• Source: 1891 in Australia

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



Fire's on - Arthur Streeton




Census






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)
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), clergyman
29 October – Edward Hargraves (born 1816), gold prospector
7 December – Arthur Blyth (born 1823), Premier of South Australia




References

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