Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/July/July 19

Members of the Australian 53rd Battalion on July 19, 1916 before the Battle of Fromelles. Only three of the men pictured survived the battle; all three were wounded.

• 1915 – Albert Jacka becomes the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross during the First World War.
• 1916 – Battle of Fromelles, the first battle on the Western Front involving Australia; the Australian 5th Division suffered 5,533 casualties in one night.
• 1940 – The Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney takes part in the sinking of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni.
• 1946 – Orange, New South Wales is proclaimed a city.
• 1958 – The last tram service runs in Perth, Western Australia.
• 1987 – The final episode of music program Countdown is broadcast on the ABC.