1854 in Australia

none December 2019 December 2019 February 2012 February 2020 1854 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1854 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1854 in Australia. Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy Governor of South Australia – Sir Henry Young (term ended 20 December) Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land – Sir William Denison Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria – Charles La Trobe (until 5 May), then Sir Charles Hotham (from 22 June) Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Captain Charles Fitzgerald Events This was a year of intense political agitation by miners on the Victorian goldfields. 3 March – The first telegraph line in the southern hemisphere begins operating in Victoria.McGowan, Samuel Walker (1829–1887), Australian Dictionary of Biography. 4 July – Anti-Chinese riots occur in Victoria. 5 July – The Mercury was first published in Hobart. 17 October – The Melbourne daily newspaper The Age was first published."The Age, Vol. 1, No. 1" The Age, 17 October 1854, p1 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/18209125 30 October 2024 29 November – The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Ballarat. 3 December – battle suppressing the rebellion at Eureka Stockade Exploration and settlement 4 January – Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang discovers the McDonald Islands. 12 September – Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria Charles Hotham opens Flinders Street station, the first city railway station in Australia. Arts and literature 1854 in Australian literature Sport 30 September – The first game of cricket is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Births 12 February – Edward Wittenoom, Western Australian politician (d. 1936) 24 March – Sir Henry Lefroy, 11th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1930) 12 April – William Maloney, Victorian politician and doctor (d. 1940) 20 May – George Prendergast, 28th Premier of Victoria (d. 1937) 25 June – Andrew Lang Petrie, Queensland politician (d. 1928) 5 August – William Aitcheson Haswell, zoologist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1925) 18 October – Billy Murdoch, cricketer (d. 1911) 30 November – James Wilkinson, Queensland politician (d. 1915) Unknown, possibly December – Ned Kelly, bushranger (d. 1880) Deaths 7 October – James Scobie, gold miner (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1826) Unknown – Jackey Jackey (b. 1833) References 1854 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia