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Incumbents

January 1 - The Queensland Police Force is established and begins operations with approximately 143 employees.¹
May 4 - The first trout hatchery in the southern hemisphere is established at Plenty, Tasmania.
May 14 - Bushranger Frank Gardiner is sentenced to 32 years in prison, although he is later pardoned by Henry Parkes in 1874.
May 20 - Bushranger Ben Hall and his gang escape from a shootout with police after attempting to rob the Bang Bang Hotel in Koorawatha, New South Wales.
June 2 - The schooner Waratah disappears between Sydney and Newcastle, claiming seven lives.
October 1 - The Australiasian (later to be known as Australasian Post) is first published in Melbourne.

January 1 - The All-England Eleven cricket team defeats the Victorian XXII at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Lantern wins the Melbourne Cup.