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1906 in Australia

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Monarchy
  
Edward VII

Population
  
4,059,083

Prime minister
  
Alfred Deakin

Governor-General
  
Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote

Elections
  
Federal, South Australia, Tasmania

See also: 1905 in Australia, other events of 1906, 1907 in Australia, Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – Edward VII
  • Governor General – Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
  • Prime Minister – Alfred Deakin

    • State premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales – Joseph Carruthers
  • Premier of South Australia – Thomas Price
  • Premier of Queensland – Arthur Morgan (to 19 January), then William Kidston
  • Premier of Tasmania – John Evans
  • Premier of Western Australia – Cornthwaite Rason (to 7 May), then Newton Moore
  • Premier of Victoria – Thomas Bent

    • State governors

  • Governor of New South Wales – Sir Harry Rawson
  • Governor of South Australia – Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte
  • Governor of Queensland – Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (from 30 November)
  • Governor of Tasmania – Sir Gerald Strickland
  • Governor of Western Australia – Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford
  • Governor of Victoria – Major General Sir Reginald Talbot

    • Events

  • 27 January – A cyclone damages Cairns and Innisfail in Queensland.
  • 6 February – The world's first surf lifesaving club is formed at Bondi Beach.
  • 5 May – The first electric trams begin running in Melbourne from St Kilda to Brighton.
  • 16 June – The town of Roma, Queensland becomes the first town in Australia to be lit and powered by natural gas, however the gas reserve only lasts ten days.
  • 16 July – The Australian Army Cadet Corps is formed.
  • 1 September – Control of British New Guinea is formally transferred to Australia from Britain.
  • 12 December – Australian federal election, 1906: The government of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin is returned to power, however voter turn-out is low.

    • Science and technology

  • 12 July – The first wireless radio transmission is made from the Australian mainland between Point Lonsdale, Victoria and Devonport, Tasmania.

    • Film

  • 26 December – The national premiere of The Story of the Kelly Gang, generally regarded as the world's first feature length film, takes place at the Athenaeum Hall in Melbourne.

    • Sport

  • 26 January – New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield.
  • 26 April – 2 May – The 1906 Intercalated Games are held in Athens, Greece – Australia wins three bronze medals.
  • 22 September – Carlton wins the VFL grand final, beating Fitzroy 15.4 (94) to 6.9 (45).
  • 6 November – Poseidon wins the Melbourne Cup.

    • Births

  • 18 January – Hedley Bunton, missionary (died 1997)
  • 19 January – Rachel Cleland, community worker (died 2002)
  • 5 February – Alexander Spence, soldier
  • 16 May – Ernie McCormick, cricketer (died 1991)
  • 27 May – Raymond Ferrall, businessman, author and cricketer (died 2000)
  • 17 July – Dunc Gray, Olympic cyclist (died 1996)
  • 12 August – Harry Hopman, tennis player and coach (died 1985)
  • 22 August – Lotus Thompson, silent film actress (died 1963)
  • 31 August – Edwin Sherbon Hills, geologist (died 1986)
  • 2 October – Thomas Hollway, Premier of Victoria (died 1971)
  • 21 November – Tom Clarke, VFL footballer for Essendon
  • 30 November – Mabel Miller, lawyer and politician (died 1978)
  • 3 December – Frank Packer, media proprietor and father of Kerry Packer (died 1974)
  • 9 December – Douglas Nicholls, Aboriginal pastor and Governor of South Australia
  • 22 December – Clive Turnbull, Tasmanian author and journalist (died 1975)

    • Deaths

  • 1 January – Hugh Nelson, Premier of Queensland (born 1835)
  • 4 January – Jessie Rooke, Tasmanian temperance campaigner and suffragette (born 1845)
  • 14 January – Henry Yelverton, politician (born 1854)
  • 5 March – Hugh Ramsay, artist (born 1877)
  • 7 March – Frederick William Haddon, journalist (born 1839)
  • 14 March – George Selth Coppin, actor and politician (born 1819)
  • 10 April – Sir Adye Douglas, 17th Premier of Tasmania (born 1815)
  • 16 April – William Farrer, agronomist and wheat breeder (born 1845)
  • 6 August – George Waterhouse, 6th Premier of South Australia (born 1824)
  • 8 August – William Purkiss, West Australian politician (born 1844)
  • 3 September – Sir Samuel Davenport, South Australian politician (born 1818)
  • 6 October – James Bonwick, writer (born 1817)
  • 31 October – Charles Troedel, printer (born 1836)
  • 2 November – Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, Governor of New South Wales (born 1841)

    • References

    1906 in Australia Wikipedia
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