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
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
1896 in Oceania |
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Sovereign states |
- Australia
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
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Associated states of New Zealand | |
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