1868 in Australia

none February 2020 February 2012 December 2010 1868 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1868 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1868 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - Victoria Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen, then Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall Governor of South Australia – Sir Dominick Daly until 19 February Governor of Tasmania – Colonel Thomas Browne, then Charles Du Cane Governor of Victoria – Sir John Manners-Sutton Governor of Western Australia – Dr John Hampton, then Sir Benjamin PineAlthough formally appointed Governor, Pine never actually came to Western Australia to take up his post; the role was filled by an administrator, Lieutenant Colonel John Bruce. Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – James Martin, until 27 October then John Robertson Premier of Queensland – Robert Mackenzie, until 25 November then Charles Lilley Premier of South Australia – Henry Ayers, until 24 September then John Hart (2nd time), until 13 October then Henry Ayers (4th time), until 3 November then Henry Strangways Premier of Tasmania – Richard Dry Premier of Victoria – James McCulloch, until 6 May then Charles Sladen, until 11 July then James McCulloch (2nd time) Events 10 January – The last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, arrives in Western Australia. This brought the end of penal transportation to Australia.Australia through Time Random House Australia 2009 9781741668865 16th North Sydney NSW February–May – A series of atrocities in retaliation to the killing of a police officer, a police assistant, and a local workman result in the deaths of between 15 and 150 Aboriginal people around Flying Foam Passage on Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula) in Western Australia. These atrocities are later referred to as the Flying Foam Massacre. 5 March – The Queensland Parliament passes the Polynesian Labourers Act to regulate the employment of Pacific Islanders recruited through blackbirding.https://www.textqueensland.com.au/item/journal/85aec34daf2e3b652ba7b434c1f11f36/pdf/1 Polynesian Laborers Act 1868 Queensland Government Gazette IX 47 4 March 1868 217 2021-01-09 Text Queensland 18 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210718075442/https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_218064/Queensland_Gov_Gazette_1868_v9.pdf?Expires=1626594967&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=Zu7TdvIKaF723zMTUcKEBvsDDsnt3CDFi02H67FROAC9uVLo8YzGvFYE9jc8sP14i0JR61P3NfTT3UI2fIjdA-h~foLRirkdsPXkDerX3ULTSz3ul5ssub6svZ~oEbibNmndz2btv0onIp90NfACtMwBEvlfVnnRHSX8GLfEvLkqa473fpVgfH6VwH4o4qpbyB7eN-YwZruCgZpqbBZFBlcDVldKc~ZKPaeIx1ITpXxPE8m4ru8Ft5RwrNa327XGXnhKvmlSxD0ZA-H~OK23dfSnPiCZpHpCU2L2k1kMxwoTmeZJ48bXG-UvTlFKzdzFx~3HdJNJnkaqaZzCefPafQ__ live 16 March 1868 Intercolonial news: Queensland LVII 2 The Sydney Morning Herald 9304 New South Wales, Australia https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13159407 9 January 2021 Trove 18 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210718075334/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13159407 live 12 March – Henry James O'Farrell fires a revolver into the back of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (second son of Queen Victoria) while the latter is picnicking in the beachfront suburb of Clontarf. It was Australia's first attempted political assassination. O'Farrell first claimed that he was acting under instruction from Melbourne Fenians but later retracted the claims. He had problems with alcoholism and mental illness.ofarrell-henry-james-4322 O'Farrell, Henry James (1833–1868) Mark Lyons Bede Nairn amp 5 1974 2021-01-09 Economy The Geelong Woollen Company sets up the first woollen mill in Australia. Sport May to October – The first Australian cricket team to tour overseas plays against several English teams, winning 14 matches, losing 14 and drawing 19. 3 November – Glencoe wins the Melbourne Cup Births 21 February – Ernest Roberts, South Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1913) 19 June – Richard Crouch, Victorian politician (d. 1949) 27 October – William Gillies, 21st Premier of Queensland (d. 1928) 14 November – Steele Rudd, author (d. 1935) Deaths 21 April – Henry James O'Farrell, attempted assassin (born in Ireland) (b. 1833) 10 June – Charles Harpur, poet (b. 1813) 21 July – William Bland, New South Wales politician and medical practitioner (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1789) References 1868 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia