1872 in Australia

See also: 1871 in Australia, other events of 1872, 1873 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 1.2 Premiers 2 Events 3 Sport 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 See also

Incumbents

• Monarch — Queen Victoria

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales — Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, then Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
• Governor of Queensland — George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
• Governor of South Australia — Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
• Governor of Tasmania — Charles Du Cane
• Governor of Victoria — John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales — Sir James Martin, until 14 May then Henry Parkes
• Premier of Queensland — Arthur Hunter Palmer
• Premier of South Australia — Arthur Blyth, until 22 January then Henry Ayers (5th time)
• Premier of Tasmania — James Milne Wilson, until 4 November then Frederick Innes
• Premier of Victoria — Charles Gavan Duffy, until 10 June then James Francis

Events

• 13 February to 28 March — An election is held in New South Wales.
• 19 February — The Municipal District of Dubbo is established, following the approval of the Colonial Secretary.
• 26 February — The brig Maria is wrecked when it strikes a reef near Cardwell off the coast of Queensland, killing 39 people.
• 12 June — A Victorian branch of the Royal Australian Mint opens in Melbourne.
• 22 August — The Australian Overland Telegraph Line is completed when two telegraph lines are joined at Frew's Ponds in the Northern Territory (then South Australia).
• 24 September — The General Post Office opens in Brisbane, Queensland.

Sport

• The Quack wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

• 1 January — Arthur Manning, politician (d. 1947)
• 22 February — Shaw Neilson, poet (d. 1942)
• 26 February — John Holman, politician (d. 1925)
• 28 September — David Unaipon, writer and inventor (d. 1967)
• 14 October — John Leckie, politician (d. 1947)

Deaths

• 15 January — John King (b. 1838), explorer
• 12 February — George Herbert Rogers (b. 1820), actor
• 20 February — Andrew Petrie (b. 1798), architect
• 20 March — William Wentworth (b. 1790), explorer
• 28 April — Caroline Calvert (b. 1834), writer and naturalist
• 19 May — John Baker (b. 1813), Premier of South Australia
• 11 June — John Davies (b. 1814), founder of The Mercury newspaper
• 31 December — John McKinlay (b. 1819), explorer

See also

• 1872
• 1870s