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1863 in Australia

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1863
in
Australia

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1863 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

Events

Non-specific dates

Exploration and settlement

Sport

  • 3 November – Banker wins the Melbourne Cup, in the smallest field in Cup history of six horses.

Births

Deaths

  • 5 February – John Wroe (born 1782), British evangelist, founder of the Christian Israelite Church
  • 8 March – Samuel Stocks, South Australian businessman (b. c. 1786)
  • 26 March – James Drummond (born 1786 or 1787), botanist
  • 28 April – James Dickson (born 1913), New South Wales politician
  • 5 July – Thomas Brown (born 1803), Western Australian politician
  • 26 October – Gotthard Fritzsche (born 1797), Lutheran pastor

References