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![HMAS Tarakan in 1948](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/HMAS_Tarakan_%28AWM_301490%29.jpg/80px-HMAS_Tarakan_%28AWM_301490%29.jpg)
- 1886 – The first assembly of the Federal Council of Australia was held in Hobart.
- 1900 – State Labor politicians meet in Sydney to formally found the federal Labor party.
- 1950 – The landing ship HMAS Tarakan explodes at Garden Island in Sydney, killing eight.
- 1998 – American tourists Tom and Eileen Lonergan are left behind on their scuba dive near the Great Barrier Reef.