1872 in Australia

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13 February to 28 March – An election is held in New South Wales.
19 February – The Municipal District of Dubbo is established, following the approval of the Colonial Secretary.
26 February – The brig Maria is wrecked when it strikes a reef near Cardwell off the coast of Queensland, killing 39 people.
12 June – A Victorian branch of the Royal Australian Mint opens in Melbourne.
22 August – The Australian Overland Telegraph Line is completed when two telegraph lines are joined at Frew's Ponds in the Northern Territory (then South Australia).
24 September – The General Post Office opens in Brisbane, Queensland.
Sidney Cooke Limited founded.

1 January – Arthur Manning, New South Wales politician (d. 1947)
22 February – Shaw Neilson, poet (d. 1942)
26 February – John Holman, Western Australian politician (d. 1925)
13 June – Lydia Abell, military nurse, recipient of Royal Red Cross (RRC) (d. 1959)
20 June – George Carpenter, 5th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1948)
28 June – John Keating, Tasmanian politician (d. 1940)
28 September – David Unaipon, inventor and author (d. 1967)
14 October – John Leckie, Victorian politician (d. 1947)
Full date unknown:
Possibly September – Douglas Fry, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1911)
Bertha Schroeder, New Zealand Salvation Army officer, social worker, and probation officer (d. 1953)^[1]
Joe Slater, composer and publisher (d. 1926)

4 January – Sir Edward Macarthur, Administrator of Victoria (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1789)
15 January – John King, explorer (born in Ireland) (b. 1838)
12 February – George Herbert Rogers, actor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1820)
20 February – Andrew Petrie, architect (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1798)
20 March – William Wentworth, New South Wales politician and explorer (born in Norfolk Island) (b. 1790)
28 April – Louisa Atkinson, writer and botanist (b. 1834)
19 May – John Baker, 2nd Premier of South Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1813)
11 June – John Davies, newspaper proprietor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1814)
31 December – John McKinlay, explorer and grazier (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1819)
Unknown – John Dibbs, mariner (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1790)

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