See also: 1912 in Australia, other events of 1913, 1914 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This is a timeline of Australian history. ...

Incumbents

• Prime Minister - Andrew Fisher until 24 June then Joseph Cook
• Governor General - The Right Hon. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman
• Premier of New South Wales - James McGowen until 29 June then William Holman
• Premier of Queensland - Digby Denham
• Premier of South Australia - Archibald Peake
• Premier of Tasmania - Albert Solomon
• Premier of Victoria - William Watt until 9 December then George Elmslie
• Premier of Western Australia - John Scaddan

Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... Andrew Fisher at the naming of Canberra ceremony, 1913 Andrew Fisher (29 August 1862 - 22 October 1928), Australian politician and fifth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Crosshouse, a mining village near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... Sir Joseph Cook (7 December 1860 – 30 July 1947), Australian politician and sixth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Silverdale, a small mining town near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. ... Michael Jeffery, the current Governor-General of Australia The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom. ... Lord Denman Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, PC (16 November 1874 - 24 June 1954) was the fifth Governor-General of Australia. ... Before the 1890s, there was no formal party system in New South Wales. ... James Sinclair Taylor McGowen (Born At Sea August 16, 1855; Died Petersham, April 7, 1922}. Premier of New South Wales October 21, 1910 - June 30, 1913. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... William Arthur Holman (Born Clapham, London August 4, 1871; Died Gordon, June 6, 1934) was an Australian Labor Party Premier of New South Wales, Australia, who split with the party on the conscription issue in 1916 during World War 1, and immediately became Premier of a conservative Nationalist Party Government. ... List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... Digby Frank Denham (1859-1944) was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from February 1911 to June 1915. ... This is a list of Premiers of South Australia. ... Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Tasmania. ... Albert Edgar Solomon (Born March 7, 1876, Longford, Tasmania; Died Hobart, October 5, 1914). ... List of Premiers of Victoria Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Victoria. ... William Alexander Watt (1871–1946), Australian political figure. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... George Elmslie George Alexander Elmslie (21 February 1861 - 11 May 1918), Australian politician, was the 25th Premier of Victoria, and the first Labor Premier. ... John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. ... John Scaddan, from the Western Australian Government Photographer Collection Hon. ...

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".
• March 12 - Canberra is named by Lady Denman
• May 31 - Australian referendum, 1913 contained six questions: Trade and Commerce, Corporations, Industrial Matters, Trusts, Monopolies, Railway Disputes. None of these were carried.
• June 21 - HMAS Australia, commissioned at Portsmouth and sailed to Australia to become the Australian flagship.
• The first national banknotes were introduced in denominations of 10 shillings, and 1, 5, and 10 pounds.
• Royal Commission appointed to inquire into certain charges against Mr. 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.

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 6d kangaroo & map, probably used at Wollongong This is an overview of the postage stamps and postal history of Australia. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... Lady Denman at the ceremony for the naming of Canberra in 1913. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... The 1913 Australian Referendum was held on 31 May 1913. ... The government sought to extend its power over trade and commerce in Constitution Alteration (Trade and Commerce) 1912. ... Constitution Alteration (Corporations) 1912 sought to extend the Commonwealth Parliaments power to make laws with respect to corporations. ... Constitution Alteration (Industrial Matters) 1912 sought to extend the Commonwealth Parliaments power to make laws with respect to industrial matters. ... Constitution Alteration (Trusts) 1912 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to trusts. ... Constitution Alteration (Nationalisation of Monopolies) 1912 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to monopolies. ... Constitution Alteration (Railways Disputes) 1912 sought to give the Commonwealth Parliament power over industrial relations in the State railway services. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... HMAS Australia was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser laid down by John Brown and Company of Clydebank at Glasgow in Scotland on 26 June 1910, launched on 25 October 1911 by Lady Reid, wife of Sir George Reid, the Australian High Commissioner in London and former Prime Minister. ... A flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. ... Fifty pound note The Australian pound was Australias currency from 1910 to 1966. ... Caltex is a petrol company. ... The Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) seeks to provide access to education and lifelong learning for adults from all backgrounds, and in particular those who have previously missed out on education. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

Science & 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.

Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited, more commonly known as AWA, was Australias largest and most prominent manufacturer of radio, telecommunications and audio equipment until the relaxation on import tariffs under the Whitlam Government. ... A totalisator or totalizator (tote board in common parlance) is the name for the computerised system which runs parimutuel betting, calculating payoff odds, displaying them, and producing tickets based on incoming bets. ... George Alfred Julius was the founder of Julius Poole & Gibson Pty Ltd and Automatic Totalisators Ltd, and invented the worlds first automatic totalisator. ... Ellerslie is a suburb of the city of Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. ...

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.

Chateau Wood, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley James Francis Frank Hurley (1885 - 1962) was an official photographer with the Australian Imperial Force during World War I. Hurley travelled on a number of expedititions to the Antarctic including Douglas Mawsons 1911 expedition. ... Sir Douglas Mawson (May 5, 1882-1958) was Australian Antarctic explorer. ...

Sport

• 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.

The 1976 cup won by Van Der Hum. ... The Southern Redbacks are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... The Australian cricket team, together with the English cricket team, are the oldest teams in Test cricket having played its first Test match in 1877. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...

Births

• 20 February - Mary Durack, author and historian (d. 1994)
• 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.
• December 30 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (d. 2002)

February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Dame Mary Durack (born February 20, 1913, died December 16, 1994) was an accomplished Australian author and historian. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... Dame Roma Flinders Mitchell (October 2, 1913 - March 5, 2000) was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and subsequently Governor of South Australia. ... The official portrait of former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, who was made a Queens Counsel as Justice Minister in 1992. ... The Supreme Court building. ... See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... Elyne Mitchell, (born Sibyl Elyne Chauvel on 30 December 1913 Melbourne, Victoria - died 4 March 2002 Corryong, Victoria) was an Australian author noted for the Silver Brumby series of childrens novels. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

See also

• 1913
• 1910s