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1883 in Australia

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See also:
  
Other events of 1883Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Contents

  • Governor of New South Wales - Lord Augustus Loftus
  • Governor of Queensland - Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy GCMG CB/Sir Anthony Musgrave GCMG
  • Governor of South Australia - Sir William Jervois then Sir William Robinson
  • Governor of Tasmania - Major Sir George Strahan
  • Governor of Victoria - George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby

    • Premiers

    Premiers of the Australian colonies:

  • Premier of New South Wales - Sir Henry Parkes until 5 January then Alexander Stuart
  • Premier of Queensland - Thomas McIlwraith until 13 November then Samuel Griffith
  • Premier of South Australia - John Cox Bray
  • Premier of Tasmania - William Giblin
  • Premier of Victoria - Bryan O'Loghlen until 8 March then James Service

    • Events

  • The J. Boag & Son brewery is established in Launceston, Tasmania.
  • 12 June - The first Australasian headquarters of the Salvation Army opened in Melbourne.
  • 14 June - A rail service between Sydney and Melbourne commences when the NSW and Victorian rail systems are joined at Albury.
  • 1 October - Sydney Boys High School is founded in Sydney, New South Wales. It is the first boys public school in Australia.
  • 26 November - An Australasian Inter-Colonial Conference is held in Sydney. Federation and annexation of surrounding islands are discussed by the Australian colonies, New Zealand and Fiji.

    • Exploration and settlement

  • Boundary rider Charles Rath discovers the Line of Lode, a massive silver deposit near the town of Broken Hill, New South Wales.

    • Sport

  • Martini-Henry wins the Melbourne Cup
  • 30 January - England defeats Australia 2-1 in the 1882-83 Test cricket series, reclaiming "The Ashes" of English cricket.
  • 2 November -The Northern Rugby Union (later renamed Queensland Rugby Union) is formed at a meeting in Brisbane

    • Births

  • 12 April - Dally Messenger, rugby footballer (died 1959)
  • 15 April - Stanley Bruce (died 1967), 8th Prime Minister of Australia
  • 30 May - Sandy Pearce (died 1930), rugby league footballer and boxer
  • 1 July - Micky Dore (died 1910), rugby league footballer
  • 1 September - Robert Graves (died 1958), rugby footballer
  • 12 December - William Baylebridge (died 1943), poet and short story writer

    • Deaths

  • 5 January - Charles Tompson (born 1806), poet
  • 18 August - Roger William Bede Vaughan (born 1834), Archbishop of Sydney

    • References

    1883 in Australia Wikipedia
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