1889 in Australia

1889 in Australia

"See also:"
1888 in Australia,
other events of 1889,
1890 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

*Premier of New South Wales - Henry Parkes (til January 16), George Dibbs (til March 7) then Henry Parkes
*Premier of South Australia - Thomas Playford II (til June 27) then John Cockburn
*Premier of Queensland - Boyd Morehead
*Premier of Tasmania - Philip Fysh
*Premier of Victoria - Duncan Gillies
*Governor of the Crown Colony of Western Australia - Sir Frederick Broome

Events

* February 1 – Foster's Lager, brewed by the Foster brothers, goes on sale for the first time.
* May 23 – Louisa Lawson founded the Dawn Club, which became the hub of the women's suffrage movement in Sydney.
* September 30 – The Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway narrow gauge railway in the Northern Territory is officially opened.
* October 24 – The Tenterfield Oration is delivered by Henry Parkes, calling for the Federation of the states.
* November 27 – The Sydney Town Hall is officially opened.
* December 21 – The poem Clancy of the Overflow, by Banjo Paterson, is first published in "The Bulletin" magazine.

port

* "Bravo" wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

* April 18 - Jessie Street, feminist and suffragette (d. 1970)
* September 18 - Doris Blackburn, politician (d. 1970)
* October 27 - Fanny Durack, swimmer (d. 1956)

Deaths

* February 9 - Peter Lalor, Eureka Stockade leader (b. 1827)
* November 5 - Peter Warburton, explorer (b. 1813)

ee also

*1889
*1800s


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