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