Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/October/October 28

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• 1834 - The Battle of Pinjarra occurs in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14-40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.
• 1855 - Francis James Gillen, an early anthropologist who studied Indigenous culture was born.
• 1886 - William Bede Dalley, Australia's first member of the Privy Council, dies in Sydney.
• 1916 - The first plebiscite on the issue of military conscription was held; it was defeated.
• 1952 - Death of Billy Hughes CH PC KC, the seventh Prime Minister of Australia, aged 90.
• 1969 - Christo and Jeanne-Claude complete the Wrapped Coast, using 9,300 m² synthetic fabric and 56 km rope to wrap Little Bay, New South Wales.
• 1971 - The British satellite Prospero X-3 was launched into space from Woomera, South Australia, making Britain the seventh country with a satellite.