Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/August/August 29
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![The Ashes urn is reputed to contain a burnt item of cricket equipment, possibly a bail.](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ashes_Urn.jpg/100px-Ashes_Urn.jpg)
- 1882 – Australian cricketers win The Ashes for the first time.
- 1998 – The Liberal Party government of Tony Rundle is voted out in Tasmania and replaced with an ALP government of Jim Bacon.
- 2001 – Graham "Shirley" Strachan, lead singer of Australian 1970s rock group Skyhooks, is killed in a helicopter accident.