1886 in Australia

1886 in Australia

"See also:"
1885 in Australia,
other events of 1886,
1887 in Australia and the
Timeline 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) then James Agnew
* Premier of Victoria - James Service (til February 18) then Duncan 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 Broome

Events

* January 25 - The first assembly of the Federal Council of Australasia is held in Hobart.
* 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 in Ballarat, Victoria at which the Amalgamated Shearers' Union is formed, later part of the Australian 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 in The Ashes

Births

* January 3 - Arthur Mailey (d. 1967), cricketer
* November 28 - Margaret McIntyre (d. 1948), politician

Deaths

* October 28 - William Bede Dalley, Australia's first member of the Privy Council.
* November 4 - James Martin (b. 1820), Premier of New South Wales

ee also

*1886
*1800s


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