1867 in Australia

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, until 11 August then Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore
• Governor of Queensland – Sir George Bowen
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Dominick Daly
• Governor of Tasmania – Colonel Thomas Browne
• Governor of Victoria – Sir John Manners-Sutton

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales – James Martin
• Premier of Queensland – Robert Herbert until 15 August then Robert Mackenzie
• Premier of South Australia – James Boucaut until 3 May then Henry Ayers (for the 3rd time)
• Premier of Tasmania – Richard Dry
• Premier of Victoria – James McCulloch

• 7 January – Riots at the Crocodile Creek goldfield destroyed the property of Chinese miners.
• 1 June – Greatest recorded flood of the Hawkesbury River at 19.2 metres.[1]
• 12 October – The transportation of convicts to Western Australia ceases when the last convict ship to Western Australia, the Hougoumont, left Britain.
• 16 October – English immigrant James Nash reports to authorities that he has discovered 75 ounces of alluvial gold in a creek at Gympie, Queensland. The find sparks a gold rush to the area, saving the colony of Queensland from bankruptcy.
• 30 October – Prince Alfred, second son of Queen Victoria, arrives in Australia for the country's first royal visit.

• Saint Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods found the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart[2]

• National Gallery of Victoria Art School accepts its first students

• Tim Whiffler wins the Melbourne Cup

• 8 April – Arthur Streeton, artist (died 1943)
• 17 June – Henry Lawson, writer (died 1922)
• 4 December – Stanley Argyle, Premier of Victoria (died 1940)
• 26 December – John Bradfield, engineer (died 1943)

• 11 January – Stuart Donaldson, Premier of New South Wales (born 1812)
• 25 June – Bushrangers the Clarke brothers executed in Sydney.
• 11 November – Mary Ann Bugg, bushranger (born 1834)