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1918 In Australia ,
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1920 In Australia and the
Timeline Of Australian History .

INCUMBENTS

Prime Minister - William Hughes

Governor General - Ronald Munro-Ferguson

Premier Of New South Wales - William Holman

Premier Of South Australia - Archibald Peake

Premier Of Queensland - Thomas Ryan (til October 22) then Ted Theodore

Premier Of Tasmania - Walter Lee

Premier Of Western Australia - Sir Henry Lefroy (til April 17) Sir Hal Colebatch (til May 17) then James Mitchell

Premier Of Victoria - Harry Lawson

EVENTS

March 1 - The Potts cartoon strip is first published

October - Sir Adrian Knox is appointed Chief Justice Of The High Court

December 10 - Keith and Ross Smith, piloting a Vickers Vimy , reach Darwin at the end of the first England To Australia Flight

The worldwide Spanish Flu epidemic continues, eventually claiming almost 12,000 lives in Australia

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ARTS AND LITERATURE

FILM

October 4 - The Sentimental Bloke premieres in Melbourne

SPORT

''Artilleryman'' wins the Melbourne Cup

BIRTHS

October 7 - Zelman Cowen Governor General of Australia

DEATHS

September 10 - J.F. Archibald (b. 1856), publisher and journalist

October 7 - Alfred Deakin (b. 1856) Prime Minister of Australia

SEE ALSO

1919

1910s