1894 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1894 in Australia.

Premiers

 * Premier of New South Wales - George Dibbs (until 2 August) then George Reid
 * Premier of South Australia - Charles Kingston
 * Premier of Queensland - Hugh Nelson
 * Premier of Tasmania - Henry Dobson (until 14 April) then Edward Braddon
 * Premier of Western Australia - John Forrest
 * Premier of Victoria - James Patterson (until 27 September) then George Turner

Governors

 * Governor of New South Wales – 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

 * January - A cyclone hits the north west of Western Australia, killing approximately 50 persons
 * 28 June - A Colonial Conference, held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, resolves to lay a telegraph cable between Canada and Australia.
 * 22 October - Martha Needle is hanged in Melbourne Gaol for the poisoning of her husband, and three children, in an attempt to obtain money from insurance policies.
 * 10 November - Jandamarra, an Indigenous Australian of the Bunuba people, leads one of the few armed insurrections against Europeans.
 * 18 December - South Australia is the first colony to legislate women equal franchise with men, taking effect in 1895.
 * The Australian Workers' Union is formed from the joining of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union of Australasia and the General Labourers' Union.

Arts and literature

 * The novel Seven Little Australians is published by Ethel Turner

Sport

 * Patron wins the Melbourne Cup
 * South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield

Births

 * 23 February – Harold Horder (died 1978), rugby league footballer
 * 13 April – Arthur Fadden (died 1973), Prime Minister of Australia
 * 30 April – H.V. Evatt (died 1965), politician
 * 17 May – Raymond Brownell (died 1974), WW1 flying ace
 * 14 August – Frank Burge (died 1958), rugby league footballer
 * 25 August – Nick Winter (died 1955), athlete
 * 20 December – Robert Menzies (died 1978), Prime Minister of Australia

Deaths

 * 17 February - John Alexander MacPherson (born 1833), Premier of Victoria