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INCUMBENTS

Prime Minister - Edmund Barton

Governor General - John Hope, 7th Earl Of Hopetoun

Premier Of New South Wales - John See

Premier Of South Australia - John Jenkins

Premier Of Queensland - Robert Philp

Premier Of Tasmania - Elliott Lewis

Premier Of Western Australia - George Leake (until July 1 ), then Walter James

Premier Of Victoria - Alexander Peacock (until June 10 ), then William Irvine

EVENTS

July 31 - A coal gas explosion kills 96 in the Mount Kembla mining disaster

December 18 The mayors of Sydney and Melbourne are conferred the title of Lord Mayor

The Waterside Workers Federation is formed

''New Idea'' magazine is first published

The world's first successful pyritic smelting takes place at Mount Lyell , Tasmania

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ARTS AND LITERATURE

James S. White wins the Wynne Prize with his bronze sculpture ''In Defence of the Flat''

SPORT

''The Victory'' wins the Melbourne Cup

New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

BIRTHS

February 25 - Vince Gair (d. 1980), politician

May 2 - Alan Marshall (d. 1984), writer

July 17 - Christina Stead (d. 1983), writer

July 28 - Albert Namatjira (d. 1959), painter

DEATHS

February 27 - Breaker Morant (b. 1864), soldier

24 June - George Leake (b. 1856), Premier of Western Australia

SEE ALSO

1902

1900s