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1978, July 1
 
The Northern Territory, a Commonwealth territory, was granted self-government.  1
 
1980, June
 
The world's oldest known fossil, a 3.5 billion-year-old bacterium, was found near Marble Bar, Western Australia.  2
 
1983, Feb. 16
 
In Australia's worst natural disaster, “Ash Wednesday” bush fires killed 71 people and destroyed $400 million worth of property in Victoria and South Australia.  3
 
March 5
 
The Labour Party under Bob Hawke defeated Malcolm Fraser's Liberal-National Party coalition in a federal election.  4
 
 
 
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