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

Incumbents

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

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

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

16 July – 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.
8 August – The New South Wales Rugby Football League is formed in Sydney, introducing the sport of rugby league in Australia.
5 November – Apologue wins the Melbourne Cup.
Cricket – New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

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

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