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rockylizard


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Gday...

1788  - 

Captain Arthur Phillip names Manly Cove in Sydney. 

1899  - 

Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss a federation bill.

1988  - 

Tennant Creek, Australia, is hit by three earthquakes, one registering 6.7 on the Richter scale.

1840  - 

The first British colonists to New Zealand arrive on Auckland Island.

1901  - 

Queen Victoria of England dies. 

Cheers - John



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Fancy that. The pollies met in 1899 to discuss federation and 2 years later it was done! That's pretty fast work for pollies.

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barina


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rockylizard wrote:

Gday...

1788  - 

Captain Arthur Phillip names Manly Cove in Sydney. 

1899  - 

Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss a federation bill.

1988  - 

Tennant Creek, Australia, is hit by three earthquakes, one registering 6.7 on the Richter scale.

1840  - 

The first British colonists to New Zealand arrive on Auckland Island.

1901  - 

Queen Victoria of England dies. 

Cheers - John

 On this day in 1901, Queen Victoria, the British monarch, passed away. Her reign of 63 years and 7 months is the longest of any female monarch in history.



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Ontos45


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rockylizard wrote:


1788 -

Captain Arthur Phillip names Manly Cove in Sydney.


From what I read he named it after the physic of the Aborigines camped there.




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