1853 in Australia

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1853
in
Australia

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1853 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Events

This was a year of intense political agitation by miners on the Victorian goldfields.

Exploration and settlement

Science and technology

Sport

  • 23 September - occupancy of the present site of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was part of a 'police paddock', was given to the Melbourne Cricket Club by Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe. This followed the forced resumption of land from the then-15-year-old Club to build Australia's first steam train railway.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Cable, K. J. "Broughton, William Grant (1788–1853)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

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