preface
  1. 1NSW: Rabbit Plague in Sydney - (1/9-1)
  2. 2Western Australia Joins Federation – (1/9-2)
  3. 3Pyjama Girl Murder Mystery – (1/9-3)
  4. 4Gallipoli Letter Concerning Simpson - (2/9-1)
  5. 5Young Griffo Wins World Boxing Title - (2/9-2)
  6. 6Henry Lawson - (2/9-3)
  7. 7Australia Declares War on Germany – (3/9-1)
  8. 8First Australian Open Golf Championship – (3/9-2)
  9. 9Gallipoli Diary Entry re Big Gun Worry - (4/9-1)
  10. 10South Coast Bus Accident – (5/9-1)
  11. 11Gale Force Winds Hit Sydney – (5/9-2)
  12. 12Severe Storm Hits Sydney and Regions – (6/9-1)
  13. 13Severe Storm and Tornado Hits Adelaide – 7/9-1)
  14. 14Major Hail and Flash Floods in Adelaide - (7/9-2)
  15. 15Swimming in Daylight Hours – (8/9-1)
  16. 16NSW Bus Accident – (9/9-1)
  17. 17Backpacker Minibus Accident, Bundaberg, Queensland – 10/9-1)
  18. 18Gallipoli Letter Concerning Capt. Callary - (11/9-1)
  19. 19Surgeon White Writes to Governor Phillip – (12/9-1)
  20. 20Soldiers of the Cross – (13/9-1)
  21. 21Chamberlains' Court Case Commences – (13/9-2)
  22. 22Muralla, NSW, Train Collision – (13/9-3)
  23. 23Official Queensland Settlement Commences – (14/9-1)
  24. 24Australia and the Olympic Games – (15/9-1)
  25. 25Construction of WA to SA Railway Line – (15/9-2)
  26. 26Television Commences in Australia – (16/9-1)
  27. 27The Overland Telegraph Line - (16/9-2)
  28. 28Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, 1900 – (17/9-1)
  29. 29Gold Found in WA – (18/9-1)
  30. 30First VFL Final at the MCG – (19/9-1)
  31. 31Slim Dusty – (19/9-2)
  32. 32Frank Beaurepaire World’s Greatest Swimmer - (20/9-1)
  33. 33Australian Colonies First (Non-Indigenous) Cricket Tour of England - (21/9-1)
  34. 34Ben Chifley – (22/9-1)
  35. 35The Pacific Island Labourers Act – (23/9-1)
  36. 36Qantas Jet in Bangkok Landing Incident – (23/9-2)
  37. 37The Wreck of the Dunbar – (24/9-1)
  38. 38Early Australian Social Development – (24/9-2)
  39. 39Edmund Barton – (24/9-3)
  40. 40Major Victorian Gas Supply Crisis – (25/9-1)
  41. 41Crops destroyed in Goulburn Valley Victoria – (25/9-2)
  42. 42South Australia to Change German Names – (26/9-1)
  43. 43Australia II Wins America’s Cup – (26/9-2)
  44. 44Communist Party Referendum – (27/9-1)
  45. 45Governor Phillip Letter to England – (28/9-1)
  46. 46Miles Franklin – (28/9-2)
  47. 47Official Commencement of the Port Phillip District - (29/9-1)
  48. 48Carlton Wins First VFA Premiership – (30/9-1)
  49. 49Nellie Melba – (30/9-2)

Tcn Tower

The mast of Australia's first television transmitter for Channel 9 rises 561 feet from the site of a former dairy at Willoughby, near Sydney. On 16 September, 1956, Bruce Gyngell at Channel 9 announced the commencement of television in Australia

Credit: National Archives of Australia, Image no. A1200, L21562.

Preface

This title lists many of the major events affecting Australia and Australians for the month of September. It not only notes major happenings but also provides the stories behind the news.

This title is an ongoing work in progress and will continually be updated with new events as they happen.

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NSW: Rabbit Plague in Sydney - (1/9-1)

Western Australia Joins Federation - (1/9-2)

The (1/9-1) indicates that this happened on 1 September and is the first story for that day.

The (1/9-2) indicates that this also happened on 1 September and is the second story for that day.

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