The following lists events that happened during 1893 in Australia.
Contents
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.
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)