- 1873 in Australia
"See also:"
1872 in Australia ,
other events of 1873,1874 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales -Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead
*Governor of Queensland -George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
*Governor of South Australia -Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet , thenAnthony Musgrave
*Governor of Tasmania -Charles Du Cane
*Governor of Victoria -John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury , thenGeorge Bowen
*Governor of Western Australia - "(office first formed in 1890)"Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
*Premier of New South Wales -Henry Parkes
*Premier of Queensland -Arthur Hunter Palmer
*Premier of South Australia -Henry Ayers , until 22 July thenArthur Blyth
*Premier of Tasmania -Frederick Innes , until 4 August thenAlfred Kennerley
*Premier of Victoria -James Francis
*Premier of Western Australia - "office first formed in 1890"Events
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December 9 - More than 1,000 striking gold miners attack police and Chinese workers brought in toClunes, Victoria to break the strike.Exploration and Settlement
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July 19 - SurveyorWilliam Gosse names the rock now known asUluru "Ayers Rock" after the Premier of South AustraliaHenry Ayers .
*September 3 - The town ofCooktown, Queensland is founded after gold is discovered in Georgetown, sparking a gold rush.Births
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January 28 -Monty Noble , cricketer (d. 1940)
*August 21 -Fred Leist , artist (d. 1945)Deaths
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January 28 -John Hart, senior , Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
*April 19 -Hamilton Hume , explorer (b. 1797)
*June 22 -Terence Aubrey Murray , NSW politician (b. 1810)
*November 12 -David Lennox , bridge-builder (b. 1788)
*December 11 -John West , clergyman, writer and editor of "The Sydney Morning Herald" (b. 1809)ee also
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1873
*1870s
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