- 1863 in Australia
"See also:"
1862 in Australia ,
other events of 1863,1864 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales -John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar
*Governor of Queensland - Sir George Bowen
*Governor of South Australia - Sir Dominick Daly
*Governor of Tasmania - Colonel Thomas Browne
*Governor of Victoria - Sir Henry Barkly until10 September , then Sir Charles DarlingPremiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
*Premier of New South Wales -Charles Cowper until15 October , then James Martin
*Premier of Queensland -Robert Herbert
*Premier of South Australia - George Waterhouse until4 July , thenFrancis Dutton until15 July , thenHenry Ayers
*Premier of Tasmania -Thomas Chapman until20 January , then James Whyte
*Premier of Victoria -John O'Shanassy until27 June , thenJames McCulloch Events
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February 7 - The Sydney-basedRoyal Navy corvette HMS "Orpheus" sinks off the coast ofNew Zealand claiming 189 lives.
*February 21 -James Cockle is appointed the first Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of Queensland .
*March 14 - Queen Victoria issuesLetters Patent grantingGoulburn, New South Wales city status, making it Australia's first inland city.
*July 6 - Queen Victoria issuesLetters Patent annexing toSouth Australia the part of the colony ofNew South Wales that would later become theNorthern Territory . [ [http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=49 Letters Patent annexing the Northern Territory to South Australia, 1863] ,National Archives of Australia .]
*November 11 - Elizabeth Scott is hanged for the murder of her husband, making her the first woman to be executed in Victoria.Non-specific dates
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South Sea Islander s are brought into Queensland to work as indentured labourers in the colony'ssugar industry.
* Over 2,400 volunteers are recruited to fight in theNew Zealand land wars .Exploration and Settlement
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January 17 - ExplorerJohn McKinlay returns home toGawler, South Australia after an unsuccessful two-year search for the missingBurke and Wills expedition .
*April 28 -Brewarrina, New South Wales proclaimed a township.port
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November 3 - "Banker" wins theMelbourne Cup , in the smallest field in Cup history of six horses.Births
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January 26 -Charles Wade , Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922)
*July 14 - Arthur Coningham, cricketer (d. 1939)
*July 16 -Anderson Dawson , Premier of Queensland (d. 1910)
*October 26 -Neville Howse , first Australian recipient of theVictoria Cross (d. 1930)
*October 26 -John Henry Michell , mathematician (d. 1940)
*November 29 -Adrian Knox , second Chief Justice of the High Court (d. 1932)References
ee also
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1863
*1860s
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