1893 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1893 in Australia.
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Incumbents
Premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – George Dibbs
- Premier of South Australia – John Downer (until 16 June) then Charles Kingston
- Premier of Queensland – Samuel Griffith (until 27 March), Thomas McIlwraith (until 27 October) then Hugh Nelson
- Premier of Tasmania – Henry Dobson
- Premier of Western Australia – John Forrest
- Premier of Victoria – William Shiels (until 23 January) then James Patterson
Governors
- Governor of New South Wales – Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey until March, then Robert Duff
- Governor of Queensland – Henry Wylie Norman
- Governor of South Australia – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
- Governor of Tasmania – Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
- Governor of Victoria – John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
- Governor of Western Australia – William C. F. Robinson
Events
- 30 January – The Federal Bank collapses, starting the Australian banking crisis of 1893.[1]
- 4 February – 1893 Brisbane flood devastates Queensland.[2]
- 14 June – Gold discovered at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia by Paddy Hannan and two others.
- Queensland is granted its Coat of Arms
- Coolgardie and Esperance are both declared as towns
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria spends time hunting kangaroos and emus in Australia
Arts and literature
Sport
- Tarcoola wins the Melbourne Cup
- Victoria wins the inaugural Sheffield Shield
Births
- 10 January – Albert Jacka (died 1932), recipient of the Victoria Cross[3]
- 11 January – Charles "Chook" Fraser (died 1981), rugby league footballer and coach
- 13 January – Roy Cazaly (died 1963), Australian Rules footballer
- 8 October – William Morrison (died 1961), Governor General of Australia
- 2 December – Raphael Cilento (died 1985), medical administrator
- 9 December – Ivo Whitton (died 1967), golfer
Deaths
- 4 September – Francis William Adams, writer (born 1862)
- 17 October – Josiah Howell Bagster, land agent and politician (born 1847)
Footnotes
- Monetary and Commercial – The Argus
- Known Floods in the Brisbane and Bremer River Basin -BOM
- "Captain Albert Jacka". www.awm.gov.au. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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