1884 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1884 in Australia. == Incumbents == === Governors === Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Lord Augustus Loftus Governor of South Australia – William Cleaver Francis Robinson[1] 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[2] Premier of South Australia – Sir John Cox Bray until 16 June then John Colton[3] Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Premier of Tasmania – William Giblin until 15 August then Adye Douglas[4] Archived 27 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine 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 == == Arts and literature == == Sport == November – Malua wins the Melbourne Cup[5] Archived 12 July 2005 at the Wayback Machine == Births == 8 February – Reginald "Snowy" Baker (died 1953), sportsman and actor[6] 16 December – John Gunn (died 1959), Premier of South Australia[7] 22 December – Bartlett Adamson (died 1951), journalist, poet, author and political activist == Deaths == 25 January – James Francis (born 1819), Premier of Victoria[8] 22 February – Sir Charles Sladen (born 1816), Premier of Victoria[9] == Notes ==