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The following lists events that happened during 1880 in Australia.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bushranger</span> Australian outlaws active during the 19th century

Bushrangers were originally escaped convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who used the bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities. By the 1820s, the term had evolved to refer to those who took up "robbery under arms" as a way of life, using the bush as their base.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Redmond Barry</span> Australian judge (1813–1880)

Sir Redmond Barry,, was a colonial judge in Victoria, Australia of Anglo-Irish origins. Barry was the inaugural Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, serving from 1853 until his death in 1880. He is arguably best known for having sentenced Ned Kelly to death.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Allardyce</span> British Colonial Governor

Sir William Lamond Allardyce, was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as governor of Fiji (1901–1902), the Falkland Islands (1904–1914), Bahamas (1914–1920), Tasmania (1920–1922), and Newfoundland (1922–1928).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Gaunson</span> Australian politician

David Gaunson was an Australian politician and criminal solicitor who conducted the defence of the infamous Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly in the pre-trial stages.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Old Melbourne Gaol</span> Museum and former jail in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Old Melbourne Gaol is a former jail and current museum on Russell Street, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It consists of a bluestone building and courtyard, and is located next to the old City Police Watch House and City Courts buildings, and opposite the Russell Street Police Headquarters. It was first constructed starting in 1839, and during its operation as a prison between 1845 and 1924, it held and executed some of Australia's most notorious criminals, including bushranger Ned Kelly and serial killer Frederick Bailey Deeming. In total, 133 people were executed by hanging. Though it was used briefly during World War II, it formally ceased operating as a prison in 1924; with parts of the jail being incorporated into the RMIT University, and the rest becoming a museum.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beechworth</span> Town in Victoria, Australia

Beechworth is a well-preserved historical town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s. At the 2021 census, Beechworth had a population of 3,290.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Kelly (bushranger)</span> Australian bushranger (1861–1880)

Daniel Kelly was an Australian bushranger and outlaw. The son of an Irish convict, he was the younger brother of the bushranger Ned Kelly. Dan and Ned killed three policemen at Stringybark Creek in northeast Victoria, near the present-day town of Tolmie, Victoria. With two friends, Joe Byrne and Steve Hart, the brothers formed the Kelly Gang. They robbed banks, took over whole towns, and kept the people in Victoria and New South Wales frightened. For two years the Victorian police searched for them, locked up their friends and families, but could not find them. Dan Kelly died during the infamous siege of Glenrowan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry Power</span> Australian bushranger (1819–1891)

Henry Johnson, better known by his alias Harry Power, was an Irish-born convict who became a bushranger in Australia. From 1869 to 1870, he was accompanied by a young Ned Kelly, who went on to become Australia's best known bushranger.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Captain Moonlite</span> Australian bushranger (1842–1880)

Andrew George Scott, also known as Captain Moonlite, though also referred to as Alexander Charles Scott and Captain Moonlight, was an Irish-born New Zealand immigrant to the Colony of Victoria, a bushranger there and in the Colony of New South Wales, and an eventual and current day Australian folk figure.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jerilderie Letter</span>

The handwritten document known as the Jerilderie Letter was dictated by Australian bushranger Ned Kelly to fellow Kelly Gang member Joe Byrne in 1879. It is one of only two original Kelly letters known to have survived.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ned Kelly beard</span> Style of facial hair

A Ned Kelly beard is a style of facial hair named after 19th-century Australian bushranger and outlaw Ned Kelly. It consists of a full, luxuriant beard and a moustache, and is typically accompanied by short, styled hair. Although the term dates back to the early 20th century, it gained currency in Australia in the 2000s to refer to a trend in hipster fashion, and was named word of the month in March 2014 by the Australian National Dictionary Centre.

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  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. 1 2 3 "Premier of Victoria". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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  13. ↑ "Public Instruction Act 1880 - History of New South Wales government schools". education.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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  16. ↑ The Mary Celeste Syndrome. john pinkney. p. 196.
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  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.
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  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.
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