Forgotten for many years, the grave was discovered in 1897 and the Premier of New South Wales, Sir Henry Parkes, had it restored.

A complete Disk Operating System was produced for the Dragon by a third-party supplier, Premier Microsystems located near Croydon, South London.

* 1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signed the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

* 1979 – Don Dunstan resigns as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation.

Sir William McKell was Premier of New South Wales.

In 1947, Labor appointed a second Australian Governor-General, William McKell, who was in office as the Labor Premier of New South Wales.

On the advice of her New South Wales Premier only, the Queen appoints the Governor to carry out most of her constitutional and ceremonial duties for an unfixed period of time — known as serving At Her Majesty's pleasure — though five years is the normal convention.

The Premier then directs the Governor to appoint other members of parliament to the Executive Council of New South Wales known as the Cabinet, and it is in practice only from this group of ministers of the Crown that the Queen and governor will take direction on the use of executive power, an arrangement called the Queen-in-Council or, more specifically, the Governor-in-Council.

On 16 January 1996, Premier Bob Carr announced that the next Governor would be Gordon Samuels, that he would not live or work at Government House and that he would retain his appointment as Chairman of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission.

* Jack Ferguson ( 1924 – 2002 ): Former Deputy Premier of New South Wales.

In Sydney, protesters lay down in front of the car carrying Johnson and the Premier of New South Wales, Robert Askin ( prompting Askin's notorious order to " Run over the bastards ").

* 1889 – Sir Bertram Stevens, Premier of New South Wales 1932-39 ( d. 1973 )

* 1859 – Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia ( d. 1920 )

* 1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing, is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.

* 1949 – Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales

* 1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.

* 1955 – Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.

* 1926 – Neville Wran, former Premier of New South Wales

The Premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The Premier is appointed by the Governor of New South Wales, and by modern convention holds office by virtue of his or her ability to command the support of a majority of members of the lower house of Parliament, the Legislative Assembly.

The current Premier is Barry O ' Farrell, the Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party.

O ' Farrell was sworn in as the 43rd Premier of New South Wales on Monday 28 March 2011.

Sir Robert William Askin GCMG, ( 4 April 19079 September 1981 ) was an Australian politician and the 32nd Premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party of Australia.

At the end of his term, after winning another three elections, Askin was the longest-serving Premier of New South Wales ; his record has since been overtaken by Neville Wran and Bob Carr.

In Australia, a Chief Minister is the head of government of a self-governing territory, while the head of government of a state is a Premier.

* 1990 – Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.

The Governor of Victoria is appointed by the Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Premier of Victoria, to act as her representative as Head of State in Victoria.

Since the Australia Acts of 1986, it is the Governor, and not the Queen, who exercises all the powers of the Head of State, and the Governor is not subject to the direction or supervision of the Monarch, but acts upon the advice of the Premier.

* Premier of Western Australia

The Premier of Queensland is the head of government in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive branch of government in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The Premier has similar functions in Western Australia to those performed by the Prime Minister of Australia at the national level, subject to the different Constitutions.

Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia, who served from 1890 to 1901.

* Richard Butler ( Australian politician ) ( 1850 – 1925 ), Premier of South Australia

* Richard Layton Butler ( 1885 – 1966 ), Australian politician, Premier of South Australia

* 1851 – John Jenkins, American-Australian politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia ( d. 1923 )

John Forrest was the first Premier of Western Australia.

John Forrest became the first Premier of Western Australia.

* March 1 – Australian Conservative leader Richard Butler takes office as Premier of South Australia.

* July 31 – Jack Pizzey, Premier of Queensland, Australia ( b. 1911 )

** Henry Daglish, Premier of Western Australia ( b. 1866 )