1893 in Australia

1893 in Australia

1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 (1893) • 1894 • 1895 • 1896

Other events of 1893 • Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

• 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

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

Sport

• Tarcoola wins the Melbourne Cup
• Victoria wins the inaugural Sheffield Shield

Births

• 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 (born 1862), writer

Footnotes