Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 16

A memorial in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, to Victorian Police officers slain in the line of duty.

• 1940 – Film director Bruce Beresford is born.
• 1998 – Two Victoria police officers, Gary Silk and Rodney Miller are murdered in Moorabbin, Victoria.
• 1999 – The Bolte Bridge over the Yarra River is opened in Melbourne, Victoria.
• 2004 – Serial killer Peter Dupas is sentenced to his second term of life imprisonment.