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 22 January – Toowong State School is founded in Queensland. 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 compulsory for children aged 6 to 14 in New South Wales. 28 June – Ned Kelly captured at Glenrowan, Victoria. 1 October – The Melbourne International Exhibition is opened at the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton. 10 October – Geologist Lamont Young and four others disappear on a boat trip north from Bermagui, New South Wales. 11 November – Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged. 23 November – Redmond Barry, the judge who sentenced Ned Kelly to be hanged, dies just twelve days after Kelly was hanged.
Science and technology 2 February – The first successful shipment of frozen beef and mutton from Australia arrived in London aboard the SS Strathleven. August – The first telephone exchange in Australia opened in Melbourne.
Arts and literature
Sport Grand Flaneur wins the Melbourne Cup. England defeat Australia by 5 wickets in a Cricket Test held at The Oval.
Births 2 January – Charlie Frazer, politician (died 1913) 15 April – Doug McLean, Sr., rugby footballer (died 1947) 8 August – Earle Page, the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961) 10 December – Jessie Aspinall, doctor, first female junior medical resident at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (died 1953)Aspinall, Jessie Strahorn (1880–1953) 11 December – Frank Tarrant, cricketer (died 1951)
Deaths 20 January – Captain Moonlight, bushranger (born 1842), hanged 2 May – Tom Wills, cricketer and founder of Australian rules football (born 1835), suicide 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) 27 September – Charles Hardwicke, Tasmanian explorer (b. 1788) 27 October – Samuel Gill, artist (born 1818) 11 November – Ned Kelly, bushranger (b. c. 1855), hanged 23 November – Redmond Barry, Judge (born 1813)
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