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

^ "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)
^ 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)
^ 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)
^ "Governors of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ 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)
^ "Sir Henry Parkes - Australian politician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ 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)
^ "Premiers of South Australia". www.parliament.sa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Premiers of Tasmania". www.parliament.tas.gov.au. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Premier of Victoria". www.parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "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)
^ "The bulletin". National Library of Australia. John Haynes and J.F. Archibald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Public Instruction Act 1880 - History of New South Wales government schools". education.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ FitzSimons, Peter (2 November 2013). "Iron man: the story of Ned Kelly's last stand". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "Photograph Album - Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880 -1881". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ The Mary Celeste Syndrome. john pinkney. p. 196.
^ ^a ^b "On this day: Ned Kelly is hanged". Australian Geographic. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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)
^ Makin, A. J. (2002). International Macroeconomics. Financial Times Prentice Hall. p. 299. ISBN 9780582369924.
^ 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.
^ Rolfe, Costa (2009). Winners of the Melbourne Cup: Stories that Stopped a Nation. Red Dog Books. p. 41. ISBN 9781742590868.
^ "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.
^ "Queensland Representative Players". QRL. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 1 December 2011.
^ 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)
^ Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880–1953)
^ "Frank Tarrant". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ 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)
^ "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)
^ "DEATH OF C. B. HARDWICKE, ESQ". Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899). 28 September 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
^ "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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