March – Tom Roberts, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1931) 12 March – Rosetta Jane Birks, suffragist (d. 1911) 11 April – Sydney Smith, New South Wales politician (d. 1934) 15 June – William Henry O'Malley Wood, banker, public servant and surveyor (d. 1941) 18 June – Sir Robert Best, Victorian politician and lawyer (d. 1946) 3 August – Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) 19 September – Sir Arthur Morgan, 16th Premier of Queensland (d. 1916) 9 October – Sir Thomas Ewing, New South Wales politician (d. 1920) 3 December – George Leake, 3rd Premier of Western Australia (d. 1902) Deaths 30 January – William Buckley, convict (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1780) 3 May – John Wollaston, settler and clergyman (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1791) 17 October – William Allen, philanthropist and businessman (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1790) References Australia Years of the 19th century in Australia