1870 in Australia

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3 January – A state flag of Western Australia is adopted.
1 February – A state flag of Victoria is adopted, although with no crown like the current flag.
22 March – A state flag of Queensland is adopted, with a portrait of Queen Victoria.
20 April – A second state flag of New South Wales is adopted, similar to the current flag of Victoria: a crown above the Southern Cross.
22 July – A state flag of South Australia is adopted.
11 August – Melbourne Town Hall is opened.

Gulgong, New South Wales, is founded.
27 August – John Forrest successfully arrives in Adelaide from Perth, leading an expedition along the south coast via the Great Australian Bight.

23 May – Foster Fyans, military officer, administrator and politician (born in Ireland) (b. 1790)
25 May – Captain Thunderbolt, bushranger (b. 1835)
24 June – Adam Lindsay Gordon, South Australian politician and (born in the United Kingdom) poet (b. 1833)

^ Parliament of New South Wales, http://parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/common.nsf/key/ResourcesFactspremiers Archived 16 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ Parliament of Queensland, http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/historical/records1860.asp?SubArea=officeHolders Archived 11 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Parliament of South Australia, http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Ministers/Pages/PremiersofSouthAustralia.aspx Archived 19 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
^ Parliament of Tasmania, http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/datasheets/Premiers_Table.htm
^ Parliament of Victoria, http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/premier-of-victoria

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