1880 in Australia

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See also:	Other events of 1880 Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1880 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir Augustus Loftus ^[1]
• Governor of Queensland – Sir Arthur Kennedy ^[2]
• Governor of South Australia – Sir William Jervois ^[3]
• Governor of Tasmania – Frederick Weld until 5 April, vacant thereafter ^[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 ^[6]
• Premier of Queensland – Thomas McIlwraith ^[7]
• Premier of South Australia – William Morgan ^[8]
• Premier of Tasmania – William Giblin ^[9]
• Premier of Victoria –
  • until 5 March – Graham Berry ^[10]
  • 5 March-3 August – James Service ^[10]
  • starting 3 August – Graham Berry ^[10]

Events

• 22 January – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland.
• 20 January – Bushranger Captain Moonlite (real name Andrew George Scott) hanged in Sydney. ^[11]
• 31 January – The Bulletin magazine is first published. ^[12]
• May – School is made compulsory for children aged 6 to 14 in New South Wales. ^[13]
• 28 June – Ned Kelly captured at Glenrowan, Victoria. ^[14]
• 1 October – The Melbourne International Exhibition is opened at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton. ^[15]
• 10 October – Geologist Lamont Young and four others disappear on a boat trip north from Bermagui, New South Wales. ^[16]
• 11 November – Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. ^[17]
• 23 November – Redmond Barry, the judge who sentenced Ned Kelly to be hanged, dies just twelve days after Kelly was hanged. ^[18]

Science and technology

• 2 February – The first successful shipment of frozen beef and mutton from Australia arrived in London aboard the SS Strathleven. ^[19]
• August – The first telephone exchange in Australia opened in Melbourne. ^[20]

Arts and literature

Main article: 1880 in Australian literature

Sport

• Grand Flaneur wins the Melbourne Cup. ^[21]
• England defeat Australia by 5 wickets in a Cricket Test held at The Oval. ^[22]

Births

• 2 January – Charlie Frazer, politician (died 1913)
• 15 April – Doug McLean, Sr., rugby footballer (died 1947) ^[23]
• 8 August – Earle Page, the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961) ^[24]
• 10 December – Jessie Aspinall, doctor, first female junior medical resident at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (died 1953) ^[25]
• 11 December – Frank Tarrant, cricketer (died 1951) ^[26]

Deaths

• 20 January – Captain Moonlight, bushranger (born 1842), hanged ^[11]
• 2 May – Tom Wills, cricketer and founder of Australian rules football (born 1835), suicide ^[27]
• 26 June – Aaron Sherritt, bushranger (born August 1854), shot by Joe Byrne
• 28 June – Joe Byrne, bushranger (born November 1856),
• 28 June – Steve Hart, bushranger (born February 1859),
• 28 June – 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) ^[28]
• 27 September – Charles Hardwicke, Tasmanian explorer (b. 1788) ^[29]
• 27 October – Samuel Gill, artist (born 1818) ^[30]
• 11 November – Ned Kelly, bushranger (b. c. 1855), hanged ^[17]
• 23 November – Redmond Barry, Judge (born 1813) ^[18]

References

1. "Lord Augustus William Loftus (1817–1904)". Loftus, Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer (1817–1904). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
2. Boyce, Peter. "Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (1810–1883)". Kennedy, Sir Arthur Edward (1810–1883). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
3. Winks, Robin W. "Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois (1821–1897)". Jervois, Sir William Francis Drummond (1821–1897). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
4. "Governors of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
5. Bolton, G. C. "Second Marquess of Normanby (1819–1890)". Normanby, second Marquess of (1819–1890). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
6. "Sir Henry Parkes - Australian politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
7. Dignan, Don. "Sir Thomas McIlwraith (1835–1900)". McIlwraith, Sir Thomas (1835–1900). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
8. "Premiers of South Australia". www.parliament.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
9. "Premiers of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
10. "Premier of Victoria". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
11. "Andrew George Scott (1842–1880)". Scott, Andrew George (1842–1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
12. "The bulletin". National Library of Australia. John Haynes and J.F. Archibald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
13. "Public Instruction Act 1880 - History of New South Wales government schools". education.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
14. FitzSimons, Peter (2 November 2013). "Iron man: the story of Ned Kelly's last stand". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
15. "Photograph Album - Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880 -1881". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
16. The Mary Celeste Syndrome. john pinkney. p. 196.
17. "On this day: Ned Kelly is hanged". Australian Geographic. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
18. Ryan, Peter. "Sir Redmond Barry (1813–1880)". Barry, Sir Redmond (1813–1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
19. Makin, A. J. (2002). International Macroeconomics. Financial Times Prentice Hall. p. 299. ISBN   9780582369924.
20. The Palace of Winged Words: The Development of Telephone Exchanges in Australia (1 ed.). [Melbourne]: Telecom Australia. Educational Development Unit. 1980. p. 4. ISBN   0642894574 – via books.google.com.au.
21. Rolfe, Costa (2009). Winners of the Melbourne Cup: Stories that Stopped a Nation. Red Dog Books. p. 41. ISBN   9781742590868.
22. "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.
23. "Queensland Representative Players". QRL. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011.
24. Bridge, Carl. "Sir Earle Christmas Page (1880–1961)". Page, Sir Earle Christmas (1880–1961). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
25. Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880–1953)
26. "Frank Tarrant". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
27. Mandle, W. F. "Thomas Wentworth Wills (1835–1880)". Wills, Thomas Wentworth (1835–1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
28. "Charles Hervey Bagot (1788–1880)". Bagot, Charles Hervey (1788–1880). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 March 2018.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
29. "DEATH OF C. B. HARDWICKE, ESQ". Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899). 28 September 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
30. "Overlanders, (circa 1865) by S T Gill :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.