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

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Premiers 1.2 Governors 2 Events 3 Sport 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Incumbents

[edit] Premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – Henry Parkes (until 16 January), then George Dibbs (until 7 March), then Henry Parkes
• Premier of Queensland – Boyd Morehead
• Premier of South Australia – Thomas Playford II (until 27 June), then John Cockburn]
• Premier of Tasmania – Philip Fysh
• Premier of Victoria – Duncan Gillies

[edit] Governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Lord Carrington
• Governor of Queensland – Sir Henry Norman (from 1 May)
• Governor of South Australia – Sir William Robinson (until 5 March), then The Earl of Kintore (from 11 April)
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir Robert Hamilton
• Governor of Victoria – Lord Loch
• Governor of Western Australia – Sir Frederick Broome

[edit] 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.

[edit] Sport

• Bravo wins the Melbourne Cup

[edit] Births

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

[edit] Deaths

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