1881 in Australia

none February 2020 April 2011 October 2022 1881 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1881 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1881 in Australia. Incumbents Governors Governors of the Australian colonies: Governor of New South Wales – Lord Augustus Loftus Governor of Queensland – Sir Arthur Kennedy Governor of South Australia – Sir William Jervois Governor of Tasmania – Major Sir George Strahan Governor of Victoria – George Phipps, Marquess of Normanby Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Robinson Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: Premier of New South Wales – Sir Henry Parkes Premier of Queensland – Thomas McIlwraith Premier of South Australia – William Morgan till 24 June then Sir John Cox Bray Premier of Tasmania – William Giblin Premier of Victoria – Graham Berry until 9 July then James Service Events 28 June – The Art Gallery of South Australia opened by Prince Albert Victor of the United Kingdom. Census In the mid-19th century the colonial statisticians encouraged compatibility between the colonies in their respective censuses, and in 1881 a census was held simultaneously in each of the colonies. 2005 http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/1301.0Feature%20Article92005?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=1301.0&issue=2005&num=&view= The population census - a brief history 1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2005 Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006-06-25 This was part of a census of the British Empire. The questions posed in the colonies were not uniform. The population of Australia was 2,250,194.Aplin, Graeme S.G. Foster Michael McKernan Australians: Events and Places 1987 Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates Broadway, New South Wales, Australia 0-949288-13-6 97 + 1881 census resultsNSWVicQldTasSANTWAAustralia751,468862,346213,525115,704276,4149,79729,7082,250,194 Northern Territory was counted within South Australia (286,211) and was 3,451 plus 6,346 Aboriginals in settled districts. The population of Western Australia did not include full-blood Aborigines. The population of greater Melbourne was 282,947 and of Sydney was 224,939. Arts and literature 1881 in Australian literature Sport Zulu wins the Melbourne Cup Births 10 January - Leslie Rainey, cricketer, footballer and tennis player (died 1962). 6 April - Frank Leslie Thomson Wilmot, Australian poet (died 1942). 11 September - William Jolly, first Lord Mayor of Brisbane (died 1955). 28 October - Vin Coutie, footballer (died 1951). Deaths 2 August - Marcus Clarke, author (born 1846) References 1800 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia