1880 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1880 in Australia.
Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir Augustus Loftus[1]
- Governor of Queensland – Sir Arthur Kennedy[2]
- Governor of South Australia – Sir William Jervois[3]
- Governor of Tasmania – Frederick Weld until 5 April, vacant thereafter[4]
- Governor of Victoria – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby[5]
Premiers
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
- Premier of New South Wales – Sir Henry Parkes[6]
- Premier of Queensland – Thomas McIlwraith[7]
- Premier of South Australia – William Morgan[8]
- Premier of Tasmania – William Giblin[9]
- Premier of Victoria –
- until 5 March – Graham Berry[10]
- 5 March-3 August – James Service[10]
- starting 3 August – Graham Berry[10]
Events
- 22 January – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland.
- 20 January – Bushranger Captain Moonlite (real name Andrew George Scott) hanged in Sydney.[11]
- 31 January – The Bulletin magazine is first published.[12]
- May – School is made compulsory for children aged 6 to 14 in New South Wales.[13]
- 28 June – Ned Kelly captured at Glenrowan, Victoria.[14]
- 1 October – The Melbourne International Exhibition is opened at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton.[15]
- 10 October – Geologist Lamont Young and four others disappear on a boat trip north from Bermagui, New South Wales.[16]
- 11 November – Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.[17]
- 23 November – Redmond Barry, the judge who sentenced Ned Kelly to be hanged, dies just twelve days after Kelly was hanged.[18]
Science and technology
- 2 February – The first successful shipment of frozen beef and mutton from Australia arrived in London aboard the SS Strathleven.[19]
- August – The first telephone exchange in Australia opened in Melbourne.[20]
Arts and literature
Sport
- Grand Flaneur wins the Melbourne Cup.[21]
- England defeat Australia by 5 wickets in a Cricket Test held at The Oval.[22]
Births
- 2 January – Charlie Frazer, politician (died 1913)
- 15 April – Doug McLean, Sr., rugby footballer (died 1947)[23]
- 8 August – Earle Page, the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961)[24]
- 10 December – Jessie Aspinall, doctor, first female junior medical resident at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (died 1953)[25]
- 11 December – Frank Tarrant, cricketer (died 1951)[26]
Deaths
- 20 January – Captain Moonlight, bushranger (born 1842), hanged[11]
- 2 May – Tom Wills, cricketer and founder of Australian rules football (born 1835), suicide[27]
- 26 June – Aaron Sherritt, bushranger (born August 1854), shot by Joe Byrne
- 28 June – Joe Byrne, bushranger (born November 1856),
- 28 June – Steve Hart, bushranger (born February 1859),
- 28 June – Dan Kelly, bushranger and the younger brother of Ned Kelly (born June 1861),
- 29 July – Charles Hervey Bagot, South Australian pastoralist, mine owner and parliamentarian (b. 1788)[28]
- 27 September – Charles Hardwicke, Tasmanian explorer (b. 1788)[29]
- 27 October – Samuel Gill, artist (born 1818)[30]
- 11 November – Ned Kelly, bushranger (b. c. 1855), hanged[17]
- 23 November – Redmond Barry, Judge (born 1813)[18]
References
- ^ "Lord Augustus William Loftus (1817–1904)". Loftus, Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer (1817–1904). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ Boyce, Peter. "Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (1810–1883)". Kennedy, Sir Arthur Edward (1810–1883). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ Winks, Robin W. "Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (1821–1897)". Jervois, Sir William Francis Drummond (1821–1897). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Governors of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Bolton, G. C. "Second Marquess of Normanby (1819–1890)". Normanby, second Marquess of (1819–1890). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Sir Henry Parkes - Australian politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Dignan, Don. "Sir Thomas McIlwraith (1835–1900)". McIlwraith, Sir Thomas (1835–1900). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Premiers of South Australia". www.parliament.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Premiers of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ a b c "Premier of Victoria". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Andrew George Scott (1842–1880)". Scott, Andrew George (1842–1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "The bulletin". National Library of Australia. John Haynes and J.F. Archibald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Public Instruction Act 1880 - History of New South Wales government schools". education.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ FitzSimons, Peter (2 November 2013). "Iron man: the story of Ned Kelly's last stand". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Photograph Album - Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880 -1881". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ The Mary Celeste Syndrome. john pinkney. p. 196.
- ^ a b "On this day: Ned Kelly is hanged". Australian Geographic. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ a b Ryan, Peter. "Sir Redmond Barry (1813–1880)". Barry, Sir Redmond (1813–1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ Makin, A. J. (2002). International Macroeconomics. Financial Times Prentice Hall. p. 299. ISBN 9780582369924.
- ^ The Palace of Winged Words: The Development of Telephone Exchanges in Australia (1 ed.). [Melbourne]: Telecom Australia. Educational Development Unit. 1980. p. 4. ISBN 0642894574 – via books.google.com.au.
- ^ Rolfe, Costa (2009). Winners of the Melbourne Cup: Stories that Stopped a Nation. Red Dog Books. p. 41. ISBN 9781742590868.
- ^ "The Great Cricket Match". The Mercury. Vol. XXXVII, no. 6011. Tasmania, Australia. 15 September 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 25 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Queensland Representative Players". QRL. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011.
- ^ Bridge, Carl. "Sir Earle Christmas Page (1880–1961)". Page, Sir Earle Christmas (1880–1961). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880–1953)
- ^ "Frank Tarrant". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Mandle, W. F. "Thomas Wentworth Wills (1835–1880)". Wills, Thomas Wentworth (1835–1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Charles Hervey Bagot (1788–1880)". Bagot, Charles Hervey (1788–1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "DEATH OF C. B. HARDWICKE, ESQ". Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899). 28 September 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Overlanders, (circa 1865) by S T Gill :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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