1803  - 

Superintendent of public works, Charles Grimes, arrives at the Mornington Peninsula, now a popular holiday spot, where he pronounces it unsuitable for settlement. 

1880  - 

Bushranger Captain Moonlite is hanged.

1958  - 

After almost 28 years, the Royal Australian Naval College returns to Jervis Bay.

1841  - 

China cedes the island of Hong Kong to the British. 

1887  - 

The British ship Kapunda, laden with immigrants bound for Western Australia, sinks off the Brazilian coast, killing 300. 

1964  - 

The trial of the perpetrators of Britain's Great Train Robbery begins.