PRIORITIES ALL WRONG
HOW can the Queensland Premier let NRL WAGS into Brisbane and not people who live here and went interstate to look after sick family members, and especially when one needs to come back for cancer treatment?
Premier, you are losing the plot. Margaret Englebretsen, Smithfield
925
King Athelstan of West Saxony becomes the first king to rule all of England.
1781
Spanish settlers found Los Angeles.
1839
British warships near Hong Kong fire the first shots of the First Opium War at Chinese navy junks, after the Chinese government banned the opium trade.
1864
Senior Sergeant Thomas Smyth, 29, is shot in pursuit of bushranger Dan Morgan near Henty. Smyth is taken to Albury and dies on September 29.
1882
in its 1st largescale test, Thomas Edison’s light bulb is used to light NY’s Pearl Street Station
1886
Apache chief Geronimo, leader of the last great Native American rebellion, surrenders to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona.
1888
Scot Dr William McGregor arrives at Port Moresby as British New Guinea administrator to formally annex it as a British crown colony.
1893
English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit.
1888
US inventor and entrepreneur George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak for box cameras which use film supplied in rolls.
1909
The first Scout rally begins at Crystal Palace, London, organised by war hero Robert Baden-Powell. The organisation aims to develop good citizenship, chivalry and survival skills.
1915
NSW surrenders 72sq km at Jervis Bay to the Commonwealth, for a port for the national capital and naval college.
1942
Japanese troops evacuate Milne Bay (above) in the first defeat of a Japanese amphibious landing in World War II.
2006
Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, 44, dies when a stingray barb punctures his heart off Port Douglas.