1873 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1873 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales â Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
- Governor of Queensland â George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
- Governor of South Australia â Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, then Anthony Musgrave
- Governor of Tasmania â Charles Du Cane
- Governor of Victoria â John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury, then George Bowen
- Governor of Western Australia â The Hon. Sir Frederick Weld GCMG.
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
- Premier of New South Wales â Henry Parkes
- Premier of Queensland â Arthur Hunter Palmer
- Premier of South Australia â Henry Ayers, until 22 July then Arthur Blyth
- Premier of Tasmania â Frederick Innes, until 4 August then Alfred Kennerley
- Premier of Victoria â James Francis
Events
- 9 December â More than 1,000 striking gold miners attack police and Chinese workers brought in to Clunes, Victoria to break the strike.
- 30 December â Elizabeth Woolcock is hanged at the Adelaide Gaol, the only woman to be executed in South Australia.[1]
Exploration and settlement
- 19 July â Surveyor William Gosse names "Ayers Rock" after the premier of South Australia Henry Ayers (later changed to its Indigenous name, Uluru).[2]
- 3 September â The town of Cooktown, Queensland is founded after gold is discovered at the Palmer River, sparking a gold rush.[3]
Births
- 28 January â Monty Noble, cricketer (d. 1940)
- 21 August â Fred Leist, artist (d. 1945)
- 2 September â Lily Poulett-Harris, founder of women's cricket in Australia (d. 1897)
Deaths
- 28 January â John Hart, 10th premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
- 19 April â Hamilton Hume, explorer (b. 1797)
- 30 May â Thomas Gilbert, South Australian pioneer (b. 1789)
- 22 June â Terence Aubrey Murray, NSW politician (b. 1810)
- 12 November â David Lennox, bridge-builder (b. 1788)
- 11 December â John West, clergyman, writer and editor of The Sydney Morning Herald (b. 1809)
- 24 December â Madame Rens, New South Wales settler and merchant (b. 1789)