1868 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1868 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
- Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen, then Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall
- Governor of South Australia – Sir Dominick Daly until 19 February
- Governor of Tasmania – Colonel Thomas Browne, then Charles Du Cane
- Governor of Victoria – Sir John Manners-Sutton
- Governor of Western Australia – Dr John Hampton, then Sir Benjamin Pine[1]
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies
:
- John Robertson
- Robert Mackenzie, until 25 November then Charles Lilley
- John Hart (2nd time), until 13 October then Henry Ayers (4th time), until 3 November then Henry Strangways
- Premier of Tasmania – Richard Dry
- Premier of Victoria – James McCulloch, until 6 May then Charles Sladen, until 11 July then James McCulloch (2nd time)
Events
- 10 January – The last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, arrives in Western Australia. This brought the end of penal transportation to Australia.[2]
- February–May – A series of atrocities in retaliation to the killing of a police officer, a police assistant, and a local workman result in the deaths of between 15 and 150 Aboriginal people around Flying Foam Passage on Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula) in Western Australia. These atrocities are later referred to as the Flying Foam Massacre.
- 5 March – The
- 12 March – mental illness.[5]
Economy
- The Geelong Woollen Company sets up the first woollen mill in Australia.[2]
Sport
- May to October – The first Australian cricket team to tour overseas plays against several English teams, winning 14 matches, losing 14 and drawing 19.
- 3 November – Glencoe wins the Melbourne Cup
Births
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- 19 June – Richard Crouch, Victorian politician (d. 1949)
- )
- 14 November – Steele Rudd, author (d. 1935)
Deaths
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- 10 June – Charles Harpur, poet (b. 1813)
- 21 July – William Bland, New South Wales politician and medical practitioner (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1789)
References
- ^ Although formally appointed Governor, Pine never actually came to Western Australia to take up his post; the role was filled by an administrator, Lieutenant Colonel John Bruce.
- ^ ISBN 9781741668865.
- ^ "Polynesian Laborers Act 1868". Queensland Government Gazette. Vol. IX, no. 47. 4 March 1868. p. 217. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Text Queensland.
- ^ "Intercolonial news: Queensland". The Sydney Morning Herald. Vol. LVII, no. 9304. New South Wales, Australia. 16 March 1868. p. 2. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2021 – via Trove.
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 9 January 2021.