1910 in Australia

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Population 4,367,405

Monarchy Edward VII, then George V Governor-General William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley Prime minister Alfred Deakin, then Andrew Fisher Elections Federal, South Australia, New South Wales

See also: 1909 in Australia, 1911 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

Monarch – Edward VII (until 6 May), then George V

Governor-General – William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley

Prime Minister – Alfred Deakin (until 29 April), then Andrew Fisher

State premiers

Premier of New South Wales – Charles Wade (until 1 October), then James McGowen

Premier of South Australia – Archibald Peake (until 3 June), then John Verran

Premier of Queensland – William Kidston

Premier of Tasmania – Sir Neil Elliott Lewis

Premier of Western Australia – Sir Newton Moore (until 16 September), then Frank Wilson

Premier of Victoria – John Murray

State governors

Governor of New South Wales – Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford

Governor of South Australia – Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet

Governor of Queensland – Sir William MacGregor

Governor of Tasmania – Major General Sir Harry Barron

Governor of Western Australia – Sir Gerald Strickland

Governor of Victoria – Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael

Events

21 March – Harry Houdini achieves one of the first powered flights in Australia.

13 April – A referendum is held into alteration of the Australian Constitution regarding state debt and surplus revenue. The state debt question was carried, the surplus revenue question was not.

6 May – Edward VII dies, his son George V becomes King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions.

16 September – The Australian Treasury is given authority to issue currency, replacing the use of the British Pound.

16 November – The Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 receives Royal Assent from the Governor-General, transferring the Northern Territory from the control of South Australia to the Commonwealth.

19 November – A cyclone strikes the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing 40 people and destroying 20 houses.

25 November – The Royal Australian Navy is created with the passing of the Australian Naval Defence Act by the Federal Parliament. The destroyers HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Yarra arrive in Australia.

8 December – Geelong, Victoria is declared a city.

Science and technology

Dethridge wheel developed – used to measure flow of irrigation water delivered to farms

Arts and literature

Henry Handel Richardson's novel The Getting of Wisdom published

Sport

Comedy King wins the Melbourne Cup

South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield

The Great Britain rugby league team went on their first tour of Australasia and defeated Australia to win the Ashes.

17 September – The 1910 NSWRFL season culminates in a grand final between South Sydney and Newtown which is drawn 4 – 4. Newtown are crowned premiers by virtue of being minor premiers.

Births

11 January – Shane Paltridge (died 1966), politician

28 January – Jim Willis (died 1995), botanist

7 April – Alec Downer (died 1981), politician

10 April – Bob Marshall (died 2004), billiards champion

17 April – Ivan Goff (died 1999), screenwriter

2 May – Laurie Nash (died 1986), cricketer and footballer

11 May – John Béchervaise (died 1998), Antarctic explorer

6 July – John Knott (died 1999), public servant

16 July – Stan McCabe (died 1968), cricketer

22 July – Alan Moorehead (died 1983), war correspondent

22 August – Kenneth McIntyre (died 2004), historian and mathematician

28 August Kathleen Best (died 1957), first director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps

28 August – Tom Burke (died 1973), politician

24 September – Douglas Darby (died 1985), politician

1 October – José Enrique Moyal, Palesrinian-born mathematical physicist (died 1998)

Deaths

4 January – Sir Frederick Darley (born 1830), Chief Justice of NSW

18 January – James Cuthbertson (born 1851), poet and schoolteacher

29 January – Sir Charles Todd (born 1826), astronomer

19 March – James Smith (born 1820), journalist

3 April – Catherine Helen Spence (born 1825), writer and social reformer

25 April – Edward William O'Sullivan (born 1846), journalist and politician

27 May – George Britton Halford (born 1824), anatomist and physiologist

25 June – Field Flowers Goe (born 1832), Anglican bishop

20 July – Anderson Dawson (born 1863), Premier of Queensland (1899)

13 August - Micky Dore (born 1883), rugby league footballer

22 August – Joey Palmer (born 1859), cricketer

26 August – Thomas Petrie (born 1831), explorer and grazier

30 August – George Throssell (born 1840), Premier of Western Australia (1901)

23 September – Tup Scott (born 1858), cricketer

14 November – Charles Gregory (born 1878), cricketer

References

1910 in Australia Wikipedia

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