1886 in Australia
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use Australian English Template:Year in region The following lists events that happened during 1886 in Australia.
Incumbents
Premiers
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Queen Victoria grants the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the Clunies Ross family.[15]
Arts and literature
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Sport
- November – Arsenal wins the Melbourne Cup[16]
- England defeats Australia 3–0 in The Ashes[17]
Births
- 3 January – Arthur Mailey (died 1967), cricketer and journalist[18]
- 4 May – Aubrey Abbott (died 1975), politician and administrator of the Northern Territory[19]
- 28 November – Margaret McIntyre (died 1948), politician[20]
Deaths
- 4 November – James Martin (born 1820), Premier of New South Wales[21]
References
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- ↑ Abbott, Charles Lydiard Aubrey (1886–1975)
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