1857 in Australia

Births

• 6 January – Hugh Mahon, Western Australian politician (born in Ireland) (d. 1931
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• 26 February – Alfred Waldron, Australian rules footballer (Carlton) (d. 1929
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• 3 March – Robert Hutchinson, Western Australian politician (d. 1918
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• 21 March – Alice Henry, suffragist, journalist and trade unionist (d. 1943
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• 25 March – Francis Clarke, New South Wales politician (d. 1939
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• 9 May – Sir Sidney Kidman, pastoralist and entrepreneur (d. 1935
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• 12 May – Arthur Green, Anglican bishop (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1944
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• 31 May – William Story, South Australian politician (d. 1924
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• Hubert Newman Wigmore Church, poet (d. 1932
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• 14 June – Adolphus Taylor, New South Wales politician and journalist (d. 1900
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• 25 June – Louis Gabriel, photographer (d. 1927
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• 1 August – Jack Harry, cricketer (d. 1919
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• 2 August – Allan McDougall, New South Wales politician (d. 1924
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• 7 September – John McIlwraith, cricketer (d. 1938
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• 19 September – John Livingston, South Australian politician (d. 1935
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• 12 November – Samuel Mauger, Victorian politician (d. 1936
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• 2 December – Thomas Lavelle, New South Wales politician (d. 1944
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• 5 December – Cyril Cameron, Tasmanian politician and soldier (d. 1941
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• 21 December – Joseph Carruthers, 16th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1932
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• 10 May – John Busby, surveyor and civil engineer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1765
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• 10 August – Frank McCallum, bushranger (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1823
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• 29 August – Archibald Clunes Innes, soldier and pastoralist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1799
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