Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/February/February 26
![Landsat image of Lake Mungo](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Lake_Mungo.png/100px-Lake_Mungo.png)
- 1942 – A floatplane from Japanese submarine I-25 makes a reconnaissance flight over Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay.
- 1945 – Motor racing driver Peter Brock is born in Hurstbridge.
- 1949 – Simon Crean, former leader of the Australian Labor Party, is born in Melbourne, Victoria.
- 1974 – Remains of Mungo Man discovered at Lake Mungo, New South Wales.
- 2005 – The ALP government of Geoff Gallop is re-elected in Western Australia for a second term.