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1884 in Australia

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Decades:
  
1860s1870s1880s1890s1900s

See also:
  
Other events of 1884Timeline of Australian history

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Contents

  • Governor of New South Wales – Lord Augustus Loftus
  • Governor of South Australia – William Cleaver Francis Robinson[1]
  • Governor of Tasmania – Major Sir George Strahan
  • Governor of Victoria – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby then William Foster Stawell

    • Premiers

    Premiers of the Australian colonies:

  • Premier of New South Wales – Alexander Stuart[2]
  • Premier of South Australia – Sir John Cox Bray until 16 June then John Colton[3]
  • Premier of Tasmania – William Giblin until 15 August then Adye Douglas[4]
  • Premier of Victoria – James Service

    • Events

  • 13 March – Daisy Bates married Breaker Morant.
  • 16 June – The South Australian government of John Bray lost a no confidence motion over the introduction of a new tax and Bray was replaced as premier by the opposition leader John Colton.
  • October – Billy Hughes migrated to Australia.

    • Science and technology

  • Sydney and Melbourne connected by telephone.

    • Sport

  • Malua wins the Melbourne Cup[5]

    • Births

  • 8 February – Reginald "Snowy" Baker (died 1953), sportsman and actor[6]
  • 16 December – John Gunn (died 1959), Premier of South Australia[7]

    • Deaths

  • 25 January – James Francis (born 1819), Premier of Victoria[8]
  • 22 February – Sir Charles Sladen (born 1816), Premier of Victoria[9]

    • References

    1884 in Australia Wikipedia
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