1895 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1895 in Australia.

Incumbents

Premiers

• Premier of New South Wales was George Reid
• Premier of South Australia was Charles Kingston
• Premier of Queensland was Hugh Nelson
• Premier of Tasmania was Edward Braddon
• Premier of Western Australia was John Forrest
• Premier of Victoria was George Turner

Governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Robert Duff until 21 March, then Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden
• Governor of Queensland – Henry Wylie Norman until 31 December
• Governor of South Australia – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore until 10 April, then Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet
• Governor of Tasmania – Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
• Governor of Victoria – John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow until 12 July, then Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
• Governor of Western Australia – William C. F. Robinson until 22 December, then Gerard Smith

Events

• 8 August - The steamship SS Catterthun strikes Seal Rocks, NSW, and founders, killing 55 persons
• 17 August - The Albert Railway Bridge opens in Brisbane
• 10 December - Launceston, Tasmania becomes the first Australian city to be powered by hydro-electricity with the opening of the Duck Reach Power Station

Arts and literature

• 6 April - The song Waltzing Matilda is first performed at the North Gregory Hotel, Winton, Queensland.
• Banjo Paterson publishes his first major collection of poetry, The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses
• Tom Roberts painted Bailed Up
• Little Donah Polka published under the name 'Ansell Hope' (unidentified)
• Reverend Alfred Wheeler (composer) publishes Sailing Together

Sport

• Auraria wins the Melbourne Cup
• Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield

Births

• 6 January – Hudson Fysh, aviator, joint founder of Qantas (d. 1974)
• 6 March – Les Holden, WWI fighter ace (d. 1932)
• 14 March – Duncan Thompson, rugby league footballer, coach and administrator (d. 1980)
• 22 March – Archie Cameron, politician (d. 1956)
• 29 March – George Alan Vasey, army officer (d. 1945)
• 13 April – Ivan Stedman, swimmer (d. 1979)
• 18 August – Sibyl Morrison, barrister (d. 1961)
• 31 October – Les Darcy, boxer (d. 1917)

Deaths

• 21 October – Louisa Anne Meredith, poet (b. 1812 in the United Kingdom)
• 29 December – Arthur Sidney Olliff, taxonomist (b. 1865 in the United Kingdom)

References