1860 IN AUSTRALIA

''See also:''
1859 in Australia,
other events of 1860,
1861 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

Incumbents

Governors

Premiers

Events

Births

See also

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

★ Governor of New South Wales - Sir William Dennison

★ 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 - ''(office first formed in 1890)''

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

★ Premier of Western Australia - ''office first formed in 1890''

Events

★ August 20 - Burke and Wills expedition sets off from Royal Park, Melbourne at about 4pm watched by around 15,000 spectators.

★ November 12 - The Victorian College for the Deaf is opened in a small house in Peel Street Windsor.

★ December 12 - Initial riots on the Lambing Flat goldfields near present day Young, New South Wales.

Births

★ June 20 - Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)

★ June 23 - Sir Baldwin Spencer, the first person to study Australia anthropology.

★ December 7 - Joseph Cook, sixth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)

See also

★ 1860

★ 1860s