1886 in Australia explained

The following lists events that happened during 1886 in Australia.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Victoria

Premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – John Robertson (until 25 February) then Patrick Jenning^[1]
• Premier of Queensland – Samuel Griffith^[2]
• Premier of South Australia – John Downer^[3]
• Premier of Tasmania – Adye Douglas (til 8 March) then James Agnew^[4]
• Premier of Victoria – James Service (til 18 February) then Duncan Gillies^[5]

Governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Lord Carrington^[6]
• Governor of Queensland – Anthony Musgrave^[7]
• Governor of South Australia – William Robinson^[8]
• Governor of Tasmania – George Strahan^[9]
• Governor of Victoria – Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch^[10]
• Governor of the Crown Colony of Western Australia – Sir Frederick Broome^[11]

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

• Queen Victoria grants the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the Clunies Ross family.^[15]

Arts and literature

See main article: 1886 in Australian literature.

Sport

• November – Arsenal wins the Melbourne Cup^[16]
• England defeats Australia 3–0 in The Ashes^[17]

Births

• 3 January – Arthur Mailey (died 1967), cricketer and journalist^[18]
• 4 May – Aubrey Abbott (died 1975), politician and administrator of the Northern Territory^[19]
• 28 November – Margaret McIntyre (died 1948), politician^[20]

Deaths

• 4 November – James Martin (born 1820), Premier of New South Wales^[21]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Premiers of New South Wales, 1856 - present. www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. 21 March 2018. en-AU.
2. Web site: Queensland Premiers. www.qld.gov.au. 21 March 2018. en-AU.
3. Web site: Premiers of South Australia. www.parliament.sa.gov.au. 21 March 2018. en. 20 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180320185821/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Members/Ministers/Pages/PremiersofSouthAustralia.aspx. dead.
4. Web site: Premiers of Tasmania. www.parliament.tas.gov.au. 21 March 2018.
5. Web site: Parliament of Victoria - Premier of Victoria. www.parliament.vic.gov.au. 21 March 2018. en-gb.
6. Web site: Martin. A. W.. Carrington, Charles Robert (1843–1928). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 21 March 2018.
7. Web site: Queensland Governors. www.qld.gov.au. 21 March 2018. en-AU.
8. Web site: Crowley. F. K.. Robinson, Sir William Cleaver Francis (1834–1897). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 21 March 2018.
9. Web site: Previous Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Tasmania. Government House Tasmania. 21 March 2018. en. 31 January 2017. 17 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141117181342/http://www.govhouse.tas.gov.au/governor/previous-governors. dead.
10. Web site: Henry Brougham Loch, 1st Baron Loch - British colonial official. Encyclopedia Britannica. 21 March 2018. en.
11. Web site: Crowley. F. K.. Broome, Sir Frederick Napier (1842–1896). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 21 March 2018.
12. Web site: Federal Council of Australasia. National Library of Australia. 21 March 2018. en. 1886.
13. Web site: SS Ly-ee-Moon. monumentaustralia.org.au. 21 March 2018. en.
14. Web site: Lansbury. Coral. Nairn. Bede. Spence, William Guthrie (1846–1926). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 21 March 2018.
15. Web site: The Cocos (Keeling) Islands. www.naa.gov.au. 21 March 2018. en-AU. https://web.archive.org/web/20130426073907/http://naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs103.aspx. 26 April 2013. dead.
16. Web site: THE MELBOURNE CUP, FROM 1861 TO 1917. Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954). 21 March 2018. 10. 24 October 1946.
17. Web site: Ashes History: The early years. BBC. 21 March 2018. 16 October 2002.
18. Web site: Walsh. G. P.. Mailey, Alfred Arthur (1886–1967). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 21 March 2018.
19. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/abbott-charles-lydiard-aubrey-9301 Abbott, Charles Lydiard Aubrey (1886–1975)
20. Web site: McIntyre, Margaret Edgeworth - Woman - The Australian Women's Register. www.womenaustralia.info. 21 March 2018. en-gb.
21. Web site: Sir James Martin, 1820 – 1886. Heritage Archives and Library Research and Collection Services. 21 March 2018. 10 December 2017. 22 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180322082134/http://arc.parracity.nsw.gov.au/blog/2017/12/11/sir-james-martin-1820-1886/. dead.