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1888 in Australia

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1888
in
Australia

Decades:
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The following lists events that happened during 1888 in Australia.

Incumbents

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Premiers

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Governors

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Events

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Undated

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  • Excavation begins on the water supply tunnels beneath Fremantle Prison, in Western Australia.
  • Australia’s 100th Birthday not there are colonies Australia is not a country until 1901

Arts and literature

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  • Angus & Robertson publish their first book, A Crown of Wattle, a collection of poetry by H. Peden Steel

Sport

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT AND CAPTAIN WRIGHT". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 October 1888. p. 10. Retrieved 2 March 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Nairn, Bede; Rutledge, Martha. "Dalley, William Bede (1831–1888)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 21 March 2018.