1866 in Australia

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Incumbents

Governor of New South Wales – Sir John Young, Bt
Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen
Governor of South Australia – Sir Dominick Daly
Governor of Tasmania – Colonel Thomas Browne
Governor of Victoria – Sir Charles Darling (until 7 May), then Sir John Manners-Sutton (from 15 August)
Governor of Western Australia – Dr John Hampton

1 February – Arthur Macalister becomes Premier of Queensland
19 March – Sister Mary MacKillop founds the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart at Penola, South Australia.
17 April – The Tariff Bill passes through the Parliament of Victoria; Australia's first protective tariffs become law the following day.
20 June – Adelaide's town Hall opens
12 July – SS Cawarra was wrecked off Newcastle, only 1 of 61 passengers and crew survive
18 July – The passenger vessel Netherby is wrecked off King Island, all 450 on board survived
20 July – Arthur Macalister resigns as Premier of Queensland during a bank crisis, he resumes his post on 7 August as the crisis eased
15 August – John Manners-Sutton becomes Governor of Victoria
8 September – The Blood or bread riots begin as unemployed men attempt to storm government stores; the riots continue to the 10th
10 October – Dandenong Market opens in South-East Melbourne.
24 October – The Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia opens in Melbourne.
24 November – Richard Dry becomes Premier of Tasmania
7 December – John Granville Grenfell, gold commissioner, killed by bushrangers near Narromine

29 January – Frank Tudor, 6th Federal Leader of the Opposition (d. 1922)
31 January – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, 7th Governor-General of Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1936)
15 March – Matthew Charlton, 7th Federal Leader of the Opposition (d. 1948)
26 March – Barcroft Boake, poet (d. 1892)
27 March – John Allan, 29th Premier of Victoria (d. 1936)
11 April – Bernard O'Dowd, poet, activist, and journalist (d. 1953)
21 April – Stanley Price Weir, army officer and public servant (d. 1944)
5 August – Harry Trott, cricketer (d. 1917)
23 September – James Hume Cook, Victorian politician (born in New Zealand) (d. 1942)
15 October – Jack Barrett, cricketer (d. 1916)

11 January – Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, actor (born in Ireland) (b. 1818)
3 February – William Haines, 1st Premier of Victoria (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1810)
7 May – Edward Charles Close, New South Wales politician and soldier (born in the British Raj) (b. 1790)
5 June – John McDouall Stuart, explorer (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1815)
25 September – Osmond Gilles, South Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1788)

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

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