1890 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1890 in Australia.
Incumbents
Premiers
- Premier of New South Wales â Henry Parkes
- Premier of South Australia â John Cockburn until 19 August, then Thomas Playford II
- Premier of Queensland â Boyd Dunlop Morehead until 12 August, then Samuel Griffith
- Premier of Tasmania â Philip Fysh
- Premier of Western Australia â established from 29 December, John Forrest
- Premier of Victoria â Duncan Gillies until 5 November, then James Munro
Governors
- Governor of New South Wales â Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
- Governor of Queensland â Henry Wylie Norman
- Governor of South Australia â Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
- Governor of Tasmania â Robert Hamilton
- Governor of Victoria â John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
- Governor of Western Australia â William C. F. Robinson
Events
- 1 January â The University of Tasmania opens
- 28 February â The steamship RMS Quetta sinks off Cape York Peninsula, killing 133
- 2 October â Fire destroys buildings between Castlereagh, Moore and Pitt Streets valued at £750,000 sterling[1][2]
- 29 December â Sir John Forrest becomes the Premier of Western Australia and the first Premier in Australia.
Arts and literature
- 26 April â Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River is published.
- May â 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 â 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 â Carbine wins the Melbourne Cup
Births
- 2 March â Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey, Governor of South Australia 1939â1944 (died 1969)
- 9 March - Rupert Balfe, Australian rules footballer and soldier (died 1915)
- 10 March â Albert Ogilvie, Premier of Tasmania (died 1939)
- 19 April â Edgar Towner, soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1972)
- 10 July â Leo Rush, Australian rules footballer (died 1983)
- 18 July â Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1983)
- 26 August â Tommy Andrews, cricketer (died 1970)
- 29 August â Richard Gardiner Casey, Governor General of Australia (died 1976)
- 9 September â Hilda Abbott, Red Cross leader and wife of the administrator of the Northern Territory (died 1984)
- 10 September â Robert Heffron, Premier of New South Wales (died 1978)
- 31 December â Daryl Lindsay, artist (died 1976)
Deaths
- 9 November - James Boag I, brewer (born 1822)