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1977
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1.18.1977
Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83. |
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1978
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2.13.1978
Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman. |
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10.8.1978
Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60 mph at Blowering Dam, Australia. |
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10.21.1978
Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
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1979
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6.9.1979
The Ghost Train Fire at Luna Park Sydney ( New South Wales, Australia) kills seven. |
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1983
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2.8.1983
The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a convert 320 deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
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1986
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1.11.1986
The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia is officially opened. |
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1988
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4.30.1988
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo '88 in Brisbane, Australia. |
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10.12.1988
Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down executional style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
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1989
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8.23.1989
1,645 Australian domestic airline pilots resign after the airlines threaten to fire them and sue them over a dispute.
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1991
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1.15.1991
Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth Realm to institute its own separate Victoria Cross award in its own honours system. |
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1996
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4.28.1996
In Tasmania, Australia, Martin Bryant goes on a shooting spree, killing 35 people and seriously injuring 21 more. |
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1999
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4.14.1999
A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history. |
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11.6.1999
Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum. |
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2003
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1.31.2003
The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.
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2004
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9.9.2004
2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
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2005
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12.11.2005
Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who were not) in Cronulla Sydney. These are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla. |
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2007
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3.23.2007
In Melbourne, Australia, a fire in the Burnley Tunnel kills three. |
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6.8.2007
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
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10.25.2007
The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ 380, flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia. |
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