1872 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1872 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales â Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore, then Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead[1]
- Governor of Queensland â George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby[2]
- Governor of South Australia â Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet[3]
- Governor of Tasmania â Charles Du Cane[4]
- Governor of Victoria â John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury[5]
- Governor of Western Australia â The Hon. Sir Frederick Weld GCMG.[6]
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
- Premier of New South Wales â Sir James Martin, until 14 May then Henry Parkes[7]
- Premier of Queensland â Arthur Hunter Palmer[8]
- Premier of South Australia â Arthur Blyth, until 22 January then Henry Ayers (5th time)[9]
- Premier of Tasmania â James Milne Wilson, until 4 November then Frederick Innes [10]
- Premier of Victoria â Charles Gavan Duffy, until 10 June then James Francis [11]
Events
- 13 February to 28 March â An election is held in New South Wales.
- 19 February â The Municipal District of Dubbo is established, following the approval of the Colonial Secretary.
- 26 February â The brig Maria is wrecked when it strikes a reef near Cardwell off the coast of Queensland, killing 39 people.
- 12 June â A Victorian branch of the Royal Australian Mint opens in Melbourne.
- 24 June â Failure of the Java telegraph cable, linking Australia via Darwin, to the global telegraphy network.
- 22 August â The Australian Overland Telegraph Line is completed when two telegraph lines are joined at Frew's Ponds in the Northern Territory (then South Australia).
- 24 September â The General Post Office opens in Brisbane, Queensland.
- 21 October â With the restoration of the Java telegraph cable, first direct receipt via Adelaide (and the Overland Telegraph Line) of telegraphs from the UK in the eastern states.
- Sidney Cooke Limited founded.
Sport
- The Quack wins the Melbourne Cup
Births
- 1 January â Arthur Manning, New South Wales politician (d. 1947)
- 22 February â Shaw Neilson, poet (d. 1942)
- 26 February â John Holman, Western Australian politician (d. 1925)
- 13 June â Lydia Abell, military nurse, recipient of Royal Red Cross (RRC) (d. 1959)
- 20 June â George Carpenter, 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
- 28 June â John Keating, Tasmanian politician (d. 1940)
- 28 September â David Unaipon, inventor and author (d. 1967)
- 14 October â John Leckie, Victorian politician (d. 1947)
- Full date unknown:
- Possibly September â Douglas Fry, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1911)
- Bertha Schroeder, New Zealand Salvation Army officer, social worker, and probation officer (d. 1953)[12]
- Joe Slater, composer and publisher (d. 1926)
Deaths
- 4 January â Sir Edward Macarthur, Administrator of Victoria (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1789)
- 15 January â John King, explorer (born in Ireland) (b. 1838)
- 12 February â George Herbert Rogers, actor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1820)
- 20 February â Andrew Petrie, architect (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1798)
- 20 March â William Wentworth, New South Wales politician and explorer (born in Norfolk Island) (b. 1790)
- 28 April â Louisa Atkinson, writer and botanist (b. 1834)
- 19 May â John Baker, 2nd Premier of South Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1813)
- 11 June â John Davies, newspaper proprietor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1814)
- 31 December â John McKinlay, explorer and grazier (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1819)
- Unknown â John Dibbs, mariner (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1790)