- 1881 in Australia
"See also:"
1880 in Australia ,
other events of 1881,1882 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
*Governor of New South Wales- Lord Augustus Loftus
*Governor of Queensland- Sir Arthur Kennedy
*Governor of South Australia- Sir William Jervois
*Governor of Tasmania - Major Sir George Strahan
*Governor of Victoria- George Phipps, Marquess of Normanby
*Governor of Western Australia - Sir William RobinsonPremiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
*Premier of New South Wales - Sir Henry Parkes
*Premier of Queensland -Thomas McIlwraith
*Premier of South Australia - William Morgan til24 June then Sir John Cox Bray
*Premier of Tasmania -William Giblin
*Premier of Victoria -Graham Berry until9 July themJames Service
*Premier of Western Australia - "(office first formed in 1890)"Events
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June 18 - TheArt Gallery of South Australia opened byPrince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence .Census
In the mid-19th century the colonial statisticians encouraged compatibility between the colonies in their respective censuses, and in 1881 a census was held simultaneously in each of the colonies.cite web | year = 2005 | url = http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/1301.0Feature%20Article92005?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1301.0&issue=2005&num=&view=
title = The population census - a brief history | work = 1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2005 | publisher =Australian Bureau of Statistics | accessdate = 2006-06-25] This was part of a census of theBritish Empire . The questions posed in the colonies were not uniform.The population of Australia was 2,250,194.cite book | editor = Aplin, Graeme, S.G. Foster and Michael McKernan (editors) | title = Australians: Events and Places | year = 1987 | publisher = Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates | location = Broadway, New South Wales, Australia | id = ISBN 0-949288-13-6 | pages = page 97]
Northern Territory was counted within South Australia (286,211) and was 3,451 plus 6,346 Aboriginals in settled districts. The population of Western Australia did not include full-blood Aborigines.
The population of greater Melbourne was 282,947 and of Sydney was 224,939.
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September 11 -William Jolly , first Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 1955)Deaths
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August 2 -Marcus Clarke , author (b. 1846)References
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