1892 in Australia

none November 2019 April 2011 1892 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1892 Timeline of Australian history The following lists events that happened during 1892 in Australia. Incumbents Premiers Premier of New South Wales – George Dibbs Premier of South Australia – Thomas Playford II (until 21 June), Frederick Holder (until 15 October), then John Downer Premier of Queensland – Samuel Griffith Premier of Tasmania – Philip Fysh (until 17 August) then Henry Dobson Premier of Western Australia – John Forrest Premier of Victoria – James Munro (until 16 February), then William Shiels Governors Governor of New South Wales – Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey Governor of Queensland – Henry Wylie Norman Governor of South Australia – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore Governor of Tasmania – Robert Hamilton until 30 November, vacant thereafter Governor of Victoria – John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow Governor of Western Australia – William C. F. Robinson Events 20 April – Victoria holds a general election. 23 May – Frederick Deeming hanged at Melbourne Gaol having been unsuccessfully defended by the lawyer Alfred Deakin.Jones Barry O. A080288b Deeming, Frederick Bailey (1853–1892) 1981 978-0-522-84459-7 8 Melbourne, Australia 268–269 15 September 2008 Deeming was accused of committing a series of crimes on three continents – theft, perjury, fraud, bigamy and murder; he used at least 20 aliases. 10 October – Jackie Howe shears a total of 321 sheep in 7 hours and 40 minutes at Blackall, Queensland, a record for hand shears that still stands.12 October 2015 Legend of Jackie Howe lives on 123 years after shearing record ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-10-12/jackie-howe-blackall-123years-record/6845692 live 2018-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20180305073220/http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-10-12/jackie-howe-blackall-123years-record/6845692 2018-03-05 1 January – Physical Culture (Physie) started in Australia. Arts and literature 1892 in Australian literature Sport 5 October – the Australian Cricket Council announces an intercolonial cricket competition to be known as the Sheffield Shield. Glenloth wins the Melbourne Cup Collingwood Football Club was founded Births 13 April – Gladys Moncrieff (died 1976), singer 20 April – Grace Cossington Smith, (died 1984), artist 6 July – John Simpson Kirkpatrick (died 1915), World War I ANZAC known as "the man with the donkey" 7 August – Sir Arthur Coles (died 1982), businessman and philanthropist 24 November – Sir Daniel McVey (died 1972), public servantSir Daniel McVey (1892–1972) 8 December – Bert Hinkler (died 1933), aviator Deaths 10 May – Barcroft Boake (born 1866), poet 7 November – John Morphett (born 1809), explorer, settler and politician References 1892 in yes Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia