1876 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1876 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
- Governor of Queensland – Sir William Cairns
- Governor of South Australia – Sir Anthony Musgrave
- Governor of Tasmania – Frederick Weld
- Governor of Victoria – Sir George Bowen
- Sir William Robinson GCMG.
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies
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- Premier of New South Wales – John Robertson
- Premier of Queensland – Arthur Macalister until 5 June, then George Thorn
- Premier of South Australia – James Boucaut until 6 June, then John Colton
- Premier of Tasmania – Alfred Kennerley until 20 July, then Thomas Reibey
- Premier of Victoria – James McCulloch
Events
- 20 February – Submarine cable between New South Wales and New Zealand completed.
- 21 March – J.V. Mulligan finds gold deposits in the Hodgkinson River in Queensland.
- 28 March – Classes commence at the University of Adelaide.
- 18 March – Luigi d'Albertis leaves Australia to explore New Guinea.
- 18–19 April – Catalpa rescue; Rescue team sent from New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA by John Devoy, rescues six escaped Fenian prisoners from Fremantle, Western Australia
- 5 June – George Thorn becomes Premier of Queensland.
- 6 June – John Colton becomes Premier of South Australia.
- 5 July – The completion of a railway bridge across the Brisbane River links Brisbane and Ipswich, Queensland.
- 20 July – Thomas Reibey becomes Premier of Tasmania
- 11 September – SS Dandenong sinks; 40 lives are lost.
- 7 November – The Melbourne Cup is run for the first time on the first Tuesday of November
- 27 November – Legislation is enacted in Queensland creating the first public fire service in Australia.
- 1 December – Busselton, Western Australia; Grace Bussell and Sam Isaacshelp to rescue the passengers.
Arts and literature
Births
- 9 May – Oliver Uppill
- 7 September – C. J. Dennis
- 10 September – Hugh D. McIntosh
- 18 September – James Scullin
- 23 September – Cyril Brudenell White
- 24 September – Arthur Hennessy
- 4 October – Hugh McCrae
- 24 November – Walter Burley Griffin
- 21 December – J. T. Lang
Unknown date
- Ambrose Dyson, also known as Amb Dyson, illustrator and political cartoonist (died 1913)
Deaths
- 22 January – George Dalrymple
- 8 March – Truganini
- 5 April – William Spain, first New South Wales Inspector-General of Police
- 24 May – Henry Kingsley
- 10 June – Kenneth Brown, an explorer and pastoralist in Western Australia. He was hanged in 1876 for murdering his second wife Mary Ann Brown.
- 29 August – John Skinner Prout
References
- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.
