1855 in Australia

1855 in Australia

"See also:"

1854 in Australia,
other events of 1855,
1856 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 Richard G. MacDonnell, CB
*Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
*Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria - Charles La Trobe; from June Sir Charles Hotham
*Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain Charles Fitzgerald

Events

* September 8 - Queen Victoria signs an Order-in-Council to change the name of Van Diemen's Land to Tasmania.

Births

* July 12 - David Angus, founder of Angus & Robertson, born in Thurso, Scotland.
* October 28 - Francis James Gillen, an early anthropologist who studied Indigenous culture.

Deaths

* December 31 - Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria aged 48.

ee also

*1855
*1850s


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