1859 in Australia

none November 2019 May 2011 1859 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1859 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1859 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - Victoria Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Sir William Denison Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen Governor of South Australia – Sir Richard MacDonnell Governor of Tasmania – Sir Henry Young Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Sir Arthur Kennedy Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – Charles Cowper, William Forster Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert Premier of South Australia – Richard Hanson Premier of Tasmania – Francis Smith Premier of Victoria – John O'Shanassy, William Nicholson Events 14 May – Melbourne Football Club is founded. 6 June – The colony of Queensland is established by decree of Queen Victoria. July – Geelong Football Club is founded.http://www.geelongcats.com.au/club/history/detailed-history Detailed History geelongcats.com.au Geelong Cats 7 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20131113184310/http://www.geelongcats.com.au/club/history/detailed-history 13 November 2013 dead 5 August – The passenger steamship SS Admella is shipwrecked on a submerged reef near Mount Gambier South Australia with the loss of 89 lives. 6 October – Thomas Austin takes 24 rabbits and 5 hares to Australia in order to release them there as a game. They will multiply exponentially. The first permanent educational institution for girls, the East Leigh, is founded in Melbourne by Elizabeth Tripp. Undated – A retaliatory mass-slaughter of Indigenous Australians occurs in the Hospital Creek Massacre. Arts and literature 1859 in Australian literature Births 24 March – Hugh de Largie, Western Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1947) 23 April – Bella Guerin, feminist and suffragist (d. 1923)Kelly Farley Guerin, Julia Margaret (Bella) (1858–1923) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/guerin-bella-6503 Australian Dictionary of Biography Canberra National Centre of Biography, Australian National University en 2023-02-02 25 April – Joseph Maiden, botanist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1925) 16 June – John Russell, impressionist painter (d. 1930)Galbally Ann E. Russell, John Peter (1858–1930) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/russell-john-peter-8302 Australian Dictionary of Biography Canberra National Centre of Biography, Australian National University en 2023-02-02 28 November – Richard Godfrey Rivers, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1925) References 1859 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia