Australia

For Australia the most generally used one is

 
January 1st 1901 
1:36 pm AEST 
Centennial Park, NSW Aust 
33S54, 151E14

Researched by Gwen Stoney, it's the time of the public 
declaration of Australian Federation.

The other one that is used is 
January 1st, 1901 
Midnight GMT 
London,England

This is the moment Queen Victoria supposedly signed 
the Document of Federation.

Of interest,

Captain Cook landing at Botany Bay 
(supposed discovery of Oz)  
April 29th, 1770 
3:26 pm AEST 
Botany Bay, Australia 
34S00, 151E13

Captain Phillip's landing with the first settlement of 
convicts (equivalent to the landing of the Mayflower) 
January 26th, 1788 
5:25 pm AEST 
Sydney Cove, Australia 
33S52, 151E13

This latter one I use as Sydney's chart, as it was
definitely the birth of Sydney, if not of Australian
settlement. (26th January is Australia Day)

Linda Reid

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