- 1886 in Australia
"See also:"
1885 in Australia ,
other events of 1886,1887 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
Premiers
* Premier of New South Wales - John Robertson (til February 26) then Patrick Jenning
* Premier of Queensland -Samuel Griffith
* Premier of South Australia -John Downer
* Premier of Tasmania -Adye Douglas (til March 8) thenJames Agnew
* Premier of Victoria -James Service (til February 18) thenDuncan Gillies Governors
* Governor of New South Wales -
Robert Wynn Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire
* Governor of Queensland -Anthony Musgrave
* Governor of South Australia - William Robinson
* Governor of Tasmania -George Strahan
* Governor of Victoria -Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch
* Governor of the Crown Colony of Western Australia - Sir Frederick BroomeEvents
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January 25 - The first assembly of theFederal Council of Australasia is held inHobart .
*May 31 - The "SS Ly-Ee-Moon" sinks off Green Cape, New South Wales, with the loss of 71 persons
*June 12 - William Spence chairs a meeting of shearers inBallarat, Victoria at which the Amalgamated Shearers' Union is formed, later part of theAustralian Workers Union .Undated
* Queen Victoria grants the
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the Clunies Ross family.port
* "Arsenal" wins the
Melbourne Cup
* England defeats Australia 3-0 inThe Ashes Births
*
January 3 -Arthur Mailey (d. 1967), cricketer
*November 28 -Margaret McIntyre (d. 1948), politicianDeaths
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October 28 -William Bede Dalley , Australia's first member of the Privy Council.
*November 4 - James Martin (b. 1820), Premier of New South Walesee also
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1886
*1800s
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