September 06
Australian History Saturday, September 6, 1997. : The first Saturday edition of the Australian Financial Review is produced. The Australian Financial Review is a broadsheet newspaper published six days a week by Fairfax Media, one of the largest media companies in Australia and New Zealand. The publication aims to provide an independent source of business, investment, financial […]
September 23
Australian History Thursday, September 23, 1965. : Lawyer and judge Roma Mitchell becomes the first female judge in Australia. Roma Flinders Mitchell was born in Adelaide on 2 October 1913. She was educated at St Aloysius Convent College, Adelaide, and held ambitions from a young age to be a barrister. She excelled at Adelaide University, and her […]
September 30
Born on this day Sunday, September 30, 1951. : Barry Marshall, Australian physician who proved ulcers are caused by bacteria, not stress, is born. Barry James Marshall is an Australian physician and Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine, credited with disproving the myth that stress is the main cause of stomach ulcers. Born on 30 September […]
September 24
Born on this day Thursday, September 24, 1936. : Jim Henson, creator of the ‘Muppets’, is born. Jim Henson was born James Maury Henson on 24 September 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi. His family moved to Maryland when he was a teenager, and it was there that he began creating puppets for a Saturday morning children’s television show. […]
September 08
Born on this day Thursday, September 8, 1921. : Harry Secombe, singer, comedian and actor, is born. Harry Secombe was born on 8 September 1921 in Swansea, South Wales. He was one of the original Goons of the Goon Show, a British radio comedy programme originally produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 on […]
September 13
Born on this day Wednesday, September 13, 1916. : Roald Dahl, children’s writer and author of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, is born. Roald Dahl was born on 13 September 1916, in Llandaff, Wales. Dahl is known for his unique style of writing for children, which incorporates fantasy into the real world. He is considered one of […]
September 12
Born on this day Monday, September 12, 1910. : Alexander Langmuir, the man credited with saving thousands of lives through his work on epidemiology, is born. Alexander Duncan Langmuir, born on 12 September 1910, is considered to be the father of infectious disease epidemiology. Epidemiology is the science of studying the causes, distribution, and control of disease […]
September 10
Australian History Monday, September 10, 1906. : The first Australian licence plates and drivers licence are issued. The first petrol-driven car to be manufactured in Australia is believed to have been produced by Harry A Tarrant in 1897. After modifications and improvements, Tarrant produced a second vehicle in 1901, which he named the Tarrant. This was followed […]
September 22
Born on this day Tuesday, September 22, 1885. : Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia from 1945-1949, is born. Ben Chifley was born Joseph Benedict Chifley on 22 September 1885, in Bathurst, New South Wales. He was raised largely by his grandfather, and joined the railways at age 15. Moving up to the position of engine driver, […]
September 20
Born on this day Monday, September 20, 1880. : Australian pioneer in physical therapy for polio sufferers, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, is born. Australian nurse Elizabeth Kenny was a pioneer in physical therapy. Born on 20 September 1880 at Kelly’s Gully, a township just west of the New South Wales town of Warialda, her family then moved to […]