1913 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 1913 in Australia.

1913 in Australia
MonarchyGeorge V
Governor-GeneralThomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman
Prime ministerAndrew Fisher, then Joseph Cook
Population4,820,172
ElectionsFederal, , Tasmania

Incumbents[]

Andrew Fisher
Joseph Cook

State premiers[]

State governors[]

  • Governor of New South Wales – Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (until 11 March), then Gerald Strickland (from 14 March)
  • Governor of Queensland – William MacGregor
  • Governor of South Australia – Day Bosanquet
  • Governor of Tasmania – Harry Barron (until 10 March), then William Ellison-Macartney (from 4 June)
  • Governor of Victoria – John Fuller
  • Governor of Western Australia – Gerald Strickland (until 4 March), then Harry Barron (from 17 March)

Events[]

  • 2 January – Australian philately proper begins in early 1913 with the Kangaroo and Map series of stamps, featuring a kangaroo standing on a map of Australia, and inscribed "AUSTRALIA POSTAGE".
  • 12 March – Canberra is named by Gertrude Denman
  • 1 May – The first national banknotes were introduced in denominations of 10 shillings, and 1, 5, and 10 pounds.
  • 31 May – 1913 Australian referendum contained six questions: Trade and Commerce, Corporations, Industrial Matters, Trusts, Monopolies, Railway Disputes. None of these were carried.
  • 21 June – HMAS Australia, commissioned at Portsmouth and sailed to Australia to become the Australian flagship.
  • Royal Commission appointed to inquire into certain charges against Henry Chinn; Chinn was supervising engineer for the transcontinental railway in Western Australia.
  • Golden Fleece Company established by HC Sleigh; acquired by Caltex in 1981
  • The Workers' Educational Association founded; it is Australia's largest non-government adult community education organisation.
  • From 1859 until 1913, a squadron of the Royal Navy was maintained in Australian waters.
  • Norfolk Island Act 1913 meant that Norfolk Island became an Australia Territory under the authority of the Australian Commonwealth.

Science and technology[]

  • Amalgamation took place between Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd and the Australian Wireless Company forming Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited.
  • The first totalisator, an entirely mechanical system invented by the Australian George Julius of Julius Poole & Gibson Pty Ltd, was installed at Ellerslie Racecourse in New Zealand.

Arts and literature[]

'Inamorata melodie nuptiale for piano' 1913 by George De Cairos Rego (1858-1946)
Main article: 1913 in Australian literature

Film[]

  • Moondyne
  • Australia Calls, Raymond Longford's last film for Cozens Spencer was released.
  • Frank Hurley's actuality film, The Home of the Blizzard, about the Douglas Mawson expedition to Antarctica, was released.

Sport[]

  • The 1913 VFL (now AFL) Premiership was won by Fitzroy
  • The 1913 NSWRFL Premiership is won by Eastern Suburbs for the third year in a row.
  • wins the Melbourne Cup
  • South Australia wins the 1912–13 Sheffield Shield
  • The Australian cricket team toured USA and Canada in June to August, playing five matches, four in Philadelphia and one in Toronto.

Births[]

  • 24 January – Ray Stehr, rugby league footballer (d. 1983)
  • 20 February – Dame Mary Durack, author and historian (d. 1994)
  • 5 March – Darby Munro, jockey (d. 1966)
  • 4 April – Dave Brown, rugby league footballer (d. 1974)
  • 6 September – Ken Kennedy, speed skater and ice hockey player (d. 1985)
  • 2 October – Dame Roma Mitchell, 31st Governor of South Australia (d. 2000)
  • 30 December – Elyne Mitchell, author (d. 2002)

Deaths[]

Sir William Lyne
  • 3 January – Garnet Walch, writer, journalist and publisher (b. 1843)
  • 18 February – George Lewis Becke, trader and writer (b. 1855)
  • 4 June – Ambrose Dyson, illustrator and political cartoonist (b. 1876)
  • 6 July – J. C. Williamson, actor (born in the United States and died in France) (b. 1844)
  • 20 July – Joseph Vardon, South Australian politician and printer (b. 1843)
  • 3 August – Sir William Lyne, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)[1]
  • 25 August – William Knox, Victorian politician and businessman (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1850)
  • 12 November – Sir John George Davies, Tasmanian politician, newspaper proprietor and cricketer (b. 1846)
  • 25 November – Charlie Frazer – Western Australian politician (b. 1880)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Chris Cunneen (1986). Geoff Serle (ed.). Lyne, Sir William John (1844–1913). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 10. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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