1.00pm (AEST) – NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles delivers a State of the Territory address – Darwin

6.00pm (AEST) – Men’s Cricket – 1st ODI – Australia v India

7.50pm (AEST) – AFL Preliminary Final – Collingwood v GWS – Melbourne

7.50pm (AEST) – NRL Preliminary Final – Penrith v Melbourne – Sydney

Last day of Term 3 for public schools in NSW, the ACT, the NT, and Western Oz

Start of Melbourne EV Show (until 24 September)

World Car-Free Day

World Rhino Day

Astronomy Day

Kylie Minogue’s new album, Tension, is released

Start of the inaugural Volume music and arts festival (until 8 October) – Sydney

Hobbit Day, marking the birthdays of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins

It’s 100 days until the end of the year….

Birthdays for Nick Cave (1957), Joan Jett (1958), and Ronaldo (1976)

Anniversary of:
• the last executions of the Salem Witch Trials (1692)
• Robert Walpole becoming the first British PM to live at 10 Downing Street (1735)
• the debut of TV shows Charlie’s Angels (1964), Baywatch (1989), Friends (1994), The West Wing (1999) and Lost (2004)
• the death of author Hilary Mantel (2022)