St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne is consecrated.
• 1900 - Notorious murderer Jimmy Governor is apprehended near Wingham, New South Wales.
• 1915 - Billy Hughes becomes the seventh Prime Minister of Australia and the first to serve consecutive terms in office.
• 1927 - Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor is killed in a shootout.
• 1953 - British nuclear test Totem 2 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
• 1964 - Mark Taylor, Australian cricket player and Test captain from 1994–1999, is born in Leeton, New South Wales.
• 1980 - The Great Barrier Reef is listed as a World Heritage Site.
• 1990 - Northern Territory elections return Country Liberal Party government of Marshall Perron to power.
• 2002 - Terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) is banned by the Attorney-General.