1854 in Australia Totally Explained

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Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
Governor of Queensland - (office first formed in 1859)
Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Young (term ended 20 December)
Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria - Charles La Trobe; from June Sir Charles Hotham
Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain Charles Fitzgerald

Events

This was a year of intense political agitation by miners on the Victorian goldfields.

July 5 - The Mercury was first published in Hobart.

October 17 - The Melbourne daily newspaper The Age was first published.

November 29 - The Eureka Flag was flown for the first time during the Eureka Stockade rebellion in Ballarat.

December 3 - battle suppressing the rebellion at Eureka Stockade

Exploration and Settlement

January 4 - - Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang discovers the McDonald Islands.

September 12 - Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria Charles Hotham opens Flinders Street Station, the first city railway station in Australia.

Sport

September 30 - The first game of cricket is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Births

October 18 - Billy Murdoch, regarded as the finest cricket batsman of his day, was born in Sandhurst, Victoria Further Information

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