1874 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1874 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 Anthony Musgrave
- Governor of Tasmania â Charles Du Cane
- Governor of Victoria â Sir 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 Sir Henry Parkes
- Premier of Queensland â Arthur Hunter Palmer until 7 January, then Arthur Macalister
- Premier of South Australia â John Hart until 10 November, then Arthur Blyth
- Premier of Tasmania â Alfred Kennerley
- Premier of Victoria â Charles Gavan Duffy until 31 July, then George Kerferd
Events
- 8 January â Arthur Macalister becomes Premier of Queensland for the third time.
- 10 March â Ernest Giles is the first European to explore and later names (12 March) the Petermann Ranges.
- 1 April â John Forrest leads an expedition from Geraldton, Western Australia across the Gibson Desert to the Peake telegraph station in South Australia.
- 15 June â Brisbane's first Victoria Bridge opens; it is lost in the 1893 Brisbane flood.
- 31 July â George Kerferd becomes Premier of Victoria.
- 28 September â Victorian Humane Society established; it later becomes the Royal Humane Society of Australasia.
- 6 November â University of Adelaide established by act of the South Australian Parliament; it opened in 1876.
Arts and literature
- Marcus Clarke's For the Term of his Natural Life is published in book form
Sport
- Southern Rugby Union is established; renamed New South Wales Rugby Union in 1892
- Haricot wins the Melbourne Cup
Births
- 2 March â Gregan McMahon, actor and theatre director (d. 1941)
- 3 March â Ada Crossley, singer (d. 1929
- 17 September â Walter Murdoch, essayist (d. 1970)
- 23 September â Ethel Ambrose, medical missionary (d. 1934 in Poona)
- 17 October â Sir Lionel Lindsay, painter (d. 1961)
Deaths
- 1 February â Alexander Harris, soldier, teacher and author (b. 1805)
- 6 April â Michael Fenton, first Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (b. 1789)
- 17 May â Sir Roger Therry, jurist (b. 1800)
- date unknown
- Robert Menli Lyon, Aboriginal advocate (b. 1789)
References
- Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.