1903 in Australia
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See also: 1902 in Australia, other events of 1903, 1904 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prime Minister - Edmund Barton (until September 24), then Alfred Deakin
- Governor General - John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (until January 29), then Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
- Premier of New South Wales - John See
- Premier of South Australia - John Jenkins
- Premier of Queensland - Robert Philp (until September 17), then Arthur Morgan
- Premier of Tasmania - Elliott Lewis (until April 9) then William Propsting
- Premier of Western Australia - Walter James
- Premier of Victoria - William Irvine
[edit] Events
- October 6 - The High Court of Australia convenes for the first time
- December 18 - The first train runs from Rockhampton to Brisbane
- Vida Goldstein becomes the first woman in the British Empire to stand for a national parliament. She was unsuccessful in her bid for a seat in the Senate
[edit] Arts and literature
- Edward Officer wins the Wynne Prize with Glenora
[edit] Sport
- Lord Cardigan wins the Melbourne Cup
- New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
[edit] Births
- January 21 – John Carew Eccles (d. 1997), neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize winner
- April 22 – Daphne Akhurst (d. 1933), tennis player
- June 22 – Garfield Barwick (d. 1997), Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
[edit] Deaths
- February 9 - Charles Gavan Duffy (b. 1816), Premier of Victoria
