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Anzac, the landing 1915 George Washington Lambert 1829 – Captain Charles Fremantle Western Australia , aboard HMS Challenger , with the intention of establishing the Swan River Colony .1896 – At the 1896 election South Australia , women exercise their right to vote for the first time, having been given limited suffrage the previous year.1915 – The Gallipoli Campaign commences , with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) landing Anzac Cove (painting pictured) on the Gallipoli peninsula in present-day Turkey .1918 – In the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux Amiens , France , with Clifford Sadlier later receiving the Victoria Cross for his actions.1927 – Anzac Day Australian states for the first time.1975 – The Australian embassy Saigon , South Vietnam , is closed and staff evacuated prior to the Fall of Saigon .
