1878 in Australia

1878
in
Australia

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1878 in Australia.

Incumbents

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Governors

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Governors of the Australian colonies:

Premiers

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Premiers of the Australian colonies:

Events

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  • 8–9 January – "Black Wednesday", 300 senior public servants are sacked in Victoria by the government of Graham Berry as revenge against the Legislative Council, on the grounds that as the appropriation bill had not been passed in the council, they could not be paid.[13]
  • 20 May – One thousand unemployed men march up Collins Street, Melbourne, demanding relief work. Premier Berry agrees to construct sanitation works and thus employ two hundred men.[14]
  • 1 June – The clipper ship Loch Ard is wrecked at Mutton Bird Island, just off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria; 45 die, only two lives are saved.[15]
  • 9 December – Ned Kelly and his gang lock 22 people in a storehouse on a sheep station near Euroa. The next day they rob Euroa's bank.[16]

Exploration and settlement

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Science and technology

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Arts and literature

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  • 30 November – Advance Australia Fair first sung publicly at the Highland Society of NSW's annual Scottish concert in the Protestant Hall, Sydney.

Sport

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  • 22 April – The Stawell Gift is run for the first time on Easter Monday in April.
  • 5 November – Calamia wins the Melbourne Cup.

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "A List of Governors of New South Wales". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Governors of Queensland". govhouse.gld.gov.au. Government House Queensland. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Previous Governors". governor.sa.gov.au. Government House South Australia. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA". parliament.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Governors of Victoria". governor.vic.gov.au. State of Victoria, Australia. 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ^ "Premiers of New South Wales, 1856 - present". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "Queensland Premiers". qld.gov.au. The State of Queensland. 3 August 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ "Former Member of Parliament Details". members.parliament.sa.gov.au. Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ Morgan, E. J. R. (2020) [1974]. "Morgan, Sir William (1828–1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Premiers of Tasmania". parliament.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ "Premiers of Tasmania". parliament.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ^ "PREMIER OF VICTORIA". parliament.vic.gov.au. Parliament of Victoria. 6 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ^ Strangio, Paul (July 2008). "Black Wednesday". emelbourne.net.au. School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ "TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878". The Argus. No. 9961. Melbourne: The Argus. 21 May 1878. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ Charlwood, D.E. (1971). The wreck of the Loch Ard: end of a ship, end of an era. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Bib ID 2672966.
  16. ^ "PARTICULARS OF THE STICKING-UP FAITHFUL CREEK STATION". The Evening News. Sydney. 14 December 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.