1874 in Australia

none January 2012 February 2020 October 2022 1874 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1874 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1874 in Australia. Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead Governor of Queensland – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby Governor of South Australia – Sir Anthony Musgrave Governor of Tasmania – Charles Du Cane Governor of Victoria – Sir George Bowen Governor of Western Australia – The Hon. Sir Frederick Weld GCMG. Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – Sir Henry Parkes Premier of Queensland – Arthur Hunter Palmer until 7 January, then Arthur Macalister Premier of South Australia – John Hart until 10 November, then Arthur Blyth Premier of Tasmania – Alfred Kennerley Premier of Victoria – Charles Gavan Duffy until 31 July, then George Kerferd Events 8 January – Arthur Macalister becomes Premier of Queensland for the third time. 10 March – Ernest Giles is the first European to explore and later names (12 March) the Petermann Ranges. 1 April – John Forrest leads an expedition from Geraldton, Western Australia across the Gibson Desert to the Peake telegraph station in South Australia. 15 June – Brisbane's first Victoria Bridge opens; it is lost in the 1893 Brisbane flood. 31 July – George Kerferd becomes Premier of Victoria. 28 September – Victorian Humane Society established; it later becomes the Royal Humane Society of Australasia. 6 November – University of Adelaide established by act of the South Australian Parliament; it opened in 1876. Arts and literature 1874 in Australian literature Marcus Clarke's For the Term of his Natural Life is published in book form Sport Southern Rugby Union is established; renamed New South Wales Rugby Union in 1892 Haricot wins the Melbourne Cup Births 2 March – Gregan McMahon, actor and theatre director (d. 1941) 3 March – Ada Crossley, singer (d. 1929 17 September – Walter Murdoch, essayist (d. 1970) 23 September – Ethel Ambrose, medical missionary (d. 1934 in Poona) 17 October – Sir Lionel Lindsay, painter (d. 1961) Deaths 1 February – Alexander Harris, soldier, teacher and author (b. 1805) 6 April – Michael Fenton, first Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (b. 1789) 17 May – Sir Roger Therry, jurist (b. 1800) date unknown Robert Menli Lyon, Aboriginal advocate (b. 1789) References Barker Anthony What Happened When Allen & Unwin 1996 St Leonards 978-1-86373-986-3 1874 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia