1889 in Australia

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Incumbents

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

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.

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]

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]

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

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