1895 in Australia

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8 August - The steamship SS Catterthun strikes Seal Rocks, NSW, and founders, killing 55 persons
17 August - The Albert Railway Bridge opens in Brisbane
10 December - Launceston, Tasmania becomes the first Australian city to be powered by hydro-electricity with the opening of the Duck Reach Power Station

6 April - The song Waltzing Matilda is first performed at the North Gregory Hotel, Winton, Queensland.
Banjo Paterson publishes his first major collection of poetry, The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses^[1]
Tom Roberts painted Bailed Up
Little Donah Polka published under the name 'Ansell Hope' (unidentified) ^[2]
Reverend Alfred Wheeler (composer) publishes Sailing Together^[3]

6 January – Hudson Fysh, aviator, joint founder of Qantas (d. 1974)
14 March – Duncan Thompson, rugby league footballer, coach and administrator (d. 1980)
22 March – Archie Cameron, politician (d. 1956)
13 April – Ivan Stedman, swimmer (d. 1979)
18 August – Sibyl Morrison, barrister (d. 1961)
31 October – Les Darcy, boxer (d. 1917)

^ Banjo Paterson. The Man from Snowy River: and other verses. OCLC. OCLC 29457822.
^ "New Music". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. LI, no. 1346. New South Wales, Australia. 23 November 1895. p. 9. Retrieved 23 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1895". The Narracoorte Herald. Vol. XVIII, no. 1,732. South Australia. 19 February 1895. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

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