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** Aberdeen railway station, New South Wales
** Roman Britain or Britannia, a Roman province covering most of modern England and Wales and some of southern Scotland from 43 to 410 AD
** Electoral district of Canterbury, an electoral district in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
** Tweed Valley ( New South Wales, Queensland ), ( Australia )
** Teilo ( Wales )
** Cadoc ( Wales )
** Historic start of the new year ( Lady Day ) in England, Wales, Ireland, and the future United States until the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in 1752.
** Division of New England, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales
** University of New England ( Australia ), based in Armidale, New South Wales
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** Sir Eric Willis, Australian politician, former Premier of New South Wales ( b. 1922 )
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** Charles, Prince of Wales, British Prince and son of Elizabeth II ( then Duchess of Edinburgh ) and The Duke of Edinburgh
** The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia.
** Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom dies at age 81, after more than 63 years on the throne, and her son the Prince of Wales formally succeeds her as King Edward VII.
** The Community Charge ( poll tax ) takes effect in England and Wales amid widespread protests
** In south-west Wales, the oil tanker Sea Empress runs aground, spilling 73, 000 tonnes of crude oil, killing many birds.
** Diana, Princess of Wales, British Princess and first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales ( d. 1997 )
** The Battle of Broken Hill, a train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, in Australia.
** The Aberfan disaster occurs in South Wales, United Kingdom.
** The Swansea and Mumbles Railway in South Wales, at this time known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger carrying railway in the world.
** Bob Askin replaces Jack Renshaw as Premier of New South Wales.
** A low-pressure system moving from South Australia and redeveloping off the New South Wales coast dumps a record of rain in a day on Sydney.
** Cardiff is announced as the capital city of the principality of Wales, within the United Kingdom.
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