Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 11
Appearance
![Melbourne Town Hall.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Melbourne_Town_Hall.jpg/100px-Melbourne_Town_Hall.jpg)
- 1870 – Melbourne Town Hall is opened.
- 1989 – Actor John Meillon dies.
- 1989 – A pilots' strike cripples domestic air travel in Australia.
- 2003 – Major-General Michael Jeffery is sworn in as Governor General.