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INCUMBENTS

Prime Minister - Edmund Barton (until September 24 ), then Alfred Deakin

Governor General - John Hope, 7th Earl Of Hopetoun (until January 29 ), then Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson

Premier Of New South Wales - John See

Premier Of South Australia - John Jenkins

Premier Of Queensland - Robert Philp (until September 17 ), then Arthur Morgan

Premier Of Tasmania - Elliott Lewis (until April 9 ) then William Propsting

Premier Of Western Australia - Walter James

Premier Of Victoria - William Irvine

EVENTS

October 6 - The High Court Of Australia convenes for the first time

December 18 - The first train runs from Rockhampton to Brisbane

Vida Goldstein becomes the first woman in the British Empire to stand for a national parliament. She was unsuccessful in her bid for a seat in the Senate

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ARTS AND LITERATURE

Edward Officer wins the Wynne Prize with ''Glenora''

SPORT

''Lord Cardigan'' wins the Melbourne Cup

New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

BIRTHS

January 21 - John Carew Eccles (d. 1997), neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize winner

June 22 - Garfield Barwick (d. 1997), Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

DEATHS

February 9 - Charles Gavan Duffy (b. 1816), Premier of Victoria

SEE ALSO

1903

1900s