1886 in Australia
Template:Use Australian English Template:Year in Australia The following lists events that happened during 1886 in Australia.
Incumbents[edit]
Premiers[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[edit]
Sport[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 (en-AU).
- ^ Queensland Premiers (en-AU).
- ^ Premiers of South Australia (en).
- ^ Premiers of Tasmania.
- ^ Parliament of Victoria - Premier of Victoria (en-gb).
- ^ Carrington, Charles Robert (1843–1928). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ Queensland Governors (en-AU).
- ^ Robinson, Sir William Cleaver Francis (1834–1897). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ Previous Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Tasmania (en) (31 January 2017).
- ^ Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch - British colonial official (en).
- ^ Broome, Sir Frederick Napier (1842–1896). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ Federal Council of Australasia (en) (1886).
- ^ "ss-ly-ee-moon" SS Ly-ee-Moon (en).
- ^ Spence, William Guthrie (1846–1926). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (en-AU).
- ^ THE MELBOURNE CUP, FROM 1861 TO 1917 10 (24 October 1946).
- ^ Ashes History: The early years (16 October 2002).
- ^ Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ McIntyre, Margaret Edgeworth - Woman - The Australian Women's Register (en-gb).
- ^ Sir James Martin, 1820 – 1886 (10 December 2017).