1878 in Australia

none February 2020 January 2012 September 2020 1878 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1878 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1878 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - Victoria Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Sir Hercules Robinsonhttps://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/about/Pages/A-List-of-Governors-of-New-South-Wales.aspx A List of Governors of New South Wales parliament.nsw.gov.au Parliament of New South Wales 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 15 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210515133737/https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/about/Pages/A-List-of-Governors-of-New-South-Wales.aspx Governor of Queensland – Sir Arthur Kennedyhttps://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/governors-of-queensland.aspx Governors of Queensland govhouse.gld.gov.au Government House Queensland 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 4 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201204201842/https://www.govhouse.qld.gov.au/the-governor-of-queensland/governors-of-queensland.aspx Governor of South Australia – Sir William Jervoishttps://governor.sa.gov.au/node/19 Previous Governors governor.sa.gov.au Government House South Australia 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 23 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200923055353/https://governor.sa.gov.au/node/19 Governor of Tasmania – Frederick Weldhttps://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/datasheets/Governors_Table.htm GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA 2015-01-02 parliament.tas.gov.au Tasmanian Parliamentary Library 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 28 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200928213122/https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/DataSheets/Governors_Table.htm Governor of Victoria – Sir George Bowenhttps://www.governor.vic.gov.au/government-house/governors-victoria Governors of Victoria 2020-08-10 governor.vic.gov.au State of Victoria, Australia 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 14 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200814102351/https://www.governor.vic.gov.au/government-house/governors-victoria Governor of Western Australia – Major General The Hon. Sir Harry Ord GCMG CB RE Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – James Farnell (until 20 December), then Sir Henry Parkeshttps://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/about/Pages/Premiers-of-New-South-Wales-1856-present.aspx Premiers of New South Wales, 1856 - present parliament.nsw.gov.au Parliament of New South Wales 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 2 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210802232717/https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/about/Pages/Premiers-of-New-South-Wales-1856-present.aspx Premier of Queensland – John Douglashttps://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/premiers Queensland Premiers 2018-08-03 qld.gov.au The State of Queensland 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 26 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210226154634/https://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/premiers Premier of South Australia – James Boucaut (until 27 September),https://members.parliament.sa.gov.au/Detail.aspx?pid=3575 Former Member of Parliament Details members.parliament.sa.gov.au Parliament of South Australia 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 28 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201128052010/https://members.parliament.sa.gov.au/Detail.aspx?pid=3575 then William MorganMorgan E. J. R. Australian Dictionary of Biography Morgan, Sir William (1828–1883) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morgan-sir-william-4246 2020-09-19 2020 1974 National Centre of Biography, Australian National University https://web.archive.org/web/20200813034534/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morgan-sir-william-4246 13 August 2020 bot: unknown Premier of Tasmania – Philip Fysh (until 5 March),https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/datasheets/Premiers_Table.htm Premiers of Tasmania 2014-12-04 parliament.tas.gov.au Tasmanian Parliamentary Library 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 28 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200928220554/https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/DataSheets/Premiers_Table.htm then William Giblinhttps://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/datasheets/Premiers_Table.htm Premiers of Tasmania 2014-12-04 parliament.tas.gov.au Tasmanian Parliamentary Library 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 28 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200928220554/https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/DataSheets/Premiers_Table.htm Premier of Victoria – Graham Berryhttps://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/premier-of-victoria PREMIER OF VICTORIA 2017-03-06 parliament.vic.gov.au Parliament of Victoria 2020-09-19 bot: unknown 23 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200923104823/https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/premier-of-victoria Events 8–9 January – "Black Wednesday", 300 senior public servants are sacked in Victoria by the government of Graham Berry as revenge against the Legislative Council, on the grounds that as the appropriation bill had not been passed in the council, they could not be paid.https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00200b.htm Black Wednesday Strangio Paul July 2008 emelbourne.net.au School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne 2020-09-20 bot: unknown 27 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200927025223/https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00200b.htm 20 May – One thousand unemployed men march up Collins Street, Melbourne, demanding relief work. Premier Berry agrees to construct sanitation works and thus employ two hundred men. 1878-05-21 9961 TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5933209/249932 The Argus Melbourne The Argus 4–5 2020-09-20 Trove, National Library of Australia 1 June – The clipper ship Loch Ard is wrecked at Mutton Bird Island, just off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria; 45 die, only two lives are saved.Charlwood D.E. 1971 The wreck of the Loch Ard: end of a ship, end of an era https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2672966 Bib ID 2672966 Angus & Robertson Sydney 9 December – Ned Kelly and his gang lock 22 people in a storehouse on a sheep station near Euroa. The next day they rob Euroa's bank.14 December 1878 PARTICULARS OF THE STICKING-UP FAITHFUL CREEK STATION. 5 The Evening News Sydney http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107949303 2020-09-20 Trove, National Library of Australia Exploration and settlement 18 January – construction of the Central Australia Railway starts in Port Augusta 3 September – the Main Southern railway line reached Wagga Wagga in an attempt to lure Riverina trade away from Victoria. European discovery of the Great Artesian Basin when a shallow bore near Bourke, New South Wales produced flowing water. Walcha, New South Wales proclaimed a town. The Brisbane suburb of Alderley, Queensland gained a post office. District of Kingaroy settled. The railway system reached Morgan, South Australia which was proclaimed a town in the same year. Quorn, South Australia surveyed and declared a town. Charter of Snowtown, South Australia proclaimed. Science and technology 8 January – The telephone is used for the first time in Australia in Melbourne. The Sydney Mechanics' Institute, founded in 1843, becomes the Sydney Technical College At Burnie, Tasmania, the Van Diemen's Land Company construct a 75 km wooden, horse-drawn, tramway to serve Mount Bischoff, at the time the richest tin mine in the world. Arts and literature 1878 in Australian literature 30 November – Advance Australia Fair first sung publicly at the Highland Society of NSW's annual Scottish concert in the Protestant Hall, Sydney. Sport 22 April – The Stawell Gift is run for the first time on Easter Monday in April. 5 November – Calamia wins the Melbourne Cup. Births 19 January – Don Cameron, politician (died 1962) 30 March – Harold Cazneaux, photographer (died 1953) 4 July – John McPhee, Premier of Tasmania (1928–1934) (died 1952) 1 October – Helen Mayo, medical doctor (died 1967) Deaths 11 March – Julie Vieusseux (born 1820), painter and educator 9 May – Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (born 1816), industrialist 14 August – Edward Henty (born 1810), pioneer settler 17 September – Randolph Isham Stow (born 1828), judge 22 October – Benjamin Babbage (born 1815), explorer 16 November – John Gardiner (born 1798), banker and pastoralist References 1878 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia