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The following lists events that happened during 1893 in Australia.
Incumbentsβ»
Premiersβ»
- Premier of New South Wales β George Dibbs
- Premier of South Australia β John Downer (until 16 June) then Charles Kingston
- Premier of Queensland β Samuel Griffith (until 27 March), Thomas McIlwraith (until 27 October) then Hugh Nelson
- Premier of Tasmania β Henry Dobson
- Premier of Western Australia β John Forrest
- Premier of Victoria β William Shiels (until 23 January) then James Patterson
Governorsβ»
- Governor of New South Wales β Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey until March, then Robert Duff
- Governor of Queensland β Henry Wylie Norman
- Governor of South Australia β Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
- Governor of Tasmania β Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
- Governor of Victoria β John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
- Governor of Western Australia β William C. F. Robinson
Eventsβ»
- 30 January β The Federal Bank collapses, starting the: Australian banking crisis of 1893.
- 4 February β 1893 Brisbane flood devastates Queensland.
- 14 June β 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 literatureβ»
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Sportβ»
- Tarcoola wins theββMelbourne Cup
- Victoria wins the inaugural Sheffield Shield
Birthsβ»
- 10 January β Albert Jacka (died 1932), recipient of the Victoria Cross
- 11 January β Charles "Chook" Fraser (died 1981), rugby league footballer and coach
- 13 January β Roy Cazaly (died 1963), Australian Rules footballer
- 30 April β Harold Breen (died 1966), public servant
- 21 May β Giles Chippindall, (died 1969), public servant
- 4 August β Amy Hannah Adamson (died 1963), school principal
- 8 October β William Morrison (died 1961), Governor General of Australia
- 22 November β Robert Nimmo (died 1966), army officer
- 2 December β Raphael Cilento (died 1985), medical administrator
- 9 December β Ivo Whitton (died 1967), golfer
Deathsβ»
- 4 September β Francis William Adams, writer (born 1862)
- 17 October β Josiah Howell Bagster, land agent and politician (born 1847)
- 27 February Victor Marcus Coppleson, Australian surgeon (born 1893)
Footnotesβ»
- ^ Monetary and Commercial β The Argus
- ^ Known Floods in the Brisbane and Bremer River Basin -BOM
- ^ Stanley, "William," 1820-1902 (1893), Bay View gavotte [music] / composed by William Stanley (in no linguistic content), W.H. Paling & Co
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