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Australian History Friday, March 1, 1901. :   The Postmaster-General’s Department in Australia is put into effect. In the early years of settlement in Australia, there was no official postal...

Born on this day Wednesday, March 2, 1904. :   Children’s author, Dr Seuss, is born. Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr Seuss, was born on 2 March 1904 in Springfield,...

Born on this day Wednesday, March 3, 1847. :   Inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, is born. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 3 March...

Australian History Sunday, March 4, 1804. :   The Australian Battle of Vinegar Hill, also known as the Battle of Castle Hill, begins. Castle Hill is a suburb in Sydney,...

Australian Explorers Tuesday, March 5, 1839. :   George Grey discovers the Gascoyne River, longest river in Western Australia. Sir George Edward Grey, born 14 April 1812, was Governor of...

Born on this day Saturday, March 6, 1475. :   Michelangelo, Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, is born. Michelangelo was born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni on 6 March...

Australian History Sunday, March 7, 1954. :   The “Sydney Morning Herald” reports a new craze of flattening pennies under the Royal Train of Queen Elizabeth II. Princess Elizabeth, who...

Australian History Saturday, March 8, 1902. :   The first test to pump water through the most difficult section of the Golden Pipeline to the Western Australian goldfields is successfully...

Born on this day Friday, March 9, 1934. :   The first person to travel in space, Yuri Gagarin, is born. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was born on 9 March 1934...

Australian History Monday, March 10, 1788. :   French explorer Jean-Francois La Perouse is observed departing Botany Bay, never to be seen again. Although the Australian continent was claimed by...

Born on this day Tuesday, March 11, 1952. :   Douglas Adams, author of ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, is born. Douglas Noël Adams was born on 11 March...

Australian History Thursday, March 12, 1868. :   An attempt is made to assassinate Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, on his Australian tour. Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg...

Australian Explorers Saturday, March 13, 1847. :   Kennedy departs Parramatta to trace the course of the Barcoo River, hoping it will lead to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the...

Born on this day Friday, March 14, 1879. :   Physicist Albert Einstein is born. Albert Einstein was born on 14 March 1879 at Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. At six...

Australian Explorers Sunday, March 15, 1840. :   Strzelecki climbs and names Mt Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest mountain. Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, born 20 July 1797, was a Polish...

Born on this day Wednesday, March 16, 1774. :   Sea explorer and the first recorded European to circumnavigate Australia, Matthew Flinders, is born. Matthew Flinders was born on 16...

Australian Explorers Wednesday, March 17, 1830. :   Sturt’s party reaches the junction of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers on their arduous journey upstream to Sydney. Captain Charles Sturt was...

Born on this day Saturday, March 18, 1944. :   Dick Smith, Australian businessman, entrepreneur and aviator, is born. Richard Harold ‘Dick’ Smith was born on 18 March 1944 in...

Born on this day Friday, March 19, 1813. :   Missionary and explorer, David Livingstone, is born. David Livingstone was born on 19 March 1813, in Blantyre, Scotland. His surname...

Australian Explorers Saturday, March 20, 1802. :   English explorer Matthew Flinders names Spencer Gulf in South Australia. Spencer Gulf is a large and prominent gulf in South Australia, approximately...

Born on this day Wednesday, March 21, 1685. :   The great German composer and organist, Johann Sebastian Bach, is born. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany on...

Born on this day Thursday, March 22, 1923. :   French mime artist, Marcel Marceau, is born. Marcel Marceau was born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France, on 22 March 1923....

Born on this day Thursday, March 23, 1769. :   The developer of the geologic map, William Smith, is born. William Smith was born on 23 March 1769 in Churchill,...

Born on this day Tuesday, March 24, 1874. :   American escapologist Harry Houdini is born. Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz on 24 March 1874 in Budapest, Hungary. When...

Australian History Wednesday, March 25, 1936. :   Prime Minister Joseph Lyons opens the world’s longest submarine telephone and telegraph cable link, extending from mainland Australia to Tasmania. The telegraph...

Born on this day Thursday, March 26, 1931. :   Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy is born. Leonard Simon Nimoy, who gained worldwide fame as Star Trek’s Mr Spock, was...

Australian Explorer Tuesday, March 27, 1838. :   Eyre discovers Lake Hindmarsh in South Australia. Edward John Eyre was born on 5 August 1815 in Hornsea, Yorkshire. After coming to...

Born on this day Tuesday, March 28, 1922. :   Neville Bonner, the first Aboriginal parliamentarian, is born. Neville Bonner was born on 28 March 1922 at Ukerabagh, near Tweed...

Born on this day Saturday, March 29, 1738. :   Inventor of the concept of the guillotine, Joseph Guillotin, is born. A guillotine is an instrument for capital punishment by...

Born on this day Wednesday, March 30, 1853. :   The great artist, Vincent van Gogh, is born. Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert,...

Australian History Thursday, March 31, 1988. :   The Skitube alpine railway extension from Perisher Valley to Mt Blue Cow is opened. The Kosciuszko National park in southern New South...