1892 in Australia

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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

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.

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

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

^ Jones, Barry O. (1981). "Deeming, Frederick Bailey (1853–1892)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 8. Melbourne, Australia: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 268–269. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 15 September 2008.
^ "Legend of Jackie Howe lives on 123 years after shearing record". ABC News. 12 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ Sir Daniel McVey (1892–1972)

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