1857 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1857 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir William Denison
- Governor of South Australia – Sir Richard MacDonnell
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir Henry Young
- Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Sir Arthur Kennedy
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
- Premier of New South Wales – Henry Parker to 7 September then Charles Cowper
- Premier of South Australia – Boyle Travers Finniss, John Baker, Robert Torrens, Richard Hanson
- Premier of Tasmania – William Champ, Thomas Gregson, William Weston, Francis Smith
- Premier of Victoria – Dr William Haines, John O'Shanassy
Events
- 13 May – St Kilda railway station, Melbourne is opened.[1]
- 4 July – Anti-Chinese riots occur in Victoria.
- 25 July – Matthew Blagden Hale is consecrated as the first Bishop of Perth in a ceremony at the Lambeth Palace Chapel.
- 20 August – The Dunbar is wrecked at the entrance to Sydney Harbour, killing 121 passengers.
- In Victoria, Australia, one adult male in 7 is Chinese.
Births
- 26 February – Alfred Waldron, Australian rules footballer (died 1929)
- 21 March – Alice Henry, suffragist and trade unionist (died 1943)
- 25 March – Francis Clarke, politician (died 1939)
- 3 May – Robert Hutchinson, WA politician (died 1918)
- 9 May – Sidney Kidman, pastoralist (died 1935)
- 31 May – William Story, politician (died 1924)
- 13 June – Hubert Newman Wigmore Church, poet (died 1932)
- 14 June – Adolphus Taylor, journalist and NSW politician (died 1900)
- 25 June – Louis Gabriel, photographer (died 1927)
- 1 August – John Harry, Test cricketer (died 1919)
- 7 September – John McIlwraith, Test cricketer (died 1938)
- 19 September – John Livingston, politician (died 1935)
- 14 October – Allan McDougall, Senator for New South Wales (died 1924)
- 12 November – Samuel Mauger, politician (died 1936)
- 2 December – Thomas Lavelle, politician (died 1944)
- 5 December – Cyril Cameron, Senator for Tasmania (died 1941)
- 21 December – Joseph Carruthers, Premier of New South Wales (died 1932)
- Arthur Green
Deaths
- 10 May – John Busby (born 1765), surveyor and civil engineer
- 10 August – Frank McCallum, bushranger ("Captain Melville")
- 29 August – Archibald Clunes Innes (born 1800), soldier and pastoralist
References
- ^ "ST. KILDA RAILWAY". The Age. No. 800. 14 May 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
