1902 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1902 in Australia.
In 1902 women were finally allowed to vote and stand in federal elections.

Incumbents

7 February – The Waterside Workers Federation is formed.
April – Averaged over Australia, the driest month on record with only. Over half the continent was absolutely rainless and less than 3 percent outside Tasmania had more than.
5 May – The Commonwealth Public Service Act creates Australia's Public Service.
31 May – The Second Boer War, in which Australia is involved, ends.
12 June – The Commonwealth Franchise Act granted most Australian women the right to vote and stand in federal elections.
31 July – A coal gas explosion kills 96 in the Mount Kembla mining disaster
1 August – New Idea magazine is first published.
3 November – Postmaster-General James Drake opens a submarine telegraph cable from Southport, Queensland to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, completing a British Empire communications line.
18 December – The mayors of Sydney and Melbourne are conferred the title of Lord Mayor
26 December – Brisbane is declared a city.
26 December – Ada Evans becomes the first female law graduate in Australia.
As a culmination of the Federation Drought, this was by raw totals the driest calendar year averaged over Australia since 1890 with only .

The world's first successful pyritic smelting takes place at Mount Lyell, Tasmania

17 September – Opera singer Nellie Melba arrives in Brisbane for her first Australian tour after 16 years in Europe.
James White wins the Wynne Prize with his bronze sculpture ''In Defence of the Flat''

27 September – Collingwood wins the 1902 VFL grand final, defeating Essendon 9.6 to 3.9 at the first final to be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before a record crowd of 35,000.
11 November – The Victory wins the Melbourne Cup
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield