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1900 in Australia

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See also:
  
Other events of 1900Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

  • Monarch — Queen Victoria

    • Note: Australia was not yet federated in 1900, therefore no prime minister existed.

    Contents

    Governors of the Australian colonies

  • Governor of New South Wales — William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
  • Governor of Queensland — Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington
  • Governor of South Australia — Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
  • Governor of Tasmania — Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount Gormanston (until 14 August)
  • Governor of Victoria — Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey (until 31 March)
  • Premier of New South Wales — William Lyne
  • Premier of South Australia — Frederick Holder
  • Premier of Queensland — Robert Philp
  • Premier of Tasmania — Elliott Lewis
  • Premier of Western Australia — John Forrest
  • Premier of Victoria — Allan McLean (until 19 November), then George Turner

    • Events

  • 3 January — Electric lighting is installed on Adelaide streets.
  • 25 January — State Labour politicians meet in Sydney to formally found the federal Labour party.
  • 25 March — The S.S. Glenelg is wrecked off the Victorian coast, resulting in 31 deaths.
  • March to May - Record rainfall and flooding affect the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia
  • 9 May — The Sierra Nevada is wrecked off Portsea, Victoria; 23 lives are lost.
  • 2 July - Snow falls to extremely low levels in New South Wales, being recorded as low as Forbes.
  • 5 July — The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (UK) is passed.
  • 24 July — Neville Howse rescues a fallen ally under heavy fire during the Second Boer War, becoming the first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross.
  • 8 August — The first Australian contingents of naval volunteers set sail for China to assist British and international troops during the Boxer Rebellion.
  • 17 October — Natural gas is found at Roma in Queensland
  • 27 October — Notorious murderer Jimmy Governor is apprehended near Wingham, New South Wales.
  • 15 December — Upon his arrival in Australia, the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, commits the so-called Hopetoun Blunder.

    • Film

  • 13 September — The film Soldiers of the Cross is shown in Melbourne, one of the first films shown in Australia. (IMDb entry)

    • Births

  • 25 January — Harold Raggatt, public servant (died 1968)
  • 29 March — John McEwen, caretaker Prime Minister (1967–1968) (died 1980)
  • 19 October — Bill Ponsford, cricketer (died 1991)
  • 20 October — Jack Lindsay, writer (died 1990)
  • 3 December — Albert Hawke, Premier of Western Australia (1953–1959) (died 1989)

    • Deaths

  • 17 July — Thomas McIlwraith, former Queensland premier (born 1835)
  • 17 November — John Ferris, Australian cricketer (born 1867)

    • Population

  • About 4000000

    • References

    1900 in Australia Wikipedia
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