Canberra Insider

Prime Minister John Howard avoids tripping after appearing with Bill Clinton in the White House Rose Garden, June 27, 1997

Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke is received at the White House by US President George HW Bush, June 27, 1989 [NAA]

Deputy Prime Minister Frank Forde and External Affairs Minister HV Evatt signing the United Nations founding charter in San Francisco, June 26, 1945 [NAA]

June 26, 2013: Kevin Rudd defeated Julia Gillard in a Labor leadership vote, becoming Prime Minister for a second time.

June 26, 1987: Former opposition leader and speaker Billy Snedden died of a heart attack at a Sydney hotel.

June 26, 1945: External Affairs Minister HV Evatt signs the United Nations founding charter in San Francisco [NAA]

Tamie Fraser visits the Royal Flying Doctor Service, 1978

Government House at Yarralumla in 1926, just after being purchased by the federal Government to become the residence of the Governor-General

June 24, 2010: After mounting a leadership challenge to Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard was sworn in as Australia's 27th Prime Minister. She became the first woman to hold the office, serving until June 2013.

June 24, 1913: Joseph Cook was sworn in as Australia's 6th Prime Minister. After a very close election result, his government held a majority of only one seat in the House of Representatives.

Prime Minister Harold Holt's statement on Labor leader Arthur Calwell's condition after an assassination attempt in Sydney a day earlier, June 22, 1966 [PM Transcripts]

June 22, 1926: The federal government established the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, later the CSIRO, to foster applied research.

June 18, 1906: G.H. Knibbs was appointed head of the new Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics. Some 4.5 million people were counted in the first census in April 1911 [National Portrait Gallery]

June 17, 1911: A week before the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, Margaret Fisher, the wife of Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, led Australian and New Zealand women in a London suffrage demonstration. About 40,000 people marched in support of women's right to vote [NAA]

June 14, 1996: Prime Minister John Howard announced a Council Of Australian Governments plan for gun control, after the Port Arthur massacre [PM Transcripts]

June 13, 1951: Australia's 16th Prime Minister Ben Chifley died after a heart attack at Canberra's Hotel Kurrajong. He served from 1945 until 1949 [Trove]

June 12, 1902: The Commonwealth Franchise Act became law, giving Australian women the right to vote in federal elections, as well as to stand as candidates. Indigenous Australians were excluded from voting until 1962.

Ben Chifley, Canberra, June 12, 1948

June 10, 1955: Newspaper owner Raymond Fitzpatrick and editor Frank Browne were called by the House of Representatives to appear before the Bar of the Chamber on privileges charges. MPs voted they be committed to 90 days in jail. It is the only time Parliament has jailed anyone.

June 10, 1838: At least 28 Aboriginal people died in the brutal Myall Creek Massacre in northern New South Wales. After two trials, seven colonists involved were later hanged.