* 1830: The first exploration over the Darling Range to search for suitable farming land occurred with the eventual settlement of Western Australia's first inland town of York in 1831.

A key influence in the raising of the regiment was Australia's desire to secure a prominent role in the occupation of Japan and an eventual peace settlement.

Harvey failed to pass 35 in the last two Tests, and ended with 338 runs at 42. 25, and was a significant factor in Australia's eventual 2 – 1 victory.

Australia's eventual winning margin was 4 – 1.

His injury ruled him out of Australia's last match in the group stage, against Croatia, and their second round loss against eventual winners, Italy.

They went on to draw the match, which was crucial in Australia's eventual retention of the Ashes.

On 21 July 2007, Aloisi scored in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup's quarterfinal match against Japan ( 1 – 1 ), in an eventual penalty shootout exit in Australia's first ever participation in that tournament.

An easy England victory disappeared in the closing stages thanks to some incredible bowling from Australia's Fred Spofforth, seemingly in response to unsportsmanlike behaviour earlier in the game from WG Grace.

** The 1977 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 13 – 12 victory over Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground before about 24, 450 spectators.

* October 9 – The 1985-88 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia's 25 – 12 victory over New Zealand at Auckland's Eden Park before 47, 363 spectators.

A batting effort of 54 ( to complement a fine 188 by Martin Crowe ) combined with 6 more wickets in Australia's second innings, helped New Zealand to a crushing innings victory.

The partnership laid the platform for Australia's total of 4 / 632, as the tourists proceeded to an innings victory.

The early 1997 tour to South Africa brought no upturn in Taylor's batting despite Australia's 2 – 1 victory in the series: he scored 80 runs at 16. 00.

Later in 1998, Taylor led his team to Pakistan, where a convincing win in the First Test at Rawalpindi by an innings and 99 runs was Australia's first Test victory in the country for 39 years.

Commenting on Australia's victory, the team's vice-captain Vic Richardson said, "... we could have played any team without Bradman, but we could not have played the blind school without Clarrie Grimmett ".

He was retained for all of Australia's 12 matches in the triangular tournament, scoring 266 runs at 38. 00 with two half-centuries, including a top score of 81 in the Australia Day victory over India.

The match was Australia's last before the 2007 Asian Cup and Kewell came on as a substitute in the 65th minute ; scoring his eighth international goal and providing a cross for the final goal in a 3 – 0 victory.

To date, it is Australia's lone victory at the event.

In Australia's 1995 Test series victory, McGrath took the approach of bouncing the West Indies team including the bowlers, which had not happened before.

Australia's unexpected victory in the 1987 World Cup proved to be a turning point and heralded the start of more prosperous times.

He celebrated becoming the first Australian to play 100 Tests by taking 7 / 46 and 4 / 50, backed with an innings of 75, in Australia's only victory for the series, in the Fourth Test at Sydney.

Australia won 4 – 0, its first victory in a Test series abroad since 1977 ( apart from a one-off Test in Sri Lanka ) and Australia's best result in England since The Invincibles tour of 1948.

In Australia's victory in Canberra he top scored with 71 and before scoring 52 in victory in Sydney.

Ponting batted in the number three position for the entire tournament, and scored six in Australia's opening match victory over Kenya.

Ponting scored a slow 18 from 30 deliveries in Australia's victory in the opening match of the 2002 – 03 VB series against England in Sydney.

In the first warmup game against Zimbabwe, Ponting scored just 2 in Australia's 106 run victory.

After not getting a bat in Australia's rout of Ireland in Barbados, Ponting steered Australia to victory in their next match against Sri Lanka in Grenada, with 66 not out.

The innings set up Australia's comfortable 50-run victory.

With the series lost, England won the final game, their first victory over Australia since the war and Australia's first defeat in 26 matches ; Hutton contributed scores of 79 and 60 not out and struck the winning run.

He was a key player in Tasmania's surprise victory in the 1978-79 Gillette Cup, Australia's domestic limited-overs competition.

In the 1990s, given Australia's long dominance of the Ashes and the popular acceptance of the Darnley urn as ‘ The Ashes ’, the idea was mooted that the victorious team should be awarded the urn as a trophy and allowed to retain it until the next series.

It was Australia's second consecutive innings defeat in a wet summer, and the hosts were in strong positions in the two drawn Tests, in which half the playing time was washed out.

Lawry was sacked after the Sixth Test after the selectors finally lost patience with Australia's lack of success and dour strategy.

In 1978, the term Barassi Line was used to describe the dichotomy that existed in Australia's football culture, where Australian Football was most popular in all states bar New South Wales and Queensland.

Riversleigh, in Queensland, is one of Australia's most renowned fossil sites and was recorded as a World Heritage site in 1994.

Riversleigh, in Queensland, is one of Australia's most renowned fossil sites and was recorded as a World Heritage site in 1994.

The one-off test in 1999 between England and Australia that was played to commemorate Australia's first test against Reverend Matthew Mullineux's British side saw England wear an updated version of this jersey.

From the 1963 season, Brabham was partnered by American driver Dan Gurney, the pair now running in Australia's racing colours of green and gold.

It was reported that in 2006 Fiji's Prime Minister Qarase asked Australia's Prime Minister John Howard for military assistance should a coup take place, but Howard declined.

Australia's senior diplomat in Fiji was also expelled in the 2006 coup.

He later opined that the governor-general's role was more than a representative of the sovereign, explaining: " under section 2 of the Constitution the Governor-General is the Queen's representative and exercises certain royal prerogative powers and functions ; under section 61 of the Constitution the Governor-General is the holder of a quite separate and independent office created, not by the Crown, but by the Constitution, and empowered to exercise, in his own right as Governor-General and not as a representative or delegate of the Queen, all the powers and functions of Australia's head of state.

The early colonial governors held an almost autocratic power due to the distance from and poor communications with Great Britain, until 1824 when the New South Wales Legislative Council, Australia's first legislative body, was appointed to advise the governor.

More than two years of intensive research was undertaken to chronicle the historical events that resulted in what was then Australia's worst peace time disaster.

During the war, General Motors-Holden's was a major industrial force in Australia's defence effort.

The closest successor to the Torana was the Camira, released in 1982 as Australia's version of GM's medium-sized " J-car ".

Besides manufacturing Australia's best selling car, which was exported in significant numbers, Holden continued to export many locally produced engines to power cars made elsewhere.

Holden was critical, saying that Australia's population was not large enough, and that the changes could tarnish the local industry.

Hobart was named Australia's 6th most sustainable city, by the Australian Conservation Foundation in 2010.

Australia's first legal casino was the 17-storey Wrest Point Hotel Casino in Sandy Bay, opened in 1973.

At age 27, he was one of Australia's youngest-ever MPs.

He served on numerous committees and overseas delegations, he was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1953, and in 1954 he was named one of Australia's six best-dressed men.