1854 IN AUSTRALIA

''See also:''
1853 in Australia,
other events of 1854,
1855 in Australia, and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

Incumbents

Governors

Events

Exploration and Settlement

Sport

Births

See also

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

★ Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy

★ Governor of Queensland - ''(office first formed in 1859)''

★ Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Young (term ended 20 December)

★ Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison

★ Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria - Charles La Trobe; from June Sir Charles Hotham

★ 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.

★ July 5 - The ''Mercury'' was first published in Hobart.

★ October 17 - The Melbourne daily newspaper ''The Age'' was first published.

★ November 29 - The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Ballarat.

★ December 3 - battle suppressing the rebellion at Eureka Stockade

Exploration and Settlement

★ January 4 - - Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang'' discovers the McDonald Islands.

★ September 12 - Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria Charles Hotham opens Flinders Street Station, the first city railway station in Australia.

Sport

★ September 30 - The first game of cricket is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Births

★ October 18 - Billy Murdoch, regarded as the finest cricket batsman of his day, was born in Sandhurst, Victoria

See also

★ 1854

★ 1850s