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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1854 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
Sport
Births
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12 February –
Edward Wittenoom, Western Australian politician (d.
1936)
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24 March –
Sir Henry Lefroy, 11th
Premier of Western Australia (d.
1930)
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12 April –
William Maloney, Victorian politician and doctor (d.
1940)
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20 May –
George Prendergast, 28th
Premier of Victoria (d.
1937)
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25 June –
Andrew Lang Petrie, Queensland politician (d.
1928)
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5 August –
William Aitcheson Haswell, zoologist (born in the
United Kingdom) (d.
1925)
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18 October –
Billy Murdoch, cricketer (d.
1911)
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30 November –
James Wilkinson, Queensland politician (d.
1915)
- Unknown, possibly
December –
Ned Kelly, bushranger (d.
1880)
Deaths
References
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