Australia : Remarkable events.

Australia : Remarkable Events
March

1st . 2nd Sunday in Lent
2nd. 1st Census Victoria 1851
3rd. Last male Aborigine. Tasmania. 1869
4th. Convict outbreak, Sydney. 1804
5th. "Port Phillip Patriot" Published 1838
6th. Melbourne named, 1837
7th
8th. 3rd Sunday in Lent
9th
10th. Australia discovered, by Europeans, 1606
11th. Discovery Tin at Ovens, 1853
12th. Duke of Edinburgh shot, Clontarf 1868
13th Norfolk Island Settlement Founded 1790
14th
15th. 4th Sunday in Lent.
16th
17th St. Patrick's Day
18th Sydney S.of Arts founded 1837
19th. C'k's monument erected B.B. 1822 ?
20th Melb. Hostel. founded. 1846
21st Victoria Theatre Opened Sydney 1838
22nd. 5th Sunday in Lent
23rd. Otago, New Zealand Founded 1848
24th
25th Annunciation - Lady Day
26th
27th Captain Cook's statue begun, 1869  (Captain Cook's statue vandalised and cut off at the legs 2024)
28th
29th Palm Sunday
30th Trial of O'Farrell, 1868 (shot and wounded Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh)
31st