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The following lists events that happened during 1867 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch - Victoria

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Governor of New South Wales – John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, until 11 August then Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen
Governor of South Australia – Sir Dominick Daly
Governor of Tasmania – Colonel Thomas Browne
Governor of Victoria – Sir John Manners-Sutton
Governor of Western Australia – Dr John Hampton

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

Premier of New South Wales – James Martin
Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert until 15 August then Robert Mackenzie
Premier of South Australia – James Boucaut until 3 May then Henry Ayers (for the 3rd time)
Premier of Tasmania – Richard Dry
Premier of Victoria – James McCulloch

Events

7 January – Riots at the Crocodile Creek goldfield destroyed the property of Chinese miners.
1 June – Greatest recorded flood of the Hawkesbury River at 19.2 metres.^[1]
12 October – The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases when the last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain.
16 October – English immigrant James Nash reports to authorities that he has discovered 75 ounces of alluvial gold in a creek at Gympie, Queensland. The find sparks a gold rush to the area, saving the colony of Queensland from bankruptcy.
30 October – Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, arrives in Australia for the country's first royal visit.

Religion

Saint Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods found the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart^[2]

Arts and literature

National Gallery of Victoria Art School accepts its first students

Sport

Tim Whiffler wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

Chris Watson

10 February – Chester Manifold, Victorian politician (d. 1918)
18 March – Charles Web Gilbert, sculptor (b. 1925)
8 April – Sir Arthur Streeton, artist (d. 1943)
9 April – Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (born in Chile) (d. 1941)
22 April – Sir Littleton Groom, Queensland politician (d. 1936)
17 June
- Franc Falkiner, New South Wales politician and grazier (d. 1929)
- Henry Lawson, writer and poet (d. 1922)
4 December – Sir Stanley Argyle, 32nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1940)
26 December – John Bradfield, engineer (d. 1943)

Deaths

11 January – Sir Stuart Donaldson, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
25 June
- John Clarke, bushranger (b. 1846), hanged
- Thomas Clarke, bushranger (b. 1840), hanged

References

^ Major Flood Emergencies in NSW: 1867, 1 June, Hawkesbury / Nepean, Government of New South Wales. Archived 12 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
^ "MacKillop to become Australia's first saint". 19 December 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

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