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

[edit] Incumbents

January 27 – A cyclone damages Cairns and Innisfail in Queensland.
February 6 – The world's first surf lifesaving club is formed at Bondi Beach.
May 5 - The first electric trams begin running in Melbourne from St Kilda to Brighton.
June 16 – 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.
July 16 – The Australian Army Cadet Corps is formed.
September 1 – Control of British New Guinea is formally transferred to Australia from Britain.
December 12 – Australian federal election, 1906: The government of Prime Minister Alfred Deakin is returned to power, however voter turn-out is low.

July 12 – The first wireless radio transmission is made from the Australian mainland between Point Lonsdale, Victoria and Devonport, Tasmania.

December 26 – 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.

January 26 – New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield.
April 26–May 2 – The 1906 Intercalated Games are held in Athens, Greece – Australia wins three bronze medals.
September 22 – Carlton wins the VFL grand final, beating Fitzroy 15.4 (94) to 6.9 (45).
November 6 – Poseidon wins the Melbourne Cup.

January 18 – Hedley Bunton, missionary (d. 1997)
January 19 – Rachel Cleland, community worker (d. 2002)
February 5 – Alexander Spence, soldier
April 4 – Harry Oakman, Belgian-born horticulturalist (d. 2002)
May 16 – Ernie McCormick, cricketer (d. 1991)
July 17 – Dunc Gray, Olympic cyclist (d. 1996)
August 12 – Harry Hopman, tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
August 22 – Lotus Thompson, silent film actress (d. 1963)
August 31 – Edwin Sherbon Hills, geologist (d. 1986)
October 2 – Thomas Hollway, Premier of Victoria (d. 1971)
November 21 – Tom Clarke, VFL footballer for Essendon
November 30 – Mabel Miller, lawyer and politician (d. 1978)
December 3 – Frank Packer, media proprietor and father of Kerry Packer (d. 1974)
December 9 – Douglas Nicholls, Aboriginal pastor and Governor of South Australia
December 22 – Clive Turnbull, Tasmanian author and journalist (d. 1975)

January 1 – Hugh Nelson, Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
January 4 – Jessie Rooke, Tasmanian temperance campaigner and suffragette (b. 1845)
January 14 – Henry Yelverton, politician (b. 1854)
March 5 – Hugh Ramsay, artist (b. 1877)
March 7 – Frederick William Haddon, journalist (b. 1839)
March 14 – George Selth Coppin, actor and politician (b. 1819)
April 10 – Sir Adye Douglas, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
April 16 – William Farrer, agronomist and wheat breeder (b. 1845)
August 6 – George Marsden Waterhouse, 6th Premier of South Australia (b. 1824)
August 8 – William Purkiss, West Australian politician (b. 1844)
September 3 – Sir Samuel Davenport, South Australian politician (b. 1818)
October 6 – James Bonwick, writer (b. 1817)
October 31 – Charles Troedel, printer (b. 1836)
November 2 – Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, Governor of New South Wales (b. 1841)