1893 in Australia

none February 2020 February 2012 December 2010 1893 Australia Template:Year in Australia: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 90px Other events of 1893 Timeline of Australian history 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 (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.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8508796 Monetary and Commercial The Argus 30 January 1893 4 February – 1893 Brisbane flood devastates Queensland.Australian Bureau of Meteorology Queensland Flood History http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/qld/fld_history/brisbane_history.shtml Known Floods in the Brisbane and Bremer River Basin 20 January to 29 March – Adelaide receives no measurable rainfall for sixty-nine consecutive days, still a record since observations started in 1839.1992 South Australian Year Book No. 26 Natural Environment 7Australian Bureau of Meteorology Climate Data Online https://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_display_type=dailyDataFile&p_nccObsCode=136&p_stn_num=023000&p_c=-105797698&p_startYear=1893 1893 Daily rainfall – Adelaide (West Terrace/Ngayirdapira) 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 Arts and literature music Bay View Gavotte 1893 STANLEY.mid Bay View Gavotte 1893 by William Stanley MIDI versionBay View gavotte [music] / composed by William Stanley Stanley, William, 1820-1902 1893 W.H. Paling & Co No linguistic content https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-164768895 1893 in Australian literature Sport Tarcoola wins the Melbourne Cup Victoria wins the inaugural Sheffield Shield Births 10 January – Albert Jacka (died 1932), recipient of the Victoria CrossCaptain Albert Jacka https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10675894 www.awm.gov.au 8 October 2018 en 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) Footnotes 1893 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 19th century in Australia