1854 in Australia
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1853 in Australia, other events of 1854, 1855 in Australia, and the Timeline of Australian history.
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
- Governor of Queensland - (office first formed in 1859)
- Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Young (term ended 20 December)
- Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
- Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria - Charles La Trobe; from June Sir Charles Hotham
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain Charles Fitzgerald
[edit] Events
This was a year of intense political agitation by miners on the Victorian goldfields.
- July 5 - The Mercury was first published in Hobart.
- October 17 - The Melbourne daily newspaper The Age was first published.
- November 29 - The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Ballarat.
- December 3 - battle suppressing the rebellion at Eureka Stockade
[edit] Exploration and Settlement
- January 4 - - Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang discovers the McDonald Islands.
- September 12 - Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria Charles Hotham opens Flinders Street Station, the first city railway station in Australia.
[edit] Sport
- September 30 - The first game of cricket is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
[edit] Births
- October 18 - Billy Murdoch, regarded as the finest cricket batsman of his day, was born in Sandhurst, Victoria
[edit] See also
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