1895 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1895 in Australia.

Premiers

 * Premier of New South Wales was George Reid
 * Premier of South Australia was Charles Kingston
 * Premier of Queensland was Hugh Nelson
 * Premier of Tasmania was Edward Braddon
 * Premier of Western Australia was John Forrest
 * Premier of Victoria was George Turner

Governors

 * Governor of New South Wales – Robert Duff until 21 March, then Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden
 * Governor of Queensland – Henry Wylie Norman until 31 December
 * Governor of South Australia – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore until 10 April, then Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet
 * Governor of Tasmania – Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston
 * Governor of Victoria – John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow until 12 July, then Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
 * Governor of Western Australia – William C. F. Robinson until 22 December, then Gerard Smith

Events

 * 8 August - The steamship SS Catterthun strikes Seal Rocks, NSW, and founders, killing 55 persons
 * 17 August - The Albert Railway Bridge opens in Brisbane
 * 10 December - Launceston, Tasmania becomes the first Australian city to be powered by hydro-electricity with the opening of the Duck Reach Power Station

Arts and literature

 * 6 April - The song Waltzing Matilda is first performed at the North Gregory Hotel, Winton, Queensland.
 * Banjo Paterson publishes his first major collection of poetry, The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses
 * Tom Roberts painted Bailed Up
 * Little Donah Polka published under the name 'Ansell Hope' (unidentified)
 * Reverend Alfred Wheeler (composer) publishes Sailing Together

Sport

 * Auraria wins the Melbourne Cup
 * Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield

Births

 * 6 January – Hudson Fysh, aviator, joint founder of Qantas (d. 1974)
 * 14 March – Duncan Thompson, rugby league footballer, coach and administrator (d. 1980)
 * 22 March – Archie Cameron, politician (d. 1956)
 * 13 April – Ivan Stedman, swimmer (d. 1979)
 * 18 August – Sibyl Morrison, barrister (d. 1961)
 * 31 October – Les Darcy, boxer (d. 1917)

Deaths

 * 29 December – Arthur Sidney Olliff, taxonomist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1865)