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![Daisy Bates in 1921](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/DaisyBates1921.jpg/100px-DaisyBates1921.jpg)
- 1938 – Daisy Bates book The Passing of the Aborigines is first published.
- 1951 – The Australian Davis Cup Team defeats the United States and retains the trophy.
- 1957 – Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Bombers, Simon Madden, is born.
- 1971 – Scott Chipperfield, football (soccer) midfielder, who currently plays for FC Basel, is born in Sydney.