See also: 1891 in Australia, other events of 1892, 1893 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

• Premier of New South Wales - George Dibbs
• Premier of South Australia - Thomas Playford II (until 21 June), Frederick Holder (until October 15), 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

Events

• April 20 - Victoria holds a general election.
• May 23 - Frederick Deeming hanged at Melbourne Gaol having been unsuccessfully defended by the lawyer Alfred Deakin. Deeming was accused of committing a series of crimes on three continents — theft, perjury, fraud, bigamy and murder; he used at least 20 aliases.
• October 10 - 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.

Sport

• October 5 - the Australian Cricket Council announces an intercolonial cricket competition to be known as the Sheffield Shield.
• Glenloth wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

• April 13 - Gladys Moncrieff (d. 1976), singer
• April 20 - Grace Cossington Smith, Artist, (d. 1984)
• July 6 - John Simpson Kirkpatrick, World War I ANZAC known as "the man with the donkey". [1]
• August 7 - Sir Arthur Coles, businessman and philanthropist.
• December 8 - Bert Hinkler (d. 1933), aviator

Deaths

• May 10 - Barcroft Boake (b. 1866), poet

See also

• 1892
• 1800s