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See also: 1881 in Australia, other events of 1882, 1883 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

• Governor of New South Wales - Lord Augustus Loftus
• Governor of Queensland - Arthur Edward Kennedy
• Governor of South Australia - Sir William Jervois
• Governor of Tasmania - Major Sir George Strahan
• Governor of Victoria - George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby
• Governor of Western Australia - (office first formed in 1890)

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

• Premier of New South Wales - Henry Parkes
• Premier of Queensland - Thomas McIlwraith
• Premier of South Australia - John Cox Bray
• Premier of Tasmania - William Giblin
• Premier of Victoria - Sir Bryan O'Loghlen
• Premier of Western Australia - office first formed in 1890

Events

• January 1 - Bilateral conventions for the exchange of money orders come into effect between the United States of America and the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria.
• February 2 - A cyclone causes considerable damage to the town of Cardwell, Queensland.
• May 8 - Planning begins on the Working Men's College in Melbourne (now RMIT University).

Science & Technology

• December 6 - A rare Transit of Venus across the disc of the Sun is visible from Australia, and many scientific parties arrive from around the world to observe and record the transit. The next time this will occur will be in June 2004.^[1]

Sport

• February 17 - The first cricket Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground begins.
• August 29 - The Australian cricket team beats England for the first time in a test match at The Oval in London. A mock obituary appears in the next day's Sporting Times, mourning "the death of English cricket", which leads to the creation of The Ashes.
• The Assyrian wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

• January 19 - John Cain snr. (d. 1957), Premier of Victoria
• February 18 - Harvey Sutton (d. 1963), track and field athlete
• March 24 - Enid Derham (d. 1941), poet
• April 29 - Tom Richards (d. 1935), Australian rugby union player
• May 5 - Sir Douglas Mawson, geologist and explorer (born in England)
• July 8 - Percy Grainger (d. 1961), composer and pianist
• July 26 - Albert Dunstan, (d. 1950), Premier of Victoria
• December 6 - Warren Bardsley (d. 1954), cricketer

Deaths

• August 1 - Henry Kendall (b. 1839), poet

See also

• 1882
• 1880s