See also: 1868 in Australia, other events of 1869, 1870 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. [edit] Incumbents [edit] Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: [edit] Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: [edit] Events - January 9 – The British clipper ship Thermopylae arrives in Melbourne, having sailed from London in the record time of 64 days.
- February 5 – A large gold nugget, named The Welcome Stranger, is found at Moliagul, Victoria.
- February 5 - George Goyder establishes a settlement of 135 people at Port Darwin.
- March 3 – William Lanne, known as "King Billy", the last full-blood Tasmanian Aboriginal dies. His body is secretly dismembered and his skull removed while in the morgue, and Dr William Crowther, future Premier of Tasmania, is suspected as the culprit.
- March 5 – The New South Wales government declares that Saint Patrick's Day, St. Andrew's Day and St George's Day are no longer public holidays.
- March 24 – A fatal case of cholera is reported in Sydney.
- May 8 – The bushranger Captain Moonlite holds up a bank in Mount Egerton, Victoria.
- June 22 – Prince Alfred College opens in Adelaide, South Australia.
- October 18 – The Lithgow Zig Zag Railway was opened.
[edit] Science and technology - May 1 – A submarine telegraph cable is completed, joining Tasmania to the mainland.
[edit] Births - January 20 – F. Matthias Alexander, actor (d. 1955)
- February 21 – Ernest Roberts, politician (d. 1913)
- March 10 – John Longstaff, war artist (d. 1941)
- March 23 – William Robson, politician (d. 1951)
- April 11 – John Patrick McGlinn, soldier (d. 1946)
- April 13 – Vida Goldstein, feminist and politician (d. 1949)
- April 27 – May Moss, feminist and suffragette (d. 1948)
- May 2 – Mark Davidson, politician (d. 1949)
- May 2 – Florence Stawell, classical scholar (d. 1936)
- May 14 – Percy Abbott, soldier and politician (d. 1940)
- May 15 – John Storey, Premier of New South Wales (d. 1921)
- May 18 – Harold William Grimwade, soldier (d. 1949)
- May 19 – William Gibson, politician (d. 1955)
- May 23 – George Beeby, judge, politician and author (d. 1942)
- July 11 – Peter McAlister, cricketer (d. 1938)
- July 21 – John McDonald, politician (d. 1934)
- August 6 – Marie Pitt, poet (d. 1948)
- August 7 – E. J. Brady, poet (d. 1952)
- August 8 – George James Coates, artist (d. 1930)
- August 28 – Albert Fuller Ellis, prospector (d. 1951)
- September 28 – John Hutton Bisdee, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1930)
- October 24 – Charlie McLeod, cricketer (d. 1918)
- September 30 – Ernie Jones, cricketer (d. 1943)
- December 7 – Frank Laver, cricketer (d. 1919)
- December 13 – John Shirlow, artist (d. 1936)
- December 21 – Albert Green, politician (d. 1940)
- December 29 – Bill Howell, cricketer (d. 1940)
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