1904 in Australia

1904 in Australia
Monarch	Edward VII
Governor-General	Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, then Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
Prime minister	Alfred Deakin, Chris Watson, George Reid
Population	3,941,208
Elections	Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

See also: 1903 in Australia, other events of 1904, 1905 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

• Monarch – King Edward VII
• Governor-General – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson (until January 21), then Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
• Prime Minister – Alfred Deakin (until April 27), Chris Watson (until August 18), then George Reid

State premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – John See (until June 14), Thomas Waddell (until August 29), then Joseph Carruthers
• Premier of South Australia – John Jenkins
• Premier of Queensland – Arthur Morgan
• Premier of Tasmania – William Propsting (until July 12), then John Evans
• Premier of Western Australia – Walter James (until August 10), then Henry Daglish
• Premier of Victoria – William Irvine (until February 16), then Sir Thomas Bent

State governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir Harry Rawson
• Governor of South Australia – Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte
• Governor of Queensland – Sir Herbert Chermside (until October 10)
• Governor of Tasmania – Captain Sir Arthur Havelock (until April 16), then Sir Gerald Strickland (from October 28)
• Governor of Western Australia – Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford
• Governor of Victoria – Major General Sir Reginald Talbot (from April 25)

Events

• January 6 – The Tasmanian government replaces the state's Central Board of Health with a Public Health Department.
• January 13 – The flag of South Australia is officially gazetted as the current design.
• January 23 – A by-election is held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Ryde. It is won by Edward Terry for the Liberal Reform Party.
• February 29 – Women's suffrage is granted in Tasmania.
• June 1 – A general election is held in Victoria. Incumbent premier Sir Thomas Bent is reutrned with an increased majority.
• June 20 – The P&O ship SS Australia is wrecked at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. There is no loss of life.
• November 12 - John Drayton is imprisoned under parliamentary privilege provisions in Western Australia.
• December 1 – Ipswich, Queensland is proclaimed as a city.

Arts and literature

• January 12 – Melbourne businessmann Alfred Felton leaves a large bequest to the Art Gallery of Victoria.
• Hans Heysen wins the Wynne Prize with Mystic Morn
• The Austral Hall Toowoomba was officially opened on 5 November, 1904 by Sir Hugh Nelson, Lieutenant Governor of Queensland for The Austral Society.

Sport

• September – The Australasian Lawn Tennis Association is formed in Sydney.
• November 1 – Acrasia wins the Melbourne Cup.
• New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield.
• Two Australians, Corrie Gardner and Leslie McPherson, compete in athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics. They do not return with any medals

Births

• April 7 – Roland Wilson, economist
• April 8 – John Antill, musician and composer (d. 1986)
• May 29 – Hubert Opperman, cyclist and politician (d. 1996)

Deaths

• January 8 – Alfred Felton (b. 1831), entrepreneur and philanthropist
• January 25 – Graham Berry (b. 1822), Premier of Victoria
• February 2 – Edward Braddon (b. 1829), Premier of Tasmania
• August 5 – George Dibbs (b. 1834), Premier of New South Wales
• December 17 – William Shiels (b. 1848), Premier of Victoria

See also

• 1904
• 1900–1909