1910 in Australia

1910 in Australia
Monarch	Edward VII, then George V
Governor-General	William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
Prime Minister	Alfred Deakin, then Andrew Fisher
Population	4,367,405
Elections	Federal, South Australia, New South Wales

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[edit] Incumbents

21 March – Harry Houdini achieves one of the first powered flights in Australia.
13 April – A referendum is held into alteration of the Australian Constitution regarding state debt and surplus revenue. The state debt question was carried, the surplus revenue question was not.^[1]
6 May – King Edward VII dies, his son George V becomes King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions.
16 September – The Australian Treasury is given authority to issue currency, replacing the use of the British Pound.
16 November – The Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 receives Royal Assent from the Governor-General, transferring the Northern Territory from the control of South Australia to the Commonwealth.^[2]
19 November – A cyclone strikes the town of Broome, Western Australia, killing 40 people and destroying 20 houses.^[3]
25 November – The Royal Australian Navy is created with the passing of the Australian Naval Defence Act by the Federal Parliament. The destroyers HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Yarra arrive in Australia.
8 December – Geelong, Victoria is declared a city.

Dethridge wheel in 1936 – Victoria Australia

Dethridge wheel developed – used to measure flow of irrigation water delivered to farms

Comedy King wins the Melbourne Cup
South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
The Great Britain rugby league team went on their first tour of Australasia and defeated Australia to win the Ashes.
17 September – The 1910 NSWRFL season culminates in a grand final between South Sydney and Newtown which is drawn 4 – 4. Newtown are crowned premiers by virtue of being minor premiers.

11 January – Shane Paltridge (died 1966), politician
28 January – Jim Willis (died 1995), botanist
7 April – Alec Downer (died 1981), politician
10 April – Bob Marshall (died 2004), billiards champion
17 April – Ivan Goff (died 1999), screenwriter
2 May – Laurie Nash (died 1986), cricketer and footballer
11 May – John Béchervaise (died 1998), Antarctic explorer
16 July – Stan McCabe (died 1968), cricketer
22 July – Alan Moorehead (died 1983), war correspondent
22 August – Kenneth McIntyre (died 2004), historian and mathematician
28 August Kathleen Best (died 1957), first director of the Women's Royal Australian Army Corps
28 August – Tom Burke (died 1973), politician
24 September – Douglas Darby (died 1985), politician
1 October – José Enrique Moyal, Palesrinian-born mathematical physicist (died 1998)