1870 in Australia

none February 2020 January 2012 October 2022 1870 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1870 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1870 in Australia. Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore Governor of Queensland – Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall Governor of South Australia – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet Governor of Tasmania – Charles Du Cane Governor of Victoria – John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury Governor of Western Australia – The Hon. Sir Frederick Weld GCMG. Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – John Robertson, until 13 January then Charles Cowper, until 16 December then James MartinParliament of New South Wales, http://parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/ResourcesFactspremiers https://web.archive.org/web/20110316015403/https://parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/ResourcesFactspremiers 16 March 2011 Premier of Queensland – Charles Lilley, until 3 May then Arthur Hunter PalmerParliament of Queensland, http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/historical/records1860.asp?SubArea=officeHolders https://web.archive.org/web/20090711215723/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/historical/records1860.asp?SubArea=officeHolders 11 July 2009 Premier of South Australia – Henry Strangways, until 30 May then John HartParliament of South Australia, http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Ministers/Pages/PremiersofSouthAustralia.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20140819192644/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Ministers/Pages/PremiersofSouthAustralia.aspx 19 August 2014 Premier of Tasmania – James Milne WilsonParliament of Tasmania, http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/datasheets/Premiers_Table.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100227004414/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/DataSheets/Premiers_Table.htm 27 February 2010 Premier of Victoria – John Alexander MacPherson, until 9 April then James McCullochParliament of Victoria, Events 3 January – A state flag of Western Australia is adopted. 1 February – A state flag of Victoria is adopted, although with no crown like the current flag. 22 March – A state flag of Queensland is adopted, with a portrait of Queen Victoria. 20 April – A second state flag of New South Wales is adopted, similar to the current flag of Victoria: a crown above the Southern Cross. 22 July – A state flag of South Australia is adopted. 11 August – Melbourne Town Hall is opened. Exploration and settlement Gulgong, New South Wales, is founded. 27 August – John Forrest successfully arrives in Adelaide from Perth, leading an expedition along the south coast via the Great Australian Bight. Science and technology September – Work begins on the Australian Overland Telegraph Line linking Port Augusta to Darwin. Sport 12 May – Port Adelaide Football Club is founded in South Australia Births 3 January – Ethel Richardson, author (d. 1946) 14 January – Sir George Pearce, Western Australian politician (d. 1952) 17 May – Sir Newton Moore, 8th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1936) 1 November – Christopher Brennan, poet, scholar and literary critic (d. 1932) 21 November – Joe Darling, cricketer (d. 1946) 26 December – Norman Ewing, 23rd Tasmanian Opposition Leader (d. 1928) Deaths 23 May – Foster Fyans, military officer, administrator and politician (born in Ireland) (b. 1790) 25 May – Captain Thunderbolt, bushranger (b. 1835) 24 June – Adam Lindsay Gordon, South Australian politician and (born in the United Kingdom) poet (b. 1833) References 1870 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia