24 April in Australian History

Here are some of the events that happened on this day in Australian history. Please feel free to add others that you know of in the comments section.

1846 – Explorer Sir Thomas Mitchell, the Surveyor-General of New South Wales, discovers and names the Maranoa River, in present-day Queensland.
1899 – The Scottish barque Loch Sloy is wrecked offshore of Kangaroo Island, South Australia, killing 31 people.
1912 – The government of New South Wales grants 43 acres (17 ha) north of Sydney Harbour for the construction of a zoological garden, later known as Taronga Zoo.
1918 – In the First World War, Australian and British forces counter-attack German troops near Amiens, Frances, commencing the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux.
1933 – The Second Collier Ministry is sworn in after the Labor Party wins the 1933 Western Australian state election, with Philip Collier becoming Premier of Western Australia for a second time.
1999 – Painter Arthur Boyd (pictured), a member of the Antipodeans artists’ group, dies in Melbourne, Victoria, at the age of 78.

International Observances.

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (Armenia, France)
Concord Day (Niger)
Democracy Day (Nepal)
Fashion Revolution Day, and its related observances:
– Labour Safety Day (Bangladesh, proposed)
National Panchayati Raj Day (India)
Republic Day (The Gambia)
World Day for Laboratory Animals

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