1870 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1870 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales â Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
- Governor of Queensland â Colonel Sir Samuel Blackall
- Governor of South Australia â Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
- Governor of Tasmania â Charles Du Cane
- Governor of Victoria â John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury
- Governor of Western Australia â The Hon. Sir Frederick Weld GCMG.
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
- Premier of New South Wales â John Robertson, until 13 January then Charles Cowper, until 16 December then James Martin[1]
- Premier of Queensland â Charles Lilley, until 3 May then Arthur Hunter Palmer[2]
- Premier of South Australia â Henry Strangways, until 30 May then John Hart[3]
- Premier of Tasmania â James Milne Wilson[4]
- Premier of Victoria â John Alexander MacPherson, until 9 April then James McCulloch[5]
Events
- 3 January â A state flag of Western Australia is adopted.
- 1 February â A state flag of Victoria is adopted, although with no crown like the current flag.
- 22 March â A state flag of Queensland is adopted, with a portrait of Queen Victoria.
- 20 April â 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 â A state flag of South Australia is adopted.
- 11 August â Melbourne Town Hall is opened.
Exploration and settlement
- Gulgong, New South Wales, is founded.
- 27 August â John Forrest successfully arrives in Adelaide from Perth, leading an expedition along the south coast via the Great Australian Bight.
Science and technology
- September â Work begins on the Australian Overland Telegraph Line linking Port Augusta to Darwin.
Sport
- 12 May â Port Adelaide Football Club is founded in South Australia
Births
- 3 January â Ethel Richardson, author (d. 1946)
- 14 January â Sir George Pearce, Western Australian politician (d. 1952)
- 17 May â Sir Newton Moore, 8th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1936)
- 1 November â Christopher Brennan, poet, scholar and literary critic (d. 1932)
- 21 November â Joe Darling, cricketer (d. 1946)
- 26 December â Norman Ewing, 23rd Tasmanian Opposition Leader (d. 1928)
Deaths
- 23 May â Foster Fyans, military officer, administrator and politician (born in Ireland) (b. 1790)
- 25 May â Captain Thunderbolt, bushranger (b. 1835)
- 24 June â Adam Lindsay Gordon, South Australian politician and (born in the United Kingdom) poet (b. 1833)