The following lists events that happened during 1885 in Australia.

1885
in
Australia

Decades:
See also:

Incumbents

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Governors

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Governors of the Australian colonies:

Premiers

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Premiers of the Australian colonies:

Events

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Science and technology

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Arts and literature

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Sport

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Births

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  • 8 January – John Curtin (died 1945), Australian Prime Minister
  • 26 January – Michael Considine (died 1959), Australian politician
  • 29 January – Arthur Halloway (died 1961), rugby league footballer and coach
  • 20 March – Vernon Ransford (died 1958), cricketer
  • 1 July – Dorothea Mackellar (died 1968), poet
  • 12 August – Keith Murdoch (died 1952), journalist and newspaper publisher
  • 15 August – Beaumont Smith (died 1950), film director and producer
  • 18 August
  • 28 August – Vance Palmer (died 1959), novelist, essayist and critic (husband of Nettie Palmer)
  • 22 September – Ben Chifley (died 1951), Australian Prime Minister
  • 8 October - Oliver Woodward (died 1966), metallurgist, mine manager and soldier
  • 10 October - William John Yuill (died 1960), agricultural writer, dairy industry leader and public servant[5]
  • 15 October – Frank Hurley (died 1962), photographer and adventurer
  • 7 November – Frank Cheadle, rugby league footballer and World War I soldier (died 1916).

Deaths

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Sudan (New South Wales Contingent) March–June 1885". Australian military history overview. Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  2. ^ Painter, Alison. "1 April 1885 Russian scare". SA 175. Professional Historians Association (South Australia). Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  3. ^ "The Exploratory Expedition to New Guinea". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 1885. p. 4.
  4. ^ Lack, John. "McKay, Hugh Victor (1865 - 1926)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Archived from the original on 21 March 2007. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
  5. ^ Lomas, L. "Yuill, William John (1885–1960)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 February 2012.