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H. C. Coombs

• 1875 – The SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off Ayr, Queensland and sinks with the loss of 102 lives.
• 1906 – Economist and public servant Nugget Coombs is born near Perth.
• 1995 – Cyclone Bobby hits Western Australia near Onslow causing over 400 mm (15 inches) of rain in the town.
• 1996 – The Liberal Party government of Ray Groom is re-elected in Tasmania. Tony Rundle becomes the new Premier on 18 March.
• 2003 – Bandali Debs and Jason Roberts are found guilty of the Silk–Miller police murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.