1885 in Australia

See also: 1884 in Australia, other events of 1885, 1886 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

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

Premier of New South Wales - Alexander Stuart then George Dibbs then John Robertson
Premier of Queensland - Samuel Griffith
Premier of South Australia - John Colton until 16 June then John Downer
Premier of Tasmania - Adye Douglas
Premier of Victoria - James Service

Events

28 March - HMQS Gayundah arrives in Brisbane. The Captain refuses to relinquish his command and is removed by a boarding party of Queensland Police.
10 August - The Broken Hill Proprietary Company (later to become the world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton) is registered as a company in Victoria.
October - Third Intercolonial Trades Union Congress held in Sydney.

Science and technology

24 March - Hugh Victor McKay patents stripper-harvester.^[1]

Sport

20 February - Richmond Football Club formed
Sheet Anchor wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

8 January - John Curtin (d. 1945), Australian Prime Minister
29 January - Arthur Halloway (d. 1961) rugby league footballer and coach
20 March - Vernon Ransford (d. 1958), cricketer
1 July - Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar (d. 1968), poet
22 September - Ben Chifley (d. 1951), Australian Prime Minister
7 November - Frank Cheadle, rugby league footballer and World War I soldier (d. 1916).

Deaths

28 January - Edward Davy (b. 1806), scientist
20 August - Harry Ord (b. 1819), Governor of Western Australia

See also

1885
1880s

Notes

^ Lack, John. "McKay, Hugh Victor (1865 - 1926)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100286b.htm. Retrieved 12 March 2007.