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