Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/March/March 14
![HMS Beagle](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/HMSBeagle.jpg/100px-HMSBeagle.jpg)
- 1831 – The Surprise, the first paddle steamer built in Australia, was launched in Sydney.
- 1836 – HMS Beagle, carrying Charles Darwin, left Australia.
- 1942 – Japanese forces bomb Horn Island in the Torres Strait.