1859 in Australia

Incumbents

• Monarch - Victoria

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir William Denison
• Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Richard MacDonnell
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir Henry Young
• Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Sir Arthur Kennedy

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales – Charles Cowper, William Forster
• Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert
• Premier of South Australia – Richard Hanson
• Premier of Tasmania – Francis Smith
• Premier of Victoria – John O'Shanassy, William Nicholson

Events

• 14 May – Melbourne Football Club is founded.
• 6 June – The colony of Queensland is established by decree of Queen Victoria.
• July – Geelong Football Club is founded.
• 5 August – The passenger steamship SS Admella is shipwrecked on a submerged reef near Mount Gambier South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.
• 6 October – Thomas Austin takes 24 rabbits and 5 hares to Australia in order to release them there as a game. They will multiply exponentially.
• The first permanent educational institution for girls, the East Leigh, is founded in Melbourne by Elizabeth Tripp.
• Undated – A retaliatory mass-slaughter of Indigenous Australians occurs in the Hospital Creek Massacre.

Science and technology

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Arts and literature

Main article: 1859 in Australian literature

Sport

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Births

• 24 March – Hugh de Largie, Western Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1947)
• 23 April – Bella Guerin, feminist and suffragist (d. 1923)
• 25 April – Joseph Maiden, botanist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1925)
• 16 June – John Russell, impressionist painter (d. 1930)
• 28 November – Richard Godfrey Rivers, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1925)

References

References

1. "Detailed History". Geelong Cats.
2. Kelly, Farley. "Guerin, Julia Margaret (Bella) (1858–1923)". National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
3. Galbally, Ann E.. "Russell, John Peter (1858–1930)". National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.