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1904 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during
1904 in Australia
.
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Edward VII
Governor-General
âÂÂ
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
(until 21 January), then
Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
Prime Minister
âÂÂ
Alfred Deakin
(until 27 April),
Chris Watson
(until 18 August), then
George Reid
Chief Justice
âÂÂ
Samuel Griffith
State premiers
Premier of New South Wales
âÂÂ
John See
(until 14 June),
Thomas Waddell
(until 29 August), then
Joseph Carruthers
Premier of South Australia
âÂÂ
John Jenkins
Premier of Queensland
âÂÂ
Arthur Morgan
Premier of Tasmania
âÂÂ
William Propsting
(until 12 July), then
John Evans
Premier of Western Australia
âÂÂ
Walter James
(until 10 August), then
Henry Daglish
Premier of Victoria
âÂÂ
William Irvine
(until 16 February), then
Sir Thomas Bent
State governors
Governor of New South Wales
âÂÂ
Sir Harry Rawson
Governor of South Australia
âÂÂ
Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte
Governor of Queensland
âÂÂ
Sir Herbert Chermside
(until 10 October)
Governor of Tasmania
âÂÂ
Captain Sir Arthur Havelock
(until 16 April), then
Sir Gerald Strickland
(from 28 October)
Governor of Western Australia
âÂÂ
Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford
Governor of Victoria
âÂÂ
Major General Sir Reginald Talbot
(from 25 April)
Events
6 January â The
Tasmanian government
replaces the state's Central Board of Health with a Public Health Department.
13 January â The
flag of South Australia
is officially gazetted as the current design.
23 January â A
by-election
is held for the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
seat of
Ryde
. It is won by
Edward Terry
for the
Liberal Reform Party
.
29 February âÂÂ
Women's suffrage
is granted in
Tasmania
.
1 June â A
general election
is held in
Victoria
. Incumbent premier
Sir Thomas Bent
is returned with an increased majority.
20 June â The P&O ship SS
Australia
is wrecked at the entrance to
Port Phillip
. There is no loss of life.
18 August âÂÂ
Chris Watson
resigns as the first Labor
prime minister
and is succeeded by
George Reid
of the
Free Trade Party
.
12 November âÂÂ
John Drayton is imprisoned
under parliamentary privilege provisions in Western Australia.
1 December âÂÂ
Ipswich, Queensland
is proclaimed as a city.
Arts and literature
12 January â Melbourne businessman
Alfred Felton
leaves a large bequest to the
Art Gallery of Victoria
.
Hans Heysen
wins the
Wynne Prize
with
Mystic Morn
The
Austral Hall
Toowoomba
was officially opened on 5 November 1904 by Sir
Hugh Nelson
, Lieutenant Governor of Queensland for The
Austral Society
.
Sport
September â The
Australasian Lawn Tennis Association
is formed in Sydney.
1 November âÂÂ
Acrasia
wins the
Melbourne Cup
.
New South Wales wins the
Sheffield Shield
.
Two Australians, Corrie Gardner and Leslie McPherson, compete in athletics at the
1904 Summer Olympics
. They do not return with any medals
Births
7 April
âÂÂ
Sir Roland Wilson
, public servant and economist (d.
1996
)
8 April
âÂÂ
John Antill
, composer (d.
1986
)
29 May
âÂÂ
Sir Hubert Opperman
, Victorian politician and cyclist (d.
1996
)
Deaths
8 January
âÂÂ
Alfred Felton
, entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist (born in the
United Kingdom
) (b.
1831
)
25 January
âÂÂ
Sir Graham Berry
, 11th
Premier of Victoria
(born in the
United Kingdom
) (b.
1822
)
2 February
âÂÂ
Sir Edward Braddon
, 18th
Premier of Tasmania
(born in the
United Kingdom
) (b.
1829
)
12 April
âÂÂ
George Cruickshank
, New South Wales politician (b.
1853
)
12 May
âÂÂ
Robert Reid
, Victorian politician (born and died in the
United Kingdom
) (b.
1842
)
5 August
âÂÂ
Sir George Dibbs
, 10th
Premier of New South Wales
(b.
1834
)
17 December
âÂÂ
William Shiels
, 16th
Premier of Victoria
(born in
Ireland
) (b.
1848
)
See also
1904
1900âÂÂ1909
References