1867 in Australia

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1867
in
Australia

Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also:
  • Other events of 1867
  • Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1867 in Australia.

Incumbents[]

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

  • Governor of New South WalesJohn Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, until 11 August then Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
  • Governor of QueenslandSir George Bowen
  • Governor of South AustraliaSir Dominick Daly
  • Governor of TasmaniaColonel Thomas Browne
  • Governor of VictoriaSir John Manners-Sutton
  • Governor of Western AustraliaDr John Hampton
Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

  • Premier of New South WalesJames Martin
  • Premier of QueenslandRobert Herbert until 15 August then Robert Mackenzie
  • Premier of South AustraliaJames Boucaut until 3 May then Henry Ayers (for the 3rd time)
  • Premier of TasmaniaRichard Dry
  • Premier of VictoriaJames McCulloch

Events[]

  • 7 January – Riots at the Crocodile Creek goldfield destroyed the property of Chinese miners.
  • 1 June – Greatest recorded flood of the Hawkesbury River at 19.2 metres.[1]
  • 12 October – The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases when the last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain.
  • 16 October – English immigrant James Nash reports to authorities that he has discovered 75 ounces of alluvial gold in a creek at Gympie, Queensland. The find sparks a gold rush to the area, saving the colony of Queensland from bankruptcy.
  • 30 October – Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, arrives in Australia for the country's first royal visit.

Religion[]

  • Saint Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods found the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart[2]

Arts and literature[]

Sport[]

  • Tim Whiffler wins the Melbourne Cup

Births[]

  • 10 FebruaryChester Manifold, Victorian politician (d. 1918)
  • 18 MarchCharles Web Gilbert, sculptor (b. 1925)
  • 8 AprilSir Arthur Streeton, artist (d. 1943)
  • 22 AprilSir Littleton Groom, Queensland politician (d. 1936)
  • 17 June
    • Franc Falkiner, New South Wales politician and grazier (d. 1929)
    • Henry Lawson, writer and poet (d. 1922)
  • 4 DecemberSir Stanley Argyle, 32nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1940)
  • 26 DecemberJohn Bradfield, engineer (d. 1943)

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ Major Flood Emergencies in NSW: 1867, 1 June, Hawkesbury / Nepean, Government of New South Wales. Archived 12 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "MacKillop to become Australia's first saint". 19 December 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

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