1886 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1886 in Australia.

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Decades:
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
See also:

Incumbents

Premiers

Governors

Events
  • 25 January – The first assembly of the Federal Council of Australasia is held in Hobart.[12]
  • 30 May – The SS Ly-Ee-Moon sinks off Green Cape, New South Wales, with the loss of 71 persons.[13]
  • 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.[14]

Undated

Arts and literature
Main article: 1886 in Australian literature

Sport

Births

Deaths
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References
  1. "Premiers of New South Wales, 1856 - present". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. "Queensland Premiers". www.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  3. "Premiers of South Australia". www.parliament.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. "Premiers of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. "Parliament of Victoria - Premier of Victoria". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  6. Martin, A. W. "Carrington, Charles Robert (1843–1928)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  7. "Queensland Governors". www.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  8. Crowley, F. K. "Robinson, Sir William Cleaver Francis (1834–1897)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  9. "Previous Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Tasmania". Government House Tasmania. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  10. "Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch - British colonial official". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  11. Crowley, F. K. "Broome, Sir Frederick Napier (1842–1896)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  12. "Federal Council of Australasia". National Library of Australia. 1886. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  13. "ss-ly-ee-moon" "SS Ly-ee-Moon". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  14. Lansbury, Coral; Nairn, Bede. "Spence, William Guthrie (1846–1926)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  15. "The Cocos (Keeling) Islands". www.naa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  16. "THE MELBOURNE CUP, FROM 1861 TO 1917". Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954). 24 October 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  17. "Ashes History: The early years". BBC. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  18. Walsh, G. P. "Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  19. "McIntyre, Margaret Edgeworth - Woman - The Australian Women's Register". www.womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  20. "Sir James Martin, 1820 – 1886". Heritage Archives and Library Research and Collection Services. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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