1884_in_Australia
1884 in Australia
List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1884 in Australia.
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Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales – Lord Augustus Loftus
- Governor of South Australia – William Cleaver Francis Robinson Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- 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
- Premier of South Australia – Sir John Cox Bray until 16 June then John Colton Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Premier of Tasmania – William Giblin until 15 August then Adye Douglas
- Premier of Victoria – James Service
- 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.
Main article: 1884 in Australian literature
- November – Malua wins the Melbourne Cup
- 8 February – Reginald "Snowy" Baker (died 1953), sportsman and actor
- 16 December – John Gunn (died 1959), Premier of South Australia
- 22 December – Bartlett Adamson (died 1951), journalist, poet, author and political activist[2]
- 25 January – James Francis (born 1819), Premier of Victoria
- 22 February – Sir Charles Sladen (born 1816), Premier of Victoria
- Pearl, Cyril (1958). Wild Men of Sydney. London: W.H. Allen. p. 255. ISBN 0-207-13539-8.