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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.
Bravo wins the Melbourne Cup
5 October - Norwood defeat Port Adelaide by 2 goals to win the 1889 SAFA Grand Final, the first Grand Final in Australian rules football.
18 April - Jessie Street, feminist and suffragette (died 1970)
18 September - Doris Blackburn, politician (died 1970)
27 October - Fanny Durack, swimmer (died 1956)
9 February - Peter Lalor, Eureka Stockade leader (born 1827)
5 November - Peter Warburton, explorer (born 1813)
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