1873 Vic. S.A. Departure of Viscount Canterbury.—Sir George Bowen assumes Governor Sir James Fergusson succeeded by Mr. (afterwards Sir) W.A. Colonel Warburton crosses from the trans-continental telegraph 1874 N.S. W. Qld. W.A. 1875 S.A. 1876 Q'ld. Tas. Australian Customs Duties Act passed. Triennial Parliaments Act passed. The Boucaut Policy first advocated. Dalrymple extends his researches on the north-eastern seaboard. Explorations of E. Giles.-Departure of Governor Weld. Wreck of the " Gothenburg," involving the death of Judge Mr. (afterwards Sir) W. W. Cairns succeeds the Marquis of Mr. Frederick A. Weld assumes the Government. Arrival of Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson to assume office as Governor.-John and Alexander Forrest cross the colony from west to east. Intercolonial conference at Hobart to secure uniformity of statistical collection and compilation. N.S.W. Completion of telegraphic cable between Sydney and Wellington. Vic. Number of members of the Legislative Assembly increased to eighty-six. Tas. Tas. 1878 N.S W. Vic. S.A. Railway opened from Hobart to Launceston.-Death of Giles crosses the colony from east to west. Deadlock on the question of payment of members. Governor Musgrave succeeded by Sir W. W. Cairns.—Inauguration of the Senate of the University of Adelaide.Resignation of Governor Cairns after two months of government.-Sir W. F. D. Jervois appointed Governor.Completion of the telegraph line from Adelaide to Perth. Sir Arthur Kennedy appointed Governor. Discoveries of gold. Governor Sir William Robinson succeeded by Sir Harry St. Unveiling of Woolner's Statue of Captain Cook in Sydney. New Crown Lands Act.-Founding of the University of Q'ld. 1879 N.S.W. Vic. Sir Hercules Robinson succeeded in the Government by Lord Loftus. Electoral Act, 1879, passed. - International Exhibition held at the Garden Palace, Sydney. The Marquis of Normanby assumes office as Governor. N.S.W. Public Instruction Act abolishes State aid to denominational 1880 Vic. Tas. education. An International Exhibition held in Melbourne. Governor Weld succeeded by Sir J. H. Lefroy. 1880 W.A. Departure of Sir Harry Ord.—Sir William Robinson enters upon his second term of office as Governor. 1881 N.S.W. Vic. Tas. Federal Conference at Melbourne and Sydney. Further reduction of property qualification of members and Governor Lefroy succeeded by Sir George Cumine Strahan. Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales visit Australia. 'First simultaneous census of the Australasian colonies. 1882 N.S.W. Destruction by fire of the Garden Palace.-Death of the poet 1883 S.A. S.A. Q'ld. 1584 1885 Tas. W.A. N.S. W. Henry Kendall. Departure of Sir William Jervois. Discovery of silver at Broken Hill. Completion of railway between Sydney and Melbourne. Annexation of New Guinea (repudiated by British Government). Period of rash mining speculations. Sir Frederick Napier Broome appointed Governor. Land Act passed, involving restriction of sales by auction, &c. W.A. Explorations by Harry Stockdale. A Federation Bill passed in Victoria.-A similar Bill rejected in New South Wales. N.S.W. Military contingent sent to take part in the Soudan Campaign.— Opening of the Broken Hill silver mines.-Governor Loftus succeeded by the Right Hon. Baron Carrington. Agitation for a division of the colony. Q'ld. Tas. Mount Zeehan silver-lead mines discovered. Formation of the Federal Council of Australia. 1886 N.S.W. Industrial depression. 1887 Q'ld. Tas. W.A. N.S. W. Tas. Discovery of Mount Morgan gold mine. Gold and copper discovered at Mount Lyell.-Retirement of Sir Agitation for self-government. The Federal Council meets at Hobart. The Bulli mining disaster. The English Government claims £15,516 as interest on an old Sir R. G. C. Hamilton assumes office as Governor. Australasian Conference in London.-Australasian Naval Defence 1888 N.S.W. Much damage done by bush fires.-Centennial celebrations. — Drastic legislation against Chinese immigration (imposition of a poll tax of £100).-Strike of colliers at Newcastle. International Exhibition at Melbourne.-Number of members increased in both Houses. Vic. Q'ld. Death of Sir Anthony Musgrave.-Sir Henry Wylie-Norman assumes office as Governor.-Railway communication opened between Brisbane and Sydney.-Floods at Rockhampton. W.A. Telegraphic communication opened between Perth and Derby.-—Explorations of Ernest Favenc. 1888 Centenary of first settlement in Australia.-Conference of Australian Ministers at Sydney to consider the question of Chinese immigration.-Imperial Defence Act passed. 1889 N.S.W. Destructive floods. Vic. S.A. Sir Henry Loch succeeded by Lord Hopetoun. Governor Sir W. C. F. Robinson succeeded by the Earl of W.A. New Constitution framed.--Opening of the eastern railway.- Report of Imperial Commission on Australian Land Defences. 1890 N.S.W. Payment of Members of Parliament.-Strike at Broken Hill.— Maritime and other strikes.--Severe bush fires.-Departure of Lord Carrington. 1891 1892 1892 1893 Vic. S.A. Q'ld. Tas. Local Government Bill passed. Land Act passed, fixing the minimum price of country land at 5s. per acre. Wreck of the "Quetta" (146 lives lost). -Extensive floods, and terrible hurricanes. -Industrial crisis. Establishment of the University of Tasmania. W.A. Granting of responsible government. Sir William Robinson enters on his third term of office. Federal Conference held at Melbourne. N.S. W. Lord Jersey assumes office as Governor.-Thirty-five Labour Federal Convention called in Sydney.--The Colonial Premiers meet at the New South Wales Colonial Secretary's office. N.S.W. Strike at Broken Hill.-Temporary run on the Government Savings Bank. Vic. Q'ld. Tas. W.A. Vic. Qld. Tas. 1894 N.S.W. 1895 S.A. Qld. Suspension of the Railway Commissioners. Constitution Act passed, whereby Queensland is divided into two provinces.-Pacific Labourers Extension Act passed. Departure of Sir Robert Hamilton. Discovery of Bayley's Reward at Coolgardie. Sir Robert Duff succeeds Lord Jersey. -The "Royal Tar" sails with the first New Australian colonists. Land Act passed, providing for village settlements, homestead Terrific storms and floods. - First departures for New Australia. The Corowa Conference.-Banking crisis in Eastern States. Adult Suffrage Bill receives Royal Assent. Disturbances in the Legislative Assembly over the Peace Pre- N.S. W. Death of Sir Robert Duff.-Viscount Hampden takes office as S.A. The Earl of Kintore is succeeded as Governor by Sir Thomas Q'ld. Departure of Sir Henry Norman.-Disastrous floods. Establishment of the State Bank.-Floods and storms.Franchise exercised by women in South Australia.-Departure of the Calvert expedition. Q'ld. Lord Lamington assumes office as Governor. -Sir Heary Norman appointed Agent-General for Queensland.-Gales and floods. The ferry-boat "Pearl" capsizes at Brisbane (28 lives lost). A897 S.A. 1897-98 1898 1899 S.A. The People's Federal Convention held at Bathurst. The Federal Convention holds sessions at Adelaide, Sydney, and Resignation of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton. The Federal Bill accepted by Tasmania, Victoria, and South S.A. The Rt. Hon. Hallam Baron Tennyson becomes Governor of Conference of Premiers at Melbourne.-The Referendum; the 1900 N.S.W. Departure of Lord Beauchamp. 1901 N.S.W. The Australian Colonies send military contingents to assist the Readjustment of industrial conditions in many quarters. Qld. Departure of Lord Lamingtor. Proclamation of the Australian Commonwealth, Lord Hopetoun first Governor-General.—The Federal Parliament opened by the Heir-Apparent to the British Crown, the Duke of Cornwall and York, who visits each State of the Commonwealth. -Contingents sent to S. Africa and to China. 1902 N.S. W. Arrival of Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, K.C.B, the new Governor. — Disastrous explosion at Mount Kembla Colliery, Illawarra District; 95 miners lost their lives.-Jubilee of Sydney University. Vic. Qld. S.A. Agitation for Parliamentary Reform.-Mr. Irvine becomes Arrival of Sir Herbert Charles Chermside, the new Governor.- W.A. Opening of pumping station at Northam in connection with ras. Conference of State Statisticians, Attorneys-General, and Ministers for Agriculture. -Strong protest against Federal action with reference to letters addressed to "Tattersall " 1772 1773 1790 1793 1795 1800 1806 1807 1809 1810 1814 1815 1816 1818 66 rangatira" (Maori chieftain.) Marion du Fresne killed and eaten by the Maoris. Furneaux enters Queen Charlotte Sound. Chatham Islands discovered by Lieutenant Broughton. Doubtless Bay visited by Lieutenant-Governor King, of Norfolk Island; a rangatira and a tohunga (Maori priest) kidnapped. The "Endeavour" sunk in Dusky Sound. Discovery of Antipodes Island. Discovery of the Auckland Isles.--The "Venus," with a crew of runaway convicts, visits the East Coast. Defeat suffered by Hongi and the Nga-Puhi tribe at Kaipara.-Crew of a vessel eaten on the East Coast. The Boyd massacre. Discovery of Campbell Island. Rev. S. Marsden founds a mission station in New Zealand.-First Attempted capture of the "Trial" and the "Brothers" at Kennedy Bay. Expedition of Hongi and Te Morenga to East Cape. 1819-20 Raid on Taranaki and Port Nicholson by Patone, Nene, and Te 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825, 1825 1827 1828 1829 1830 Rauparaha. Hongi's trip to England.-Coromandel visited by H.M. Store-ship "Coromandel." Auckland Harbour entered by the "Prince Fall of Mauinaina Pa (Auckland Isthmus) and Te Totara Pa (Thames) to Hongi takes Matakitaki Pa (Waikato).—Baron de Thierry attempts to Act passed to extend the jurisdiction of the New South Wales Courts to Pomare takes Te Whetumatarau Pa, near East Cape. Formation of Lord Durham's (unsuccessful) New Zealand Association.- Destruction of the Whangaroa mission station by Hongi's forces. Battle of Taumata-Wiwi (near Cambridge).-Fall of Kaiapohia Pa |