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Every case set in what is now Australia, best-known first. Cities, states and old kingdoms count under the country that holds them today.

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Cases in Australia

Best-known first. Each card opens the full cited case.

Cases
6
Years
40000 BCE to 1997
Region
Oceania
Main subjects
Native nations and islands, Music and sport, Divorce and feuds, Ghosts and legends
Updated
30 October 2026
Michael Hutchence: Michael-hutchence-INXS-19861997 · Ritz-Carlton hotel, Double Bay, SydneyMichael Hutchence left half his estate to his baby daughter, and the money went into offshore trusts she did not controlINXS singer Michael Hutchence was found dead in a Sydney hotel room at 37. The coroner ruled suicide in February 1998.theage.com.au and 3 moreGina Rinehart: Gina Rinehart June 20151992 · Perth and SydneyGina Rinehart's children sued her for control of a $5 billion family trust, and her daughter replaced her as trusteeLang Hancock set up the Hope Margaret Hancock Trust in 1988 for his four grandchildren, holding 23.4 percent of Hancock Prospecting. His daughter Gina Rinehart was trustee.Internet Archive and 2 moreMap of Australia, marked on the globe1992 · Mer (Murray Island), Torres Strait, Queensland, AustraliaEddie Mabo died five months before the High Court upheld Meriam title to his island, and his grave was defaced the day after his memorialEddie Koiki Mabo was born on Mer in the Torres Strait. His mother died shortly after his birth and his uncle, Benny Mabo, adopted him.slq.qld.gov.au and 4 moreYagan: Yagan Statue 20051833 · Upper Swan, Western Australia, AustraliaSettlers cut off Yagan's head for a £30 reward, it was shown in London and buried in a Liverpool grave, and Noongar elders buried it in the Swan Valley in 2010Yagan was a Noongar warrior near the Swan River Colony. His father Midgegooroo was captured and executed by firing squad on 22 May 1833. The colony offered a reward of £30 for Yagan, dead or alive.abc.net.au and 2 moreMap of Australia, marked on the globe1826 · Campbelltown, New South Wales, AustraliaWorrall held Fisher's power of attorney, said Fisher had sailed for England, and sold his property; Fisher was in a grave on Worrall's landKind 1 and kind 2. Frederick Fisher was transported to New South Wales in 1818 and became a ticket-of-leave man. By 1825 he held four farms, one of them at Campbelltown.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au and 2 moreLake Mungo lunette: A section of Lake Mungo's lunette40000 BCE · Lake Mungo, Willandra Lakes, New South Wales, AustraliaMungo Man and Mungo Lady, Australia's oldest known people, came home after decades in Canberra, and their reburial split the three nations who own themIn 1968 geologist Jim Bowler found burnt bones on the dry bed of Lake Mungo. They were a woman, later called Mungo Lady, and the oldest known evidence of human cremation. In 1974 a man, Mungo Man, was found nearby.Smithsonian Magazine and 3 more