1854 in Australia

1854 in Australia

"See also:"

1853 in Australia,
other events of 1854,
1855 in Australia, and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
*Governor of Queensland - "(office first formed in 1859)"
*Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Young (term ended 20 December)
*Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
*Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria - Charles La Trobe; from June Sir Charles Hotham
*Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain Charles Fitzgerald

Events

This was a year of intense political agitation by miners on the Victorian goldfields.

*July 5 - The "Mercury" was first published in Hobart.
*October 17 - The Melbourne daily newspaper "The Age" was first published.
*November 29 - The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Ballarat.
*December 3 - battle suppressing the rebellion at Eureka Stockade

Exploration and Settlement

*January 4 - - Captain William McDonald aboard the "Samarang" discovers the McDonald Islands.
*September 12 - Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria Charles Hotham opens Flinders Street Station, the first city railway station in Australia.

port

*September 30 - The first game of cricket is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Births

*October 18 - Billy Murdoch, regarded as the finest cricket batsman of his day, was born in Sandhurst, Victoria

ee also

*1854
*1850s


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