Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist and pathologist, Howard Florey, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on the 24th of September 1898. Also born today: William Dobell, John Kerr…

1823 Sir John Colton, the 13th Premier of South Australia, was born in Devon, England, on the 23rd of September 1823. Colton was Premier from the 6th of June 1876 until the 26th of October 1877. 1940 Australian representative Water Polo, Rugby Union, and Rugby League player, Dick Thornett, was born on this day in 1940.…

Ben Chifley, the 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was born on the 22nd of September 1885 in Bathurst, New South Wales. Also born on September 22, Nick Cave, Nicole Bradtke, Harry Kewell…

1926 Don Dunstan, the 35th Premier of South Australia, was born in Suva, Fiji, on the 21st of September 1926. Dunstan was Premier from the 1st of June 1967 to the 17th of April 1968 and then again from June 2nd 1970 until the 15th February 1979. 1933 Australian Football Hall of Fame coach and player, Allan…

The games of the XXVII Olympiad were opened in Sydney, NSW, on the 15th of September 2000. The oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, The Empire Picture Theatre, opened in Bowral, NSW on this day in 1915. Born on this day: actress Paula Duncan…