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An RFDS Beech KingAir on a remote airstrip in Queensland, Australia.

• 1824 – The Supreme Court of New South Wales is created by Letters Patent.
• 1928 – The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia makes its first official flight from Cloncurry to Julia Creek.
• 1996 – Bob Bellear is appointed to the District Court of New South Wales, becoming the first Indigenous Australian judge.