Английская Википедия:1892 in Australia
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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Year in region The following lists events that happened during 1892 in Australia.
Incumbents
Premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – George Dibbs
- Premier of South Australia – Thomas Playford II (until 21 June), Frederick Holder (until 15 October), 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
Governors
- Governor of New South Wales – Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
- Governor of Queensland – Henry Wylie Norman
- Governor of South Australia – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore
- Governor of Tasmania – Robert Hamilton until 30 November, vacant thereafter
- Governor of Victoria – John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow
- Governor of Western Australia – William C. F. Robinson
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Events
- 20 April – Victoria holds a general election.
- 23 May – Frederick Deeming hanged at Melbourne Gaol having been unsuccessfully defended by the lawyer Alfred Deakin.[1] Deeming was accused of committing a series of crimes on three continents – theft, perjury, fraud, bigamy and murder; he used at least 20 aliases.
- 10 October – 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.[2]
- 1 January – Physical Culture (Physie) started in Australia.
Arts and literature
Sport
- 5 October – the Australian Cricket Council announces an intercolonial cricket competition to be known as the Sheffield Shield.
- Glenloth wins the Melbourne Cup
- Collingwood Football Club was founded
Births
- 13 April – Gladys Moncrieff (died 1976), singer
- 20 April – Grace Cossington Smith, (died 1984), artist
- 6 July – John Simpson Kirkpatrick (died 1915), World War I ANZAC known as "the man with the donkey" [1]
- 7 August – Sir Arthur Coles (died 1982), businessman and philanthropist
- 24 November – Sir Daniel McVey (died 1972), public servant[3]
- 8 December – Bert Hinkler (died 1933), aviator
Deaths
- 10 May – Barcroft Boake (born 1866), poet
- 7 November – John Morphett (born 1809), explorer, settler and politician
References
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