1907 in Australia

1907 in Australia
Monarch	Edward VII
Governor-General	Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
Prime Minister	Alfred Deakin
Population	4,122,201
Elections	Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland

[edit] Incumbents

January 19 – A tropical cyclone hits Cooktown, Queensland, killing six people.
February 4 – Angus & Robertson booksellers is incorporated as a public company.
February 21 – The Bondi Surf Bather's Lifesaving Club is formed at Bondi Beach, Sydney, the first of its kind in the world.
March 15 – A general election is held in Victoria. The CLP government of Thomas Bent is returned.
April 25 – Tasmania adopts the Hare-Clark single transferable vote system, and introduces postal voting.
May 8 – Carlton & United Breweries is formed by the merger of six major Melbourne breweries.
July 16 – The Federal Government announces it will spend £2500 a year to encourage British immigration to Australia.
October 24 – Chris Watson resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party.
November 8 – Justice H. B. Higgins hands down the Harvester Judgment, enshrining in law a minimum wage for Australian workers.^[1]
December 2 – The Victorian Railways A2 class locomotive begins operating in Victoria.

July 2 – Trunk telephone cables connecting Sydney and Melbourne are completed.
July 10 – The first telephone call between Sydney and Melbourne is made.
March 7 – The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Scheme commences in southern New South Wales.

October 23 – The First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work is held at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.

July 16 – Australasia, a team consisting of players from Australia and New Zealand, wins the 1907 International Lawn Tennis Challenge (now known as the Davis Cup. Norman Brookes becomes the first Australian to win the Men's Singles at Wimbledon.
August 8 – The New South Wales Rugby Football League is formed in Sydney, introducing the sport of rugby league to Australia.
November 5 – Apologue wins the Melbourne Cup.
Cricket – New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

January 6 – David Fleay, naturalist (d. 1993)
February 14 – Alan Hulme, politician and Postmaster-General (d. 1989)
February 17 – Marjorie Lawrence, singer (d. 1979)
April 4 – Robert Askin, Premier of New South Wales (d. 1981)
June 3 – Robert William Rankin, Royal Australian Navy office (d. 1942)
July 2 – Leo O'Brien, cricketer (d. 1997)
July 12 – Edward "Weary" Dunlop, surgeon and prisoner-of-war during World War II (d. 1993)
July 21 – A. D. Hope, poet and essayist (d. 2000)
July 25 – Bill Shankland, all-round sportsman (d. 1998)
August 12 – Boy Charlton, swimmer (d. 1975)
August 15 – Brian Grieve, botanist (d. 1997)
September 8 – William Wentworth, politician (d. 2003)
October 1 – Harry Collier, VFL footballer for Collingwood (d. 1994)
October 9 – John O'Grady, writer (d. 1981)
November 18 – Gwen Meredith, author, playwright and radio writer (d. 2006)
November 19 – Adrien Albert, medicinal chemist (d. 1989)
November 29 – Douglas Menzies, former Justice of the High Court of Australia (d. 1974)

January 16 – Rev. Dr John Gibson Paton, Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides (b. 1824)
January 31 – John See, former Premier of New South Wales (1901–1904) (b. 1844)
February 22 – Henry Chamberlain Russell, astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1836)
April 14 – Charles Henry Bromby, Anglican bishop of Tasmania (b. 1814)
April 18 – Walter Padbury, pioneer and philanthropist (b. 1820)
June 12 John Dennant, geologist and educational administrator (b. 1839)
June 14 – Bob McLeod, cricketer (b. 1868)
July 8 – John Horgan, politician (b. 1834)
July 24 David Scott Mitchell, founder of the Mitchell Library (b. 1836)
November 14 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (b. 1848)
November 21 – Harry Boyle, cricketer (b. 1847)
November 22 – Henry Clarke, businessman and politician (b. 1822)
December 29 Lorimer Fison, anthropologist (b. 1832)