1883 in Australia

See also: 1882 in Australia, other events of 1883, 1884 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Governors 1.2 Premiers 2 Events 3 Exploration and settlement 4 Sport 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 See also 8 References

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Lord Augustus Loftus^[1]
• Governor of Queensland - Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy GCMG CB/Sir Anthony Musgrave GCMG^[2]
• Governor of South Australia - Sir William Jervois then Sir William Robinson^[3]
• Governor of Tasmania - Major Sir George Strahan^[4]
• Governor of Victoria - George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby^[5]

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales - Sir Henry Parkes until 5 January then Alexander Stuart^[6]
• Premier of Queensland - Thomas McIlwraith until 13 November then Samuel Griffith^[7]
• Premier of South Australia - John Cox Bray^[8]
• Premier of Tasmania - William Giblin^[9]
• Premier of Victoria - Bryan O'Loghlen until 8 March then James Service^[10]

Events

• The J. Boag & Son brewery is established in Launceston, Tasmania.
• 12 June - The first Australasian headquarters of the Salvation Army opened in Melbourne.
• 14 June - A rail service between Sydney and Melbourne commences when the NSW and Victorian rail systems are joined at Albury.
• 1 October - Sydney Boys High School is founded in Sydney, New South Wales. It is the first boys public school in Australia.
• 26 November - An Australasian Inter-Colonial Conference is held in Sydney. Federation and annexation of surrounding islands are discussed by the Australian colonies, New Zealand and Fiji.

Exploration and settlement

• Boundary rider Charles Rath discovers the Line of Lode, a massive silver deposit near the town of Broken Hill, New South Wales.

Sport

• Martini-Henry wins the Melbourne Cup
• 30 January - England defeats Australia 2-1 in the 1882-83 Test cricket series, reclaiming "The Ashes" of English cricket.
• 2 November -The Northern Rugby Union (later renamed Queensland Rugby Union) is formed at a meeting in Brisbane

Births

• 12 April - Dally Messenger, rugby footballer (d. 1959)^[11]
• 15 April - Stanley Bruce (d. 1967), 8th Prime Minister of Australia^[12]
• 30 May - Sandy Pearce (d. 1930), rugby league footballer and boxer^[13]
• 1 July - Micky Dore (d. 1910), rugby league footballer
• 1 September - Robert Graves (d. 1958), rugby footballer
• 12 December - William Baylebridge (d. 1943), poet and short story writer^[14]

Deaths

• 5 January - Charles Tompson (b. 1806), poet
• 18 August - Roger William Bede Vaughan (b. 1834), Archbishop of Sydney

See also

• 1883
• 1880s

References