See also: 1862 in Australia, other events of 1863, 1864 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 1.2 Premiers 2 Events 2.1 Non-specific dates 3 Exploration and Settlement 4 Sport 5 Births 6 References 7 See also

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] 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 until 10 September, then Sir Charles Darling

[edit] Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales - Charles Cowper until 15 October, then James Martin
• Premier of Queensland - Robert Herbert
• Premier of South Australia - George Waterhouse until 4 July, then Francis Dutton until 15 July, then Henry Ayers
• Premier of Tasmania - Thomas Chapman until 20 January, then James Whyte
• Premier of Victoria - John O'Shanassy until 27 June, then James McCulloch

[edit] Events

• February 7 - The Sydney-based Royal Navy corvette HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of New Zealand claiming 189 lives.
• February 21 - James Cockle is appointed the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
• March 14 - Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent granting Goulburn, New South Wales city status, making it Australia's first inland city.
• July 6 - Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent annexing to South Australia the part of the colony of New South Wales that would later become the Northern Territory.^[1]
• November 11 - Elizabeth Scott is hanged for the murder of her husband, making her the first woman to be executed in Victoria.

[edit] Non-specific dates

• South Sea Islanders are brought into Queensland to work as indentured labourers in the colony's sugar industry.
• Over 2,400 volunteers are recruited to fight in the New Zealand land wars.

[edit] Exploration and Settlement

• January 17 - Explorer John McKinlay returns home to Gawler, South Australia after an unsuccessful two-year search for the missing Burke and Wills expedition.
• April 28 - Brewarrina, New South Wales proclaimed a township.

[edit] Sport

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

[edit] Births

• 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 the Victoria Cross (d. 1930)
• October 26 - John Henry Michell, mathematician (d. 1940)
• November 29 - Adrian Knox, second Chief Justice of the High Court (d. 1932)

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• 1863
• 1860s