Science and Technology
- 8 January – The telephone is used for the first time in Australia in Melbourne.
- The Sydney Mechanics' Institute, founded in 1843, becomes the Sydney Technical College
- At Burnie, Tasmania, the Van Diemen's Land Company construct a 75 km wooden, horse-drawn, tramway to serve Mount Bischoff, at the time the richest tin mine in the world.
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