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12 July – The first edition of The Advertiser newspaper is published in Adelaide, South Australia.
7 August – The first recorded game of Australian rules football is played between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College at Yarra Park.^[1]
10 September – Fitzroy, Victoria becomes a municipality in its own right, after separating from the City of Melbourne.^[2]
8 December – The construction of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne begins.

28 January – Sir Edgeworth David, geologist and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1934)
18 June – Sir Hector Rason, 7th Premier of Western Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1927)
2 July – King O'Malley, Tasmanian politician (born in the United States) (d. 1953)
5 September – Victor Daley, poet (born in Ireland) (d. 1905)
27 October – Sir Elliott Lewis, 19th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1935)
17 December – John Barrett, Victorian politician (d. 1928)

^ Chronology of Australian Football Archived 10 July 2012 at archive.today, Australian Football League.
^ Municipality of Fitzroy, Victoria Archived 25 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Museum Victoria.

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