Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 25

The first Chief Justice of Australia, Sir Samuel Griffith, is administered the judicial oath at the first sitting of the High Court, in the Banco Court of the Supreme Court of Victoria, 6 October 1903.

• 1824 – The Legislative Council of New South Wales sits for the first time.
• 1903 – The Judiciary Act 1903 receives Royal Assent, creating the High Court of Australia.
• 1981 – The Rembrandt Hotel fire kills 19 people in Kings Cross, Sydney.