1863 in Australia

"See also:"
1862 in Australia,
other events of 1863,
1864 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales - John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar
*Governor of Queensland - Sir George Bowen
*Governor of South Australia - Sir Dominick Daly
*Governor of Tasmania - Colonel Thomas Browne
*Governor of Victoria - Sir Henry Barkly until 10 September, then Sir Charles Darling

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:
*Premier of New South Wales - Charles Cowper until 15 October, then James Martin
*Premier of Queensland - Robert Herbert
*Premier of South Australia - George Waterhouse until 4 July, then Francis Dutton until 15 July, then Henry Ayers
*Premier of Tasmania - Thomas Chapman until 20 January, then James Whyte
*Premier of Victoria - John O'Shanassy until 27 June, then James McCulloch

Events

* February 7 - The Sydney-based Royal Navy corvette HMS "Orpheus" sinks off the coast of New Zealand claiming 189 lives.
* February 21 - James Cockle is appointed the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland.
* March 14 - Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent granting Goulburn, New South Wales city status, making it Australia's first inland city.
* July 6 - Queen Victoria issues Letters Patent annexing to South Australia the part of the colony of New South Wales that would later become the Northern Territory. [ [http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item.asp?dID=49 Letters Patent annexing the Northern Territory to South Australia, 1863] , National Archives of Australia.]
* November 11 - Elizabeth Scott is hanged for the murder of her husband, making her the first woman to be executed in Victoria.

Non-specific dates

* South Sea Islanders are brought into Queensland to work as indentured labourers in the colony's sugar industry.
* Over 2,400 volunteers are recruited to fight in the New Zealand land wars.

Exploration and Settlement

* January 17 - Explorer John McKinlay returns home to Gawler, South Australia after an unsuccessful two-year search for the missing Burke and Wills expedition.
* April 28 - Brewarrina, New South Wales proclaimed a township.

port

* November 3 - "Banker" wins the Melbourne Cup, in the smallest field in Cup history of six horses.

Births

* January 26 - Charles Wade, Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922)
* July 14 - Arthur Coningham, cricketer (d. 1939)
* July 16 - Anderson Dawson, Premier of Queensland (d. 1910)
* October 26 - Neville Howse, first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1930)
* October 26 - John Henry Michell, mathematician (d. 1940)
* November 29 - Adrian Knox, second Chief Justice of the High Court (d. 1932)

References

ee also

*1863
*1860s