1898 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1898 in Australia.
Incumbents
Premiers
- Premier of New South Wales - George Reid
- Premier of South Australia - Charles Kingston
- Premier of Queensland - Hugh Nelson (until 13 April), Thomas Joseph Byrnes (died in office 27 September) then James Dickson
- Premier of Tasmania - Edward Braddon
- Premier of Western Australia - John Forrest
- Premier of Victoria - George Turner
Governors
- Governor of New South Wales – Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden
- Governor of Queensland – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington
- 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 – Gerard Smith
Events
- 6 May - The paddle steamer Maitland sinks near Broken Bay, drowning 24 people.
- 3–4 June - A Victoria to approve the draft Constitution of Australia. The constitution was accepted by the required majority in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria, but not in New South Wales.
- 17 October - The Perth Zoo opens with two lions and a tiger.
- 26 December - Gatton murders - Three members of the same family are sexually molested and murdered near the town of Gatton, Queensland (unsolved).
- The Queen Victoria Building in Sydney is completed
Science and technology
Nothing much that is important happened to do with science and technology.
Arts and literature
- W. Lister Lister wins the Wynne Prize for landscape painting or figure sculpture for his landscape The Last Gleam
Sport
- The Grafter wins the Melbourne Cup
- Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
Births
- 12 February - Sali Herman (died 1993), war artist
- 17 May - Stanley Frederick Utz (died 1974), businessman
- 20 May - Matthew O'Sullivan (died 1967), senator and salesmen
- 24 September - Howard Florey (died 1968), pharmacologist and Nobel Prize winner
- 9 December - Irene Greenwood (died 1992), radio broadcaster, feminist and peace activist[1]
Deaths
- 20 March - Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer (born 1819), Premier of Queensland
- 30 July - Mary Colton (born 1822), philanthropist and suffragist[2]
- 19 September - George Edward Grey (born 1812), Governor of South Australia
- 27 September - Thomas Joseph Byrnes (born 1860), Premier of Queensland
- 2 November - George Goyder (born 1826), Surveyor-General of South Australia
See also
References
- ^ Fisher, Catherine Horne. "Greenwood, Irene Adelaide (1898–1992)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ Jones, Helen. "Colton, Mary (1822–1898)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
