1873 in Australia
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See also: 1872 in Australia, other events of 1873, 1874 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 - Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
- Governor of Queensland - George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
- Governor of South Australia - Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, then Anthony Musgrave
- Governor of Tasmania - Charles Du Cane
- Governor of Victoria - John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury, then George Bowen
- Governor of Western Australia - (office first formed in 1890)
[edit] Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
- Premier of New South Wales - Henry Parkes
- Premier of Queensland - Arthur Hunter Palmer
- Premier of South Australia - Henry Ayers, until 22 July then Arthur Blyth
- Premier of Tasmania - Frederick Innes, until 4 August then Alfred Kennerley
- Premier of Victoria - James Francis
- Premier of Western Australia - office first formed in 1890
[edit] Events
- December 9 - More than 1,000 striking gold miners attack police and Chinese workers brought in to Clunes, Victoria to break the strike.
[edit] Exploration and Settlement
- July 19 - Surveyor William Gosse names the rock now known as Uluru "Ayers Rock" after the Premier of South Australia Henry Ayers.
- September 3 - The town of Cooktown, Queensland is founded after gold is discovered in Georgetown, sparking a gold rush.
[edit] Births
- January 28 - Monty Noble, cricketer (d. 1940)
- August 21 - Fred Leist, artist (d. 1945)
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - John Hart, senior, Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
- April 19 - Hamilton Hume, explorer (b. 1797)
- June 22 - Terence Aubrey Murray, NSW politician (b. 1810)
- November 12 - David Lennox, bridge-builder (b. 1788)
- December 11 - John West, clergyman, writer and editor of The Sydney Morning Herald (b. 1809)
