Today in Western Australia History
Sub-Topics: Perth
Historical Events
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1829-04-25 - Charles Fremantle arrives in the HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.
1834-10-28 - The Battle of Pinjarra occurs in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.
1907-03-16 - 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia
1940-02-17 - Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA v West Australia
1948-03-15 - Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia
1964-10-26 - Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
1983-03-05 - NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield
1985-08-20 - Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle
1989-02-01 - The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
1993-02-16 - Western Australia's and Australia's first woman Premier, Carmen Lawrence, is voted out of office.
2008-08-06 - Access 31 TV stops broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia.
Famous Birthdays
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1962-03-22 - Tim Elliott, Perth WA, Australasia golfer
1968-11-05 - Chris Gray, Perth WA, Australasia golfer
1980-03-31 - Jenny Smith, Western Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
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1936-01-02 - Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862)
1943-01-03 - Sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
1951-01-02 - Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
