1852 in Australia

Lists of events happened in Australia during 1852

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10 February – the Supreme Court of Victoria sits for the first time in Melbourne.
1–2 April – The Nelson robbery takes place in Hobsons Bay.
25 June – The Murrumbidgee River flooded Gundagai, New South Wales killing 89 of the population of 250. The town was moved to higher ground. The flooding continued but no deaths occurred.
4 July – Anti-Chinese riots occur in Victoria, Australia.
11 October – The University of Sydney was inaugurated, Australia's first university.

19 January – Thomas Price, 24th Premier of South Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1909)
28 January – Louis Brennan, mechanical engineer and inventor (born in Ireland) (d. 1932)
8 February – Sir Malcolm McEacharn, Victorian politician and shipping magnate (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1910)
26 March – Alexander Sutherland, educator, writer and philosopher (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1902)
14 April – Sir John Quick, Victorian politician and lawyer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1932)
20 July – Sir William Rooke Creswell, 1st Naval Officer Commanding the Commonwealth Naval Forces (born in Gibraltar) (d. 1933)
12 August – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 12th Governor of South Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1930)
19 August – Edward Rennie, scientist (d. 1927)
4 September – Edmund Banfield, author and naturalist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1923)
18 September – Clement Wragge, meteorologist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1922)
20 November – Henry Hoyle, New South Wales politician and rugby league administrator (d. 1926)
26 November – Arthur Groom, Victorian politician and land agent (d. 1922)
27 December – John Ferguson, minister (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1925)

21 May – James Mudie, officer, landowner and author (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1779)
29 June – Jeffery Hart Bent, judge (born in the United Kingdom and died in Guyana) (b. 1781)
16 October – George Evans, surveyor and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1780)
Unknown – Johann Menge, explorer and geologist (born in Hesse-Cassel) (b. 1788)

Years in Australia (1788–present)

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