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Gladys Moncrieff performing in the 1930s

• 1829 – Melbourne's first post office opens.
• 1841 – The first photograph was taken in Australia by a visiting naval captain, Captain Augustin Lucas.
• 1855 – The University of Melbourne was established by act of the Parliament of Victoria.
• 1892 – Singer Gladys Moncrieff is born in Bundaberg, Queensland.
• 1982 – Sir Ninian Stephen appointed Governor General.
• 1991 – Schoolgirl Karmein Chan is abducted from her Melbourne home and later found murdered.