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Timeline of Australian history |
20 February - Submarine cable between New South Wales and New Zealand completed.
21 March - J.V. Mulligan finds gold deposits in the Hodgkinson River in Queensland.
28 March - Classes commence at the University of Adelaide.
18 March - Luigi d'Albertis leaves Australia to explore New Guinea.
5 June - George Thorn becomes Premier of Queensland.
6 June - John Colton becomes Premier of South Australia.
5 July - The completion of a railway bridge across the Brisbane River links Brisbane and Ipswich, Queensland.
20 July - Thomas Reibey becomes Premier of Tasmania
11 September - SS Dandenong sinks; 40 lives are lost.
7 November - The Melbourne Cup is run for the first time on the first Tuesday of November
27 November - Legislation is enacted in Queensland creating the first public fire service in Australia.
2 December - SS Georgette runs aground near Busselton, Western Australia; Grace Bussell becomes famous for helping to rescue the passengers.
7 September - C. J. Dennis
10 September - Hugh D. McIntosh
18 September - James Scullin
23 September - Cyril Brudenell White
24 September - Arthur Hennessy
4 October - Hugh McCrae
24 November - Walter Burley Griffin
21 December - J. T. Lang
22 January - George Dalrymple
8 March - Truganini
24 May - Henry Kingsley
29 August - John Skinner Prout
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