1872 in Australia

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  • 1890s
See also:
  • Other events of 1872
  • Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1872 in Australia.

Incumbents[]

Governors[]

Governors of the Australian colonies:

  • Governor of New South Wales – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, then Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
  • Governor of Queensland – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
  • Governor of South Australia – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
  • 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, until 14 May then Henry Parkes
  • Premier of Queensland – Arthur Hunter Palmer
  • Premier of South Australia – Arthur Blyth, until 22 January then Henry Ayers (5th time)
  • Premier of Tasmania – James Milne Wilson, until 4 November then Frederick Innes
  • Premier of Victoria – Charles Gavan Duffy, until 10 June then James Francis

Events[]

  • 13 February to 28 March – An is held in New South Wales.
  • 19 February – The Municipal District of Dubbo is established, following the approval of the Colonial Secretary.
  • 26 February – The brig is wrecked when it strikes a reef near Cardwell off the coast of Queensland, killing 39 people.
  • 12 June – A Victorian branch of the Royal Australian Mint opens in Melbourne.
  • 22 August – The Australian Overland Telegraph Line is completed when two telegraph lines are joined at Frew's Ponds in the Northern Territory (then South Australia).
  • 24 September – The General Post Office opens in Brisbane, Queensland.
  • Sidney Cooke Limited founded.


Sport[]

  • The Quack wins the Melbourne Cup

Births[]

  • 1 January – Arthur Manning, New South Wales politician (d. 1947)
  • 22 February – Shaw Neilson, poet (d. 1942)
  • 26 February – John Holman, Western Australian politician (d. 1925)
  • 20 June – George Carpenter, 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
  • 28 September – David Unaipon, inventor and author (d. 1967)
  • 14 October – John Leckie, Victorian politician (d. 1947)
  • Unknown, possibly September – Douglas Fry, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1911)
  • Unknown – Joe Slater, composer and publisher (d. 1926)

Deaths[]

  • 4 January – Sir Edward Macarthur, Administrator of Victoria (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1789)
  • 15 January – John King, explorer (born in Ireland) (b. 1838)
  • 12 February – George Herbert Rogers, actor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1820)
  • 20 February – Andrew Petrie, architect (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1798)
  • 20 March – William Wentworth, New South Wales politician and explorer (born in Norfolk Island) (b. 1790)
  • 28 April – Louisa Atkinson, writer and botanist (b. 1834)
  • 19 May – John Baker, 2nd Premier of South Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1813)
  • 11 June – John Davies, newspaper proprietor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1814)
  • 31 December – John McKinlay, explorer and grazier (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1819)
  • Unknown – John Dibbs, mariner (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1790)

See also[]

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