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Decades:	1850s; 1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s;
See also:	Other events of 1878; Timeline of Australian history;

The following lists events that happened during 1878 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch - Victoria

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

Premier of New South Wales – James Farnell (until 20 December), then Sir Henry Parkes^[6]
Premier of Queensland – John Douglas^[7]
Premier of South Australia – James Boucaut (until 27 September),^[8] then William Morgan^[9]
Premier of Tasmania – Philip Fysh (until 5 March),^[10] then William Giblin^[11]
Premier of Victoria – Graham Berry^[12]

Events

8–9 January – "Black Wednesday", 300 senior public servants are sacked in Victoria by the government of Graham Berry as revenge against the Legislative Council, on the grounds that as the appropriation bill had not been passed in the council, they could not be paid.^[13]
20 May – One thousand unemployed men march up Collins Street, Melbourne, demanding relief work. Premier Berry agrees to construct sanitation works and thus employ two hundred men.^[14]
1 June – The clipper ship Loch Ard is wrecked at Mutton Bird Island, just off the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria; 45 die, only two lives are saved.^[15]
9 December – Ned Kelly and his gang lock 22 people in a storehouse on a sheep station near Euroa. The next day they rob Euroa's bank.^[16]

Exploration and settlement

18 January – construction of the Central Australia Railway starts in Port Augusta
3 September – the Main Southern railway line reached Wagga Wagga in an attempt to lure Riverina trade away from Victoria.
European discovery of the Great Artesian Basin when a shallow bore near Bourke, New South Wales produced flowing water.
Walcha, New South Wales proclaimed a town.
The Brisbane suburb of Alderley, Queensland gained a post office.
District of Kingaroy settled.
The railway system reached Morgan, South Australia which was proclaimed a town in the same year.
Quorn, South Australia surveyed and declared a town.
Charter of Snowtown, South Australia proclaimed.

Science and technology

8 January – The telephone is used for the first time in Australia in Melbourne.
The Sydney Mechanics' Institute, founded in 1843, becomes the Sydney Technical College
At Burnie, Tasmania, the Van Diemen's Land Company construct a 75 km wooden, horse-drawn, tramway to serve Mount Bischoff, at the time the richest tin mine in the world.

Arts and literature

30 November – Advance Australia Fair first sung publicly at the Highland Society of NSW's annual Scottish concert in the Protestant Hall, Sydney.

Sport

22 April – The Stawell Gift is run for the first time on Easter Monday in April.
5 November – Calamia wins the Melbourne Cup.

Births

19 January – Don Cameron, politician (died 1962)
30 March – Harold Cazneaux, photographer (died 1953)
4 July – John McPhee, Premier of Tasmania (1928–1934) (died 1952)
1 October – Helen Mayo, medical doctor (died 1967)

Deaths

11 March – Julie Vieusseux (born 1820), painter and educator
9 May – Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (born 1816), industrialist
14 August – Edward Henty (born 1810), pioneer settler
17 September – Randolph Isham Stow (born 1828), judge
22 October – Benjamin Babbage (born 1815), explorer
16 November – John Gardiner (born 1798), banker and pastoralist

References

^ "A List of Governors of New South Wales". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Governors of Queensland". govhouse.gld.gov.au. Government House Queensland. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Previous Governors". governor.sa.gov.au. Government House South Australia. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA". parliament.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Governors of Victoria". governor.vic.gov.au. State of Victoria, Australia. 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Premiers of New South Wales, 1856 - present". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Queensland Premiers". qld.gov.au. The State of Queensland. 3 August 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Former Member of Parliament Details". members.parliament.sa.gov.au. Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Morgan, E. J. R. (2020) [1974]. "Morgan, Sir William (1828–1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Premiers of Tasmania". parliament.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Premiers of Tasmania". parliament.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "PREMIER OF VICTORIA". parliament.vic.gov.au. Parliament of Victoria. 6 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Strangio, Paul (July 2008). "Black Wednesday". emelbourne.net.au. School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878". The Argus. No. 9961. Melbourne: The Argus. 21 May 1878. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.
^ Charlwood, D.E. (1971). The wreck of the Loch Ard: end of a ship, end of an era. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Bib ID 2672966.
^ "PARTICULARS OF THE STICKING-UP FAITHFUL CREEK STATION". The Evening News. Sydney. 14 December 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.

[1] "A List of Governors of New South Wales". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] "Governors of Queensland". govhouse.gld.gov.au. Government House Queensland. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "Previous Governors". governor.sa.gov.au. Government House South Australia. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] "GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA". parliament.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] "Governors of Victoria". governor.vic.gov.au. State of Victoria, Australia. 10 August 2020. Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[6] "Premiers of New South Wales, 1856 - present". parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[7] "Queensland Premiers". qld.gov.au. The State of Queensland. 3 August 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[8] "Former Member of Parliament Details". members.parliament.sa.gov.au. Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[9] Morgan, E. J. R. (2020) [1974]. "Morgan, Sir William (1828–1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[10] "Premiers of Tasmania". parliament.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[11] "Premiers of Tasmania". parliament.tas.gov.au. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[12] "PREMIER OF VICTORIA". parliament.vic.gov.au. Parliament of Victoria. 6 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[13] Strangio, Paul (July 2008). "Black Wednesday". emelbourne.net.au. School of Historical & Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[14] "TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1878". The Argus. No. 9961. Melbourne: The Argus. 21 May 1878. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.

[15] Charlwood, D.E. (1971). The wreck of the Loch Ard: end of a ship, end of an era. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Bib ID 2672966.

[16] "PARTICULARS OF THE STICKING-UP FAITHFUL CREEK STATION". The Evening News. Sydney. 14 December 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via Trove, National Library of Australia.

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1878 in Australia

Incumbents

Governors

Premiers

Events

Exploration and settlement

Science and technology

Arts and literature

Sport

Births

Deaths

References

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