Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 23

Camel corps at Magdhaba, H.S. Power, 1925

• 1901 – The Immigration Restriction Act 1901 comes into force, instituting the White Australia Policy.
• 1916 – In the Sinai desert, Australian and New Zealand mounted troops capture the Turkish garrison during the Battle of Magdhaba.
• 1929 – The 1929 Timber Workers strike results from a decision of Judge Lukin of the Arbitration Court to reduce the wages and increase the hours for 20,000 timber workers from a 44 hour week to 48 hour week.
• 1983 – Australia records its first death from the HIV/AIDS virus.