Record Data Place Unit Type State or Province Containing Unit Australia Events Date Type 02/17/1864 "Banjo" Patterson, Australian poet and author of "Waltzing Mathilda" is born in the New South Wales outback Education/Culture 01/23/1860 American-built clipper ship sails from London to Sydney in sixty-seven days Business/Industry 06/06/1859 In Australia the British Crown colony of Queensland is created from northern parts of New South Wales Foreign 07/07/1860 New daily newspaper commences publication in Sydney, Australia Business/Industry 05/13/1861 The Great Comet of 1861 first discovered in the skies over Australia Science/Technology 06/30/1861 - 08/15/1861 The Great Comet of 1861 visible to the naked eye over North America and Europe Science/Technology People Places Name Type Sydney, Australia City or Town Documents Images