1875 in Australia

1875 in Australia

"See also:" 1874 in Australia, other events of 1875, 1876 in Australia, Timeline of Australian history.

Events

*January 11 - William Robinson arrives in Western Australia to become Governor of the colony.
*January 13 - Frederick Weld becomes Governor of Tasmania.
*January 23 - William Cairns becomes Governor of Queensland.
*February 9 - John Robertson becomes Premier of New South Wales, replacing Henry Parkes.
*February 24 - The "SS Gothenburg" strikes Old Reef off Ayr, Queensland and sinks with the loss of 102 lives.
*May 24 - J. V. Mulligan and party discover the Barron River in Queensland, they left Cooktown on April 17
*May 6 - Ernest Giles and party leave South Australia for an overland expedition to Perth, they arrive on November 10.
*June 3 - Premier of South Australia Arthur Blyth resigns and is replaced by James Boucaut.
*August 7 - Graham Berry becomes Premier of Victoria.
*October 20 - James McCulloch becomes Premier of Victoria for the fourth time.
*December 24 - 59 die when a cyclone destroys the pearling fleet in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia.

Arts and Literature

*New South Government establishes an art gallery in Sydney; it later becomes the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

port

*Polo played for the first time in Australia at Albert Park in Victoria
*"Wollomai" wins the Melbourne Cup; the cup was held on the first Tuesday in November for this first time this year

Births

*March 20 - Benjamin Fuller
*April 29 - Margaret Preston
*December 3 - Max Meldrum

Deaths

*January 28 - James Hurtle Fisher
*February 25 - Thomas Reynolds
*October 20 - Charles Cowper
*November 9 - William Hovell
*December 2 - C. J. La Trobe

References

*cite book
last = Barker
first = Anthony
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title =What Happened When
publisher = Allen & Unwin
date = 1996
location = St Leonards
isbn = 1-86373-986


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