1873 Vic.

S.A.

W.A.

1874

N.S. W.
S. A.
Qld.
Tas.

1875

1876

W.A.
S.A.

Departure of Viscount Canterbury.-Sir George Bowen assumes
office as Governor.-Education Act passed.

Governor Sir James Fergusson succeeded by Mr. (afterwards Sir)
Anthony Musgrave.

Colonel Warburton crosses from the trans-continental telegraph
line to the head of the De Grey River.

Australian Customs Duties Act passed.

Triennial Parliaments Act passed.

The Boucaut Policy first advocated.

Dalrymple extends his researches on the north-eastern seaboard..
Departure of Governor Du Cane.

Explorations of E. Giles.-Departure of Governor Weld.

Wreck of the "Gothenburg," involving the death of Judge
Wearing and other well-known Adelaide citizens.--Sudden
death of Sir Richard Hanson.-Education Act passed.-
Explorations by Giles, Gosse, and Warburton.

Q'ld. Mr. (afterwards Sir) W. W. Cairns succeeds the Marquis of
Normanby in the Government.--The Port Albany Settle-
ment transferred to Thursday Island.

Tas.
W.A.

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. Number of members of the Legislative Assembly increased to eighty-six.

Vic.

Tas.

1877

W.A.
Vic.

S.A.

1878

Railway opened from Hobart to Launceston.-Death of
Truganini, the last Tasmanian black.
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.

Q'ld. Sir Arthur Kennedy appointed Governor.

Tas.
W.A.

N.S W.

Vic.

S.A.

Q'ld.

W.A.

Discoveries of gold.

Governor Sir William Robinson succeeded by Sir Harry St.
George Ord.

Unveiling of Woolner's Statue of Captain Cook in Sydney.
"Black Wednesday"; wholesale dismissal of civil servants.-
Recall of Sir George Bowen.

New Crown Lands Act.-Founding of the University of
Adelaide.-Rifle Companies Act passed.-First sod of the
Trans-continental Railway turned by Sir William Jervois.
Restriction of Chinese immigration.

Agitation for self-government.

1879 N.S.W. Sir Hercules Robinson succeeded in the Government by Lord Loftus.-Electoral Act, 1879, passed. - International Exhi bition held at the Garden Palace, Sydney.

Vic.

The Marquis of Normanby assumes office as Governor.

1880 N.S.W. Public Instruction Act abolishes State aid to denominational

Vic.

Tas.

education.

An International Exhibition held in Melbourne.
[Governor Weld succeeded by Sir J. H. Lefroy.

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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 restriction of Chinese immigration.

Further reduction of property qualification of members and
electors of the Legislative Council, and increase in number
of members.

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 Henry Kendall.

1883

S.A.
N.S. W.

Vic.

S.A.

Q'ld.

1884

1885

Tas.
W.A.

Departure of Sir William Jervois.

Discovery of silver at Broken Hill.

Completion of railway between Sydney and Melbourne.
Sir William Robinson appointed Governor.

Annexation of New Guinea (repudiated by British Government).
-Departure of Governor Kennedy, whose place is taken by
Sir Anthony Musgrave.

Period of rash mining speculations.

Sir Frederick Napier Broome appointed Governor.
Federal Conference held at Sydney.

N.S.W. Land Act passed, involving restriction of sales by auction, &c.
Vic. Sir Henry Loch succeeds Lord Normanby in the Government.--
Appointment of the Public Service Board.

W.A. Explorations by Harry Stockdale.

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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.

Q'ld.

Tas.

Agitation for a division of the colony.

Mount Zeehan silver-lead mines discovered.

Formation of the Federal Council of Australia.

1886 N.S.W. Industrial depression.

1887

1888

Q'ld.

Tas.

W.A.

Discovery of Mount Morgan gold mine.

Gold and copper discovered at Mount Lyell.-Retirement of Sir
George Strahan.-Extension of the franchise.
Agitation for self-government.

The Federal Council meets at Hobart.

N.S.W. The Bulli mining disaster.

S.A.

Tas.
W.A.

The English Government claims £15,516 as interest on an old
loan. Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition.
Sir R. G. C. Hamilton assumes office as Governor.
Severe hurricane.-Gold discovered at Yilgarn.

Australasian Conference in London. -Australasian Naval Defence
Force Act passed.

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.

W.A.

Sir Henry Loch succeeded by Lord Hopetoun.

Governor Sir W. C. F. Robinson succeeded by the Earl of
Kintore.

New Constitution framed.-Opening of the eastern railway.-
Discovery of the Pilbarra gold-field.-Departure of Governor
Browne.

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.
W.A.

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.

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
Members returned to the Legislative Assembly.

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.
N.S. W.

Vic.

Q'ld.

Tas.

1895

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
associations, and labour colonies.

Terrific storms and floods. First departures for New Australia.
Viscount Gormanston takes office as Governor.

The Corowa Conference.-Banking crisis in Eastern States.
Further Land legislation.

Adult Suffrage Bill receives Royal Assent.

Disturbances in the Legislative Assembly over the Peace Preservation Bill.--Payment of Members Bill rejected.

Serious industrial troubles.

N.S.W. Death of Sir Robert Duff.-Viscount Hampden takes office as
Governor.-Crown Lands Act of 1895 passed.

The Earl of Kintore is succeeded as Governor by Sir Thomas
Fowell Buxton.

Departure of Sir Henry Norman. -Disastrous floods.

Conference of Premiers at Hobart.

Establishment of the State Bank. --Floods and storms.-— Franchise exercised by women in South Australia. - Departure of the Calvert expedition.

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).

897

S.A.

1897-98

1898

1899

1900

S.A.

N.S. W.
S.A.

The People's Federal Convention held at Bathurst.
Earthquake and hurricane in Northern Territory; destruction of
the town of Palmerston. -Floods and storms at Adelaide.—
Death of Sir Thomas Elder.

The Federal Convention holds sessions at Adelaide, Sydney, and
Melbourne.

Resignation of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton.

The Federal Bill accepted by Tasmania, Victoria, and South
Australia, but rejected by N. S. Wales.

Governor Hampden succeeded by Earl Beauchamp.

The Rt. Hon. Hallam Baron Tennyson becomes Governor of
South Australia.

Conference of Premiers at Melbourne.-The Referendum; the
Bill is accepted by N. S. Wales, Tasmania, Queensland,
Victoria, and S. Australia.

N.S. W. Departure of Lord Beauchamp.

1901 N.S.W. Vic.

Q'ld.

The Australian Colonies send military contingents to assist the
British forces against the Boer Republics.-The Federal
Bill receives the Royal Assent (9th July).-The Honorable
Edmund Barton, first Federal Prime Minister.

Readjustment of industrial conditions in many quarters.
Opening of the Federal Parliament at Melbourne.-Ejection from
the State Assembly of Mr. Findley, member for Melbourne,
for alleged disloyalty.

Departure of Lord Lamingtor.
Proclamation of the Australian Commonwealth, Lord Hopetour
first Governor-General.-The Federal Parliament opened by
the Heir-Apparent to the British Crown, the Duke of Corn-
wall 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.

Agitation for Parliamentary Reform.-Mr. Irvine becomes
Premier.

Qld. Arrival of Sir Herbert Charles Chermside, the new Governor.-
Inland mail service interrupted for a time by drought.
Reduction of members of Legislative Assembly from 64 to 42 and
of Legislative Council from 24 to 18. Ministers reduced
from 6 to 4.

S.A.

W.A. Opening of pumping station at Northam in connection with
Coolgardie water supply scheme. - Departure of Governor
Sir Arthur Lawley.

[as.

Conference of State Statisticians, Attorneys-General, and Ministers for Agriculture.-Strong protest against Federal action with reference to letters addressed to "Tattersall

De Surville kidnaps a

1772

1773

66

rangatira" (Maori chieftain.)

Marion du Fresne killed and eaten by the Maoris.

Furneaux enters Queen Charlotte Sound.

1790 Chatham Islands discovered by Lieutenant Broughton.

1793

1795

1800 1806

1807

1809

1810

1814

1815

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 introduction of horses, cattle, sheep, and poultry.-Appointment of Magistrates for New Zealand.

Attempted capture of the "Trial" and the "Brothers" at Kennedy Bay. 1816 Two ships wrecked and their crews eaten.

1818

Expedition of Hongi and Te Morenga to East Cape.

1819-20 Raid on Taranaki and Port Nicholson by Patone, Nene, and Te

Rauparaha.

1820 Hongi's trip to England.-Coromandel visited by H.M. Store-ship Auckland Harbour entered by the "Prince

1821

1822

1823

1824

1825

1825

1827

1828

1829

1830

Coromandel."

Regent."

Fall of Mauinaina Pa (Auckland Isthmus) and Te Totara Pa (Thames) to

Hongi.

Hongi takes Matakitaki Pa (Waikato).-Baron de Thierry attempts to
buy land at Hokianga.

Act passed to extend the jurisdiction of the New South Wales Courts to
British subjects in New Zealand.-Capture of Mokoia Pa (Rotorua
Lake) by Hongi.

Pomare takes Te Whetumatarau Pa, near East Cape.

Formation of Lord Durham's (unsuccessful) New Zealand Association.—
Hongi defeats Ngati- Whatua at Te Ikaaranganui (Kaipara).
Brief settlement at Hauraki Gulf.

Destruction of the Whangaroa mission station by Hongi's forces.
Death of Hongi at Whangaroa from wounds received at Hokianga.
Capture of brig "Hawes" by Maoris at Whakatane.

Battle of Taumata-Wiwi (near Cambridge).-Fall of Kaiapohia Pa
(Canterbury). Battle of Kororareka between two Nga-Puhi tribes.-
Massacre at Kaiapoi and death of Tama-i-hara-nui at the hands of
Te Rauparaha's adherents.