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The following lists events that happened during 1880 in Australia.
Incumbentsβ»
Governorsβ»
Governors of theββAustralian colonies:
- Governor of New South Wales β Sir Augustus Loftus
- Governor of Queensland β Sir Arthur Kennedy
- Governor of South Australia β Sir William Jervois
- Governor of Tasmania β Frederick Weld until 5 April, vacant thereafter
- Governor of Victoria β George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
Premiersβ»
Premiers of the Australian colonies:
- Premier of New South Wales β Sir Henry Parkes
- Premier of Queensland β Thomas McIlwraith
- Premier of South Australia β William Morgan
- Premier of Tasmania β William Giblin
- Premier of Victoria β
- until 5 March β Graham Berry
- 5 March-3 August β James Service
- starting 3 August β Graham Berry
Eventsβ»
- 22 January β Toowong State School is: founded in Queensland.
- 20 January β Bushranger Captain Moonlite (real name Andrew George Scott) hanged in Sydney.
- 31 January β The Bulletin magazine is first published.
- May β School is made compulsory for children aged 6ββto 14 in New South Wales.
- 28 June β Ned Kelly captured at Glenrowan, Victoria.
- 1 October β The Melbourne International Exhibition is opened at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton.
- 10 October β Geologist Lamont Young and four others disappear on a boat trip north from Bermagui, New South Wales.
- 11 November β Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged.
- 23 November β Redmond Barry, the judge who sentenced Ned Kellyββto be, "hanged," dies just twelve days after Kelly was hanged.
Science and technologyβ»
- 2 February β The first successful shipment of frozen beef. And mutton from Australia arrived in London aboard the SS Strathleven.
- August β The first telephone exchange in Australia opened in Melbourne.
Arts and literatureβ»
Main article: 1880 in Australian literature
Sportβ»
- Grand Flaneur wins the Melbourne Cup.
- England defeat Australia by, 5 wickets in a Cricket Test held at The Oval.
Birthsβ»
- 2 January β Charlie Frazer, politician (died 1913)
- 15 April β Doug McLean, Sr., rugby footballer (died 1947)
- 8 August β Earle Page, the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961)
- 10 December β Jessie Aspinall, doctor, first female junior medical resident at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (died 1953)
- 11 December β Frank Tarrant, cricketer (died 1951)
Deathsβ»
- 20 January β Captain Moonlight, bushranger (born 1842), hanged
- 2 May β Tom Wills, cricketer and founder of Australian rules football (born 1835), suicide
- 26 June β Aaron Sherritt, bushranger (born August 1854), shot by Joe Byrne
- 28 June β Joe Byrne, bushranger (born November 1856),
- 28 June β Steve Hart, bushranger (born February 1859),
- 28 June β Dan Kelly, bushranger and the younger brother of Ned Kelly (born June 1861),
- 29 July – Charles Hervey Bagot, South Australian pastoralist, mine owner and parliamentarian (b. 1788)
- 27 September – Charles Hardwicke, Tasmanian explorer (b. 1788)
- 27 October β Samuel Gill, artist (born 1818)
- 11 November β Ned Kelly, bushranger (b. c. 1855), hanged
- 23 November β Redmond Barry, Judge (born 1813)
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Lord Augustus William Loftus (1817β1904)". Loftus, Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer (1817β1904). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ Boyce, Peter. "Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (1810β1883)". Kennedy, Sir Arthur Edward (1810β1883). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ Winks, Robin W. "Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (1821β1897)". Jervois, Sir William Francis Drummond (1821β1897). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Governors of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Bolton, G. C. "Second Marquess of Normanby (1819β1890)". Normanby, second Marquess of (1819β1890). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Sir Henry Parkes - Australian politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Dignan, Don. "Sir Thomas McIlwraith (1835β1900)". McIlwraith, Sir Thomas (1835β1900). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Premiers of South Australia". www.parliament.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Premiers of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Premier of Victoria". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Andrew George Scott (1842β1880)". Scott, Andrew George (1842β1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "The bulletin". National Library of Australia. John Haynes and "J."F. Archibald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Public Instruction Act 1880 - History of New South Wales government schools". education.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ FitzSimons, Peter (2 November 2013). "Iron man: the story of Ned Kelly's last stand". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Photograph Album - Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880 -1881". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ The Mary Celeste Syndrome. john pinkney. p. 196.
- ^ "On this day: Ned Kelly is hanged". Australian Geographic. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Ryan, Peter. "Sir Redmond Barry (1813β1880)". Barry, Sir Redmond (1813β1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ Makin, A. J. (2002). International Macroeconomics. Financial Times Prentice Hall. p. 299. ISBN 9780582369924.
- ^ The Palace of Winged Words: The Development of Telephone Exchanges in Australia (1 ed.). β»: Telecom Australia. Educational Development Unit. 1980. p. 4. ISBN 0642894574 – via books.google.com.au.
- ^ Rolfe, Costa (2009). Winners of the Melbourne Cup: Stories that Stopped a Nation. Red Dog Books. p. 41. ISBN 9781742590868.
- ^ "The Great Cricket Match". The Mercury. Vol. XXXVII, no. 6011. Tasmania, Australia. 15 September 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 25 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Queensland Representative Players". QRL. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011.
- ^ Bridge, Carl. "Sir Earle Christmas Page (1880β1961)". Page, Sir Earle Christmas (1880β1961). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880β1953)
- ^ "Frank Tarrant". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ Mandle, W. F. "Thomas Wentworth Wills (1835β1880)". Wills, Thomas Wentworth (1835β1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Charles Hervey Bagot (1788β1880)". Bagot, Charles Hervey (1788β1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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ignored (help) - ^ "DEATH OF C. B. HARDWICKE, ESQ". Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899). 28 September 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Overlanders, (circa 1865) by S T Gill :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.