1852 in Australia
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Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
- Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Fox Young
- Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
- Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria - Charles La Trobe
- Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony - Captain Charles Fitzgerald.
Events
- 10 February - the Supreme Court of Victoria sits for the first time in Melbourne.
- 25 June - The Murrumbidgee River flooded Gundagai, New South Wales killing 89 of the population of 250. The town was moved to higher ground.
- 4 July - Anti-Chinese riots occure in Victoria, Australia.
- 11 October - The University of Sydney was inaugurated, Australia's first university.
Births
- 14 April - John Quick, politician (d. 1932)
- 20 November - Henry Hoyle, politician and co-founder of the New South Wales Rugby League (d. 1926)