1884 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1884 in Australia.

← 1883 1882 1881 1884 in Australia → 1885 1886 1887
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1884 Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales – Lord Augustus Loftus
• Governor of South Australia – William Cleaver Francis Robinson^{[1] Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine}
• Governor of Tasmania – Major Sir George Strahan
• Governor of Victoria – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby then William Foster Stawell

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales – Alexander Stuart^[2]
• Premier of South Australia – Sir John Cox Bray until 16 June then John Colton^{[3] Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine}
• Premier of Tasmania – William Giblin until 15 August then Adye Douglas^[4]
• Premier of Victoria – James Service

Events

• 13 March – Daisy Bates married Breaker Morant.
• 16 June – The South Australian government of John Bray lost a no confidence motion over the introduction of a new tax and Bray was replaced as premier by the opposition leader John Colton.
• October – Billy Hughes migrated to Australia.

Science and technology

• Sydney and Melbourne connected by telephone.

Arts and literature

Main article: 1884 in Australian literature

Sport

• November – Malua wins the Melbourne Cup^[5]

Births

• 8 February – Reginald "Snowy" Baker (died 1953), sportsman and actor^[6]
• 16 December – John Gunn (died 1959), Premier of South Australia^[7]
• 22 December – Bartlett Adamson (died 1951), journalist, poet, author and political activist

Deaths

• 25 January – James Francis (born 1819), Premier of Victoria^[8]
• 22 February – Sir Charles Sladen (born 1816), Premier of Victoria^[9]