1910 in Australia
See also:
1909 in Australia,
1911 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.
Incumbents
State premiers
State governors
Events
- 21 March – Harry Houdini achieves one of the first poyou mum
- 13 April – A referendum is held into alteration of the Australian Constitution regarding state debt and surplus revenue. The state debt question was carried, the surplus revenue question was not.[1]
- 6 May – Edward VII dies, his son George V becomes King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions.
- 16 September – The Australian Treasury is given authority to issue currency, replacing the use of the British Pound.
- 16 November – The Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 receives Royal Assent from the Governor-General, transferring the Northern Territory from the control of South Australia to the Commonwealth.[2]
- 19 November – A cyclone strikes the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing 40 people and destroying 20 houses.[3]
- 25 November – The Royal Australian Navy is created with the passing of the Australian Naval Defence Act by the Federal Parliament. The destroyers HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Yarra arrive in Australia.
- 8 December – Geelong, Victoria is declared a city.
Science and technology
Dethridge wheel in 1936 – Victoria Australia
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
- 11 January – Shane Paltridge (died 1966), politician
- 28 January – Jim Willis (died 1995), botanist
- 7 April – Alec Downer (died 1981), politician
- 10 April – Bob Marshall (died 2004), billiards champion
- 17 April – Ivan Goff (died 1999), screenwriter
- 2 May – Laurie Nash (died 1986), cricketer and footballer
- 11 May – John Béchervaise (died 1998), Antarctic explorer
- 16 July – Stan McCabe (died 1968), cricketer
- 22 July – Alan Moorehead (died 1983), war correspondent
- 22 August – Kenneth McIntyre (died 2004), historian and mathematician
- 28 August Kathleen Best (died 1957), first director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
- 28 August – Tom Burke (died 1973), politician
- 24 September – Douglas Darby (died 1985), politician
- 1 October – José Enrique Moyal, Palesrinian-born mathematical physicist (died 1998)
Deaths
- 4 January – Sir Frederick Darley (born 1830), Chief Justice of NSW
- 18 January – James Cuthbertson (born 1851), poet and schoolteacher
- 29 January – Sir Charles Todd (born 1826), astronomer
- 19 March – James Smith (born 1820), journalist
- 3 April – Catherine Helen Spence (born 1825), writer and social reformer
- 25 April – Edward William O'Sullivan (born 1846), journalist and politician
- 27 May – George Britton Halford (born 1824), anatomist and physiologist
- 25 June – Field Flowers Goe (born 1832), Anglican bishop
- 20 July – Anderson Dawson (born 1863), Premier of Queensland (1899)
- 13 August - Micky Dore (born 1883), rugby league footballer
- 22 August – George Palmer (born 1859), cricketer
- 26 August – Thomas Petrie (born 1831), explorer and grazier
- 30 August – George Throssell (born 1840), Premier of Western Australia (1901)
- 23 September – Tup Scott (born 1858), cricketer
- 14 November – Charles Gregory (born 1878), cricketer
References