Your search found 110 matches.

The 1870's

1870 - Saturday, April 9

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

Premier of Victoria, John Alexander MacPherson, retired from office, having served 202 days.

1870 - Monday, June 27

Royal Commission on noxious trades, etc. established.

1870 - Friday, July 8

Victorian Parliament voted to abolish State aid to religion, phasing out payments over the next five years, to cease by 1875.

1870 - Monday, August 1

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the conditions and management of the charitable institutions of the Colony, and generally into all matters connected therewith.

1870 - Monday, August 8

Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the state of the Public Service and working of the Civil Service Act.

1870 - Tuesday, August 9

Melbourne Town Hall was opened.

1870 - Friday, August 26

Royal Commission on intercolonial legislation and a Court of Appeal established.

1870 - Monday, August 29

Royal Commission appointed to consider and report upon the necessity of a Federal Union of the Australian Colonies for legislative purposes and the best means of accomplishing such a Union.

1870 - Monday, October 3

Royal Commission into the necessity of a Federal Union of the Australian Colonies for legislative purposes and the best means of accomplishing such a Union presented its final report to Parliament.

1870 - Thursday, October 27

The Hon. Sir William Henry Fancourt Mitchell became Victoria's second President of the Legislative Council.

1870 - Wednesday, December 21

Victorian MPs voted to be paid 300 pounds a year after a bill passed through the Legislative Council allowing for a three year trial period of such payment.

1870 - Thursday, December 29

Payment of Members Act assented to. Victoria became the first of the Australian colonies to introduce payments of Members of Parliament.

1871 - Monday, January 16

Royal Commission into the conditions and management of the charitable institutions of the Colony, and generally into all matters connected therewith presented its final report to Parliament.

1871 - Wednesday, January 25

Dissolution of 6th Victorian Parliament.

1871 - Tuesday, February 14

A general election was held in Victoria.

1871 - Friday, March 3

A general election was held in Victoria.

1871 - Thursday, March 16

A general election was held in Victoria.

1871 - Saturday, April 1

Royal Commission on intercolonial legislation and a Court of Appeal presented its final report to Parliament. (Exact date uncertain.)

1871 - Sunday, April 2

Victoria conducted a census which reveals a population of 731,528 (207,000 people lived in Melbourne).

1871 - Tuesday, April 25

Opening of 7th Victorian Parliament.

The Hon. Sir Charles MacMahon became Victoria's second Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1871 - Sunday, May 21

Royal Commission on noxious trades, etc. presented its final report to Parliament.

1871 - Monday, June 19

Charles Gavan Duffy assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

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

1871 - Tuesday, July 18

Royal Commission on foreign industries and forests established.

1871 - Tuesday, August 8

Royal Commission on penal and prison discipline established.

1871 - Monday, September 25

Royal Commission on industrial and reformatory schools and the sanitary station established.

1871 - Tuesday, November 21

Parliament passes Railways Extension Act; this leads to rapid expansion of Victoria’s rail network.

1871 - Thursday, November 23

Parliament passes 'no-liability' mining act by which mining company investors could only lose their original investment. This promotes high-risk speculation.

1871 - Saturday, November 25

Victorian Premier William Alexander Watt was born.

1871 - Monday, December 18

Lecture delivered by Anthony Trollope at the Town Hall, Melbourne, on behalf of the Caxton Commemoration Fund, 3000 present.

1872 - Monday, January 15

John King, surviving member of the leaders of the Burke and Wills Expedition, died of tuberculosis at St Kilda, aged 33.

1872 - Friday, February 9

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the origin of the disease known as diphtheria, the best mode of treatment thereof, etc.

1872 - Wednesday, May 15

Royal Commission on foreign industries and forests presented its final report to Parliament. (Exact date uncertain.)

1872 - Saturday, June 1

Royal Commission on foot and mouth disease established. (Exact date uncertain.)

1872 - Monday, June 10

James Goodall Francis assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, Charles Gavan Duffy, retired from office, having served 358 days.

1872 - Thursday, June 13

The Royal Mint buildings in William Street, Melbourne were officially opened.

1872 - Wednesday, July 3

William Thorne, first Victorian child born to English settlers, passed away aged 68.

1872 - Monday, July 8

The first issue of 40,000 sovereigns from the Victorian Mint.

1872 - Monday, July 22

Royal Commission into the origin of the disease known as diphtheria, the best mode of treatment thereof, etc. presented its final report to Parliament.

1872 - Wednesday, July 24

AG Scott (Captain Starlight) sentenced in Ballarat, Victoria, to 11 years' jail for robbery of Egerton Bank.

1872 - Monday, August 12

Royal Commission on penal and prison discipline presented its final report to Parliament.

1872 - Friday, August 23

Royal Commission on foot and mouth disease presented its second and final report to Parliament.

1872 - Thursday, September 12

The Government passed a Bill providing 'free, compulsory and secular' primary school education in the colony of Victoria. All children in Victoria are now required to attend school.

1872 - Wednesday, October 16

A Joint Select Committee tabled a report recommending that the western wing of the building "should be completed in accordance with the [same] style of architecture as the Library".

1872 - Tuesday, December 17

The Education Act was passed by the Victorian Government setting up an Education Department and guaranteeing children 'free, secular and compulsory education'.

1873 - Sunday, March 2

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

1873 - Friday, April 18

Royal Commission into the state of the Public Service and working of the Civil Service Act presented its final report to Parliament.

1873 - Wednesday, July 30

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G. was sworn in as Governor of Victoria.

1873 - Tuesday, November 11

The 'Supervision of Workrooms and Factories Act' was passed by the Victorian Parliament. It provided that no female should work longer than eight hours and directed factory owners to provide a certain standard of cleanliness and warmth.

1873 - Tuesday, November 25

Prorogation of Third Session of Seventh Parliament of Victoria.

1873 - Monday, December 1

Royal Commission on industrial and reformatory schools and the sanitary station presented its second and final report to Parliament.

1874 - Monday, March 9

Dissolution of 7th Victorian Parliament.

A general election was held in Victoria.

1874 - Wednesday, March 25

A general election was held in Victoria.

1874 - Wednesday, April 22

A general election was held in Victoria.

1874 - Tuesday, May 19

Opening of 8th Victorian Parliament.

1874 - Friday, July 31

George Briscoe Kerferd assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, James Goodall Francis, retired from office, having served 782 days.

1875 - Monday, February 15

Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the working of the Friendly Societies Statute.

1875 - Friday, March 5

Victorian Premier Harry Lawson was born.

1875 - Monday, March 8

Royal Commission appointed to consider and report upon the lighting and ventilation of the Legislative Assembly chamber, and the accommodation required for Honourable Members.

1875 - Tuesday, April 6

Royal Commission on Volunteer Forces established.

1875 - Thursday, June 24

Royal Commission into the lighting and ventilation of the Legislative Assembly chamber and the accommodation required for Honourable Members presented its second and final report to Parliament.

1875 - Saturday, August 7

Graham Berry assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, George Briscoe Kerferd, retired from office, having served 373 days.

1875 - Tuesday, September 14

Sir Arthur Lyulph Stanley, 5th Baron Stanley of Alderley, Governor of Victoria 1914-20, was born in London.

1875 - Wednesday, October 20

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

Premier of Victoria, Graham Berry, retired from office, having served 75 days.

1875 - Saturday, December 4

Retired Governor La Trobe died in England at the age of 74.

1876 - Friday, January 14

Collingwood in Melbourne was proclaimed a city.

1876 - Wednesday, March 22

Royal Commission on Volunteer Forces presented its final report to Parliament.

1876 - Thursday, November 2

The Assembly increased its size to 86 members in 55 electoral districts with the passing of the "Electoral Act Amendment Act".

1877 - Friday, January 19

Construction of a great hall and vestibule in the Victorian Parliament commenced (it was completed in July 1879). The contract was awarded to George Cornwall and Company, JH Sutherland and James Moore, for a cost of 37,500 pounds.

1877 - Thursday, January 25

A royal commission into the Parliamentary buildings (the third in five years) resolved to build a facade, vestibule and hall to the U shaped building. John Kerr was again to design the additions after successfully completing the library in 1861

1877 - Friday, January 26

Royal Commission on Parliament Buildings established. The Royal Commission was appointed to superintend the carrying out of recommendations made by a Joint Select Committee for the building of Parliament.

1877 - Monday, January 29

A Royal Commission on Victoria's Aborigines was established.

1877 - Thursday, March 15

The first cricket Test between Australia and England was played at the MCG in Melbourne between March 15 - 19, with the home side winning by 45 runs.

1877 - Saturday, March 31

The Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers was established.

1877 - Wednesday, April 25

Dissolution of 8th Victorian Parliament.

1877 - Friday, May 4

The Victorian Football Association was formed as the controlling body for Australian Rules Football.

1877 - Friday, May 11

A general election was held in Victoria.

1877 - Monday, May 21

Graham Berry assumed office for his second term as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, Sir James McCulloch, retired from office, having served 580 days.

1877 - Tuesday, May 22

The Opening of the 9th Victorian Parliament was celebrated.

The Hon. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy became Victoria's third Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1877 - Monday, June 25

Royal Commission on public education established - enquiry into the state of public education in Victoria and suggestions as to the best means of improving it.

1877 - Monday, July 16

Royal Commission for the Paris Exhibition established.

1877 - Wednesday, August 1

Royal Commission into the working of the Friendly Societies Statute presented its second and final report to Parliament. (Exact date uncertain.)

Royal Commission on the Aborigines presented its final report to Parliament. (Exact date uncertain.)

1877 - Tuesday, November 27

Berry Government (Assembly) proposes payment of members. Legislative Council rejects the bill.

1878 - Wednesday, January 2

First telephone service in Australia when a store on Spencer Street, Melbourne, McLean Brothers and Rigg, talks with an office in Elizabeth Street.

1878 - Tuesday, January 8

Known as "Black Wednesday", when Premier Graham Berry dismissed public servants, starting with police and judges, in response to the upper house blocking his Appropriations Bill. Berry argued that without an Appropriations Bill they could not be paid.

1878 - Thursday, January 31

Royal Commission on public education presented its final report to Parliament. (Exact date uncertain.)

1878 - Wednesday, February 6

Royal Commission on the Echuca Bridge established.

1878 - Wednesday, March 20

The Queen Victoria Market was opened.

1878 - Monday, April 15

Royal Commission on closed roads established.

1878 - Thursday, May 16

Royal Commission on Crown Lands established.

1878 - Thursday, September 19

Royal Commission on the Echuca Bridge presented its second and final report to Parliament.

1878 - Saturday, October 26

Bushranger Ned Kelly shoots and kills three police officers at Stringybark Creek, Victoria.

1878 - Friday, November 1

Berry Government constitutional crisis.

1878 - Tuesday, December 10

Ned Kelly gang robs bank at Euroa, Victoria, of 2,000 pounds.

1879 - Saturday, February 22

Sir George Ferguson Bowen, G.C.M.G. retired as Governor of Victoria.

1879 - Tuesday, April 29

The Most Hon. George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Marquess of Normanby, P.C., G.C.M.G. was sworn in as Governor of Victoria

1879 - Tuesday, July 8

The construction of Victorian Parliament's grand vestibule was completed.

1879 - Tuesday, August 5

The first game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground was played under gas-lights.

1879 - Monday, September 1

Royal Commission on Crown Lands presented its final report to Parliament. (Exact date uncertain.)

1879 - Thursday, October 9

Royal Commission on closed roads presented its final report to Parliament.