1817 - Hanged at Sydney, Thomas McGiff, for burglary of the house of John Parkes at Petersham; Thomas Brown, for stealing a mare, the property of Thomas Arkill; Patrick Ducey, for stealing a cow, the property of Patrick Devoy; Bartholomew Roach, for stealing two heifers, the property of John Croker.
1821 - Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane arrived in Sydney with instructions for Governor Macquarie's recall. Brisbane assumed office as Governor of New South Wales on the December 1, 1821.
1844 - Benjamin Stanley was hanged at Newcastle for the murder of Robert Campbell at Williams River.
1848 - Hanged at Launceston, John Jordan, for the murder of Zimran Youram at Norfolk Plains; and, Matthew Mahide for armed robbery at Snake Banks (present-day Powranna).
1854 - The first sod of the Hunter River railway from Honeysuckle Point to East Maitland, was turned at Newcastle, by the Chairman of the company, Mr. Simon Kemp, without any ceremony. The railway was taken over by the Government before completion, and became the first section of the Great Northern Railway.
1859 - William Siddons was hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
1861 - The first Melbourne Cup was run at Flemington. The conditions were: Sweepstakes of 20 sovereigns, 10 sovereigns for forfeit, or five if declared, with 200 sovereigns added by the Victorian Turf Club: two miles. De Mestre's Archer was the winner. The time was the second slowest in the history of the race, 3 min. 52 sec.
1862 - The Torrens Real Property Act came into force in New South Wales.
1876 - The Melbourne Cup was moved to the first Tuesday in November.
1883 - Sir Samuel Griffith defeated the McIlwraith Government on the Election of Speaker. To that office Mr. W. H. Groom was elected. McIlwraith resigned.
1886 - Sir Henry Arthur Blake was appointed to Queensland in 1886 but resigned without entering the administration, following an imbroglio between Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Knutsford, and the premier of Queensland, Sir Thomas M'Ilwraith, on the appointment.
1890 - Practical end in Sydney of the maritime strike. The estimate loss was £1,294,000; wages, £900,000.
1903 - The barque Northern Monarch, Newcastle to Callao, was lost on the New Zealand coast.
1909 - Great coal strike at Newcastle which resulted in 12,000 men out of work for 18 weeks.
1911 - Australia's Federal Parliament Captain's Point, Jervis Bay, is selected as the site of the future Royal Australian Naval College.
1917 - After the outflanking advance at Beersheba, British empire forces, including the Australian Light Horse, rapidly advanced northwards toward Jerusalem.
1920 - Member of the House of Representatives, Hugh Mahon was expelled from Parliament for his "seditious and disloyal utterances". Mahon is the only expulsion to have occurred from the Parliament.
1925 - Bowen railway engine-drivers, Queensland, resumed work.
1925 - Italian airman Pinedo arrived in Rome after flying to Melbourne, Tokyo, and back. A trip of 34,000 miles.
1926 - Opera singer Joan Sutherland was born in Sydney.
1929 - Fire at Murwillumbah, Queensland. Damage was estimate at £30,000.
1940 - Bass Strait was closed to shipping following the sinking of British steamer Cambridge by a mine.
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