1866 in Australia
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1865 in Australia
1865 in Australia
See also:1864 in Australia,other events of 1865,1866 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.-Governors:Governors of the Australian colonies:*Governor of New South Wales - Sir John Young, Bt*Governor of Queensland - Sir George Bowen...
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other events of 1866,
1867 in Australia
1867 in Australia
See also: 1866 in Australia, other events of 1867, 1868 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.-Incumbents:GovernorsGovernors of the Australian colonies:...
and the
Timeline of Australian history
Timeline of Australian history
This is a timeline of Australian history.-BC:*c. 68,000–40,000 BC: Aboriginal tribes are thought to have arrived in Australia.*c. 13,000 BC: Land bridges between mainland Australia and Tasmania are flooded. Tasmanian Aboriginal people become isolated for the next 12,000 – 13,000 years.*c...
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Events
- 1 February - Arthur MacalisterArthur MacalisterArthur Macalister, CMG was three times Premier of Queensland, Australia.-Early life:Macalister was born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of John Macalister, a cabinet maker, and his wife Mary, née Scoullar. Macalister was educated in Glasgow and emigrated to Australia with his wife Elizabeth Wallace née...
becomes Premier of Queensland - 19 March - Sister Mary MacKillopMary MacKillopMary Helen MacKillop , also known as Saint Mary of the Cross, was an Australian Roman Catholic nun who, together with Father Julian Tenison Woods, founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart and a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australasia with an emphasis on...
founds the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred HeartSisters of St Joseph of the Sacred HeartThe Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, often called the Josephites , were founded in Penola, South Australia in 1866 by Mary MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison Woods....
at Penola, South AustraliaPenola, South AustraliaPenola is located 388 km south east of Adelaide and is in the heart of one of South Australia's most productive wine growing areas. Coonawarra lies just to the north and is renowned for the quality of its red wines...
. - 17 April - The Tariff Bill passes though the Parliament of VictoriaParliament of VictoriaThe Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and consists of The Queen, represented by the Governor of Victoria; the Legislative Council ; and the Legislative Assembly...
; Australia's first protective tariffs become law the following day. - 20 June - Adelaide's town HallAdelaide Town HallAdelaide Town Hall is a landmark building on King William Street in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.-Description and history:Adelaide Town Hall was designed by Edmund Wright and Edward Woods, with construction commencing in 1863 and completed in 1866...
opens - 12 July - SS CawarraSS CawarraThe Cawarra was a paddle-steamer that sank in 1866 in Newcastle harbour, New South Wales, Australia with the loss of 60 lives. The sinking was one of the worst maritime disasters in Australian history....
was wrecked off NewcastleNewcastle, New South WalesThe Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...
, only 1 of 61 passengers and crew survive - 18 July - The passenger vessel Netherby is wrecked off King IslandKing IslandKing Island, Kings Island or King's Island may refer to:Australia* King Island * King Island ** King Island AirportCanada* King Island * King Island * King Island USA...
, all 450 on board survived - 20 July - Arthur MacalisterArthur MacalisterArthur Macalister, CMG was three times Premier of Queensland, Australia.-Early life:Macalister was born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of John Macalister, a cabinet maker, and his wife Mary, née Scoullar. Macalister was educated in Glasgow and emigrated to Australia with his wife Elizabeth Wallace née...
resigns as Premier of Queensland during a bank crisis, he resumes his post on 7 August as the crisis eased - 15 August - John Manners-SuttonJohn Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount CanterburyJohn Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury KCB, GCMG , known as the Honourable Sir John Manners-Sutton between 1866 and 1869, was a British Tory politician and colonial administrator....
becomes Governor of Victoria - 8 September - The Blood or bread riots begin as unemployed men attempt to storm government stores; the riots continue to the 10th
- 24 October - The Intercolonial Exhibition of AustralasiaColonial exhibitionA colonial exhibition was a type of international exhibition intended to boost trade and bolster popular support for the various colonial empires during the New Imperialism period, which started in the 1880s with the scramble for Africa....
opens in Melbourne. - 24 November - Richard DryRichard DrySir Richard Dry, KCMG was an Australian politician, who was Premier of Tasmania from 24 November 1866 until 1 August 1869 when he died in office...
becomes Premier of Tasmania - 7 December - John Granville Grenfell, gold commissioner, killed by bushrangers near NarromineNarromine, New South WalesNarromine is a town located about 40 kilometres west of Dubbo in the Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the centre of Narromine Shire. At the 2006 census, Narromine had a population of 3,599 people...
Births
- 26 March - Bancroft Boake, songwriter
- 11 April - Bernard O'DowdBernard O'DowdBernard Patrick O'Dowd was an Australian activist, educator, poet, journalist, and author of several law books and poetry books. O'Dowd worked as an assistant-librarian and later Chief Parliamentary Draughtsman in the Supreme Court at Melbourne for 48 years;he was also a co-publisher and writer...
, writer (d. 1953) - 5 August - Harry TrottHarry TrottGeorge Henry Stevens "Harry" Trott was an Australian Test cricketer who played 24 Test matches as an all-rounder between 1888 and 1898. Although Trott was a versatile batsman, spin bowler and outstanding fielder, "... it is as a captain that he is best remembered, an understanding judge of...
, cricketer (d. 1917)
Deaths
- 11 January - Gustavus Vaughan BrookeGustavus Vaughan BrookeGustavus Vaughan Brooke was an Irish stage actor who enjoyed success in Ireland, England and Australia.-Early life:...
, Irish actor (b. 1818) - 3 February - William HainesWilliam Haines (Australian politician)Dr William Clark Haines , Australian colonial politician, was the first Premier of Victoria.Haines was born in London, the son of John Haines, a physician. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated in medicine; he later practiced surgery for several years...
, Premier of Victoria (b. 1810) - 5 June - John McDouall StuartJohn McDouall StuartJohn McDouall Stuart was one of the most accomplished and famous of all Australia's inland explorers. Stuart led the first successful expedition to traverse the Australian mainland from south to north and return, and the first to do so from a starting point in South Australia, achieving this...
, explorer (b. 1815)