See also: 1851 in Australia, other events of 1852, 1853 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
• Governor of Queensland - (office first formed in 1859)
• Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Fox Young
• Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
• Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria - Charles La Trobe
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain Charles Fitzgerald.

Events

• February 10 - the Supreme Court of Victoria sits for the first time in Melbourne.
• June 25 - The Murrumbidgee River flooded Gundagai, New South Wales killing 89 of the population of 250. The town was moved to higher ground.
• October 11 - The University of Sydney was inaugurated, Australia's first university.

Births

• April 14 - John Quick, politician (d. 1932)

See also

• 1852
• 1850s

References