See also: 1883 in Australia, other events of 1884, 1885 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 1.2 Premiers 2 Events 3 Science and technology 4 Sport 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 See also 8 Notes

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Lord Augustus Loftus
• Governor of South Australia - William Cleaver Francis Robinson^[1]
• Governor of Tasmania - Major Sir George Strahan
• Governor of Victoria - George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby then William Foster Stawell

[edit] 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]
• Premier of Tasmania - William Giblin until 15 August then Adye Douglas^[4]
• Premier of Victoria - James Service

[edit] Events

• March 13 - Daisy Bates married Breaker Morant.
• June 16 - 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.

[edit] Science and technology

• Sydney and Melbourne connected by telephone.^[1]

[edit] Sport

• Malua wins the Melbourne Cup^[5]

[edit] Births

• February 8 - Reginald "Snowy" Baker (d. 1953), sportsman and actor^[6]
• December 16 - John Gunn (d. 1959), Premier of South Australia^[7]

[edit] Deaths

• January 25 - James Francis (b. 1819), Premier of Victoria^[8]
• February 22 - Sir Charles Sladen (b. 1816), Premier of Victoria^[9]

[edit] See also

• 1884
• 1880s

[edit] Notes