Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/November/November 13

Aerial view of Narrows Bridge, Perth, Western Australia

• 1908 – Andrew Fisher becomes the fifth Prime Minister of Australia.
• 1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
• 1934 – Singer and recording artist Kamahl is born in Malaysia.
• 1959 – The Narrows Bridge connecting the Mitchell Freeway and Kwinana Freeway in Perth is opened to traffic.
• 1965 – Kevin Arthur Wheatley died in Vietnam while defending a wounded comrade. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry.
• 1998 – The 1000th pulsar in our galaxy was observed at the Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales.