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Burke, Wills and King arrive at Cooper's Creek

1838 – John King, the sole survivor of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, is born at Moy in the county of Tyrone, Ireland.
1900 – Upon his arrival in Australia, the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, commits the so-called Hopetoun Blunder.
1905 – Women in Queensland are given the right to vote in state elections.
2003 – The Fourth Martin Ministry is formed in the Northern Territory following a major ministerial reshuffle.

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