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词条 1894 in Australia
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  1. Incumbents

     Premiers  Governors 

  2. Events

  3. Arts and literature

  4. Sport

  5. Births

  6. Deaths

  7. References

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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[1]
  • Premier of Queensland - Hugh Nelson
  • Premier of Tasmania - Henry Dobson (until 14 April) then Edward Braddon
  • Premier of Western Australia - John Forrest
  • Premier of Victoria - James Patterson (until 27 September) then George Turner

Governors

  • Governor of New South Wales – 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

  • 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 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, an Indigenous Australian of the Bunuba 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 Australia and the General Labourers' Union.

Arts and literature

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  • The novel Seven Little Australians is published by Ethel Turner

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 (died 1965), politician
  • 14 August – Frank Burge (died 1958), rugby league footballer
  • 25 August – Nick Winter (died 1955), athlete
  • 20 December – Robert Menzies (died 1978), Prime Minister of Australia

Deaths

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

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kingston-charles-cameron-6966 |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography - Volume 9: Kingston, Charles Cameron (1850–1908) |author= John Playford |year=1969 |website=adb.online.anu.edu.au |publisher=Melbourne University Press |accessdate=7 August 2017}}
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