1856 in Australia

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6 January – French musician and composer Nicolas-Charles Bochsa dies in Sydney.
7 February – Tasmanian Electoral Act introduced the secret ballot, which was known elsewhere, in particular in the United States as the "Australian ballot"
19 March – The Electoral Act 1856 introduced the secret ballot in Victoria
2 April – South Australia introduced the secret ballot
11 April – At a public meeting in Melbourne, Dr Thomas Embling repeated the slogan "eight hours labour, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest".
22 May – First Parliament of New South Wales opened by the governor, Sir William Denison
24 June – Queen Victoria makes Norfolk Island a separate settlement from Tasmania to be administered by the Governor of New South Wales.
23 September – The town of Perth, Western Australia is proclaimed a City by letters patent from Queen Victoria.
25 November – The first Parliament of Victoria is officially opened by the Acting Governor Edward Macarthur.^[1]

1 January – The name Tasmania officially adopted to replace Van Diemen's Land which was felt to have too many convict connotations.
8 June – Pitcairn Islanders arrived on Norfolk Island; the last convict had left and the island was no longer a penal colony. Queen Victoria granted the island to the Pitcairners as a home. Bounty Day is celebrated each year in Norfolk Island to commemorate the event.
Suburb of Goodna founded in Queensland, Australia – Originally part of NSW, its 150-year anniversary was celebrated in 2006.

1 January — Convict William Buckley dies near Hobart, aged 75.
3 May – John Wollaston, Western Australian settler and Anglican clergyman (b. 1790)
17 October – William Allen, joint founder of St Peter's College, Adelaide (b. 1790)

↑ "THE NEW PARLIAMENT.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 26 November 1856. p. 4. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

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