the Bulldogs, in which they were accused of sexual assault while in Coffs Harbour. The behavior from some of their fans at times also put the club in hot water. It is the Bulldogs' most recent premiership win. 10 October – Greg Murphy and Rick Kelly take consecutive victories by winning the Bob Jane T-marts Bathurst 1000 for the K-mart Racing Team. It was the sixth consecutive win for Holden, extending the longest winning streak for a manufacturer in the race's history. 29 October – Test cricket: Australia wins the third test against India, winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and winning the first away test series against India since 1969. 2 November – Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup horse racing event. It is the second consecutive Melbourne Cup win for the mare. Births 23 April – Teagan Croft, actress Deaths 3 January – Des Corcoran, 75, 37th Premier of South Australia 19 January – David Hookes, 48, cricketer 16 February – Shirley Strickland, 78, athlete, three-time Olympic champion 28 February – Jet Rowland, 1 (born 2002) 21 March – Elizabeth Essex-Cohen, 63, physicist 24 March – Rupert Hamer, 87, former Premier of Victoria 28 March – Percy Beames, 92, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne) and cricketer (b. 1911) 19 April – Tim Burstall, 76, film director and producer 26 May – Gatjil Djerrkura, 54, indigenous leader, Chairman of ATSIC 20 June – Jim Bacon, 54, former Premier of Tasmania 7 July – Xiaokai Yang, 55, economist 12 July – George Mallaby, 64, actor 17 August – Thea Astley, 78, novelist 22 August – Marcel Caux, 105, First World War veteran, last known survivor of the Battle of Pozières 4 September – Walter Campbell, 83, Governor of Queensland 11 October – Keith Miller, 84, cricketer, Australian rules footballer, fighter pilot and journalist 1 November – Marie Tehan, 64, Victorian health minister 6 November – Johnny Warren, 61, football (soccer) player, coach and ethnic community advocate 8 November – Eddie Charlton, 78, snooker player 19 November – Mulrunji, 36, Indigenous Australian resident of Palm Island who controversially died in custody. 20 November – Janine Haines, 59, Australian Democrats senator 20 November – Yvonne Aitken, 93, botanist 4 December – June Maston, 76, sprinter and athletics coach 26 December – Troy Broadbridge, 24, Australian football player, who died in the Indian Ocean Tsunami See also 2004 in Australian television List of Australian films of