1867 in Australia explained

The following lists events that happened during 1867 in Australia.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Victoria

GovernorsGovernors of the Australian colonies

• Governor of New South Wales – John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, until 11 August then Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
• Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Dominick Daly
• Governor of Tasmania – Colonel Thomas Browne
• Governor of Victoria – Sir John Manners-Sutton
• Governor of Western Australia  - Dr John Hampton

PremiersPremiers of the Australian colonies

• Premier of New South Wales – James Martin
• Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert until 15 August then Robert Mackenzie
• Premier of South Australia – James Boucaut until 3 May then Henry Ayers (for the 3rd time)
• Premier of Tasmania – Richard Dry
• Premier of Victoria – James McCulloch

Events

• 7 January – Riots at the Crocodile Creek goldfield destroyed the property of Chinese miners.
• 1 June – Greatest recorded flood of the Hawkesbury River at 19.2 metres.^[1]
• 12 October – The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases when the last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain.
• 16 October – English immigrant James Nash reports to authorities that he has discovered 75 ounces of alluvial gold in a creek at Gympie, Queensland. The find sparks a gold rush to the area, saving the colony of Queensland from bankruptcy.
• 30 October – Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, arrives in Australia for the country's first royal visit.

Religion

• Saint Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods found the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart^[2]

Arts and literature

• National Gallery of Victoria Art School accepts its first students

Sport

• Tim Whiffler wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

• 10 February – Chester Manifold, Victorian politician (d. 1918)
• 18 March – Charles Web Gilbert, sculptor (b. 1925)
• 8 April – Sir Arthur Streeton, artist (d. 1943)
• 9 April – Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (born in Chile) (d. 1941)
• 22 April – Sir Littleton Groom, Queensland politician (d. 1936)
• 17 June
  • Franc Falkiner, New South Wales politician and grazier (d. 1929)
  • Henry Lawson, writer and poet (d. 1922)
• 4 December – Sir Stanley Argyle, 32nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1940)
• 26 December – John Bradfield, engineer (d. 1943)

Deaths

• 11 January – Sir Stuart Donaldson, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 25 June
  • John Clarke, bushranger (b. 1846), hanged
  • Thomas Clarke, bushranger (b. 1840), hanged

Notes and References

1. Major Flood Emergencies in NSW: 1867, 1 June, Hawkesbury / Nepean, Government of New South Wales.
2. News: MacKillop to become Australia's first saint . 19 December 2009. 24 June 2011.