1871 in Australia

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Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	Other events of 1871 Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1871 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
• Governor of Queensland – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
• Governor of South Australia – Sir James Fergusson
• Governor of Tasmania – Charles Du Cane
• Governor of Victoria – John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury
• Governor of Western Australia – The Hon. Sir Frederick Weld GCMG.

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales – Sir James Martin
• Premier of Queensland – Arthur Hunter Palmer
• Premier of South Australia – John Hart until 10 November, then Arthur Blyth
• Premier of Tasmania – James Milne Wilson
• Premier of Victoria – Sir James McCulloch until 19 June, then Charles Gavan Duffy

Events

• 15 March – Australia's first synagogue opens in Adelaide, South Australia.
• 5 May – The Prince Alfred Hospital opens in Melbourne. ^[1]
• 19 June – Charles Gavan Duffy assumes office as Premier of Victoria.
• 24 September – Mother Mary MacKillop is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church after refusing to disband the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart order. ^[2]

Exploration and settlement

• March – Explorer John Ross is the first European to explore and name the Todd River.

Sport

• The South Australian Cricket Association is founded. ^[3]
• 7 November – The Pearl wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

• 10 January – Miles Evergood (died 1939), artist
• 24 January – Oscar Asche (died 1936), actor and director
• 17 February – Florence Anderson, (died 1939) first female trade union secretary in Victoria
• 22 February – Hayden Starke (died 1958), High Court judge
• 3 April – John Wren (died 1953), businessman
• 20 August – Sydney Long (died 1955), artist
• 23 November – William Watt (died 1946), 24th Premier of Victoria

Deaths

• 2 January – Sir Samuel Blackall (born 1809), Governor of Queensland
• 19 January – Sir William Denison (born 1804), Governor of Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales
• 23 April – James Frederick Palmer (born 1803), Victorian politician

References

1. Mitchell, Ann M. (1977). The hospital south of the Yarra : a history of Alfred Hospital Melbourne from foundation to the nineteen-forties. Melbourne: Alfred Hospital. ISBN   0-9596503-0-X. OCLC   6686065.
2. "MacKillop banished after uncovering sex abuse". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 25 September 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
3. "South Australian Cricketing Association". South Australian Register . Adelaide. 1 June 1871. p. 6. Retrieved 30 September 2012– via National Library of Australia. The "ing" was dropped between the 1898 and 1899 A.G.M.s