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Between 1870 and 1890 average income per person in Australia was more than 50 per cent higher than that of the United States, giving Australia one of the highest living standards in the world. [31] The size of the government sector almost doubled from 10 per cent of national expenditure in 1850 to 19 per cent in 1890.
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.
The Oxford Literary History of Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553737-6. Clay Djubal (2017). ""Looking in All the Wrong Places;" Or, Harlequin False Testimony and the Bulletin Magazine's Mythical Construction of National Identity, Theatrical Enterprise and the Social World of Little Australia, circa 1880-1920"".
[23] [25] This is the date Queen Victoria revoked the letters patent establishing North Australia, but it was not proclaimed in Australia until 16 January 1849. 1 July 1851 The portion of New South Wales south of the Murray River and a line from the headwaters of the river to Cape Howe was made the Colony of Victoria. [26] 1 January 1856
This is a list of historic houses or notable homesteads located in Australia.The list has been sourced from a variety of national, state and local historical sources including those listed on the Australian Heritage Database, on the various heritage registers of the States and territories of Australia, or by the National Trust of Australia.
Between 1870 and 1890 average income per person in Australia was more than 50 per cent higher than that of the United States, giving Australia one of the highest living standards in the world. [216] The size of the government sector almost doubled from 10 per cent of national expenditure in 1850 to 19 per cent in 1890.
18 July – Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1983) 29 August – Richard Gardiner Casey, Governor General of Australia (died 1976) 9 September – Hilda Abbott, Red Cross leader and wife of the administrator of the Northern Territory (died 1984) 10 September – Robert Heffron, Premier of New South Wales (died 1978)
Each of the Australian colonies gained responsible government between 1855 and 1890, and while the Colonial Office in London retained control of some affairs, and the colonies were still firmly within the British Empire, the Governors of the Australian colonies were required to raise their own colonial militias.