- 1880 in Australia
"See also:"
1879 in Australia ,
other events of 1880,1881 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Events
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January 20 -Bushranger Captain Moonlite (real name Andrew George Scott) hanged inSydney .
*January 31 -The Bulletin magazine is first published
*April 16 - School is made compulsory for children aged 6 to 14 inNew South Wales .
*June 28 Ned Kelly captured atGlenrowan, Victoria .
*October 1 - The Melbourne International Exhibition is opened at theRoyal Exhibition Building in Carlton.
*October 10 - GeologistLamont Young and four others disappear on a boat trip north fromBermagui, New South Wales .
*November 11 -Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
*November 23 -Redmond Barry , the judge who sentencedNed Kelly to be hanged, dies just twelve days after Kelly was hanged.
* Parliamentarians in Victoria become the first in Australia to be paid for their work.cience & Technology
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February 2 - The first successful shipment of frozenmutton from Australia arrived in London aboard the SS "Strathleven".port
* "Grand Flaneur" wins the
Melbourne Cup
* England defeat Australia by 5 wickets in a Cricket Test held atThe Oval Births
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December 11 -Frank Tarrant , cricketer (d. 1951)
*December 20 -Earle Page , the eleventhPrime Minister of Australia (d. 1961)Deaths
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January 20 - Captain Moonlight, bushranger (b. 1842), hanged
*October 27 - Samuel Gill, artist (b. 1818)
*November 11 -Ned Kelly , bushranger (b. c. 1855), hanged
*November 23 -Redmond Barry , Judge (b. 1813)ee also
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