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Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minister of Australia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318021#January", "title": "1901", "revid": 1373318021, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "South Australia becomes the first Australian state to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#Date_unknown", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75 people, in one of Australia's worst bushfire disasters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#February", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – A low-pressure system moving from South Australia and redeveloping off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 mm of rain in a day on Sydney.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#August", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12: Terramin Australia Ltd reported that its Algerian zinc mine will be among the six largest zinc mines in the world. The cost to construct it will be $589 million. The firm is based in Adelaide, South Australia and will take 57 months to complete its venture.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373007630#October", "title": "2010 in Algeria", "revid": 1373007630, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 3", "text": "3 June – Two Australian women—a 21-year-old from Queensland and a 28-year-old from South Australia—are killed in a terrorist attack in London. Four Australians were also among the 48 injured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361349623#June", "title": "2017 in Australia", "revid": 1361349623, "section": "Events › June"}}]}