1852 in Australia
See also: 1851 in Australia, other events of 1852, 1853 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales - Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy
- Governor of Queensland - (office first formed in 1859)
- Governor of South Australia - Sir Henry Fox Young
- Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania - Sir William Denison
- Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria - Charles La Trobe; (office first formed in 1851)
- Governor of Western Australia - (office first formed in 1890)
Events
- February 10 - the Supreme Court of Victoria sits for the first time in Melbourne.
- June 25 - The Murrumbidgee River flooded Gundagai, New South Wales killing 89 of the population of 250. The town was moved to higher ground.
- October 11 - The University of Sydney was inaugurated, Australia's first university.
Births
- April 14 - John Quick, politician (d. 1932)