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The following lists events that happened during 1891 in Australia.
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Incumbents edit
Premiers edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
Census edit
NSW | Vic | Qld | SA | Tas | NT | WA | Australia |
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1,123,954 | 1,139,840 | 393,718 | 315,533 | 146,667 | 4,898 | 49,782 | 3,174,392 |
Sport edit
- Malvolio wins the Melbourne Cup
Births edit
- 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)[1]
- 18 October – Joe Abbott, politician (died 1965)
- 25 December (in New Zealand) – Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (died 1980)
Deaths edit
- 8 May – John Robertson (born 1816), Premier of New South Wales
- 27 October – Robert Allwood (born 1803), clergyman[2]
- 29 October – Edward Hargraves (born 1816), gold prospector
- 7 December – Arthur Blyth (born 1823), Premier of South Australia
References edit
- ^ Chris Cunneen (2012). Melanie Nolan (ed.). McKell, Sir William John (1891–1985). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 18. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Allwood, Robert (1803–1891)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.