These are the selected anniversaries for February that appear on the
Australia portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.
February 1
1811 –
John Oxley is appointed Surveyor-General of New South Wales.
2003 –
Stephen John Sutton is arrested by the Argentine Police and held without charge for two and a half years before being sentenced in 2005 to eleven years jail for
drug trafficking.
1986 –
Lindy Chamberlain is released from prison after serving three years upon the find of new evidence which eventually leads a judge to overturn her conviction.
2005 –
Maria Korp is found
comatose in the boot of her car in Melbourne, her life support is later switched off leading to some debate over
euthanasia.
2002 – Allegations are aired that Governor-General of Australia
Peter Hollingworth, as Archbishop of Brisbane, had in the early 1990s attempted to cover up several instances of sexual abuse.
2003 – Hundreds of thousands of
protestors join millions more in other cities around the world in protesting the
Iraq War. These are the biggest street protests seen since the
Vietnam War.
1962 –
Perth becomes known as the City of Light when astronaut
John Glenn passes over the city and thousands of external lights are switched on to greet him.
2006 –
Andrew Mallard, convicted of murder in 1995, has his conviction quashed and is released after a High Court appeal.
1925 –
Ronald Ryan, the last man to be legally executed in Australia, is born.
1980 – A Beech 200 light aircraft crashes at
Sydney Airport, killing 13.
1906 – The
Bondi Beach surf lifesaving club is established, becoming the first club of its type in the world.
1997 – Former Premier of Western Australia
Carmen Lawrence is charged with perjury resulting from the Marks Royal Commission. She was found not guilty.
1994 – Australian Federal Sports and Environment Minister
Ros Kelly resigns over "The Sports Rorts Affair", where it was alleged that she apportioned money for community sporting projects in a
pork barreling fashion.