1876 in Australia

See also: 1875 in Australia, other events of 1876, 1877 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Events

• 20 February - Submarine cable between New South Wales and New Zealand completed.
• 21 March - J.V. Mulligan finds gold deposits in the Hodgkinson River in Queensland.
• 28 March - Classes commence at the University of Adelaide.
• 18 March - Luigi d'Albertis leaves Australia to explore New Guinea.
• 5 June - George Thorn becomes Premier of Queensland.
• 6 June - John Colton becomes Premier of South Australia.
• 5 July - The completion of a railway bridge across the Brisbane River links Brisbane and Ipswich, Queensland.
• 20 July - Thomas Reibey becomes Premier of Tasmania
• 11 September - SS Dandenong sinks; 40 lives are lost.
• 7 November - The Melbourne Cup is run for the first time on the first Tuesday of November
• 27 November - Legislation is enacted in Queensland creating the first public fire service in Australia.
• 2 December - SS Georgette runs aground near Busselton, Western Australia; Grace Bussell becomes famous for helping to rescue the passengers.

Births

• 7 September - C. J. Dennis
• 10 September - Hugh D. McIntosh
• 18 September - James Scullin
• 23 September - Cyril Brundell White
• 24 September - Arthur Hennessy
• 4 October - Hugh McCrae
• 24 November - Walter Burley Griffin
• 21 December - J. T. Lang

Deaths

• 22 January - George Dalrymple
• 8 March - Truganini
• 24 May - Henry Kingsley
• 29 August - John Skinner Prout

References

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