1861 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1861 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Sir William Denison, then John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar[1]
- Governor of Queensland - Sir George Bowen[2]
- Governor of South Australia - Sir Richard G. MacDonnell[3]
- Governor of Tasmania - Sir Henry Young[4]
- Governor of Victoria - Sir Henry Barkly[5]
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
- Premier of New South Wales - John Robertson, then Charles Cowper[6]
- Premier of Queensland - Robert Herbert[7]
- Premier of South Australia - Thomas Reynolds, then George Waterhouse[8]
- Premier of Tasmania - William Weston, then Thomas Chapman[9]
- Premier of Victoria - Richard Heales, then John O'Shanassy[10]
Events
- 13 May - The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales.[11]
- 30 June - Lambing Flat riots of Lambing Flat (Young), New South Wales[12]
- 6 July - Robert Palin is hanged in Western Australia following the use of Ordinance 17 Victoria Number 7 to secure the capital punishment of a convict for a crime not normally punishable by death.[13]
- 8 July - The Geelong College is established by Reverend Alexander James Campbell in Newtown, Victoria.[14]
- October - Robertson land acts passed by Parliament of New South Wales.[15]
Arts and literature
- National Gallery of Victoria founded[16]
Sport
- 7 November - The first Melbourne Cup is won by Archer. (List of Melbourne Cup winners).[17]
Births
- 2 August - Edith Cowan, the first Australian woman elected as a representative in an Australian parliament (d. 1932)[18]
Deaths
- 15 March – James Clow, Presbyterian minister and settler (b. 1790)[19]
- 28 June - Estimated death of William John Wills (b. 1834) and Robert O'Hara Burke (b. 1821), explorers.[20][21]
- 21 October – Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur, New South Wales politician and businessman (b. 1788)[22]
References
- ^ Ward, John M. "Young, Sir John (1807–1876)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Governors of Queensland - Government House Queensland". www.govhouse.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Manhood, C. C. "MacDonnell, Sir Richard Graves (1814–1881)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Previous Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Tasmania". Government House Tasmania. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Sir Henry Barkly | British colonial administrator". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Ward, John M. "Cowper, Sir Charles (1807–1875)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Moore, Tony (30 September 2017). "Queensland's first premier in 1859 was most likely gay". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Tregenza, Jean F. "Waterhouse, George Marsden (1824–1906)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Premiers of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Ingham, S. M. "O'Shanassy, Sir John (1818–1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Young man who saw stars". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Lambing Flat Riots | Summary & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Erickson, Rica (1983). "The Unwanted". In Erickson, Rica (ed.). The Brand on His Coat: Biographies of some Western Australian Convicts. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. pp. 157–223. ISBN 0-85564-223-8.
- ^ "Municipality of Newtown, Victoria". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Boucher, Leigh; Russell, Lynette (2015). Settler Colonial Governance in Nineteenth-Century Victoria. ANU Press. p. 192. ISBN 9781925022353.
- ^ Edwards, Geoffrey Robert; Victoria, National Gallery of (1998). Art of Glass: Glass in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. Macmillan Education AU. p. 11. ISBN 9780958574310.
- ^ "National Museum of Australia - Melbourne Cup". www.nma.gov.au. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "Edith Cowan". Royal Bank of Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Bradshaw, F. Maxwell. "Clow, James (1790–1861)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ "William John Wills". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Kathleen. "Burke, Robert O'Hara (1821–1861)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Nairn, Bede. "Macarthur, Hannibal Hawkins (1788–1861)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
