1910 in Australia

1910 in Australia
Monarchy	Edward VII, then George V
Governor-General	William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
Prime minister	Alfred Deakin, then Andrew Fisher
Population	4,367,405
Elections	Federal, South Australia, New South Wales

See also: 1909 in Australia, 1911 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Edward VII (until 6 May), then George V
• Governor-General – William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
• Prime Minister – Alfred Deakin (until 29 April), then Andrew Fisher

State premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – Charles Wade (until 1 October), then James McGowen
• Premier of South Australia – Archibald Peake (until 3 June), then John Verran
• Premier of Queensland – William Kidston
• Premier of Tasmania – Sir Neil Elliott Lewis
• Premier of Western Australia – Sir Newton Moore (until 16 September), then Frank Wilson
• Premier of Victoria – John Murray

State governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford
• Governor of South Australia – Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet
• Governor of Queensland – Sir William MacGregor
• Governor of Tasmania – Major General Sir Harry Barron
• Governor of Western Australia – Sir Gerald Strickland
• Governor of Victoria – Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael

Events

• 21 March – Harry Houdini achieves one of the first controlled airplane flights in Australia.
• 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.
• 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.
• 19 November – A cyclone strikes the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing 40 people and destroying 20 houses.
• 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

• Dethridge wheel developed – used to measure flow of irrigation water delivered to farms

Arts and literature

Main article: 1910 in Australian literature

• Henry Handel Richardson's novel The Getting of Wisdom published

Sport

• Comedy King wins the Melbourne Cup
• South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
• The Great Britain rugby league team went on their first tour of Australasia and defeated Australia to win the Ashes.
• 17 September – The 1910 NSWRFL season culminates in a grand final between South Sydney and Newtown which is drawn 4 – 4. Newtown are crowned premiers by virtue of being minor premiers.

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
• 6 July – John Knott (died 1999), public servant
• 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 – Joey 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