Place Unit Type
State or Province
Containing Unit
Australia
Date Type
"Banjo" Patterson, Australian poet and author of "Waltzing Mathilda" is born in the New South Wales outback Education/Culture
American-built clipper ship sails from London to Sydney in sixty-seven days Business/Industry
In Australia the British Crown colony of Queensland is created from northern parts of New South Wales Foreign
New daily newspaper commences publication in Sydney, Australia Business/Industry
The Great Comet of 1861 first discovered in the skies over Australia Science/Technology
- The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe Science/Technology
Name Type
Sydney, Australia City or Town
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