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The 1860's

1860 - Monday, June 11

Royal Commission on harbour improvements and a River and Harbour Trust established.

1860 - Monday, August 20

Burke and Wills, explorers, start from Melbourne for Carpentaria.

1860 - Tuesday, September 18

Legislation passed through the Council to prohibit gatherings of 50 or more people within a "half mile block" of Parliament House. This was in response to a riot weeks earlier by people protesting against unfair land ownership by squatters. Rioters smashed windows in both houses and generally threatened Parliamentarians and police alike. Another consequence of the riot were two gun emplacements built into the new west facade of the Parliament building.

1860 - Thursday, September 20

Royal Commission on the defences of the colony - appointed to consider the best mode of carrying out the recommendations of the Defences Commission of 1858 presented its final report to Parliament. (Exact date/year uncertain.)

1860 - Saturday, November 10

Royal Commission on harbour improvements and a River and Harbour Trust presented its final report to Parliament.

1860 - Tuesday, November 20

Opening of Second Session of Second Parliament of Victoria.

1860 - Monday, November 26

Premier of Victoria, William Nicholson, retired from office, having served 397 days.

Richard Heales assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

1861 - Monday, February 11

Robert Burke and William Wills reach mangroves, which they take to be the coast, on their journey from Melbourne to Gulf of Carpentaria

1861 - Thursday, February 21

Victorian Premier George Alexander Elmslie was born.

1861 - Tuesday, June 11

Sir Alexander James Peacock Victorian politician and Premier was born at Creswick.

1861 - Saturday, June 29

Burke and Wills died at Cooper's Creek.

1861 - Thursday, July 11

Dissolution of the 2nd Victorian Parliament.

1861 - Friday, August 2

A general election was held in Victoria.

1861 - Tuesday, August 20

The current Parliamentary Library in Parliament House was opened.

1861 - Friday, August 30

The Opening of the 3rd Victorian Parliament was celebrated.

1861 - Thursday, November 7

The first Melbourne Cup was run at Flemington racecourse (the race was won by 'Archer').

1861 - Tuesday, November 12

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the sufferings and death of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian explorers.

1861 - Thursday, November 14

John O'Shanassy assumed office for his third term as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, Richard Heales, retired from office, having served 354 days.

1861 - Tuesday, December 24

The first English cricket team, led by H.H. Stephenson visited the colonies and arrived in the 'Great Britain' at Sandridge (Port Melbourne) to an overwhelming welcome.

1862 - Friday, January 31

Royal Commission into the circumstances connected with the sufferings and death of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian explorers, presented its final report to Parliament.

1862 - Thursday, April 10

The railway from Geelong to Ballarat was opened by the Governor, Sir Henry Barkly, and celebrated with a banquet for 500 guests and Members of Parliament.

1862 - Tuesday, July 8

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the conditions and prospects of the gold fields of Victoria.

1862 - Monday, September 22

George Coppin opened his new Haymarket Theatre in Bourke Street, Melbourne.

1862 - Friday, November 7

Opening of Second Session of Third Parliament of Victoria.

1863 - Monday, January 12

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the origin and nature of the cattle disease known as pleuro-pneumonia.

1863 - Wednesday, January 21

Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills laid together at rest in the Melbourne General Cemetery. Parliament adjourned for the day, and members joined the funeral procession.

1863 - Monday, February 2

James Smith appointed Parliamentary Librarian; he held the position until February 1869.

1863 - Saturday, June 27

James McCulloch assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, John O'Shanassy, retired from office, having served 591 days.

1863 - Thursday, August 13

Royal Commission into the conditions and prospects of the gold fields of Victoria presented its final report to Parliament. (Exact date uncertain.)

1863 - Wednesday, September 2

The Victorian Government passed the Local Government Act 1863 which enabled the setting up of Road Districts and Shires in the Colony.

1863 - Thursday, September 10

Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.B. retired as Governor of Victoria.

1863 - Friday, September 11

Sir Charles Henry Darling, K.C.B. was sworn in as Governor of Victoria

1863 - Wednesday, November 11

Elizabeth Scott was the first woman to be executed in Victoria. She was hanged for the murder of her husband (refer to Hansard on this day).

1864 - Sunday, June 19

Former Victorian Premier Richard Heales died.

1864 - Thursday, August 25

Dissolution of 3rd Victorian Parliament.

1864 - Wednesday, October 5

A general election was held in Victoria.

1864 - Friday, October 21

A general election was held in Victoria.

1864 - Thursday, November 3

A general election was held in Victoria.

1864 - Monday, November 28

Opening of 4th Parliament. McCulloch takes office with increased majority.

1865 - Sunday, February 19

The tender was issued for work on Parliament House for the construction of the Legislative Council foundations.

1865 - Tuesday, February 21

Royal Commission into the origin and nature of the cattle disease known as pleuro-pneumonia presented its third and final report to Parliament.

1865 - Friday, March 10

William Nicholson, Melbourne merchant, politician and Premier of Victoria from 1859-60, died at St Kilda.

1865 - Thursday, May 18

The explorer, Angus McMillan, died, as the result of an accident, at an inn at Iguana Creek in Gippsland.

1865 - Friday, June 23

Parliament created its own debate reporting department. J. J. Casey in his speech to Parliament noted "in the opinion of this house, provision should be made to secure an accurate report of the debates in Parliament in the form of Hansard". Parliamentary reporting had previously been undertaken by journalists from The Argus newspaper.

1865 - Tuesday, November 28

Prorogation of First Session of Fourth Parliament of Victoria.

1865 - Monday, December 11

Dissolution of 4th Victorian Parliament.

1865 - Saturday, December 30

A general election was held in Victoria.

1866 - Monday, January 15

A general election was held in Victoria.

1866 - Monday, January 29

A general election was held in Victoria.

1866 - Saturday, February 3

Former Victorian Premier William Haines died.

1866 - Monday, February 12

The Opening of the 5th Victorian Parliament was celebrated.

1866 - Tuesday, February 13

The mace that was later stolen in 1891 was first used in the Legislative Assembly.

The Legislative Assembly replaced the mace carried by the Serjeant-At-Arms with a new one made in London of silver overlaid with gold and weighing 270 ounces.

1866 - Tuesday, March 27

John Allan, politician and Premier of Victoria from 1924 to 1927 was born at Chintin near Lancefield, Victoria.

1866 - Monday, May 7

Sir Charles Henry Darling, K.C.B. retired as Governor of Victoria.

1866 - Friday, June 15

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into uncollected customs duties.

1866 - Monday, June 25

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into and report upon the operation and effect of the Wine and Spirits Sales Statute.

1866 - Wednesday, August 15

The Hon. Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, K.C.B. (Subsequently,the Right Honourable Viscount Canterbury), K.C.B.,) was sworn in as Governor of Victoria

1866 - Tuesday, September 4

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into and report upon the operation of the system of public education.

1867 - Thursday, January 17

Royal Commission into uncollected customs duties presented its final report to Parliament.

1867 - Saturday, January 26

Royal Commission into the operation of the system of public education presented its final report to Parliament.

1867 - Friday, February 22

Royal Commission into the best means of clearing the Murray River presented its final report to Parliament.

1867 - Wednesday, March 27

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into and report upon applications made for authority to mine within and under certain reserved lands at Ballarat.

1867 - Wednesday, May 15

Royal Commission into the operation and effect of the Wine and Spirits Sales Statute presented its final report to Parliament.

1867 - Tuesday, June 25

Royal Commission into applications made for authority to mine within and under certain reserved lands at Ballarat presented its final report to Parliament.

1867 - Friday, November 8

Prorogation of Fourth Session of Fifth Parliament of Victoria.

1867 - Wednesday, December 4

Victorian Premier Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle was born.

1867 - Monday, December 30

Dissolution of 5th Victorian Parliament.

1868 - Tuesday, January 21

Elections were held for the Legislative Assembly.

1868 - Friday, February 7

A general election was held in Victoria.

1868 - Wednesday, February 12

Parliament created Department of Hansard with three staff recruited from the Argus Newspaper. The printed volumes were entitled Parliamentary Debates but continued to be known as Hansard.

1868 - Thursday, February 20

A general election was held in Victoria.

1868 - Thursday, March 12

Henry James O'Farrell attempted to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh at a gathering at Clontarf in Sydney. The Prince escaped serious injury.

1868 - Friday, March 13

The Opening of the 6th Victorian Parliament was celebrated.

1868 - Wednesday, May 6

Charles Sladen assumed office as Premier of Victoria. A period of instability and tension between the two houses of Parliament resulted in a government being formed from the Upper House. Charles Sladen formed government despite having a minority in the Legislative Assembly. This was the first and only time this situation occurred in the history of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, James McCulloch, retired from office, having served 1776 days.

1868 - Saturday, July 11

James McCulloch assumed office for his second term as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, Charles Sladen, retired from office, having served 67 days.

1868 - Friday, November 27

Royal Commission appointed ... to enquire and report generally on the practice of paying or compensating members of the legislature in all countries where the practice prevails, and with a special view of ascertaining in each case the rate of payment or compensation, the conditions or limitations (if any) under which it is made, and the form or legislative enactment by which it has been authorized.

1868 - Sunday, December 6

Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald, Victorian fruitgrower, Country Party politician and Premier was born at Falkirk in Scotland.

1869 - Saturday, January 9

The fast clipper ship, 'Thermopylae', reached Melbourne after a record 60 days sailing from London.

1869 - Friday, February 5

The 'Welcome Stranger' gold nugget, yielding 69.92 kg of pure gold, was discovered at Moliagul, Victoria.

1869 - Monday, February 8

Royal Commission on the practice of paying or compensating members of the legislature in all countries where the practice prevails, and with a special view of ascertaining in each case the rate of payment or compensation, the conditions or limitations (if any) under which it is made, and the form or legislative enactment by which it has been authorized presented its final report to Parliament.

1869 - Monday, March 1

The Duke of Edinburgh visited Melbourne.

1869 - Wednesday, June 16

Charles Sturt, noted Australian explorer, died in Cheltenham in England, aged 74.

1869 - Saturday, September 4

Death of John Pascoe Fawkner, founder of the Colony of Victoria.

1869 - Monday, September 20

At 35 years and 11 months, John Alexander MacPherson became Victoria's youngest Premier.

Premier of Victoria, James McCulloch, retired from office, having served 437 days.

1869 - Thursday, November 11

Parliament passes the Aboriginal Protection Act 1869 to establish the Aboriginal Protection Board, making Victoria the first Colony to enact a comprehensive scheme to regulate the lives of Aboriginal people.