1885 in Australia

1885 in Australia

"See also:"
1884 in Australia,
other events of 1885,
1886 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales - Lord Augustus Loftus then Charles Wynn-Carington, 3rd Baron Carrington
*Governor of Queensland - Sir Anthony Musgrave
*Governor of South Australia - Sir William C.F. Robinson, GCMG
*Governor of Tasmania - Major Sir George Strahan
*Governor of Victoria - Sir Henry Loch
*Governor of Western Australia - "(office first formed in 1890)"

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:
*Premier of New South Wales - Alexander Stuart then George Dibbs then John Robertson
*Premier of Queensland - Samuel Griffith
*Premier of South Australia - John Colton until 16 June then John Downer
*Premier of Tasmania - Adye Douglas
*Premier of Victoria - James Service
*Premier of Western Australia - "office first formed in 1890"

Events

* March 28 - HMQS Gayundah arrives in Brisbane. The Captain refuses to relinquish his command and is removed by a boarding party of Queensland Police.
* August 10 - The Broken Hill Proprietary Company (later to become the world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton) is registered as a company in Victoria.
* October - Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress held in Sydney.

cience & Technology

*24 March - Hugh Victor McKay patents stripper-harvester.cite web
first=John
last=Lack
title =McKay, Hugh Victor (1865 - 1926)
publisher =Australian National University
work=Australian Dictionary of Biography
url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100286b.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-12]

port

*February 20 - Richmond Football Club formed
* "Sheet Anchor" wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

*January 8 - John Curtin (d. 1945), Australian Prime Minister
*March 20 - Vernon Ransford (d. 1958), cricketer
*July 1 - Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar (d. 1968), Australian Poet
*September 22 - Ben Chifley (d. 1951), Australian Prime Minister

Deaths

*January 28 - Edward Davy (b. 1806), scientist
*August 20 - Harry Ord (b. 1819), Governor of Western Australia

ee also

*1885
*1880s

Notes


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