1862 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1862 in Australia.
Incumbents
=Governors=
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar
- Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen
- Governor of South Australia – Sir Richard G. MacDonnell, Sir Dominick Daly
- Governor of Tasmania – Colonel Thomas Browne
- Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly.{{cite web |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030093b.htm |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography - Volume 3: Barkly, Sir Henry (1815–1898) |author=B. A. Knox |year=1969 |pages=95, 96 |website=adb.online.anu.edu.au |publisher=Melbourne University Press |access-date=7 August 2017}}
- Governor of Western Australia – Sir Arthur Kennedy, then Dr John Hampton.
=Premiers=
Exploration and settlement
- 24 July – Explorer John McDouall Stuart successfully returns from crossing the Australian continent from north to south on his third attempt.
Music, arts and literature
Sport
- 4 November – Archer wins the second Melbourne Cup (List of Melbourne Cup winners).
Births
- 18 January – William Higgs, Queensland politician (d. 1951)
- 4 February – George Ernest Morrison, journalist and geologist (d. 1920)
- 24 March – John Clemons, Tasmanian politician and lawyer (d. 1944)
- 29 July – Mona McBurney, pianist, teacher and composer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1932)
- 29 August – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1928)
- 25 September – Billy Hughes, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1952)
- 16 November – Charles Turner, cricketer (d. 1944){{cite web |last1=Andrews |first1=B. G. |title=Turner, Charles Thomas (1862–1944) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/turner-charles-thomas-4759 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en}}
- 8 December – Kate Rickards, trapeze artist and musical theatre actress (d. 1922)
Deaths
- 13 March – Roderick Flanagan, historian, poet, and journalist (born in Ireland) (b. 1828)
References
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