1886 in Australia

none February 2020 February 2012 1886 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1886 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1886 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch - Victoria Premiers Premier of New South Wales – John Robertson (until 25 February) then Patrick JenningPremiers of New South Wales, 1856 - present https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/about/Pages/Premiers-of-New-South-Wales-1856-present.aspx www.parliament.nsw.gov.au 21 March 2018 en-AU Premier of Queensland – Samuel GriffithQueensland Premiers https://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/premiers www.qld.gov.au 21 March 2018 en-AU Premier of South Australia – John DownerPremiers of South Australia https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Ministers/Pages/PremiersofSouthAustralia.aspx www.parliament.sa.gov.au 21 March 2018 en 20 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180320185821/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Ministers/Pages/PremiersofSouthAustralia.aspx dead Premier of Tasmania – Adye Douglas (til 8 March) then James AgnewPremiers of Tasmania http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/datasheets/Premiers_Table.htm www.parliament.tas.gov.au 21 March 2018 27 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100227004414/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/DataSheets/Premiers_Table.htm dead Premier of Victoria – James Service (til 18 February) then Duncan GilliesParliament of Victoria - Premier of Victoria https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/premier-of-victoria https://web.archive.org/web/20100828123355/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/premier-of-victoria dead 28 August 2010 www.parliament.vic.gov.au 21 March 2018 en-gb Governors Governor of New South Wales – Lord CarringtonMartin A. W. Carrington, Charles Robert (1843–1928) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/carrington-charles-robert-3169 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 21 March 2018 Governor of Queensland – Anthony MusgraveQueensland Governors https://www.qld.gov.au/about/about-queensland/history/governors www.qld.gov.au 21 March 2018 en-AU Governor of South Australia – William RobinsonCrowley F. K. Robinson, Sir William Cleaver Francis (1834–1897) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/robinson-sir-william-cleaver-francis-4494 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 21 March 2018 Governor of Tasmania – George StrahanPrevious Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Tasmania https://www.govhouse.tas.gov.au/governor/previous-governors-and-lieutenant-governors-tasmania-old Government House Tasmania 21 March 2018 en 31 January 2017 17 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141117181342/http://www.govhouse.tas.gov.au/governor/previous-governors dead Governor of Victoria – Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron LochHenry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch - British colonial official https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Brougham-Loch-1st-Baron-Loch Encyclopedia Britannica 21 March 2018 en Governor of the Crown Colony of Western Australia – Sir Frederick BroomeCrowley F. K. Broome, Sir Frederick Napier (1842–1896) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/broome-sir-frederick-napier-3068 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 21 March 2018 Events 25 January – The first assembly of the Federal Council of Australasia is held in Hobart.Federal Council of Australasia https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10593368?q&versionId=12355396 National Library of Australia 21 March 2018 en 1886 30 May – The SS Ly-Ee-Moon sinks off Green Cape, New South Wales, with the loss of 71 persons.SS Ly-ee-Moon https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/disaster/maritime/display/21721-ss-ly-ee-moon monumentaustralia.org.au 21 March 2018 en 12 June – William Spence chairs a meeting of shearers in Ballarat, Victoria at which the Australian Shearers Union is formed, an ancestor of the Australian Workers' Union.Lansbury Coral Nairn Bede Spence, William Guthrie (1846–1926) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/spence-william-guthrie-4628 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 21 March 2018 Undated Queen Victoria grants the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the Clunies Ross family.The Cocos (Keeling) Islands http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs103.aspx www.naa.gov.au 21 March 2018 en-AU https://web.archive.org/web/20130426073907/http://naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs103.aspx 26 April 2013 dead Arts and literature 1886 in Australian literature Sport November – Arsenal wins the Melbourne CupTHE MELBOURNE CUP, FROM 1861 TO 1917 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56455341 Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) 21 March 2018 10 24 October 1946 England defeats Australia 3–0 in The AshesAshes History: The early years http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/the_ashes/history/2190854.stm BBC 21 March 2018 16 October 2002 Births 3 January – Arthur Mailey (died 1967), cricketer and journalistWalsh G. P. Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mailey-alfred-arthur-7464 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 21 March 2018 4 May – Aubrey Abbott (died 1975), politician and administrator of the Northern TerritoryAbbott, Charles Lydiard Aubrey (1886–1975) 28 November – Margaret McIntyre (died 1948), politicianMcIntyre, Margaret Edgeworth - Woman - The Australian Women's Register http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0183b.htm www.womenaustralia.info 21 March 2018 en-gb Deaths 4 November – James Martin (born 1820), Premier of New South WalesSir James Martin, 1820 – 1886 http://arc.parracity.nsw.gov.au/blog/2017/12/11/sir-james-martin-1820-1886/ Heritage Archives and Library Research and Collection Services 21 March 2018 10 December 2017 22 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180322082134/http://arc.parracity.nsw.gov.au/blog/2017/12/11/sir-james-martin-1820-1886/ dead References 1886 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia