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← 1869 1868 1867 1870 in Australia → 1871 1872 1873
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	Other events of 1870 Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1870 in Australia.

Contents

• Incumbents
• Governors
• Premiers
• Events
• Exploration and settlement
• Science and technology
• Sport
• Births
• Deaths
• References

Incumbents

Events

• 3 January – A state flag of Western Australia is adopted.
• 1 February – A state flag of Victoria is adopted, although with no crown like the current flag.
• 22 March – A state flag of Queensland is adopted, with a portrait of Queen Victoria.
• 20 April – A second state flag of New South Wales is adopted, similar to the current flag of Victoria: a crown above the Southern Cross.
• 22 July – A state flag of South Australia is adopted.
• 11 August – Melbourne Town Hall is opened.

Exploration and settlement

• Gulgong, New South Wales, is founded.
• 27 August – John Forrest successfully arrives in Adelaide from Perth, leading an expedition along the south coast via the Great Australian Bight.

Science and technology

• September – Work begins on the Australian Overland Telegraph Line linking Port Augusta to Darwin.

Sport

• 12 May – Port Adelaide Football Club is founded in South Australia

Births

• 3 January – Ethel Richardson, author (d. 1946)
• 14 January – Sir George Pearce, Western Australian politician (d. 1952)
• 17 May – Sir Newton Moore, 8th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1936)
• 1 November – Christopher Brennan, poet, scholar and literary critic (d. 1932)
• 21 November – Joe Darling, cricketer (d. 1946)
• 26 December – Norman Ewing, 23rd Tasmanian Opposition Leader (d. 1928)

Deaths

• 23 May – Foster Fyans, military officer, administrator and politician (born in Ireland) (b. 1790)
• 25 May – Captain Thunderbolt, bushranger (b. 1835)
• 24 June – Adam Lindsay Gordon, South Australian politician and (born in the United Kingdom) poet (b. 1833)

References