Australian Historical Events is a daily guide to the important events that shaped Australia to what it is today. It is a compilation of significant events for the month of June including the birth and death of famous Australians as well as laws promulgated by authorities. The list is constantly updated to incorporate the most recent events.
Australian Historical Events in June
| Day | Year | Event |
| 1 | 1959 | The Immigration Restriction Act 1901 which formed the basis of the White Australia policy was repealed. |
| 2 | 1909 | Alfred Deakin takes oath for his third term as prime minister of Australia. |
| 4 | 1824 | The Hobart Town Gazette was published by Andrew Bent, the first time a newspaper had been published in Australia without government permission. |
| 4 | 1829 | Perth was established as a settlement. |
| 4 | 1887 | The Working Men’s College of Melbourne (now Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) was opened. |
| 6 | 1856 | New South Wales achieved responsible government with the introduction of a bicameral parliament comprising a directly elected Legislative Assembly and a nominated Legislative Council. |
| 6 | 1888 | The British Crown annexed Christmas Island after it was found that the island was rich in natural resources. |
| 8 | 1942 | The Japanese submarine I-21 briefly shelled Newcastle City in New South Wales during the onset of World War II. |
| 8 | 2007 | The Hunter and Central Coast regions were battered by the worst series of storms to hit New South Wales in 30 years resulting in extensive flooding and nine deaths. |
| 10 | 1838 | In the Myall Creek massacre, at least twenty-eight unarmed Indigenous Australians were killed by twelve colonists at the Myall Creek near the Gwydir River, in northern New South Wales. |
| 11 | 1886 | Death: James Alipius Goold, the first Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne. |
| 14 | 1893 | Patrick Hannan discovered gold which set off a major gold rush in Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia. The area became known as The Golden Mile, the richest square mile in the world. |
| 21 | 2021 | The International Olympic Committee selected and announced at its session in Lausanne, Switzerland that Brisbane in Queensland, Australia won the winning bid for 2032 Summer Games. |
| 25 | 1847 | Melbourne was declared a city by virtue of a Letters patent of Queen Victoria. |
| 28 | 2007 | The Sydney Opera House became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
| 27 | 1911 | The Royal Military College, Duntroon, also known simply as Duntroon, was founded as the Australian Army’s officer training establishment. |
| 29 | 1859 | James Quinn was installed as the first bishop of the Diocese of Brisbane in the state of Queensland. |
| 29 | 2001 | Peter John Hollingworth begins his term as the 23rd governor-general of Australia. |
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