1859 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1859 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Premiers
Events
- 14 May — Melbourne Football Club is founded.
- 6 June — The colony of Queensland is established by decree of Queen Victoria.
- July — Geelong Football Club is founded.[1]
- 5 August — The passenger steamship SS Admella is shipwrecked on a submerged reef near Mount Gambier South Australia with the loss of 89 lives.
- 6 October — Thomas Austin takes 24 rabbits and 5 hares to Australia in order to release them there as a game. They will multiply exponentially.
- The first permanent educational institution for girls, the East Leigh, is founded in Melbourne by Elizabeth Tripp.
References
- ↑ "Detailed History". geelongcats.com.au. Geelong Cats. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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