1871 in Australia

Decades:	1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s;
See also:	Other events of 1871; ; Timeline of Australian history;

The following lists events that happened during 1871 in Australia.

Incumbents[]

Governors[]

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Governor of New South Wales – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
Governor of Queensland – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
Governor of South Australia – Sir James Fergusson
Governor of Tasmania – Charles Du Cane
Governor of Victoria – John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury
Governor of Western Australia – The Hon. Sir Frederick Weld GCMG.

Premiers[]

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

Premier of New South Wales – Sir James Martin
Premier of Queensland – Arthur Hunter Palmer
Premier of South Australia – John Hart until 10 November, then Arthur Blyth
Premier of Tasmania – James Milne Wilson
Premier of Victoria – Sir James McCulloch until 19 June, then Charles Gavan Duffy

Events[]

15 March – Australia's first synagogue opens in Adelaide, South Australia.
5 May – The Prince Alfred Hospital opens in Melbourne.
19 June – Charles Gavan Duffy assumes office as Premier of Victoria.
24 September – Mother Mary MacKillop is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church after refusing to disband the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart order.

Exploration and settlement[]

March – Explorer John Ross is the first European to explore and name the Todd River.

Sport[]

The South Australian Cricket Association is founded.
7 November – The Pearl wins the Melbourne Cup

Births[]

10 January – Miles Evergood (died 1939), artist
24 January – Oscar Asche (died 1936), actor and director
17 February – Florence Anderson, (died 1939) first female trade union secretary in Victoria
22 February – Hayden Starke (died 1958), High Court judge
3 April – John Wren (died 1953), businessman
20 August – Sydney Long (died 1955), artist
23 November – William Watt (died 1946), 24th Premier of Victoria

Deaths[]

2 January – Sir Samuel Blackall (born 1809), Governor of Queensland
19 January – Sir William Denison (born 1804), Governor of Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales
23 April – James Frederick Palmer (born 1803), Victorian politician

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