A wooden observatory was constructed on the site where the Eden Fishermen’s Club carpark now stands for the observation of the Transit of Venus on the 6th June.
A Government Savings Bank branch opened at Half House.
The residents of Eden were somewhat alarmed by hearing that a shark, measuring between 30 and 40 feet in length, had taken up his quarters in Twofold Bay. Both Glover’s and Ashfiold’s boats were chased by this monster of the deep a distance of three miles, from the North Head up to the wharf. His fin stood about a yard and a half out of the water. Mr. Glover.