1871 in Australia

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Australia |

* 1872
* 1873
* 1874
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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

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### Governors

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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

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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

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* 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

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

## Sport

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

## Births

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* 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

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* 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

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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

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