Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, until 11 August then Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
• Governor of Queensland Sir George Bowen
• Governor of South Australia Sir Dominick Daly
• Governor of Tasmania Colonel Thomas Browne
• Governor of Victoria Sir John Manners-Sutton

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales James Martin
• Premier of Queensland Robert Herbert until 15 August then Robert Mackenzie
• Premier of South Australia James Boucaut until 3 May then Henry Ayers (for the 3rd time)
• Premier of Tasmania Richard Dry
• Premier of Victoria James McCulloch

Events

• 7 January Riots at the Crocodile Creek goldfield destroyed the property of Chinese miners.
• 1 June Greatest recorded flood of the Hawkesbury River at 19.2 metres.^[1]
• 12 October The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases when the last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain.
• 16 October English immigrant James Nash reports to authorities that he has discovered 75 ounces of alluvial gold in a creek at Gympie, Queensland. The find sparks a gold rush to the area, saving the colony of Queensland from bankruptcy.
• 30 October Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, arrives in Australia for the country's first royal visit.

Religion

• Saint Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods found the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart^[2]

Arts and literature

• National Gallery of Victoria Art School accepts its first students

Sport

• Tim Whiffler wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

• 8 April Arthur Streeton, artist (d. 1943)
• 17 June Henry Lawson, writer (d. 1922)
• 4 December Stanley Argyle, Premier of Victoria (d. 1940)
• 26 December John Bradfield, engineer (d. 1943)

Deaths

• 11 January Stuart Donaldson, Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 25 June Bushrangers the Clarke brothers executed in Sydney.
• 11 November Mary Ann Bugg, bushranger (b. 1834)

See also

• 1867
• 1860s

References