1876 in Australia

none January 2012 February 2020 October 2022 1876 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1889 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1876 in Australia. Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead Governor of Queensland – Sir William Cairns Governor of South Australia – Sir Anthony Musgrave Governor of Tasmania – Frederick Weld Governor of Victoria – Sir George Bowen Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Robinson GCMG. Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – John Robertson Premier of Queensland – Arthur Macalister until 5 June, then George Thorn Premier of South Australia – James Boucaut until 6 June, then John Colton Premier of Tasmania – Alfred Kennerley until 20 July, then Thomas Reibey Premier of Victoria – James McCulloch Events 16 February – The community of Bowen was struck by an F5 tornado that caused £7000 of damage, injured numerous people and had one confirmed casualty.22 February 1876 General News: The tornado at Bowen https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1397656 29 January 2026 The Queenslander 3 Trove 20 February – Submarine cable between New South Wales and New Zealand completed. 21 March – J.V. Mulligan finds gold deposits in the Hodgkinson River in Queensland. 28 March – Classes commence at the University of Adelaide. 18 March – Luigi d'Albertis leaves Australia to explore New Guinea. 18–19 April – Catalpa rescue; Rescue team sent from New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA by John Devoy, rescues six escaped Fenian prisoners from Fremantle, Western Australia 5 June – George Thorn becomes Premier of Queensland. 6 June – John Colton becomes Premier of South Australia. 5 July – The completion of a railway bridge across the Brisbane River links Brisbane and Ipswich, Queensland. 20 July – Thomas Reibey becomes Premier of Tasmania 11 September – SS Dandenong sinks; 40 lives are lost. 7 November – The Melbourne Cup is run for the first time on the first Tuesday of November 27 November – Legislation is enacted in Queensland creating the first public fire service in Australia. 1 December – SS Georgette runs aground near Busselton, Western Australia; Grace Bussell and Sam Isaacs help to rescue the passengers. Arts and literature 1876 in Australian literature Births 9 May – Oliver Uppill 7 September – C. J. Dennis 10 September – Hugh D. McIntosh 18 September – James Scullin 23 September – Cyril Brudenell White 24 September – Arthur Hennessy 4 October – Hugh McCrae 24 November – Walter Burley Griffin 21 December – J. T. Lang Unknown date Ambrose Dyson, also known as Amb Dyson, illustrator and political cartoonist (died 1913) Deaths 22 January – George Dalrymple 8 March – Truganini 5 April – William Spain, first New South Wales Inspector-General of Police 24 May – Henry Kingsley 10 June – Kenneth Brown, an explorer and pastoralist in Western Australia. He was hanged in 1876 for murdering his second wife Mary Ann Brown. 29 August – John Skinner Prout References Barker Anthony What Happened When Allen & Unwin 1996 St Leonards 978-1-86373-986-3 1876 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia