Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/November/November 25

Portrait (signed "W.W.") thought to depict Bennelong

1789 – For the purposes of understanding Aboriginal culture, Captain Arthur Phillip captures Bennelong and Colebec.
1910 – The Royal Australian Navy is established by the Naval Defence Act.
1985 – A man wearing a chicken suit walks into the Australian House of Representatives and sits on the government front bench. He is later removed.
2001 – The Socceroos lose 0–3 to Uruguay and fail to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
2003 – Marilyn Warren is appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, becoming the first woman to head an Australian superior court.

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