1903 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
year = 1903
monarch = Edward VII
governor-general = John Hope, then Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
pm = Edmund Barton, then Alfred Deakin
population = 3,891,519
australian =
elections = Federal, Tasmania"See also:"
1902 in Australia,
other events of 1903,
1904 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

*Monarch – Edward VII
*Governor General – John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (until January 29), then Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
*Prime Minister – Edmund Barton (until September 24), then Alfred Deakin

tate premiers

*Premier of New South Wales – John See
*Premier of Queensland – Robert Philp (until September 17), then Arthur Morgan
*Premier of South Australia – John Jenkins

*Premier of Tasmania – Elliott Lewis (until April 9), then William Propsting
*Premier of Western Australia – Walter James
*Premier of Victoria – William Irvine

tate governors

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

Events

* February 20 – The Flag of Australia, altered so that the stars of the Southern Cross (except the smallest one) have seven points each, is approved by King Edward VII.
* October 6 – The High Court of Australia convenes for the first time.
* November 24 – Sir George Clarke retires as Governor of Victoria. Sir John Madden, the lieutenant governor, acts in his place until the appointment of a new governor.
* December 16 Australia's second federal election is held, the first in the world in which women were permitted to vote and stand for parliament. The incumbent Protectionist Party led by Alfred Deakin defeated the opposition Free Trade Party led by George Reid. 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.
* December 18 – The first train runs from Rockhampton to Brisbane.

Arts and literature

* Edward Officer wins the Wynne Prize with "Glenora"
* The Austral Society was founded due to the influence of The Toowoomba poet George Essex Evans

port

* "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
* April 22 – Daphne Akhurst (d. 1933), tennis player
* June 22 – Garfield Barwick (d. 1997), Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

Deaths

* February 9 – Charles Duffy (b. 1816), 8th Premier of Victoria
* September 12 – Duncan Gillies (b. 1834), 14th Premier of Victoria

ee also

*1903
*1900s