1885 in Australia

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1885
in
Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1885 in Australia.

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Incumbents

Governors

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Premiers

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Events

Science and technology

Arts and literature

Sport

Births

Deaths

Notes

  1. "Sudan (New South Wales Contingent) March–June 1885". Australian military history overview. Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  2. Painter, Alison. "1 April 1885 Russian scare". SA 175. Professional Historians Association (South Australia). Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  3. "The Exploratory Expedition to New Guinea". Sydney Morning Herald . 27 July 1885. p. 4.
  4. Lack, John (1986). "Hugh Victor McKay (1865–1926)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Australian National University. Archived from the original on 21 March 2007. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  5. Lomas, L. (1990). "William John Yuill (1885–1960)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Vol. 12. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 11 September 2025.