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

Contents 1 Events 2 Arts and literature 3 Sport 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Arts and literature

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

[edit] Sport

• 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

[edit] Births

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

[edit] Deaths

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

[edit] References

• Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86373-986.