• Source: 1896 in Australia

      • The following lists events that happened during 1896 in Australia.


      Incumbents


      Monarch - Victoria


      = Governors of the Australian colonies

      =
      Governor of New South Wales – Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden
      Governor of Queensland – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (from 9 April)
      Governor of South Australia – Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet
      Governor of Tasmania – Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
      Governor of Victoria – Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
      Governor of Western Australia – Sir Gerard Smith


      = Premiers of the Australian colonies

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


      Events


      13 February - The Capsize of the ferry Pearl on the Brisbane River, killing 28
      27 October Passengers Alighting from Ferry Brighton at Manly the first film shot and screened in Australia


      Arts and literature



      While the Billy Boils, a collection of short stories, is published by Henry Lawson
      Augustus Juncker (1855–1942) publishes English duet edition of I was dreaming popularised in the French opera Ma mie Rosette


      Sport


      7 to 11 April – Edwin Flack wins gold medals in the 800-metre and 1500 metre events, and bronze in the tennis doubles at the Games of the 1st Olympiad. He was the only Australian competitor at these games.
      3 October – The Victorian Football League is formed, with competition beginning in 1897.
      3 November – Newhaven wins the Melbourne Cup - the first horse-racing films produced in Australia.
      New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield


      Births


      22 January – Norman Gilroy, first Australian-born Cardinal (died 1977)
      8 February – Alfred Percival Bullen, circus proprietor (died 1974)
      18 February – John Cramer, politician (died 1994)
      5 July – Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia (died 1981)
      11 July – Evelyn Scotney, coloratura soprano (died 1967)
      18 July – Jack Mullens, politician (died 1978)
      3 August – Charles Adermann, politician (died 1979)
      24 August – Edwin Corboy, politician (died 1950)
      28 August – Arthur Calwell, politician (died 1973)
      8 September – Marion Allnutt, welfare worker, commanding officer of the NGO, Women's Australian National Services (died 1980)
      15 September – Norman Lethbridge Cowper, lawyer (died 1987)
      29 September – Thomas James Bede Kenny, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1953)
      3 October – Auvergne Doherty, businesswoman (died 1961]
      21 October – Patrick Gordon Taylor, aviator (died 1966)
      16 November – Joan Lindsay, author (Picnic at Hanging Rock) (died 1984)
      27 November – Arthur Percy Sullivan, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1937)


      Deaths


      27 April – Sir Henry Parkes (born 1815), politician
      15 September – John Anderson Hartley (born 1844), educator
      10 October – Ferdinand von Mueller (born 1825), botanist


      See also


      List of Australian films before 1910


      References

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