1893 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1893 in Australia.
Incumbents
Premiers
- Premier of New South Wales â George Dibbs
- Premier of South Australia â John Downer (until 16 June) then Charles Kingston
- Premier of Queensland â Samuel Griffith (until 27 March), Thomas McIlwraith (until 27 October) then Hugh Nelson
- Premier of Tasmania â Henry Dobson
- Premier of Western Australia â John Forrest
- Premier of Victoria â William Shiels (until 23 January) then James Patterson
Governors
- Governor of New South Wales â Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey until March, then Robert Duff
- Governor of Queensland â Henry Wylie Norman
- Governor of South Australia â Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
- Governor of Tasmania â Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
- Governor of Victoria â John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
- Governor of Western Australia â William C. F. Robinson
Events
- 30 January â The Federal Bank collapses, starting the Australian banking crisis of 1893.[1]
- 4 February â 1893 Brisbane flood devastates Queensland.[2]
- 20 January to 29 March â Adelaide receives no measurable rainfall for sixty-nine consecutive days, still a record since observations started in 1839.[3][4]
- 14 June â 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 â Albert Jacka (died 1932), recipient of the Victoria Cross[6]
- 11 January â Charles "Chook" Fraser (died 1981), rugby league footballer and coach
- 13 January â Roy Cazaly (died 1963), Australian Rules footballer
- 30 April â Harold Breen (died 1966), public servant
- 21 May â Giles Chippindall, (died 1969), public servant
- 4 August â Amy Hannah Adamson (died 1963), school principal
- 8 October â William Morrison (died 1961), Governor General of Australia
- 22 November â Robert Nimmo (died 1966), army officer
- 2 December â Raphael Cilento (died 1985), medical administrator
- 9 December â Ivo Whitton (died 1967), golfer
Deaths
- 4 September â Francis William Adams, writer (born 1862)
- 17 October â Josiah Howell Bagster, land agent and politician (born 1847)
- 27 February Victor Marcus Coppleson, Australian surgeon (born 1893)