• Source: 1893 in Australia
    • 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.
      4 February – 1893 Brisbane flood devastates Queensland.
      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
      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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