1889 in Australia

none February 2012 February 2020 December 2009 1889 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1889 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1889 in Australia. 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 FyshBeresford Quentin Fysh, Sir Philip Oakley (1835–1919) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fysh-sir-philip-oakley-6262 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 14 May 2018 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 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 – defeat by 2 goals to win the 1889 SAFA Grand Final, the first Grand Final in Australian rules football. November – Bravo wins the Melbourne CupTHE BOOKMAKERS AND THE MELBOURNE CUP. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70082012 North Eastern Ensign (Benalla, Vic. : 1872–1938) 14 May 2018 2 15 November 1889 Births 23 February – Lucy Godiva Woodcock, pacifist, schoolteacher, trade union official and women's activist (died 1968)Bruce Mitchell woodcock-lucy-godiva-9172 Woodcock, Lucy Godiva (1889–1968) 2012-02-18 6 March – William Douglas Francis, botanist (died 1959) 4 April – Jack Cato, photographer (died 1971)Jack Cato https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A97031 2025-11-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 18 April – Jessie Street, feminist and suffragette (died 1970)Radi Heather Street, Lady Jessie Mary (1889–1970) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/street-lady-jessie-mary-11789 Australian Dictionary of Biography National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 9 February 2020 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)Sunderland, Harry (1889–1964) Deaths 9 February – Peter Lalor, Eureka Stockade leader (born 1827) 5 November – Peter Warburton, explorer (born 1813) References 1889 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia