1889 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1889 in Australia.

← 1888 1887 1886 1889 in Australia → 1890 1891 1892
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1889 Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

• Monarch - Victoria

Premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – Henry Parkes until 16 January, then George Dibbs 17 January-7 March, then Henry Parkes
• Premier of Queensland – Boyd Dunlop Morehead
• Premier of South Australia – Thomas Playford II until 27 June, then John Cockburn
• Premier of Tasmania – Philip Fysh^[1]
• Premier of Victoria – Duncan Gillies

Governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Lord Carrington
• Governor of Queensland – Henry Wylie Norman
• Governor of South Australia – Sir William Robinson until 5 March, then 9th Earl of Kintore
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir Robert Hamilton
• Governor of Victoria – Lord Loch
• Governor of Western Australia – Sir Frederick Broome

Arts and literature

Main article: 1889 in Australian literature

• 17 August – The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, featuring works by Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder, was opened in Melbourne.
• 21 December – The poem "Clancy of the Overflow", by Banjo Paterson, is first published in The Bulletin magazine.

Sport

• 5 October – Norwood defeat Port Adelaide by 2 goals to win the 1889 SAFA Grand Final, the first Grand Final in Australian rules football.
• November – Bravo wins the Melbourne Cup^[2]

Births

• 23 February – Lucy Godiva Woodcock, pacifist, schoolteacher, trade union official and women's activist (died 1968)^[3]
• 6 March – William Douglas Francis, botanist (died 1959)
• 18 April – Jessie Street, feminist and suffragette (died 1970)^[4]
• 20 April – Cuthbert Butler, politician (died 1950)
• 2 June – Margaret Theadora Allan, community worker (died 1968)
• 18 September – Doris Blackburn, politician (died 1970)
• 27 October – Fanny Durack, swimmer (died 1956)
• 23 November – Harry Sunderland, rugby league administrator (died 1964)^[5]

Deaths

• 9 February – Peter Lalor, Eureka Stockade leader (born 1827)
• 5 November – Peter Warburton, explorer (born 1813)

References

1. Beresford, Quentin. "Fysh, Sir Philip Oakley (1835–1919)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
2. "THE BOOKMAKERS AND THE MELBOURNE CUP". North Eastern Ensign (Benalla, Vic. : 1872–1938). 15 November 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. Mitchell, Bruce. "Woodcock, Lucy Godiva (1889–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
4. Radi, Heather. "Street, Lady Jessie Mary (1889–1970)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. Sunderland, Harry (1889–1964)