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1870s
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Timeline of Australian history |
Premier of New South Wales - George Dibbs (until 2 August) then George Reid
Premier of South Australia - Charles Kingston
Premier of Queensland - Hugh Nelson
Premier of Tasmania - Henry Dobson (until 14 April) then Edward Braddon
Premier of Western Australia - John Forrest
Premier of Victoria - James Patterson (until 27 September) then George Turner
January - A cyclone hits the north west of Western Australia, killing approximately 50 persons
28 June - A Colonial Conference, held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, resolves to lay a telegraph cable between Canada and Australia.
22 October - Martha Needle is hanged in Melbourne Gaol for the poisoning of her husband, and three children, in an attempt to obtain money from insurance policies.
10 November - Jandamarra, an Indigenous Australian of the Bunuba people, leads one of the few armed insurrections against Europeans.
18 December - South Australia is the first colony to legislate women equal franchise with men, taking effect in 1895.
The Australian Workers' Union is formed from the joining of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australia and the General Labourers' Union.
Arts and literature
The novel Seven Little Australians is published by Ethel Turner
Patron wins the Melbourne Cup
South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
23 February – Harold Horder (died 1978), rugby league footballer
13 April – Arthur Fadden (died 1973), Prime Minister of Australia
30 April – H.V. Evatt (died 1965), politician
14 August – Frank Burge (died 1958), rugby league footballer
25 August – Nick Winter (died 1955), athlete
20 December – Robert Menzies (died 1978), Prime Minister of Australia
17 February - John Alexander MacPherson (born 1833), Premier of Victoria
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