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Australian Explorers Wednesday, November 1, 1865. :   The first European explorer who would see Ayers Rock, William Christie Gosse, is appointed Government Surveyor in the South Australian colony. William...

Born on this day Sunday, November 2, 1755. :   Marie Antoinette, queen of France and wife of Louis XVI, is born. Marie Antoinette was born in Vienna on 2...

Australian Explorers Saturday, November 3, 1804. :   George Caley crosses the Hawkesbury River in his unsuccessful attempt to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. George Caley was born...

Australian History Monday, November 4, 1878. :   Police patrols are increased along the Murray River as the manhunt for the Kelly gang intensifies, following the murder of three policemen...

Australian History Monday, November 5, 1804. :   Lieutenant-Colonel William Paterson lands in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) in order to begin a new settlement in the north. Tasmania was first...

Born on this day Monday, November 6, 1893. :   Edsel Ford, after whom the failed Edsel car was named, is born. Edsel Bryant Ford, the only child of Henry...

Born on this day Thursday, November 7, 1867. :   Polish scientist Marie Curie is born. Marie Curie was born Maria Sklodowska on 7 November 1867, in Warsaw, Poland. She...

Born on this day Wednesday, November 8, 1922. :   Christiaan Barnard, the cardiac surgeon who performed the world’s first open heart transplant, is born. Christiaan Barnard was born on...

Australian Explorers Thursday, November 9, 1848. :   After a gruelling five-month journey through thick rainforest, Edmund Kennedy finally reaches Weymouth Bay in North Queensland. Edmund Kennedy was born in...

Born on this day Saturday, November 10, 1483. :   Martin Luther, German theologian and catalyst to the Protestant Reformation, is born. Martin Luther was born on 10 November 1483,...

Australian Explorers Sunday, November 11, 1860. :   Explorers Burke and Wills first reach Cooper Creek on their expedition to cross Australia from south to north. Robert O’Hara Burke and...

Australian Explorers Wednesday, November 12, 1873. :   Colonel Warburton’s exploration party is reduced to subsisting only on camel meat. Peter Warburton was an ex-navy Colonel who had served in...

Born on this day Wednesday, November 13, 1850. :   Novelist and poet, Robert Louis Stevenson, is born. Robert Louis Stevenson was born on 13 November 1850, in Edinburgh, Scotland....

Born on this day Monday, November 14, 1650. :   King William III of England, also known as William of Orange, is born. William III of England was born on...

Australian History Tuesday, November 15, 1791. :   Australia’s first successful grape vine is planted. When the first Fleet landed in New South Wales in 1788, the members of the...

Born on this day Tuesday, November 16, 1920. :   Colin Thiele, Australian writer and author of ‘Storm Boy’, is born. Colin Thiele was born on 16 November 1920, in...

Australian Explorers Tuesday, November 17, 1840. :   Eyre replenishes his supplies at Fowler’s Bay, South Australia, as he prepares to cross the continent to the west. Edward John Eyre...

Australian History Sunday, November 18, 1838. :   The first group of German-Prussian Lutherans sponsored by wealthy Scottish businessman, George Fife Angas, arrives in South Australia. In the 1800s, under...

Australian Explorers Friday, November 19, 1813. :   George Evans departs Sydney to explore the land west of the Blue Mountains discovered by Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth. For twenty-five years...

Born on this day Friday, November 20, 1925. :   Robert Kennedy, younger brother of assassinated President John F Kennedy, and who would himself be assassinated, is born. Robert Francis...

Born on this day Saturday, November 21, 1936. :   Victor Chang, Australian heart surgeon and a pioneer of modern heart transplantation, is born. Victor Peter Chang Yam Him was...

Born on this day Tuesday, November 22, 1898. :   Wiley Post, who was the first pilot to fly solo around the world, is born. Wiley Hardeman Post was born...

Australian History Friday, November 23, 1923. :   Australia’s first public wireless broadcast begins. The development of the wireless telegraphy system, which came to be known as “radio” is attributed...

Born on this day Friday, November 24, 1815. :   Grace Darling, the English lighthouse keeper’s daughter who rescued survivors from a shipwreck, is born. Grace Darling was born on...

Born on this day Monday, November 25, 1844. :   Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor of the petrol-driven automobile, is born. Karl Friedrich Benz was born on 25 November...

Born on this day Sunday, November 26, 1922. :   The creator of Snoopy and the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip, Charles M Schulz, is born. Charles Monroe Schulz was born in...

Born on this day Saturday, November 27, 1880. :   Sir Ralph Freeman, designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, is born. Ralph Freeman was born on 27 November 1880 in...

Australian Explorers Saturday, November 28, 1829. :   Captain Charles Sturt crosses the Murrumbidgee River on his way to solve the mystery of the inland rivers. Captain Charles Sturt was...

Born on this day Tuesday, November 29, 1898. :   C S Lewis, author of the ‘Narnia’ series of books, is born. C S Lewis was born Clive Staples Lewis...

Born on this day Monday, November 30, 1835. :   American author and satirist, Mark Twain, is born. American writer Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens on 30 November...