New South Wales native police troopers are brought to Queensland to kill Aboriginal people and open up the land for settlement..
Political upheaval in Europe leads to refugees coming to Australia, including some from Germany and Hungary.
Poor Law commissioners in Britain approve scheme to send female orphans from English workhouses to Australia.
First foreign language newspaper in Australia, Die Deutsche Post fur die Australischen Kolonien is published in Adelaide.
First Young Ireland transportees arrive in Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania).
