1894 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1894 in Australia.
Incumbents
Premiers
- Premier of New South Wales - George Dibbs (until 2 August) then George Reid
- Premier of South Australia - Charles Kingston[1]
- Premier of Queensland - Hugh Nelson
- Premier of Tasmania - Henry Dobson (until 14 April) then Edward Braddon
- Premier of Western Australia - John Forrest
- Premier of Victoria - James Patterson (until 27 September) then George Turner
Governors
- Governor of New South Wales â 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
- January - A cyclone hits the north west of Western Australia, killing approximately 50 persons
- 28 June - A Colonial Conference, held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, resolves to lay a telegraph cable between Canada and Australia.
- 22 October - Martha Needle is hanged in Melbourne Gaol for the poisoning of her husband, and three children, in an attempt to obtain money from insurance policies.
- 10 November - Jandamarra, an Indigenous Australian of the Bunuba people, leads one of the few armed insurrections against Europeans.
- 18 December - South Australia is the first colony to legislate women equal franchise with men, taking effect in 1895.
- The Australian Workers' Union is formed from the joining of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia and the General Labourers' Union.
Arts and literature
- The novel Seven Little Australians is published by Ethel Turner
Sport
- Patron wins the Melbourne Cup
- South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
Births
- 23 February â Harold Horder (died 1978), rugby league footballer
- 13 April â Arthur Fadden (died 1973), Prime Minister of Australia
- 30 April â H.V. Evatt (died 1965), politician
- 17 May â Raymond Brownell (died 1974), WW1 flying ace
- 14 August â Frank Burge (died 1958), rugby league footballer
- 25 August â Nick Winter (died 1955), athlete
- 20 December â Robert Menzies (died 1978), Prime Minister of Australia
Deaths
- 17 February - John Alexander MacPherson (born 1833), Premier of Victoria