Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/September/September 15

Gold medalist Nancy Johnson (centre) of the U.S., raises her hands with silver medalist Cho-Hyun Kang (left), of Korea, and bronze winner Jing Gao (right), of China, during the first medal ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games (16 September 2000).

• 1793 – Captain William Paterson leads a party of Scotsmen in the first attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. He is unsuccessful.
• 1870 – Work begins on the Australian Overland Telegraph Line linking Port Augusta to Darwin.
• 1879 – Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia, born in Stanley, Tasmania.
• 2000 – The Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.