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The following lists events that happened during 1879 in Australia. Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Sir Hercules Robinson...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1879. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

tours to Australia started in 1861, and while successful, were still in their infancy in 1879, despite the first Test match having been played in 1877. The...

The 1879 Victoria v South Australia involved a series of two matches with teams representing Victoria and South Australia. The matches were played in Victoria...

list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1879. Ada Cambridge — In Two Years Time John Boyle O'Reilly – Moondyne Catherine...

the Jerilderie Letter was dictated by Australian bushranger Ned Kelly to fellow Kelly Gang member Joe Byrne in 1879. It is one of only two original Kelly...

"Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (1879–1939)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7...

1879 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships College championship College football national championship...

celebrate the official birthday of the Queen, and were published in The London Gazette on 24 May 1879. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were...

Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom Elsie Clare Pidgeon (1879–1956), Australian army nurse and hospital matron Emily Pidgeon...

toured Australia and New Zealand in 1878–79 in a private tour organised by the Melbourne Cricket Club. The team's match against Australia in January 1879 was...

South Australia – Lieutenant-General William Jervois, Governor of South Australia (1877–1883) Victoria George Bowen, Governor of Victoria (1873–1879) George...

line in the world. 1871 – Tasmania – Deloraine to Launceston railway opened as broad gauge, converted to narrow gauge in 1888 1879 – Western Australia –...

Hanover Bay in April. There they were picked up by HMS Beagle and Lynher and taken to Mauritius to recuperate. In 1879, Western Australian government surveyor...

on to Ajana in Western Australia. It operated between 1879 and 1957. It was the first government railway constructed in Western Australia. The Geraldton...

Kibble (née Trotter; born 1974), American Gospel singer Nita Kibble (1879–1964), Australian librarian Tom W. B. Kibble (1932–2016), British theoretical physicist...

The list of shipwrecks in February 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1879. "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow...

mentioned in the Jerilderie Letter written by the notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly in 1879. The colloquial expression for the state is "Tassie". Tasmania...

Jervois, Governor of South Australia (1877–1883) Victoria – George Bowen, Governor of Victoria (1873–1879) Western Australia – Major-General Harry Ord...

Australia – Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor of South Australia (1873–1877) Victoria – George Bowen, Governor of Victoria (1873–1879) Western Australia...