1896 in Australia

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1896
in
Australia

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1896 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governors of the Australian colonies

Premiers of the Australian colonies

Events

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[1][2]

Sport

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)
  • 15 September – Norman Lethbridge Cowper, lawyer (died 1987)
  • 29 September –
    Thomas James Bede Kenny
    , soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1953)
  • 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "NEW MUSIC". The Daily Telegraph. No. 5466. New South Wales, Australia. 26 December 1896. p. 11. Retrieved 23 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ 78rpm recording online at national film and sound archive Australia
  3. ^ "Australia's first Olympian - April 1896: Edwin Flack becomes Australia's first Olympian". www.nma.gov.au. National Museum of Australia. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2017.