poet and literary critic (wife of Vance Palmer) 28 August – Vance Palmer (died 1959), novelist, essayist and critic (husband of Nettie Palmer) 22 September – Ben Chifley (died 1951), Australian Prime Minister 15 October – Frank Hurley (died 1962), photographer and adventurer 7 November – Frank Cheadle, rugby league footballer and World War I soldier (died 1916). Deaths 28 January – Edward Davy (born 1806), scientist Notes Australia Years of the 19th century in Australia