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HMAS Tarakan in 1948

• 1886 – The first assembly of the Federal Council of Australia was held in Hobart.
• 1900 – State Labor politicians meet in Sydney to formally found the federal Labor party.
• 1950 – The landing ship HMAS Tarakan explodes at Garden Island in Sydney, killing eight.
• 1998 – American tourists Tom and Eileen Lonergan are left behind on their scuba dive near the Great Barrier Reef.