1890 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1890 in Australia.
Incumbents
Premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – Henry Parkes
- Premier of South Australia – John Cockburn until 19 August, then Thomas Playford II
- Premier of Queensland – Boyd Dunlop Morehead until 12 August, then Samuel Griffith
- Premier of Tasmania – Philip Fysh
- Premier of Western Australia – established from 29 December, John Forrest
- Premier of Victoria – Duncan Gillies until 5 November, then 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
- 1 January – The University of Tasmania opens
- 28 February – The steamship RMS Quetta sinks off Cape York Peninsula, killing 133
- 2 October – Fire destroys buildings between Castlereagh, Moore and Pitt Streets valued at £750,000 sterling[1][2]
- 29 December – Sir John Forrest becomes the Premier of Western Australia and the first Premier in Australia.
Arts and literature
- 26 April – Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River is published.
- May – Tom Roberts' Shearing the Rams is first exhibited
- Verse by Adam Lindsay Gordon (1830-1870) set to music by Australian musician Theodore Tourrier (1846-1929) [3]
Sport
- 31 May – The first Australian Championships in Athletics are held under the name Inter Colonial Meet. The men's competition is staged at the Moore Park in Sydney.
- November – Carbine wins the Melbourne Cup
Births
- 2 March – Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, Governor of South Australia 1939–1944 (died 1969)
- 9 March - Rupert Balfe, Australian rules footballer and soldier (died 1915)
- 10 March – Albert Ogilvie, Premier of Tasmania (died 1939)
- 10 July – Leo Rush, Australian rules footballer (died 1983)
- 18 July – Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1983)
- 29 August – Richard Gardiner Casey, Governor General of Australia (died 1976)
- 9 September – Hilda Abbott, Red Cross leader and wife of the administrator of the Northern Territory (died 1984)
- 10 September – Robert Heffron, Premier of New South Wales (died 1978)
- 31 December – Daryl Lindsay, artist (died 1976)
Deaths
- 9 November - James Boag I, brewer (born 1822)
References
- ^ "Plan showing area damaged in the great fire of October 1890 | The Dictionary of Sydney". dictionaryofsydney.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "The Great Fire in Sydney". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Vol. L, no. 1579. New South Wales, Australia. 11 October 1890. p. 811. Retrieved 3 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "METROPOLITAN GOSSIP". Ovens and Murray Advertiser. No. 8261. Victoria, Australia. 16 January 1904. p. 12. Retrieved 8 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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