1940 - On This Day In Australia.

5th of December

Harry Holgate AO, the 36th Premier of Tasmania, was born in Maitland, NSW, on the 5th of December 1933. Also born today, Tony Crafter, Denise Drysdale, Cooper…

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.…