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- Incumbents Premiers Governors
- Arts and literature
- Sport
- Births
- Deaths
- References
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2011}}{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}{{Year in Australia|1889}}The following lists events that happened during 1889 in Australia. IncumbentsPremiers- Premier of New South Wales – Henry Parkes until 16 January, then George Dibbs 17 January-7 March, then Henry Parkes
- Premier of Queensland – Boyd Dunlop Morehead
- Premier of South Australia – Thomas Playford II until 27 June, then John Cockburn
- Premier of Tasmania – Philip Fysh[1]
- Premier of Victoria – Duncan Gillies
Governors- Governor of New South Wales – Lord Carrington
- Governor of Queensland – Henry Wylie Norman
- Governor of South Australia – Sir William Robinson until 5 March, then 9th Earl of Kintore
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir Robert Hamilton
- Governor of Victoria – Lord Loch
- Governor of Western Australia – Sir Frederick Broome
Arts and literature{{main|1889 in Australian literature}}- 17 August - The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition, featuring works by Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and Charles Conder, was opened in Melbourne.
- 21 December – The poem "Clancy of the Overflow", by Banjo Paterson, is first published in The Bulletin magazine.
Sport- Bravo wins the Melbourne Cup[2]
- 5 October - {{SANFL Nor}} defeat {{AFL Por}} by 2 goals to win the 1889 SAFA Grand Final, the first Grand Final in Australian rules football.
Births- 18 April - Jessie Street, feminist and suffragette (died 1970)
- 20 April - Cuthbert Butler, politician (died 1950)
- 18 September - Doris Blackburn, politician (died 1970)
- 27 October - Fanny Durack, swimmer (died 1956)
Deaths- 9 February - Peter Lalor, Eureka Stockade leader (born 1827)
- 5 November - Peter Warburton, explorer (born 1813)
References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Beresford|first1=Quentin|title=Fysh, Sir Philip Oakley (1835–1919)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fysh-sir-philip-oakley-6262|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=14 May 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=THE BOOKMAKERS AND THE MELBOURNE CUP.|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70082012|website=North Eastern Ensign (Benalla, Vic. : 1872 - 1938)|accessdate=14 May 2018|pages=2|date=15 November 1889}}
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