APPENDIX. 



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1853. 



2^ J"^y The Australian Museum incorporated, the foundation stone liavini; l)foii 



laid in 1SIJ6. 



11 October >Sydney Corporation dissolved and commission appointed, 



-1 ,, Constitution Bill passed. 



1854. 



2 M'^y '"^^ Henry (then Mr.) Parkes elected to the Legislative Council. 



8 Jii"e Establishment of the Colonial Odice, London, as distinct from the War 



Office. 

 4 August First Volunteer Act passed. Enrolment commenced ."W August. 



3 December ... Riots on Ballarat gold-tields. Attack on Eureka Stockade. 

 17 ,, ... First E.\:hibition in Australian colonies opened at Melbourne. 



1855. 



20 .Tanuary Sir ^Yilliam Denison succeeds Governor FitzRoy. 



20 September... Railway from Sydney to Parramatta opened. 



19 December ... Governor Denison re-appointed and re-sworn under the new Constitution. 



1856. 



1 January Name Tasmania adopted in place of Vcvn Diemen's Land. 



22 May First Parliament under constitutional Government met at Sydney. 



24 June Orders-in-Council separatintr Norfolk Island from Tasmania and en 



it a separate settlement under the jurisdiction of the (Jovernor of 

 New South Wales. The Pitcairn islanders transferred sliortiy after- 

 wards to Norfolk Island. 



1857. 



18 March Corporation of Sydney re-establishment. 



20 August The Dunbar wrecked. 



— ,, Great flood in the Hunter River. 



30 December .. Sydney Exchange opened. 



1858, 



12 May The Rev. Samuel Marsden died. 



19 July Telegraphic communication established between Sydney and Mell>ourne 



and Adelaide. 

 24 November... Manhood suffrage introduced in New South ^^'ales. 



1859. 



10 December ... Queensland separated from New South Wales. Sir George Rowen first 

 Governor. 



1860. 



3 August jNIaori war. Troops landed from Australia. 



20 ,, Burke and Wills leave Melbourne. 



1861. 



22 January ... Governor Denison relinquishes the Government. 



13 May Messrs. Parkes and Dalley appointed Emigration Commissioners, and 



lecturers in Great Britain. 

 16 ,, ... Governor Young assumed office, Lieutenant-Colonel Kempt liaving acted 



in the interim. 

 24 June Ajjpointments to the Legislative Assembly made for life instead of five 



years. 



1862. . ^ 



1 January New Land Act. Free selection before survey came into force, 



7 November... The Real Property Act (Torrens) passed. 



1863. 



— June Great flood in Hunter River. 



6 July Northern Territory separated from New South Wales and annexed to 



South Australia. 



1865. 



20 June Stamp duties first imposed. 



1868. 



12 July The Cawarra wrecked. 



15 November... Garden Island dedicated to Imperial Government. 



22 December ... The Education Act, establishing the Council of Education, passed. 



