Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 9
- 1868 – The last convicts arrive in Western Australia.
- 1903 – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson is appointed the second Governor-General of Australia.
- 1909 – Australia defeats England nine points to three in the first rugby union test match at Blackheath's Rectory Field in England.
- 1997 – Yachtsman Tony Bullimore is found alive five days after his boat capsized in the Southern Ocean.