1893 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1893 in Australia.
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.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8508796 Monetary and Commercial] – The Argus
- 4 February – 1893 Brisbane flood devastates Queensland.[http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/qld/fld_history/brisbane_history.shtml Known Floods in the Brisbane and Bremer River Basin ] -BOM
- 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
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Sport
- Tarcoola wins the Melbourne Cup
- Victoria wins the inaugural Sheffield Shield
Births
- 10 January – Albert Jacka (died 1932), recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite web |title=Captain Albert Jacka |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10675894 |website=www.awm.gov.au |access-date=8 October 2018 |language=en}}
- 11 January – Charles "Chook" Fraser (died 1981), rugby league footballer and coach
- 13 January – Roy Cazaly (died 1963), Australian Rules footballer
- 30 April – Harold Breen (died 1966), public servant
- 21 May – Giles Chippindall, (died 1969), public servant
- 4 August – Amy Hannah Adamson (died 1963), school principal
- 8 October – William Morrison (died 1961), Governor General of Australia
- 22 November – Robert Nimmo (died 1966), army officer
- 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)
- 27 February Victor Marcus Coppleson, Australian surgeon (born 1893)
Footnotes
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