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The following lists events that happened during 1884 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governors

Governors of the Australian colonies:

Governor of New South Wales – Lord Augustus Loftus
Governor of South Australia – William Cleaver Francis Robinson^{[1] Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine}
Governor of Tasmania – Major Sir George Strahan
Governor of Victoria – George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby then William Foster Stawell

Premiers

Premiers of the Australian colonies:

Premier of New South Wales – Alexander Stuart^[2]
Premier of South Australia – Sir John Cox Bray until 16 June then John Colton^{[3] Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine}
Premier of Tasmania – William Giblin until 15 August then Adye Douglas^[4]
Premier of Victoria – James Service

Events

13 March – Daisy Bates married Breaker Morant.
16 June – The South Australian government of John Bray lost a no confidence motion over the introduction of a new tax and Bray was replaced as premier by the opposition leader John Colton.
October – Billy Hughes migrated to Australia.

Science and technology

Sydney and Melbourne connected by telephone.^[1]

Arts and literature

Sport

November – Malua wins the Melbourne Cup^[5]

Births

8 February – Reginald "Snowy" Baker (died 1953), sportsman and actor^[6]
16 December – John Gunn (died 1959), Premier of South Australia^[7]
22 December – Bartlett Adamson (died 1951), journalist, poet, author and political activist^[2]

Deaths

25 January – James Francis (born 1819), Premier of Victoria^[8]
22 February – Sir Charles Sladen (born 1816), Premier of Victoria^[9]

Notes

^ Pearl, Cyril (1958). Wild Men of Sydney. London: W.H. Allen. p. 255. ISBN 0-207-13539-8.
^ Adamson, George Ernest Bartlett (1884–1951)

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