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June 18

On this day in 1829 the new colony of Western Australia was proclaimed. The territory of Swan River was claimed for the British on May 2 1829 when Captain Fremantle raised the Union Jack on South Head. The Colony was proclaimed and Perth was founded two months later. Captain James Stirling was the first Lieutenant Governor. Western Australia did not obtain self-government until 1890.

June 5

On this day in 1788 all the cattle from the Government herds that had been brought out with the First Fleet strayed from Sydney. The cattle were eventually found by John Wilson in 1795 at Cowpastures in south west Sydney.