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Appearance
![Mawson Station from the air.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mawson_station_from_the_air.jpg/120px-Mawson_station_from_the_air.jpg)
- 1896 – The Brisbane River ferry Pearl capsizes, killing 28.
- 1907 – The Northern Territory is transferred to the Commonwealth by South Australia.
- 1938 – Sydney ferry the Rodney with 150 passengers capsizes in Sydney Harbour while farwelling US Navy cruiser USS Louisville, killing 19.
- 1954 – Mawson Station in the Australian Antarctic Territory is established.
- 1978 – The Sydney Hilton bombing occurs during a meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government.