1863 in Australia

none February 2020 February 2012 October 2022 1863 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1863 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1863 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - Victoria Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen Governor of South Australia – Sir Dominick Daly Governor of Tasmania – Colonel Thomas Browne Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly until 10 September, then Sir Charles Darling Governor of Western Australia – Dr John Hampton. Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – Charles Cowper until 15 October, then James Martin Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert Premier of South Australia – George Waterhouse until 4 July, then Francis Dutton until 15 July, then Henry Ayers Premier of Tasmania – Thomas Chapman until 20 January, then James Whyte Premier of Victoria – John O'Shanassy until 27 June, then James McCulloch Events 1 January – The Torrens title system is introduced in New South Wales with the commencement of the Real Property Act 1862.Torrens Title, NSW Land and Property Management Authority. https://web.archive.org/web/20101231083526/http://www.lpma.nsw.gov.au/land_titles/land_ownership/torrens_title 31 December 2010 7 February – The Sydney-based Royal Navy corvette HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of New Zealand claiming 189 lives. 21 February – James Cockle is appointed the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland. 14 March – Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent granting Goulburn, New South Wales city status, making it Australia's first inland city. 6 July – Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent annexing to South Australia the part of the colony of New South Wales that would later become the Northern Territory.Letters Patent annexing the Northern Territory to South Australia, 1863 https://web.archive.org/web/20110601183454/http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=49 1 June 2011 , National Archives of Australia. 11 November – Elizabeth Scott is hanged for the murder of her husband, making her the first woman to be executed in Victoria. Non-specific dates South Sea Islanders are brought into Queensland to work as indentured labourers in the colony's sugar industry. Over 2,400 volunteers are recruited to fight in the New Zealand Wars. Exploration and settlement 17 January – Explorer John McKinlay returns home to Gawler, South Australia after an unsuccessful two-year search for the missing Burke and Wills expedition. 28 April – Brewarrina, New South Wales proclaimed a township. Sport 3 November – Banker wins the Melbourne Cup, in the smallest field in Cup history of six horses. Births 100px|thumb|Anderson Dawson 26 January – Sir Charles Wade, 17th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922) 26 March – George Philip Barber, Queensland politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1938) 28 April – Josiah Thomas, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1933) 20 June – James Fowler, Western Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1940) 21 June – Bill Wilks, New South Wales politician (d. 1940) 14 July – Arthur Coningham, cricketer (d. 1939) 16 July – Anderson Dawson, 14th Premier of Queensland (d. 1910) 26 October Sir Neville Howse, New South Wales politician, military officer and first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1930) John Henry Michell, mathematician (d. 1940) 29 November – Sir Adrian Knox, 2nd Chief Justice of Australia (d. 1932) Unknown – Francis McLean, New South Wales politician (d. 1926) Deaths 5 February – John Wroe, evangelist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1782). Hannan Henry o William (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1721) 8 March – Samuel Stocks, businessman (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1786) 26 March – James Drummond, botanist and naturalist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1786) 28 April – James Dickson, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1813) 5 July – Thomas Brown, Western Australian politician and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1803) 26 October – Gotthard Fritzsche, Lutheran pastor (born in the Electorate of Saxony) (b. 1797) References 1863 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia