1860 in Australia

none February 2020 July 2011 1860 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1860 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1860 in Australia. Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Sir William Denison Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen Governor of South Australia – Sir Richard G. MacDonnell Governor of Tasmania – Sir Henry Young Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly Governor of Western Australia – Sir Arthur Kennedy. Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – William Forster until 8 March then John Robertson Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert Premier of South Australia – Richard Hanson until 9 May then Thomas Reynolds Premier of Tasmania – Francis Smith until 1 November then William Weston Premier of Victoria – William Nicholson until 26 November then Richard Heales Events 20 August – Burke and Wills expedition sets off from Royal Park, Melbourne at about 4p.m. watched by around 15,000 spectators.3 August 2010 Burke & Wills Web – online digital archive http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20110129034453/http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/ 29 January 2011 15 September 2010 burkeandwills.net.au dmy-all 12 November – The Victorian College for the Deaf is opened in a small house in Peel Street Windsor.History 1860-1910 – Victorian College for the Deaf https://www.vcd.vic.edu.au/history-1860-1910/ 2022-05-04 en-US 12 December – Initial riots on the Lambing Flat goldfields near present-day Young, New South Wales. Arts and literature 1860 in Australian literature Births 100px|thumb|Sir Joseph Cook 6 April – Henry Willis, New South Wales politician (d. 1950) 20 June – Jack Worrall, Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy), cricketer and journalist (d. 1937) 23 June – Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, evolutionary biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1929) 27 July – Carty Salmon, Victorian politician (d. 1917) 25 August – Charles McDonald, Queensland politician (d. 1925) 6 September – May Jordan McConnel, trade unionist and suffragist (d. 1929) 25 September – John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, 1st Governor-General of Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1908) 7 November – Edward Millen, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1923) 18 November – Charles Kenningham, opera singer and actor (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1925) 7 December – Sir Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947) Unknown – Thomas Kennedy, Victorian politician (d. 1929) Deaths 31 March – Frederick Irwin, Acting Governor of Western Australia (born in Ireland and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1794) 1 July – Robert Thomas, newspaper proprietor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1781) References 1860 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia