- 1801 – The French cartographic expedition of Nicolas Baudin sighted Cape Leeuwin.
- 1967 – Australia holds a referendum approving two amendments to the Australian Constitution relating to Indigenous Australians.
- 2005 – Schapelle Corby convicted of drug smuggling by an Indonesian court and sentenced to 20 years in gaol, later reduced to 15 and then reverted to 20 years.