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The first HMAS Bunbury (J-241/M-241) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 16 May 1942 by Mrs. F. A. Cooper, wife of the Treasurer of Queensland, and commissioned on 3 January 1943. HMAS Bunbury paid off to reserve on 26 August 1946 and was sold for scrap to the Kinoshita Company of Japan on 6 January 1961.

The second HMAS Bunbury (P-217) is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at CairnsCairns is a city located in the far north of Queensland, Australia. The city was originally settled to serve as a port for exporting gold and other precious metals from mines west of the city. It then later became a center for the crushing and exporting o in Queensland on 13 June 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu, launched on 3 November 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe and commissioned on 15 December 1984.