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1872 in Australia

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See also:
  
Other events of 1872Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

  • Monarch — Queen Victoria

    • Governors

    Governors of the Australian colonies:

    Contents

  • Governor of New South Wales — Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, then Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
  • Governor of Queensland — George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
  • 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 — Sir James Martin, until 14 May then Henry Parkes
  • Premier of Queensland — Arthur Hunter Palmer
  • Premier of South Australia — Arthur Blyth, until 22 January then Henry Ayers (5th time)
  • Premier of Tasmania — James Milne Wilson, until 4 November then Frederick Innes
  • Premier of Victoria — Charles Gavan Duffy, until 10 June then James Francis

    • Events

  • 13 February to 28 March — An election is held in New South Wales.
  • 19 February — The Municipal District of Dubbo is established, following the approval of the Colonial Secretary.
  • 26 February — The brig Maria is wrecked when it strikes a reef near Cardwell off the coast of Queensland, killing 39 people.
  • 12 June — A Victorian branch of the Royal Australian Mint opens in Melbourne.
  • 22 August — The Australian Overland Telegraph Line is completed when two telegraph lines are joined at Frew's Ponds in the Northern Territory (then South Australia).
  • 24 September — The General Post Office opens in Brisbane, Queensland.

    • Sport

  • The Quack wins the Melbourne Cup

    • Births

  • 1 January — Arthur Manning, politician (died 1947)
  • 22 February — Shaw Neilson, poet (died 1942)
  • 26 February — John Holman, politician (died 1925)
  • 11 September - Daniel Teese, historic event forcer (died unknown)
  • 28 September — David Unaipon, writer and inventor (died 1967)
  • 14 October — John Leckie, politician (died 1947)
  • 16 August David "Gramps" Gow (WIS)

    • Deaths

  • 4 January – Edward Macarthur, Administrator of Victoria (b. 1789)
  • 15 January — John King (born 1838), explorer
  • 12 February — George Herbert Rogers (born 1820), actor
  • 20 February — Andrew Petrie (born 1798), architect
  • 20 March – William Wentworth, explorer and politician (b. 1790)
  • 28 April — Caroline Calvert (born 1834), writer and naturalist
  • 19 May — John Baker (born 1813), Premier of South Australia
  • 11 June — John Davies (born 1814), founder of The Mercury newspaper
  • 31 December — John McKinlay (born 1819), explorer
  • date unknown
  • John Dibbs, mariner (b. 1790)

    • References

    1872 in Australia Wikipedia
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