A severe storm caused flash flooding and damage in Melbourne
2021
22 September
Melbourne experiences a 5.9 magnitude earthquake, with the epicentre being around the Mansfield area in north-eastern Victoria. The quake's effects were felt as far away as Tasmania and Adelaide.
2021
16 July
Victoria pauses quarantine free travel to New Zealand [Covid-19]
2021
05 July
Victoria permitted to travel to New Zealand provided they hadn't visited a designated hotspot. [Covid-19]
2021
22 June
Victoria regains quarantine-free links to New Zealand. [Covid-19]
2021
25 May
Quarantine free travel from Victoria to New Zealand suspended, following a community cluster in Melbourne.
2020
27 September
The overnight curfew was suspended in Victoria. [Covid-19]
2020
02 August
An overnight curfew was introduced in Victoria [Covid-19]
2020
08 July
Victoria closes it's common border with New South Wales, following a large spike in cases in parts of Melbourne [Covid-19]
2020
02 July
All international arrivals into Melbourne were suspended. [Covid-19]
2020
26 June
Victoria's "second wave" of Covid-19 ended when it recorded zero new cases and zero deaths statewide for the first time since 9 June
2020
20 June
Victoria's first wave of Covid-19 begins
2020
20 June
Victorian Government announced the re-tightening of Covid-19 restrictions on household gatherings following a spike in community transmitted cases over the previous week
2020
07 April
The High Court unanimously quashes Cardinal George Pell's convictions
2020
13 March
The 2020 Australian Grand Prix is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020
25 January
Australia confirms its first COVID-19 case in Melbourne
2009
07 February
Black Saturday bushfires: Massive bushfires swept across Victoria, resulting in 173 fatalities
2006
15 March
The Commonwealth Games are held in Melbourne.
2005
01 November
Makybe Diva breaks records by winning 3rd consecutive Melbourne Cups
2005
02 September
Victorian Coroner hands down finding that Prime Minister Harold Holt's life was claimed by wild surf at Cheviot Beach in 1967
1930
04 November
Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup
1898
01 February
The Red Tuesday bushfires in South Gippsland, Victoria, claimed 12 lives, destroyed over 2,000 buildings, left 2,500 homeless & total area of 260,000 hectares of bushland and farmland destroyed.
1874
24 November
The Victorian Government requires all children to be vaccinated against smallpox within 6 months of work
1873
12 November
New Act to regulate conditions in sweat shops which exploit female & under-age workers
1872
17 December
Free, compulsory & secular education introduced in Victoria
1872
13 June
Royal Mint opened in Melbourne
1871
05 December
Sandhurst, better known as Bendigo, is proclaimed a city. At this time Bendigo was one of the colony's greatest producers of gold since it was first discovered there in 1856.
1870
08 August
Melbourne Town Hall officially opened
1869
10 January
The clipper Thermopylay completed fastest voyage from London to Melbourne, in 64 days.
1861
07 November
First Melbourne Cup
1858
07 August
First organised game of Australian Rules Football in Victoria
1854
03 December
Rebellion of goldminers at Eureka Stockade, Ballarat,VIC
1851
01 August
Discovery of gold in Victoria, leading to the Victorian Gold Rush
1851
01 July
The separation of the colony of Victoria from New South Wales
1851
12 February
The discovery of gold in New South Wales and Victoria sparked a rush of excitement among prospectors.
1851
06 February
The Black Thursday bushfires. A devastating series of fires that swept the state of Victoria, burning up 5 million hectares (50,000 sq km), about a quarter of the state's area. Twelve human lives were lost.
1770
19 April
Captain Cook aboard the Endeavour sights the Australian coast at Port Hicks, in Victoria
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