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1880 In Australia
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 *Governor of Queensland – Sir Arthur Kennedy * Governor of South Australia – Sir William Jervois *Governor of Tasmania – Frederick Weld until 5 April, vacant thereafter *Governor of Victoria – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby Premiers Premiers of the Australian colonies: *Premier of New South Wales – Sir Henry Parkes *Premier of Queensland – Thomas McIlwraith *Premier of South Australia – William Morgan *Premier of Tasmania – William Giblin *Premier of Victoria – ** until 5 March – Graham Berry ** 5 March-3 August – James Service ** starting 3 August – Graham Berry Events * 20 January – Bushranger Captain Moonlite (real name Andrew George Scott) hanged in Sydney. * 31 January – The Bulletin magazine is first published. * May – School is made compuls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1880
Events January–March * January 22 – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland, Australia. * January – The international White slave trade affair scandal in Brussels is exposed and attracts international infamy. * February – The journal ''Science'' is first published in the United States, with financial backing from Thomas Edison. * February 2 ** The first electric streetlight is installed in Wabash, Indiana. ** The first successful shipment of frozen mutton from Australia arrives in London, aboard the SS ''Strathleven''. * February 4 – The Black Donnelly Massacre takes the lives of five members of one family in Biddulph Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. * February 24 – The SS ''Columbia'', which will be the first outside usage of Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb, is launched at the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works of John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. * March 31 – Wabash, Indiana, becomes the first electr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
