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INCUMBENTS

Premier Of New South Wales - George Reid

Premier Of South Australia - Charles Kingston

Premier Of Queensland - Hugh Nelson

Premier Of Tasmania - Edward Braddon

Premier Of Western Australia - John Forrest

Premier Of Victoria - George Turner

EVENTS

June 22 - The second Victoria Bridge is opened in Brisbane by the Governor Of Queensland , Lord Lamington. The previous bridge was destroyed by floodwaters

St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne is consecrated

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ARTS AND LITERATURE

Walter Withers wins the inaugural Wynne Prize for landscape painting or figure sculpture for his landscape ''The Storm''

SPORT

''Gaulus'' wins the Melbourne Cup

New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

BIRTHS

February 10 - Judith Anderson (d. 1992), actress

July 6 - Frank Walsh (d. 1968), Premier of South Australia

August 6 - William Slim (d. 1970), Governor General of Australia

October 5 - Percy Spender (d. 1985), politician and diplomat

DEATHS

July 11 - Patrick Jennings (b. 1831), Premier of New South Wales

November 20 - Ernest Giles (b. 1835), explorer

SEE ALSO

1897

1800s