1891 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1891 in Australia.
Incumbents
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- 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
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Census
| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ 1891 census results !NSW !Vic !Qld !SA !Tas !NT !WA !Australia |
| 1,123,954
|1,139,840 |393,718 |315,533 |146,667 |4,898 |49,782 |3,174,392 |
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){{cite book |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mckell-sir-william-john-15293 |series=Australian Dictionary of Biography |title=McKell, Sir William John (1891–1985) |author=Chris Cunneen |year=2012 |editor=Melanie Nolan |volume=18|publisher=Melbourne University Press |accessdate=3 January 2022}}
- 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{{cite book | chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/allwood-robert-1701 | title=Australian Dictionary of Biography | chapter=Allwood, Robert (1803–1891) | publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University }}
- 29 October – Edward Hargraves (born 1816), gold prospector
- 7 December – Arthur Blyth (born 1823), Premier of South Australia
References
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