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1870 in Australia

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Decades:
  
1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s

See also:
  
Other events of 1870 Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Contents

  • Governor of New South Wales — Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
  • Governor of Queensland — Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall
  • Governor of South Australia — Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
  • Governor of Tasmania — Charles Du Cane
  • Governor of Victoria — John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury

    • Premiers

    Premiers of the Australian colonies:

  • Premier of New South Wales — John Robertson, until 13 January then Charles Cowper, until 16 December then James Martin
  • Premier of Queensland — Charles Lilley, until 3 May then Arthur Hunter Palmer
  • Premier of South Australia — Henry Strangways, until 30 May then John Hart
  • Premier of Tasmania — James Milne Wilson
  • Premier of Victoria — John Alexander MacPherson, until 9 April then James McCulloch

    • Events

  • 3 January — A state flag of Western Australia is adopted.
  • 1 February — A state flag of Victoria is adopted, although with no crown like the current flag.
  • 22 March — A state flag of Queensland is adopted, with a portrait of Queen Victoria.
  • 20 April — A second state flag of New South Wales is adopted, similar to the current flag of Victoria: a crown above the Southern Cross.
  • 22 July — A state flag of South Australia is adopted.
  • 11 August — Melbourne Town Hall is opened.

    • Exploration and settlement

  • Gulgong, New South Wales, is founded.
  • 27 August — John Forrest successfully arrives in Adelaide from Perth, leading an expedition along the south coast via the Great Australian Bight.

    • Science and technology

  • September — Work begins on the Australian Overland Telegraph Line linking Port Augusta to Darwin.

    • Sport

  • 12 May — Port Adelaide Football Club is founded in South Australia

    • Births

  • 3 January — Ethel Richardson (died 1946), author, better known by her nom de plume Henry Handel Richardson
  • 17 May — Newton Moore (died 1936), Premier of Western Australia
  • 1 November — Christopher Brennan (died 1932), poet
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    • Deaths

  • 23 May – Foster Fyans, first mayor of Geelong (b. 1790)
  • 25 May – Captain Thunderbolt (real name Fred Ward, born 1836), bushranger
  • 24 June – Adam Lindsay Gordon (born 1833), poet

    • References

    1870 in Australia Wikipedia
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