7 October 1972: Paul Cronin (Matlock Police)

7 October 1978: The Sammy Awards

7 October 1990: Annie Jones (Jackaroo)

7 October 1995: Melissa George (Home And Away)

7 October 2000: Kimberley Cooper, Antionette Byron, Connor Smith (Home And Away)

7 October 2006: Christie Hayes, Sam Atwell, Joel McIlroy, Nicholas Bishop, Bec Hewitt (Home And Away)

7 October 1972: The 1972 VFL Grand Final — Richmond versus Carlton — is restricted in Melbourne to evening replays on ABV2, HSV7 and GTV9. In Sydney the Grand Final was telecast live on TCN9 with a replay on ABN2.

7 October 1974: TV stations commence test pattern transmissions in colour — 40 years of colour TV [2014]

7 October 1976: The Seven Network presents the inaugural Sammy Awards in partnership with TV Times and the Variety Club Of Australia. Hosted by David Frost and held at the Sydney Opera House.

7 October 1989: SBS screens the five-hour film The Mahabharata, director Peter Brook’s adaptation of the book which forms the basis of India’s mythology. Given the movie’s long length SBS have made a rare allowance to insert breaks into the presentation, but these are only placed at points which separate the three significant stages in the story.

7 October 1990: The Seven Network premieres mini-series Jackaroo, starring Annie Jones and David McCubbin. ABC presents Esso Night At The Opera, featuring Les Huguenots, the final performance of Dame Joan Sutherland.

7 October 1992: ABC premieres two-part mini-series Frankie’s House, starring Iain Glen, Ally Fowler and Kevin Dillon, telling the story of a group of young photo journalists during the Vietnam War.

7 October 1999: ABC premieres three-part documentary series Federation, looking at the struggles not just in forming a nation but in forming a democracy.

7 October 2007: The Nine Network premieres the Australian version of The Singing Bee, hosted by Joey Fatone, followed by factual series Dirty Jobs with Jo Beth Taylor and Ben Dark.