The following lists events that happened during 1889 in Australia.
Incumbents
Premiers
Governors
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
- 23 February â Lucy Godiva Woodcock, pacifist, schoolteacher, trade union official and women's activist (died 1968)
- 6 March â William Douglas Francis, botanist (died 1959)
- 4 April â Jack Cato, photographer (died 1971)
- 18 April â Jessie Street, feminist and suffragette (died 1970)
- 20 April â Cuthbert Butler, politician (died 1950)
- 2 June â Margaret Theadora Allan, community worker (died 1968)
- 18 September â Doris Blackburn, politician (died 1970)
- 27 October â Fanny Durack, swimmer (died 1956)
- 23 November â Harry Sunderland, rugby league administrator (died 1964)
Deaths
References