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| 1862 |
| | | John McDouall Stuart reaches the north coast of Australia at Van Diemen's Gulf seven months after setting off from Adelaide | |
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| 1862 |
| | | The bones of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills are brought back to Melbourne after the heroic failure of their attempt to cross Australia | |
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| 1870 |
| | | Adelaide and Darwin are linked across the entire Australian continent by the Overland Telegraph Line | |
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| 1877 |
| | | The first Test match is played in Melbourne between English and Australian cricket teams, with victory going to Australia | |
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| 1882 |
| | | When Australia win the second Test match, in London, the Sporting Times declares that they will take home with them 'the ashes of English cricket' | |
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| 1884 |
| | | The British empire is first described as a 'Commonwealth of Nations', by Lord Rosebery speaking in Australia | |
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| 1887 |
| | | The Australian soprano Nellie Melba makes her operatic debut as Gilda in Rigoletto in Brussels | |
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| c. 1892 |
| | | The French chef Auguste Escoffier creates and names a dessert in honour of the Australian soprano Nellie Melba | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Australia has a catchy new song in "Waltzing Matilda", written by Banjo Paterson to music by Christina Macpherson | |
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| 1900 |
| | | Australia's Salvation Army produces an ambitious presentation of film and slides in Soldiers of the Cross | |
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