Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/March/March 10
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
- 1908 – Australians Douglas Mawson and Edgeworth David accompanied by Ernest Shackleton and others are the first people to scale Mount Erebus in Antarctica.
- 1931 – The first Apex Club is formed in Geelong, Victoria.
- 1946 – An Australian National Airways (ANA) DC3 aircraft crashes near Hobart, killing 25.
- 1959 – The Australian population officially reaches 10 million.
- 1971 – William McMahon becomes with twentieth Prime Minister of Australia, after John Gorton stands down following a vote of no confidence.
