1913 in Australia

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, New South Wales, Tasmania

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Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:

Incumbents
Andrew Fisher
Joseph Cook

State premiers

State governors

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.
  • Royal Commission on Northern Territory railways and ports
  • Royal Commission on powellised timber
  • 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
Main article: 1913 in Australian literature

Film

Sport
  • The 1913 VFL (now AFL) Premiership was won by Fitzroy
  • The 1913 NSWRFL Premiership is won by Eastern Suburbs
  • Posinatus 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 (died 1983)
  • 20 February – Mary Durack, author and historian (died 1994)
  • 5 March - Darby Munro, jockey (died 1966)
  • 6 March – Ken Kennedy, ice speed skater (died 1985)
  • 4 April – Dave Brown, rugby league footballer (died 1974)
  • 2 October – Roma Mitchell, Australia's first female QC, and first female judge; judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia and subsequently Governor of South Australia (died 2000)
  • 30 December – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (died 2002)

See also

References
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