Events

• 8 March - John Douglas becomes Premier of Queensland
• 10 March - Cloncurry was established
• 15 March to 4 April - 1877 Australia v England series is played
• 1 April - A settlement on Thursday Island was established for the refueling of steam ships
• 8 June - Lutherans found the Hermannsburg Mission at Finke River in the Northern Territory
• 20 July - Arthur Kennedy becomes Governor of Queensland
• 9 August - Philip Fysh becomes Premier of Tasmania
• 17 August - John Robertson begins another term as Premier of New South Wales
• 11 September - Ships Avalanche and Forrest collide off Portland, Victoria, only 3 of the 107 passengers are saved
• 2 October - William Jervois becomes Governor of South Australia
• 26 October - James Boucaut becomes Premier of South Australia
• 12 November - Harry Ord becomes Governor of Western Australia

Births

• 17 January - May Gibbs
• 25 August - John Latham
• 8 October - Hans Heysen
• 14 November - Norman Brookes

Deaths

• 25 March - Caroline Chisholm
• 2 April - W. H. Hayes
• 16 June - John Fairfax
• 17 August - Martin Cash
• 16 September - Saxe Bannister

References