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![Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (foreground) and the aircraft carrier USS Midway](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/HMAS_Melbourne_%28R21%29_and_USS_Midway_%28CV-41%29_underway_on_16_May_1981_%286380752%29.jpg/100px-HMAS_Melbourne_%28R21%29_and_USS_Midway_%28CV-41%29_underway_on_16_May_1981_%286380752%29.jpg)
- 1852 – the Supreme Court of Victoria sits for the first time in Melbourne.
- 1954 – Queen Elizabeth II plants a tree at the Australian War Memorial to mark the beginning of the Remembrance Driveway between Canberra and Sydney.
- 1964 – HMAS Voyager collides with HMAS Melbourne and sinks south-east of Jervis Bay, killing 82.
- 1973 – Australia's first legal casino, the Wrest Point Casino, opens in Hobart, Tasmania.
- 1981 – Townsville International Airport opens in Queensland.