1910 IN AUSTRALIA

''See also:''
1909 in Australia,
other events of 1910,
1911 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

Incumbents

Events

Science & Technology

Arts and literature

Film

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

Incumbents

★ Prime Minister - Alfred Deakin (til April 29), then Andrew Fisher

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

★ Premier of New South Wales - Charles Wade (til October 1) then James McGowen

★ Premier of South Australia - Archibald Peake (til June 3) then John Verran

★ Premier of Queensland - William Kidston

★ Premier of Tasmania - Sir Neil Lewis

★ Premier of Western Australia - Sir Newton Moore (til September 16) then Frank Wilson

★ Premier of Victoria - John Murray

Events

★ November - The destroyers HMAS ''Parramatta'' and HMAS ''Yarra'' arrive in Australia, the first ships built for the Australian Navy

★ December 8 - Geelong, Victoria is declared a city

Science & Technology

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

Arts and literature

Film

Sport

★ ''Comedy King'' wins the Melbourne Cup

★ South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield

Births

★ July 16 - Stanley McCabe (d. 1968), cricket player

Deaths

★ April 3 - Catherine Helen Spence (b. 1825), writer and social reformer

See also

★ 1910

★ 1910s