1877 in Australia

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Incumbents

Premier of New South Wales –
- until 21 March: John Robertson
- 21 March-16 August: Henry Parkes
- 17 August-17 December: John Robertson
- starting 17 December: James Farnell
Premier of Queensland – George Thorn until 8 March, then John Douglas
Premier of South Australia – John Colton until 26 October, then James Boucaut
Premier of Tasmania – Thomas Reibey until 9 August, then Philip Fysh
Premier of Victoria – James McCulloch

8 March – John Douglas becomes Premier of Queensland
10 March – Cloncurry was established
15 March to 4 April – 1877 Australia v England series is played
1 April – A settlement on Thursday Island was established for the refueling of steam ships
8 June – Lutherans found the Hermannsburg Mission at Finke River in the Northern Territory
20 July – Arthur Kennedy becomes Governor of Queensland
9 August – Philip Fysh becomes Premier of Tasmania
17 August – John Robertson begins another term as Premier of New South Wales
11 September – Ships Avalanche and Forrest collide off Portland, Victoria, only 3 of the 107 passengers are saved
2 October – William Jervois becomes Governor of South Australia
26 October – James Boucaut becomes Premier of South Australia
12 November – Harry Ord becomes Governor of Western Australia

Marie Gavotte 1877 by Herbert Hedwan Chandler

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25 March – Caroline Chisholm, humanitarian (b. 1808)
2 April – Bully Hayes, ship's captain and trader
7 April – John Arthur, Tasmanian cricketer (b. 1847)
16 June – John Fairfax, journalist and politician (b. 1804)
18 July – Joseph Anderson, Norfolk Island administrator (b. 1790)
17 August – Martin Cash, convict escapee (born 1808)
16 September – Saxe Bannister, first Attorney General of New South Wales (b. 1790)

^ Hadwen-Chandler, Herbert (1900), Marie gavotte : for piano, W. H. Glen & Co, retrieved 18 August 2021
^ "Musical Notes". The Telegraph. No. 5, 346. Queensland, Australia. 30 November 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 18 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

Barker, Anthony (1996). What Happened When. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-986-3.

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