1891 in Australia

none February 2020 February 2012 October 2022 1891 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1891 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1891 in Australia. Incumbents Premiers Premier of New South Wales - Henry Parkes (until 23 October) then George Dibbs Premier of South Australia - Thomas Playford II Premier of Queensland - Samuel Griffith Premier of Tasmania - Philip Fysh Premier of Western Australia - John Forrest Premier of Victoria - James Munro Governors Governor of New South Wales – Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey Governor of Queensland – Henry Wylie Norman Governor of South Australia – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore Governor of Tasmania – Robert Hamilton Governor of Victoria – John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow Governor of Western Australia – William C. F. Robinson Events 5 January - The 1891 Australian shearers' strike begins, which leads to the formation of the Australian Labor Party. 13 April - Howard Moffat founds newspaper Daily Commercial News, which runs for 108 years before merging with Lloyd's List Australia Weekly to form Lloyd's List DCN. Arts and literature 1891 in Australian literature Fire's on - Arthur Streeton Census + 1891 census resultsNSWVicQldSATasNTWAAustralia1,123,9541,139,840393,718315,533146,6674,89849,7823,174,392 Sport Malvolio wins the Melbourne Cup Births 6 January – Ted McDonald, cricketer (died 1937) 22 January – Jack Lockett, oldest recorded Australian man (died 2002) 15 February – Roy Rene, comedian (died 1954) 28 March – May Mabel Adamson, school principal (died 1966) 9 April – Lesbia Harford, poet (died 1927) 30 April – Pat O'Hara Wood, tennis player (died 1961) 27 June – Mina Wylie, swimmer (died 1984) 26 September – William McKell, Premier of NSW and Governor General of Australia (died 1985)https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mckell-sir-william-john-15293 Australian Dictionary of Biography McKell, Sir William John (1891–1985) Chris Cunneen 2012 Melanie Nolan 18 Melbourne University Press 3 January 2022 18 October – Joe Abbott, politician (died 1965) 25 December (in New Zealand) – Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (died 1980) Deaths 8 May – John Robertson (born 1816), Premier of New South Wales 27 October – Robert Allwood (born 1803), clergymanhttps://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/allwood-robert-1701 Australian Dictionary of Biography Allwood, Robert (1803–1891) National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 29 October – Edward Hargraves (born 1816), gold prospector 7 December – Arthur Blyth (born 1823), Premier of South Australia References 1891 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia