1906 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
year = 1906
monarch = Edward VII
governor-general = Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
pm = Alfred Deakin
population = 4,059,083
australian =
elections = Federal, South Australia, Tasmania

"See also:" 1905 in Australia, other events of 1906, 1907 in Australia, Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

*Monarch – King Edward VII
*Governor General – Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
*Prime Minister – Alfred Deakin

tate premiers

*Premier of New South Wales – Joseph Carruthers
*Premier of South Australia – Thomas Price
*Premier of Queensland – Arthur Morgan (to January 19), then William Kidston
*Premier of Tasmania – John Evans
*Premier of Western Australia – Cornthwaite Rason (to May 7), then Newton Moore
*Premier of Victoria – Thomas Bent

tate governors

*Governor of New South Wales – Sir Harry Rawson
*Governor of South Australia – Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte
*Governor of Queensland – Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (from November 30)
*Governor of Tasmania – Sir Gerald Strickland
*Governor of Western Australia – Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford
*Governor of Victoria – Major General Sir Reginald Talbot

Events

*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.

cience and technology

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

Film

*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.

port

*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.

Births

*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)

Deaths

*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)