Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/May/May 17
Appearance
![An RFDS Beech KingAir on a remote airstrip in Queensland, Australia.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/FDF_talavera_PJS.jpg/100px-FDF_talavera_PJS.jpg)
- 1824 – The Supreme Court of New South Wales is created by Letters Patent.
- 1928 – The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia makes its first official flight from Cloncurry to Julia Creek.
- 1996 – Bob Bellear is appointed to the District Court of New South Wales, becoming the first Indigenous Australian judge.