User:Matilda

I like the idea of waltzing even though I do not approve of sheep stealing, nor do I approve of the pursuit of thieves until they commit suicide

Resident of Canberra, Australia where the time is 14:45 (AEST).

I started contributing to English Wikipedia in February 2005 and Commons in July 2005. I became an administrator on 4 March 2006.

I changed my user name from AYArktos in September 2006. Another name change from Golden Wattle to Matilda in November 2007.

• 1876 - SS Georgette runs aground near Busselton, Western Australia; Grace Bussell becomes famous for helping to rescue the passengers.
• 1811 - Reverend Samuel Marsden sends the first large export of wool from Australia to Britain.
• 1823 - John Oxley become the first European to navigate the Brisbane River.
• 1916 - 12 members of the Industrial Workers of the World are convicted in Sydney of conspiring to commit arson and sedition.
• 1972 - Gough Whitlam becomes Prime Minister, leading the first Labor government in 23 years.
• 1984 - Hawke Government re-elected with a reduced majority.
• 1986 - Justice Mary Gaudron was the first woman appointed to the High Court of Australia.
• 1994 - Australian government agrees to pay reparations to aborigines that were displaced during the nuclear tests in 1950s and 1960s.
• 1998 - The Linton bushfire claims the lives of five volunteer firefighters from Geelong.