1867 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1867 in Australia.

Incumbents

 * Monarch - Victoria

Governors of the Australian colonies:
 * Governors
 * 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
 * Governor of Western Australia – Dr John Hampton

Premiers of the Australian colonies:
 * Premiers
 * 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

Events

 * 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.
 * 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.

Religion

 * Saint Mary MacKillop and Fr Julian Tenison Woods found the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart

Arts and literature

 * National Gallery of Victoria Art School accepts its first students

Sport

 * Tim Whiffler wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

 * 10 February – Chester Manifold, Victorian politician (d. 1918)
 * 18 March – Charles Web Gilbert, sculptor (b. 1925)
 * 8 April – Sir Arthur Streeton, artist (d. 1943)
 * 9 April – Chris Watson, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (born in Chile) (d. 1941)
 * 22 April – Sir Littleton Groom, Queensland politician (d. 1936)
 * 17 June
 * Franc Falkiner, New South Wales politician and grazier (d. 1929)
 * Henry Lawson, writer and poet (d. 1922)
 * 4 December – Sir Stanley Argyle, 32nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1940)
 * 26 December – John Bradfield, engineer (d. 1943)

Deaths

 * 11 January – Sir Stuart Donaldson, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
 * 25 June
 * John Clarke, bushranger (b. 1846), hanged
 * Thomas Clarke, bushranger (b. 1840), hanged