1863 IN AUSTRALIA

''See also:''
1862 in Australia,
other events of 1863,
1864 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

Incumbents

Governors

Premiers

Events

Non-specific dates

Exploration and Settlement

Sport

Births

References

See also

Incumbents

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

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

★ February 7 - The Sydney-based Royal Navy corvette HMS ''Orpheus'' sinks off the coast of New Zealand claiming 189 lives.

★ February 21 - James Cockle is appointed the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

★ March 14 - Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent granting Goulburn, New South Wales city status, making it Australia's first inland city.

★ July 6 - 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.^[1]

★ November 11 - 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 land wars.

Exploration and Settlement

★ January 17 - Explorer John McKinlay returns home to Gawler, South Australia after an unsuccessful two-year search for the missing Burke and Wills expedition.

Sport

★ November 3 - ''Banker'' wins the Melbourne Cup, in the smallest field in Cup history of six horses.

Births

★ January 26 - Charles Wade, Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922)

★ July 14 - Arthur Coningham, cricketer (d. 1939)

★ July 16 - Anderson Dawson, Premier of Queensland (d. 1910)

★ October 26 - Neville Howse, first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1930)

★ October 26 - John Henry Michell, mathematician (d. 1940)

★ November 29 - Adrian Knox, second Chief Justice of the High Court (d. 1932)

References

1. Letters Patent annexing the Northern Territory to South Australia, 1863, National Archives of Australia.

See also

★ 1863

★ 1860s