1893 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1893 in Australia.

Premiers

 * 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

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.
 * 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 (died 1932), recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * 11 January – Charles "Chook" Fraser (died 1981), rugby league footballer and coach
 * 13 January – Roy Cazaly (died 1963), Australian Rules footballer
 * 30 April – Harold Breen (died 1966), public servant
 * 21 May – Giles Chippindall, (died 1969), public servant
 * 4 August – Amy Hannah Adamson (died 1963), school principal
 * 8 October – William Morrison (died 1961), Governor General of Australia
 * 22 November – Robert Nimmo (died 1966), army officer
 * 2 December – Raphael Cilento (died 1985), medical administrator
 * 9 December – Ivo Whitton (died 1967), golfer

Deaths

 * 4 September – Francis William Adams, writer (born 1862)
 * 17 October – Josiah Howell Bagster, land agent and politician (born 1847)
 * 27 February Victor Marcus Coppleson, Australian surgeon (born 1893)