1858 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1858 in Australia.

← 1857 1856 1855 1858 in Australia → 1859 1860 1861
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	Other events of 1858 Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir William Denison
• Governor of South Australia – Shannon Amour Osborne
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir Henry Young
• Governor of Victoria – Sir Henry Barkly
• Governor of Western Australia as a Crown Colony – Sir Arthur Kennedy

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales – Charles Cowper
• Premier of South Australia – Richard Hanson
• Premier of Tasmania – Francis Smith
• Premier of Victoria – Dr William Haines (until 10 March), then John O'Shanassy

Events

• 12 July – The first edition of The Advertiser newspaper is published in Adelaide, South Australia.
• 7 August – The first recorded game of Australian rules football is played between Melbourne Grammar School and Scotch College at Yarra Park.
• 10 September – Fitzroy, Victoria becomes a municipality in its own right, after separating from the City of Melbourne.
• 8 December – The construction of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne begins.

Arts and literature

Main article: 1858 in Australian literature

Births

• 28 January – Sir Edgeworth David, geologist and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1934)
• 18 June – Sir Hector Rason, 7th Premier of Western Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1927)
• 2 July – King O'Malley, Tasmanian politician (born in the United States) (d. 1953)
• 5 September – Victor Daley, poet (born in Ireland) (d. 1905)
• 27 October – Sir Elliott Lewis, 19th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1935)
• 17 December – John Barrett, Victorian politician (d. 1928)

Deaths

• 16 February – Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy, 10th Governor of New South Wales (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1796)
• 2 April – Sir Ralph Darling, 7th Governor of New South Wales (born in Ireland and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1772)
• 31 August – Elizabeth Underwood, settler (b. 1794)