Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/February/February 3

Arrival of the first Ghan into Darwin

• 1821 – Sir Thomas Brisbane is commissioned as Governor to succeed Macquarie, he replaces Maquarie on 1 December of the same year.
• 1954 – Queen Elizabeth arrives in Australia with Prince Philip on a royal tour.
• 1967 – Ronald Ryan is hanged at Melbourne's Pentridge Gaol, becoming the last person to be legally executed in Australia.
• 1983 – Bob Hawke becomes leader of the Australian Labor Party.
• 2004 – The Ghan arrives in Darwin, completing the first passenger rail journey from Adelaide to Darwin.