Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/October/October 5

1892 - the Australian Cricket Council announces an intercolonial cricket competition to be known as the Sheffield Shield.
1903 - Samuel Griffith is appointed as the first Chief Justice of Australia.
1933 - Diane Cilento, theater and film actress was born in Brisbane.
1979 - Vince Grella, football (soccer) midfielder, and member of Australia's 2006 World Cup team was born in Dandenong, Victoria.
1990 - After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.
1990 - The Daily Mirror in Sydney is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. The first edition of The Daily Telegraph-Mirror appears on the 8th.