1869 in Australia
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1868 in Australia
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other events of 1869,
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1868 in Australia
1868 in Australia
See also:1867 in Australia,other events of 1868,1869 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.- Governors:Governors of the Australian colonies:*Governor of New South Wales — Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore...
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other events of 1869,
1870 in Australia
1870 in Australia
See also:1869 in Australia,other events of 1870,1871 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.- Governors:Governors of the Australian colonies:*Governor of New South Wales — Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore...
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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Governors
Governors of the Australian coloniesGovernors of the Australian states
The Governors of the Australian states are the representatives of the Queen of Australia in each of that country's six states. The Governors perform the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the Governor-General of Australia at the national level...
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- Governor of New South Wales – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl BelmoreSomerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl BelmoreSomerset Richard Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore GCMG, PC , styled as Viscount Corry from 1841 to 1845, was an Irish nobleman and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...
- Governor of Victoria – Sir 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....
- Governor of Queensland – Colonel Sir Samuel BlackallSamuel BlackallColonel Samuel Wensley Blackall was an Irish soldier and politician, who was the second Governor of Queensland from 1868 until he died in office in 1871....
- Governor of Western AustraliaGovernor of Western AustraliaThe Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia's Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The Governor performs important constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including:* presiding over the Executive Council;...
– Sir Benjamin PineBenjamin PineSir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine was at various times administrator of Natal, the Gold Coast, Antigua, the Leeward Islands and Western Australia.-Life:...
(appointed, but not sworn in), Sir Frederick WeldFrederick WeldSir Frederick Aloysius Weld, GCMG , was a New Zealand politician and a governor of various British colonies. He was the sixth Premier of New Zealand, and later served as Governor of Western Australia, Governor of Tasmania, and Governor of the Straits Settlements.-Early life:Weld was born near...
(from 18 September) - Governor of South Australia – Sir James Fergusson, 6th BaronetSir James Fergusson, 6th BaronetSir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet GCSI, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:...
(from 16 February) - Governor of Tasmania – Charles Du CaneCharles Du CaneSir Charles Du Cane, KCMG was a British Conservative Party politician and colonial administrator who was a Member of Parliament from 1852–1854 and Governor of Tasmania from 1868 to 1874....
(from 15 January)
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian coloniesPremiers of the Australian states
The Premiers of the Australian states are the de facto heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia. They perform the same function at the state level as the Prime Minister of Australia performs at the national level. The territory equivalents to the...
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- Premier of New South Wales – John Robertson
- Premier of Victoria – James McCullochJames McCullochJames McCulloch is also the name of the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the Second National Bank of the United States. This James McCulloch was not involved in the McCulloch vs. Maryland U.S. Supreme Court case....
(until 20 September), then John Alexander MacPhersonJohn Alexander MacPhersonJohn Alexander MacPherson , Australian colonial politician, was the 7th Premier of Victoria.MacPherson was born at his father's property of Springbank on the Limestone Plains, in New South Wales : he was the first Premier of Victoria born in Australia. His father was a Scottish Presbyterian... - Premier of Queensland – Charles LilleyCharles LilleySir Charles Lilley was a Premier and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He had a significant influence on the form and spirit of state education in colonial Queensland which lasted well into the twentieth century.Lilley was born at Newcastle on Tyne, England, the son of Thomas...
- Premier of South Australia – Henry StrangwaysHenry StrangwaysHenry Bull Templar Strangways was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia.Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England. He visited South Australia as a boy. Returning to England he entered at the Middle Temple in November 1851 and was called...
- Premier of Tasmania – Sir 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...
(until 1 August), then James Milne WilsonJames Milne WilsonSir James Milne Wilson, KCMG served as Premier of Tasmania from 1869 to 1872.Wilson was born in 1812 in Banff, Scotland; the third son of John Wilson, a shipowner. Educated at Banff and Edinburgh, he emigrated to Tasmania in 1829, studied practical engineering and afterwards became a ship's officer...
(from 4 August)
Events
- 9 January – The British clipperClipperA clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, could carry limited bulk freight, small by later 19th century standards, and had a large total sail area...
ship ThermopylaeThermopylae (clipper)Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Weymouth of London.-Construction:...
arrives in Melbourne, having sailed from London in the record time of 64 days. - 5 February – A large gold nugget, named The Welcome StrangerWelcome StrangerThe "Welcome Stranger" is the name given to the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, which had a calculated refined weight of 2,283 oz 6 dwts 9 gr...
, is found at Moliagul, VictoriaMoliagul, VictoriaMoliagul is a small township in Victoria, Australia, 202 kilometres north west of Melbourne, notable for the discovery of the world's largest gold nugget, the Welcome Stranger in 1869...
. - 5 February - George GoyderGeorge GoyderGeorge Woodroffe Goyder was a surveyor in South Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century....
establishes a settlement of 135 people at Port Darwin. - 3 March – William LanneWilliam LanneWilliam Lanne was a Tasmanian Aborigine. He is most well known as the last full-blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian man....
, known as "King Billy", the last full-blood Tasmanian Aboriginal dies. His body is secretly dismembered and his skull removed while in the morgue, and Dr William CrowtherWilliam Crowther (Australian politician)William Lodewyk Crowther FRCS was an Australian politician, who was Premier of Tasmania 20 December 1878 to 29 October 1879.-Early life:...
, future Premier of Tasmania, is suspected as the culprit. - 5 March – The New South Wales governmentGovernment of New South WalesThe form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...
declares that Saint Patrick's DaySaint Patrick's DaySaint Patrick's Day is a religious holiday celebrated internationally on 17 March. It commemorates Saint Patrick , the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of :Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland. It is observed by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion , the Eastern...
, St. Andrew's DaySt. Andrew's DaySt Andrew's Day is the feast day of Saint Andrew. It is celebrated on 30 November.Saint Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, and St Andrew's Day is Scotland's official national day...
and St George's DaySt George's DaySt George's Day is celebrated by the several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities of which Saint George is the patron saint. St George's Day is celebrated on 23 April, the traditionally accepted date of Saint George's death in AD 303...
are no longer public holidays. - 24 March – A fatal case of choleraCholeraCholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
is reported in Sydney. - 8 May – The bushrangerBushrangerBushrangers, or bush rangers, originally referred to runaway convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities...
Captain Moonlite holds up a bank in Mount Egerton, VictoriaMount Egerton, VictoriaMount Egerton is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool Local Government Area, north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Mount Egerton had a population of 215....
. - 22 June – Prince Alfred CollegePrince Alfred CollegePrince Alfred College is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town, near the centre of Adelaide, South Australia...
opens in Adelaide, South Australia. - 18 October – The LithgowLithgow, New South WalesLithgow is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia and is the centre of the local political division City of Lithgow. It is located in a mountain valley named Lithgow's Valley by John Oxley in honour of William Lithgow, the first Auditor-General of New South Wales.Lithgow is...
Zig Zag RailwayZig Zag RailwayThe Zig Zag Railway is a heritage railway at Lithgow in New South Wales, Australia on the site of the famous Great or Lithgow Zig Zag which operated between 1869 and 1910. As built, the line formed part of the Main West line from Sydney across the Blue Mountains and served to lower the line from...
was opened.
Science and technology
- 1 May – A submarine telegraph cable is completed, joining TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
to the mainland.
Births
- 20 January – F. Matthias AlexanderF. Matthias AlexanderFrederick Matthias Alexander was an Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique – a form of education that is applied to recognize and overcome reactive, habitual limitations in movement and thinking.-Early life:Alexander was born on a...
, actor (d. 1955) - 21 February – Ernest RobertsErnest Roberts (Australian politician)Ernest Alfred Roberts was a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives.Roberts was born in London and educated in Guernsey. He became a sailor and then travelled to Queensland in 1886...
, politician (d. 1913) - 10 March – John LongstaffJohn LongstaffSir John Campbell Longstaff was an Australian painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize. He was a cousin of Will Longstaff, also a painter....
, war artist (d. 1941) - 23 March – William RobsonWilliam Robson (Australian parliamentarian)William Elliot Veitch Robson was an Australian parliamentarian and businessman. -Early life:Robson was born at Surry Hills, the son of William Robson. He attended Newington College and then the University of Sydney from where he graduated with a BA in 1889. After serving as an articled clerk he...
, politician (d. 1951) - 11 April – John Patrick McGlinnJohn Patrick McGlinnBrigadier General John Patrick McGlinn CMG, CBE was a senior officer of the Australian Army who served in World War I.-Early life and career:...
, soldier (d. 1946) - 13 April – Vida GoldsteinVida GoldsteinVida Jane Mary Goldstein was an early Australian feminist politician who campaigned for women's suffrage and social reform.-Early years:...
, feminist and politician (d. 1949) - 27 April – May MossMay MossAlice "May" Moss, CBE was an Australian welfare worker and women's rights activist.She was born as Alice Frances Mabel Wilson in Ballarat and was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College in East Melbourne...
, feminist and suffragette (d. 1948) - 2 May – Florence StawellFlorence StawellFlorence Melian Stawell was a classical scholar.Florence Melian Stawell, youngest daughter of Sir William Foster Stawell, was born at Melbourne on 2 May 1869...
, classical scholar (d. 1936) - 14 May – Percy AbbottPercy Abbott (Australian politician)Percy Phipps Abbott CMG was an Australian soldier, politician and solicitor. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, to John William Abbott and Mary Ann, née Phipps, he was educated at The Hutchins School in Hobart and in 1889 was sent to Sydney as an assistant to a solicitor called Thomas Creswell. He was...
, soldier and politician (d. 1940) - 15 May – John StoreyJohn Storey (politician)John Storey was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales from 12 April 1920 until his sudden death in Sydney...
, Premier of New South Wales (d. 1921) - 18 May – Harold William GrimwadeHarold William GrimwadeMajor General Harold William Grimwade CB, CMG was an Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in World War I.-Early life and career:...
, soldier (d. 1949) - 19 May – William Gibson, politician (d. 1955)
- 23 May – George BeebyGeorge BeebySir George Stephenson Beeby KBE was an Australian politician, judge and author.-Early life:Beeby was born in Alexandria, Sydney, New South Wales the second son of English-born Edward Augustus Beeby, a book-keeper, and his wife Isabel, née Thompson. Beeby was educated at Crown Street Public School...
, judge, politician and author (d. 1942) - 11 July – Peter McAlisterPeter McAlisterPeter Alexander McAlister was an Australian cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1904 to 1909....
, cricketer (d. 1938) - 21 July – John McDonaldJohn McDonald (Australian politician)John James McDonald , Australian politician, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1911 to 1914....
, politician (d. 1934) - 6 August – Marie PittMarie PittMarie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt was an Australian poet and socialist activist, also journalist and Unitarian. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, once much anthologised; and also wrote poetry in support of the socialist and labour movements...
, poet (d. 1948) - 7 August – E. J. BradyE. J. BradyE. J. Brady was an Australian poet.He was born at Carcoar, New South Wales, and was educated both in the United States and Sydney...
, poet (d. 1952) - 8 August – George James CoatesGeorge James CoatesGeorge James Coates was an Australian artist.-Early life:Coates was born in Emerald Hill , the son of John Coates, an artist-lithographer of English stock, and his wife Elizabeth, a daughter of Ephraim Irwin who came from Ireland...
, artist (d. 1930) - 28 August – Albert Fuller EllisAlbert Fuller EllisSir Albert Fuller Ellis was a prospector in the Pacific, he discovered phosphate deposits on the Pacific islands Nauru and Banaba Island in 1900. He was the British Phosphate Commissioner for New Zealand from 1921 to 1951.Ellis was born in Roma, Queensland, his family moved to Auckland where he...
, prospector (d. 1951) - 28 September – John Hutton BisdeeJohn Hutton BisdeeJohn Hutton Bisdee VC, OBE was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1930) - 24 October – Charlie McLeodCharlie McLeodCharles Edward McLeod was an Australian cricketer who played in 17 Tests from 1894 to 1902. His brother, Bob, also played cricket for Australia....
, cricketer (d. 1918) - 30 September – Ernie JonesErnie JonesErnest Jones was an Australian sportsman, playing Test cricket and Australian rules football....
, cricketer (d. 1943) - 7 December – Frank LaverFrank LaverFrank Jonas Laver Frank Jonas Laver Frank Jonas Laver (7 December 1869, Castlemaine, Victoria 24 September 1919, East Melbourne, Victoria was an Australian cricketer who played in 15 Tests from 1899 to 1909....
, cricketer (d. 1919) - 13 December – John ShirlowJohn ShirlowJohn Alexander Thomas Shirlow was an Australian artist.Shirlow was born in Sunbury, Victoria, son of Robert Shirlow, a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, who had come from Ireland and followed many occupations in the new land without much success...
, artist (d. 1936) - 21 December – Albert Green, politician (d. 1940)
- 29 December – Bill Howell, cricketer (d. 1940)
Deaths
- 3 March – William LanneWilliam LanneWilliam Lanne was a Tasmanian Aborigine. He is most well known as the last full-blooded Aboriginal Tasmanian man....
, Tasmanian Aboriginal (b. 1835) - 9 May – John PlunkettJohn PlunkettJohn Hubert Plunkett was Attorney-General of New South Wales and elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly.-Early life:...
, Attorney-General of New South Wales (b. 1802) - 16 June – Charles SturtCharles SturtCaptain Charles Napier Sturt was an English explorer of Australia, and part of the European Exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior of the continent, starting from both Sydney and later from Adelaide. His expeditions traced several of the westward-flowing rivers,...
, explorer (b. 1795) - 4 September – John Pascoe FawknerJohn Pascoe FawknerJohn Pascoe Fawkner was an early pioneer, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land , to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprize...
, pioneer (b. 1792) - 6 November – Charles FlaxmanCharles FlaxmanCharles Flaxman was employed by George Angas as his chief clerk. Flaxman received a loan from Angas to invest in land in South Australia. He travelled to Australia aboard the Prince George in 1838. He took up land in Tanunda, and Flaxman Valley in the area is named after him...
, chief clerk of South Australia (b. 1806)