The following lists events that happened during 1860 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Sir William Denison Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen Governor of South Australia – Sir Richard G. MacDonnell Governor of Tasmania – Sir Henry Young Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly Governor of Western Australia – Sir Arthur Kennedy.
Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – William Forster until 8 March then John Robertson Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert Premier of South Australia – Richard Hanson until 9 May then Thomas Reynolds Premier of Tasmania – Francis Smith until 1 November then William Weston Premier of Victoria – William Nicholson until 26 November then Richard Heales
Events 20 August – Burke and Wills expedition sets off from Royal Park, Melbourne at about 4p.m. watched by around 15,000 spectators. 12 November – The Victorian College for the Deaf is opened in a small house in Peel Street Windsor. 12 December – Initial riots on the Lambing Flat goldfields near present-day Young, New South Wales.
Arts and literature
Births
6 April – Henry Willis, New South Wales politician (d. 1950) 20 June – Jack Worrall, Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy), cricketer and journalist (d. 1937) 23 June – Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, evolutionary biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1929) 27 July – Carty Salmon, Victorian politician (d. 1917) 25 August – Charles McDonald, Queensland politician (d. 1925) 6 September – May Jordan McConnel, trade unionist and suffragist (d. 1929) 25 September – John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, 1st Governor-General of Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1908) 7 November – Edward Millen, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1923) 18 November – Charles Kenningham, opera singer and actor (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1925) 7 December – Sir Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947) Unknown – Thomas Kennedy, Victorian politician (d. 1929)
Deaths
31 March – Frederick Irwin, Acting Governor of Western Australia (born in Ireland and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1794) 1 July – Robert Thomas, newspaper proprietor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1781)
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