Born in 1988

A selection from Wikipedia's '1988 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

• 17 January – The TV soap Home and Away is launched by Seven Network.
• 26 January – Australia Day, Australia celebrates its bicentennial day with the arrival of the First Fleet Re-enactment Voyage and a tall ships parade in Sydney Harbour.
• 19 March – Nick Greiner and the Liberal Party win the 1988 New South Wales state election in a landside, removing the ALP government of Barrie Unsworth.
• 30 April – World Expo 88 opens in Brisbane, Queensland. The exhibition runs for 6 months hosting pavilions from over 70 countries and thrusts Brisbane into the international spotlight.
• 9 May – Elizabeth II opens the New Parliament House in Canberra
• 20 June – The $2 coin replaces the note of the same denomination issued since 1966.
• 3 September – The 1988 Australian referendum is held and propositions on 4-year parliamentary terms, recognition of local government, religious liberty and other issues are defeated with 60% of the electorate voting against them.
• 1 October – The 1988 Victorian state election is held and the ALP government of John Cain is narrowly re-elected for a third term in Victoria.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

• Micro Machines
• Nintendo Game Boy
• Jenga