1867 in Australia

none November 2020 October 2022 1867 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1867 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1867 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - Victoria Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, until 11 August then Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen Governor of South Australia – Sir Dominick Daly Governor of Tasmania – Colonel Thomas Browne Governor of Victoria – Sir John Manners-Sutton Governor of Western Australia – Dr John Hampton Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – James Martin Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert until 15 August then Robert Mackenzie Premier of South Australia – James Boucaut until 3 May then Henry Ayers (for the 3rd time) Premier of Tasmania – Richard Dry Premier of Victoria – James McCulloch Events 7 January – Riots at the Crocodile Creek goldfield destroyed the property of Chinese miners. 1 June – Greatest recorded flood of the Hawkesbury River at 19.2 metres.Major Flood Emergencies in NSW: 1867, 1 June, Hawkesbury / Nepean, Government of New South Wales. https://web.archive.org/web/20061012143004/http://www.emergency.nsw.gov.au/content.php/264.html 12 October 2006 12 October – The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases when the last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain. 16 October – English immigrant James Nash reports to authorities that he has discovered 75 ounces of alluvial gold in a creek at Gympie, Queensland. The find sparks a gold rush to the area, saving the colony of Queensland from bankruptcy. 30 October – Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, arrives in Australia for the country's first royal visit. Religion Saint Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods found the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Hearthttp://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/19/2776743.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20091222035900/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/19/2776743.htm dead 22 December 2009 MacKillop to become Australia's first saint 19 December 2009 24 June 2011 Arts and literature National Gallery of Victoria Art School accepts its first students Sport Tim Whiffler wins the Melbourne Cup Births 100px|thumb|Chris Watson 10 February – Chester Manifold, Victorian politician (d. 1918) 18 March – Charles Web Gilbert, sculptor (b. 1925) 8 April – Sir Arthur Streeton, artist (d. 1943) 9 April – Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (born in Chile) (d. 1941) 22 April – Sir Littleton Groom, Queensland politician (d. 1936) 17 June Franc Falkiner, New South Wales politician and grazier (d. 1929) Henry Lawson, writer and poet (d. 1922) 4 December – Sir Stanley Argyle, 32nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1940) 26 December – John Bradfield, engineer (d. 1943) Deaths 11 January – Sir Stuart Donaldson, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812) 25 June John Clarke, bushranger (b. 1846), hanged Thomas Clarke, bushranger (b. 1840), hanged References April 2011 1867 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia