1902 in Australia

1902 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
year = 1902
monarch = Edward VII
governor-general = John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
pm = Edmund Barton
population = 3,845,265
australian =
elections = South Australia, Victoria, Queensland

"See also:"
1901 in Australia,
other events of 1902,
1903 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

*Monarch – King Edward VII
*Governor-General – John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
*Prime Minister – Edmund Barton

tate premiers

*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

tate governors

*Governor of New South Wales – Admiral Harry Rawson (from 27 May)
*Governor of South Australia – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson (until 17 July)
*Governor of Queensland – Major General Sir Herbert Chermside (from 24 March)
*Governor of Tasmania – Captain Sir Arthur Havelock
*Governor of Western Australia – Sir Arthur Lawley (until 14 August)
*Governor of Victoria – Sir George Clarke

Events

* February 7 – The Waterside Workers Federation is formed.
* May 31 – The Second Boer War, in which Australia is involved, ends.
* June 12 – The "Commonwealth Franchise Act" granted most Australian women the right to vote and stand in federal elections.
* July 31 – A coal gas explosion kills 96 in the Mount Kembla mining disaster
* August 1 – "New Idea" magazine is first published.
* November 3 – Postmaster-General James Drake opens a submarine telegraph cable from Southport, Queensland to Vancouver, Canada, completing a British Empire communications line.
* December 18 – The mayors of Sydney and Melbourne are conferred the title of Lord Mayor
* December 26 – Brisbane is declared a city.
* December 26 – Ada Evans becomes the first female law graduate in Australia.

Unknown dates

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

Arts and literature

* September 17 – Opera singer Nellie Melba arrives in Brisbane for her first Australian tour after 16 years in Europe.
* James White wins the Wynne Prize with his bronze sculpture "In Defence of the Flat"

port

* September 27 – Collingwood wins the 1902 VFL grand final, defeating Essendon 9.6 (60) to 3.9 (27) at the first final to be held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before a record crowd of 35,000.
* November 11 – "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
* May 22 – Leslie Herron (d. 1973), Chief Justice of NSW
* July 17 – Christina Stead (d. 1983), writer
* July 28 – Albert Namatjira (d. 1959), painter

Deaths

* February 27 – Breaker Morant (b. 1864), soldier
* March 6 – Frederick William Piesse (b. 1848), member of the federal parliament for Tasmania
* 24 June – George Leake (b. 1856), Premier of Western Australia

ee also

*1902
*1900s


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