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.
Cheers - John
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2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto - 2008 23ft Golden Eagle Hunter Some people feel the rain - the others just get wet - Bob Dylan
