Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 1

Port Jackson (top) and the Georges River flowing into Botany Bay (bottom)

• 1791 – The Third Fleet arrives at Port Jackson.
• 1819 – Explorer Augustus Gregory is born at Farnsfield, Nottingham, England.
• 1902 – The magazine New Idea is first published.
• 1905 – Flos Greig becomes the first woman admitted to practise as a barrister in Australia.
• 1984 – Australian banks are deregulated. Foreign banks were invited to operate in Australia on 10 September.