1797 - A British fleet, commanded by Admiral Duncan, defeated the Dutch at Camperdown. Captain William Bligh, afterwards Governor of New South Wales, greatly distinguishes himself in this action.
1798 - Matthew Flinders and George Bass, who had entered Twofold Bay on 9 October, began a survey of the bay and remained until 14 October. Bass had made European discovery of the bay on 19 December 1797.
1798 - The first nurses' quarters erected in Sydney is destroyed by fire.
1803 - The first death in Port Phillip, Victoria, was that of John Skilhorne at Sullivan's Bay.
1806 - George Holland, hanged for breaking into the house of Laughlane Gallighcoghan at Parramatta and stealing 10 shillings. Holland had assaulted the occupant of the home, described as a "feeble old man".
1806 - Hanged at Sydney, William Organ, for stealing nine sheep from his employer John Palmer between the Hawkesbury and Sydney.
1817 - Foundation stone of St. Matthew's Church, Windsor, New South Wales, is laid by Governor Macquarie.
1842 - A public meeting is held in Melbourne to consider steps to be taken for the relief of the existing monetary depression.
1843 - The first sale at Ipswich of Ipswich lands is held. A previous sale had been held in Sydney.
1846 - Mitchell becomes the first European to discover the Warrego River.
1852 - Sydney University is inaugurated. The Provost was Mr. A. J. Hamilton, M.A., and the Vice-Provost, Sir Charles Nicholson. The first fellows were Right Rev. C. H. Davis, Rev. W. R. Boyce, Justice Roger Therry, Dr. B. O'Brien, Messrs. W. C. Wentworth, A. Denison, J. Macarthur, E. Deas Thompson, J. H. Plunkett, Bayley Darvell, E. Broadhurst, Stuart Donaldson, and F. Merewether.
1865 - An insurrection of natives in Jamaica breaks out. The severity with which the colonial authorities suppressed the rising and punished the rebels led to an agitation in England which resulted in the removal from office of the Governor, Edward John Eyre, who is associated with the exploration of the interior of Australia.
1872 - George Marsden Waterhouse becomes Premier of New Zealand. He had been Premier of South Australia from 1861 to 1863.
1880 - First sale of land at Winton, Queensland.
1885 - The Park Presbyterian Church in South Brisbane is opened by Dr. Steele, of Sydney.
1889 - First Queensland-made locomotive completed by Springall and Frost, Ipswich.
1896 - Lawrence Wells makes the fateful decision to split his exploration party, leading to the deaths of two men.
1906 - The Coat of Arms of New South Wales is granted by Royal Warrant.
1926 - Empire Parliamentary delegation visits Canberra and presents a Speaker's Chair, which is a replica of the one at Westminster.
1935 - Australian author Steel Rudd, dies. Steele Rudd was the pseudonym of Arthur Hoey Davis from Queensland best known for his novel On Our Selection.
1944 - Australians land at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. The Australians' arrival opened the successful New Britain campaign in which a small Militia force successfully contained the large Japanese garrison holding Rabaul.
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Sources:
- Australian War Memorial
- This Day in History
- Anniversaries To-Day (1933, October 11). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 6.
- Anniversaries To-Day (1934, October 11). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 6.
- Anniversaries To-Day (1935, October 11). Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), p. 10.
- To-day's Yesterdays (1934, October 11). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 12.
- To-day's Anniversaries (1931, October 10). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 8 (FIRST EDITION).
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- To-day's Anniversaries (1930, October 11). The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), p. 8 (SECOND EDITION).
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