1886 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1886 in Australia.
Incumbents
editPremiers
edit- Premier of New South Wales – John Robertson (until 25 February) then Patrick Jenning[1]
- Premier of Queensland – Samuel Griffith[2]
- Premier of South Australia – John Downer[3]
- Premier of Tasmania – Adye Douglas (til 8 March) then James Agnew[4]
- Premier of Victoria – James Service (til 18 February) then Duncan Gillies[5]
Governors
edit- Governor of New South Wales – Lord Carrington[6]
- Governor of Queensland – Anthony Musgrave[7]
- Governor of South Australia – William Robinson[8]
- Governor of Tasmania – George Strahan[9]
- Governor of Victoria – Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch[10]
- Governor of the Crown Colony of Western Australia – Sir Frederick Broome[11]
Events
edit- 25 January – The first assembly of the Federal Council of Australasia is held in Hobart.[12]
- 30 May – The SS Ly-Ee-Moon sinks off Green Cape, New South Wales, with the loss of 71 persons.[13]
- 12 June – William Spence chairs a meeting of shearers in Ballarat, Victoria at which the Australian Shearers Union is formed, an ancestor of the Australian Workers' Union.[14]
Undated
edit- Queen Victoria grants the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the Clunies Ross family.[15]
Arts and literature
editSport
edit- November – Arsenal wins the Melbourne Cup[16]
- England defeats Australia 3–0 in The Ashes[17]
Births
edit- 3 January – Arthur Mailey (died 1967), cricketer and journalist[18]
- 28 November – Margaret McIntyre (died 1948), politician[19]
Deaths
edit- 4 November – James Martin (born 1820), Premier of New South Wales[20]
References
edit- ^ "Premiers of New South Wales, 1856 - present". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Queensland Premiers". www.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Premiers of South Australia". www.parliament.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Premiers of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Parliament of Victoria - Premier of Victoria". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ Martin, A. W. "Carrington, Charles Robert (1843–1928)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Queensland Governors". www.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ Crowley, F. K. "Robinson, Sir William Cleaver Francis (1834–1897)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Previous Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Tasmania". Government House Tasmania. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch - British colonial official". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ Crowley, F. K. "Broome, Sir Frederick Napier (1842–1896)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Federal Council of Australasia". National Library of Australia. 1886. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "ss-ly-ee-moon" "SS Ly-ee-Moon". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ Lansbury, Coral; Nairn, Bede. "Spence, William Guthrie (1846–1926)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "The Cocos (Keeling) Islands". www.naa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "THE MELBOURNE CUP, FROM 1861 TO 1917". Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954). 24 October 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Ashes History: The early years". BBC. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ Walsh, G. P. "Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "McIntyre, Margaret Edgeworth - Woman - The Australian Women's Register". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Sir James Martin, 1820 – 1886". Heritage Archives and Library Research and Collection Services. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.