1906 in Australia

1906 in Australia
1906 in Australia
Monarch	Edward VII
Governor-General	Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
Prime minister	Alfred Deakin
Population	4,059,083
Elections	Federal, South Australia, Tasmania

Decades:	1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s;
See also:	Other events of 1906; Timeline of Australian history;

The following lists events that happened during 1906 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch – Edward VII
Governor General – Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
Prime Minister – Alfred Deakin
Chief Justice – Samuel Griffith

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 – 1906 Australian federal election: 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.

Arts and literature

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

19 January – Rachel Cleland, community worker (died 2002)
5 February – Alexander Spence, soldier (died 1983)
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)^[1]
21 November – Tom Clarke, VFL footballer for Essendon (died 1981)
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 (died 1988)
22 December – Clive Turnbull, Tasmanian author and journalist (died 1975)

Deaths

1 January – Sir Hugh Nelson, 11th Premier of Queensland (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1833)
4 January – Jessie Rooke, suffragette and temperance reformer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1845)
14 January – Henry Yelverton, Western Australian politician (b. 1854)
6 February – James Bonwick, writer (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1817)
5 March – Hugh Ramsay, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1877)
7 March – Frederick William Haddon, journalist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1839)
14 March – George Coppin, Victorian politician, actor and entrepreneur (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1819)
21 March – Thomas Macdonald-Paterson, Queensland politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1844)
30 March – John Ferguson, Queensland politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1830)
10 April – Sir Adye Douglas, 15th Premier of Tasmania (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1815)
16 April – William Farrer, agronomist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1845)
6 August – George Waterhouse, 6th Premier of South Australia and 7th Premier of New Zealand (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1824)
8 August – William Purkiss, Western Australian politician (b. 1844)
3 September – Sir Samuel Davenport, South Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1818)
31 October – Charles Troedel, printer (born in Germany) (b. 1836)
22 November – Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, 19th Governor of New South Wales (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1841)

References

^ Barry O. Jones (1996). John Ritchie (ed.). Hollway, Thomas Tuke (Tom) (1906–1971). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 14. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[1] Barry O. Jones (1996). John Ritchie (ed.). Hollway, Thomas Tuke (Tom) (1906–1971). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 14. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

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Incumbents

State premiers

State governors

Events

Science and technology

Arts and literature

Film

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

References