Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/September/September 8

• 1855 – Queen Victoria signs an Order-in-Council to change the name of Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania.
• 1944 – Birth of cricketer Terry Jenner.
• 1954 – Australia becomes a founding member of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
• 2006 – Motor racing champion Peter Brock dies in a race in Perth.