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1870s
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1890s
1900s
1910s Other events of 1895
Timeline of Australian history |
Premier of New South Wales - George Reid
Premier of South Australia - Charles Kingston
Premier of Queensland - Hugh Nelson
Premier of Tasmania - Edward Braddon
Premier of Western Australia - John Forrest
Premier of Victoria - George Turner
8 August - The steamship SS Catterthun strikes Seal Rocks, NSW, and founders, killing 55 persons
17 August - The Albert Railway Bridge opens in Brisbane
10 December - Launceston, Tasmania becomes the first Australian city to be powered by hydro-electricity with the opening of the Duck Reach Power Station
Arts and literature
6 April - The song Waltzing Matilda is first performed at the North Gregory Hotel, Winton, Queensland.
Banjo Paterson publishes his first major collection of poetry, The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses
Tom Roberts painted Bailed Up
Auraria wins the Melbourne Cup
Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
6 January - Hudson Fysh (died 1974), aviator, joint founder of Qantas
14 March - Duncan Thompson (died 1980), rugby league footballer, coach and administrator.
13 April - Ivan Stedman (died 1979), swimmer
31 October - Les Darcy (died 1917), boxer
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