1875 in Australia

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January 11 - William Robinson arrives in Western Australia to become Governor of the colony.
January 13 - Frederick Weld becomes Governor of Tasmania.
January 23 - William Cairns becomes Governor of Queensland.
February 9 - John Robertson becomes Premier of New South Wales, replacing Henry Parkes.
February 24 - The SS Gothenburg strikes Old Reef off Ayr, Queensland and sinks with the loss of 102 lives.
May 24 - J. V. Mulligan and party discover the Barron River in Queensland, they left Cooktown on April 17
May 6 - Ernest Giles and party leave South Australia for an overland expedition to Perth, they arrive on November 10.
June 3 - Premier of South Australia Arthur Blyth resigns and is reaplaced by James Boucaut.
August 7 - Graham Berry becomes Premier of Victoria.
October 20 - James McCulloch becomes Premier of Victoria for the forth time.
December 24 - 59 die when a cyclone destroys the pearling fleet in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia.

New South Government establishes an art gallery in Sydney; it later becomes the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Polo played for the first time in Australia at Albert Park in Victoria
Wollomai wins the Melbourne Cup; the cup was held on the first Tuesday in November for this first time this year

Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-986.