The following lists events that happened during 1894 in Australia.

Incumbents

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 Hugh Nelson may refer to: *Hugh Nelson (Australian politician) (1833–1906), Premier of Queensland, Australia * Hugh Nelson (American politician) (1768–1836), U.S. Representative from Virginia *Hugh Nelson (Canadian politician) (1830–1893), Can ...

* Premier of Tasmania -

Henry Dobson Henry Dobson (24 December 1841 – 10 October 1918) was an Australian politician, who served as a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and later of the Australian Senate. He was the 17th Premier of Tasmania from 17 August 1892 to 14 ...

(until 14 April) then Edward Braddon * Premier of Western Australia -

John Forrest Sir John Forrest (22 August 1847 – 2 SeptemberSome sources give the date as 3 September 1918 1918) was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister i ...

* Premier of Victoria - James Patterson (until 27 September) then George Turner

Governors

Governor of New South Wales The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the ...

– Robert Duff * Governor of Queensland –

Henry Wylie Norman Field Marshal Sir Henry Wylie Norman, (2 December 1826 – 26 October 1904) was a senior Indian Army officer and colonial administrator. He served in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the campaign against the Kohat Pass Afridis, the suppression of ...

Governor of South Australia The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-gene ...

– 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 Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (14 January 1834 – 2 May 1897) was an Irish colonial administrator and musical composer, who wrote several well-known songs. He was born in County Westmeath, Ireland, and was educated at home and at the ...

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 Martha Needle was an Australian serial killer known for poisoning her husband, three children, and prospective brother-in-law. She was hanged on 22 October 1894 when she was 31. She was convicted for the murder of Louis Juncken, brother of her f ...

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 Jandamarra or Tjandamurra (c. 1873—1 April 1897), known to European settlers as Pigeon,
in: Taylor (2004) w ...

, an Indigenous Australian of the

Bunuba The ''Bunuba'' (also known as Bunaba, Punapa, Punuba) are a group of Indigenous Australians and are one of the traditional owners of the southern West Kimberley, in Western Australia. Many now live in and around the town of Fitzroy Crossing. ...

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 Ethel Turner (24 January 1870 – 8 April 1958) was an English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer. Life She was born Ethel Mary Burwell in Doncaster in England. Her father died when she was two, leaving her mother Sarah J ...

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 Herbert Vere Evatt, (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965) was an Australian politician and judge. He served as a judge of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940, Attorney-General of Australia, Attorney-General and Minister for Foreign Aff ...

(died 1965), politician * 14 August – Frank Burge (died 1958), rugby league footballer * 25 August –

Nick Winter Anthony William "Nick" Winter (25 August 1894 – 6 May 1955) was an Australian sportsman. He won the gold medal in the triple jump at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, in the process setting a new world record. His medal-winning jump re ...

(died 1955), athlete * 20 December –

Robert Menzies The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...

(died 1978), Prime Minister of Australia

Deaths

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

References

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Years of the 19th century in Australia