Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 11
- 1965 – The Wanda Beach Murders occur in Sydney and remain unsolved.
- 1986 – The Gateway Bridge opens in Brisbane.
- 1990 – Convicted drug trafficker Warren Fellows receives a royal pardon and is released from jail in Thailand
- 2005 – Nine people are killed in bushfires in South Australia, making them the worst fires seen in Australia since Ash Wednesday.