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Australian Explorers Wednesday, April 1, 1874. :   The Forrest brothers depart Geraldton in search of a stock route to the east. John Forrest was born on 22 August 1847...

Born on this day Monday, April 2, 1877. :   Mordecai Ham, the man who led Billy Graham to Christ, is born. Mordecai Ham was born on 2 April 1877...

Born on this day Thursday, April 3, 1924. :   American singer and actress Doris Day is born. Doris Day was born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff on 3 April...

Australian Explorers Tuesday, April 4, 1848. :   Leichhardt departs Roma, Queensland, on his third and final expedition, never to be seen again. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt was born on...

Australian History Tuesday, April 5, 1932. :   Australia’s best-known racehorse, Phar Lap, dies under suspicious circumstances. Phar Lap, a giant chestnut thoroughbred gelding, standing 17.1 hands high, is regarded...

Australian Explorers Friday, April 6, 1860. :   Stuart discovers and names Chambers Pillar, in central Australia. John McDouall Stuart was born in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, on 7 September 1815....

Born on this day Friday, April 7, 1780. :   Colourful character Jorgen Jorgenson, former convict in Australia, English spy and self-proclaimed Protector of Iceland, is born. Jorgen Jorgenson was...

Australian Explorers Thursday, April 8, 1802. :   Matthew Flinders meets French explorer Nicolas Baudin in South Australia, leading to the naming of Encounter Bay. During the late 1700s and...

Australian History Sunday, April 9, 1865. :   Ruthless bushranger “Mad” Dan Morgan is shot dead. It is unknown on which date, exactly, Dan Morgan was born, but it is...

Born on this day Friday, April 10, 1829. :   William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, is born. William Booth was born on 10 April 1829 in Sneinton, Nottingham,...

Australian History Saturday, April 11, 1992. :   It is reported that a tiny tooth has changed beliefs about the origins of Australian marsupials. The scientific world has long upheld...

Australian History Friday, April 12, 1895. :   The Spotswood Sewer Disaster occurs in Melbourne, killing 6. Westgate Memorial Park located in Spotswood, Melbourne, Australia, is a tribute to some...

Born on this day Monday, April 13, 1570. :   Guy Fawkes, conspirator in the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, is born. Guy Fawkes (later also known as Guido Fawkes) was born...

Born on this day Saturday, April 14, 1860. :   George Robertson, co-founder of Australia’s largest bookseller, Angus and Robertson, is born. George Robertson was born on 14 April 1860...

Born on this day Thursday, April 15, 1452. :   Renaissance painter, architect, engineer and scientist, Leonardo da Vinci, is born. Leonardo da Vinci was born 15 April 1452 in...

Born on this day Tuesday, April 16, 1889. :   Actor, writer, director, producer, composer and choreographer, Charlie Chaplin, is born. Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr, was believed to be born...

Australian Explorers Friday, April 17, 1835. :   Richard Cunningham, brother to Allan Cunningham, is killed by Aborigines whilst exploring with Major Mitchell. Richard Cunningham, younger brother to botanist and...

Australian History Monday, April 18, 1831. :   Australia’s oldest newspaper, the Sydney Morning Herald, is launched. The Sydney Morning Herald is a compact newspaper published six days a week...

Australian Explorers Thursday, April 19, 1770. :   Lieutenant Cook and his crew first sight the eastern coast of Australia. Lieutenant James Cook was not the first to discover Australia,...

Australian Explorers Saturday, April 20, 1839. :   George Grey’s expedition is saved by friendly Aborigines. Sir George Edward Grey, born 14 April 1812, was Governor of South Australia, twice...

Australian Explorers Sunday, April 21, 1861. :   Explorers Burke, Wills and King stagger into their base camp at Cooper Creek upon their return from the Gulf of Carpentaria, and...

Born on this day Sunday, April 22, 1917. :   Australian artist Sidney Nolan is born. Sidney Nolan, who became one of Australia’s best known painters of the twentieth century,...

Born on this day Thursday, April 23, 1564. :   Today is the traditional, though unofficial, date of William Shakespeare’s birth. William Shakespeare, also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, because...

Australian Explorers Friday, April 24, 1846. :   Major Mitchell discovers the Maranoa River. Major Thomas Mitchell was born in Craigend, Scotland, in 1792. He came to Australia after serving...

Born on this day Saturday, April 25, 1874. :   Marconi, inventor of the wireless telegraph, is born. Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy, on 25 April 1874. Marconi...

Australian History Saturday, April 26, 1890. :   Australian poet Banjo Paterson publishes his iconic bush ballad ‘The Man From Snowy River’. ‘The Man From Snowy River’ is a bush...

Australian Explorers Tuesday, April 27, 1802. :   Matthew Flinders climbs Arthur’s Seat in Victoria. Arthur’s Seat is a low but striking hill on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Located...

Born on this day Tuesday, April 28, 1908. :   Oskar Schindler, the man responsible for saving over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust, is born. Oskar Schindler was born...

Australian Explorers Sunday, April 29, 1770. :   Lieutenant James Cook discovers and names Botany Bay. Lieutenant Cook was born at Marton in North Yorkshire, on 27 October 1728. As...

Australian Explorers Saturday, April 30, 1831. :   Captain Collet Barker, original discoverer of the site for Adelaide, is killed by indigenous Australians. Adelaide is the capital city of South...