1912: A fire broke out on Mount Lyell and trapped miners underground, killing 42 miners. Their bodies were buried in unmarked graves in Queenstown Cemetery. Following the fire, a Royal Commission into the recovery of bodies was held, and although there was speculation as to the cause of the fire, a final conclusion remained undetermined.


1918: Australian children's classic The Magic Pudding was published for the first time. It tells the story of a sarcastic, grumpy walking, talking pudding that can transform into any food it wants and can never finish eating. Author Norman Lindsay originally wrote this story to distract himself from his brother's tragic sacrifice. The work later became an Australian classic.


1982: The National Gallery of Australia opened in Canberra. It is one of Australia's largest art museums, housing over 166,000 works of art. Its architecture is in the late 20th century Brutalist style, characterized by angular volumes and raw concrete surfaces, and is surrounded by a series of sculpture gardens featuring native Australian plants and trees.


1988: Officers Steven Tynan, 22, and Damian Eyre, 20, died in the police shooting on Walsh Street. Four men charged with murder were later acquitted by the Supreme Court of Victoria. The Walsh Street shooting was later the subject of the Australian Film Office documentary Trigger Point, which also chronicled questionable police shootings of criminals and training programs designed to reduce such incidents.


2023: A Kalgoorlie man has been charged with unlawful vandalism after decapitating a statue of a famous local gold digger. The council said it was "deeply disappointed by this act of vandalism, which not only tarnished an important part of our city's history but also disrespected Paddy Hannan and the hard-working prospectors who played an important part in shaping our community".