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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.

**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

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)^[1]
18 October – Joe Abbott, politician (died 1965)
25 December (in New Zealand) – Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (died 1980)

^ Chris Cunneen (2012). Melanie Nolan (ed.). McKell, Sir William John (1891–1985). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 18. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ "Allwood, Robert (1803–1891)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

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