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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1872 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
Events
Sport
Births
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1 January –
Arthur Manning, New South Wales politician (d.
1947)
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22 February –
Shaw Neilson, poet (d.
1942)
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26 February –
John Holman, Western Australian politician (d.
1925)
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13 June –
Lydia Abell, military nurse, recipient of
Royal Red Cross (RRC) (d.
1959)
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20 June –
George Carpenter, 5th General of
The Salvation Army (d.
1948)
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28 June –
John Keating, Tasmanian politician (d.
1940)
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28 September –
David Unaipon, inventor and author (d.
1967)
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14 October –
John Leckie, Victorian politician (d.
1947)
- Full date unknown:
- Possibly
September –
Douglas Fry, artist (born in the
United Kingdom) (d.
1911)
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Bertha Schroeder, New Zealand Salvation Army officer, social worker, and probation officer (d.
1953)
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Joe Slater, composer and publisher (d.
1926)
Deaths
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4 January –
Sir Edward Macarthur,
Administrator of Victoria (born and died in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1789)
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15 January –
John King, explorer (born in
Ireland) (b.
1838)
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12 February –
George Herbert Rogers, actor (born in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1820)
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20 February –
Andrew Petrie, architect (born in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1798)
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20 March –
William Wentworth, New South Wales politician and explorer (born in
Norfolk Island) (b.
1790)
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28 April –
Louisa Atkinson, writer and botanist (b.
1834)
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19 May –
John Baker, 2nd
Premier of South Australia (born in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1813)
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11 June –
John Davies, newspaper proprietor (born in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1814)
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31 December –
John McKinlay, explorer and grazier (born in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1819)
- Unknown –
John Dibbs, mariner (born and died in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1790)
References
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