Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/September/September 21
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- 1965 - Australian actor David Wenham is born in Marrickville, NSW.
- 1973 - The Jackson Pollock painting Blue Poles is controversially purchased by the Whitlam government for AU$1.3 million.
- 1971 - The 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is involved in Australia's last major action of the Vietnam War at Nui Dat.
- 2000 - French athlete Marie-José Pérec flees the Olympic village without competing in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
