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1860 in Australia

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Decades:
  
1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s

See also:
  
Other events of 1860 Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Contents

  • Governor of New South Wales - Sir William Denison
  • Governor of Queensland - Sir George Bowen
  • Governor of South Australia - Sir Richard G. MacDonnell
  • Governor of Tasmania - Sir Henry Young
  • Governor of Victoria - Sir Henry Barkly

    • Premiers

    Premiers of the Australian colonies:

  • Premier of New South Wales - William Forster until 8 March then John Robertson
  • Premier of Queensland - Robert Herbert
  • Premier of South Australia - Richard Hanson until 9 May then Thomas Reynolds
  • Premier of Tasmania - Francis Smith until 1 November then William Weston
  • Premier of Victoria - William Nicholson until 26 November then Richard Heales

    • Events

  • 20 August - Burke and Wills expedition sets off from Royal Park, Melbourne at about 4pm watched by around 15,000 spectators.
  • 12 November - The Victorian College for the Deaf is opened in a small house in Peel Street Windsor.
  • 12 December - Initial riots on the Lambing Flat goldfields near present-day Young, New South Wales.

    • Births

  • 20 June - Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (died 1937)
  • 23 June - Sir Baldwin Spencer, the first person to study Australia anthropology.
  • 7 December - Joseph Cook, sixth Prime Minister of Australia (died 1947)

    • Deaths

  • 31 March – Frederick Irwin, acting Governor of Western Australia (b. 1788)
  • 1 July – Robert Thomas, (b. 1781), newspaper proprietor

    • References

    1860 in Australia Wikipedia
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