Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/December/December 7
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- 1813 – The Macquarie River is discovered by George Evans.
- 1838 – Thomas Bent, one of Australia's more colourful politicians, and Premier of Victoria, is born in Penrith, New South Wales.
- 1915 – The evacuation of ANZAC forces from Gallipoli begins, some argue that the evacuation was the greatest Allied success of the campaign.
- 1963 – Cricket umpire Colin Egar no-balls Ian Meckiff four times in Meckiff's first over for throwing and effectively ends Meckiff's Test career.
- 1985 – The Labor government of John Bannon is re-elected for a second term in South Australia.