1913 in Australia

1913 in Australia
Monarchy	George V
Governor-General	Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman
Prime minister	Andrew Fisher, then Joseph Cook
Population	4,820,172
Elections	Federal, New South Wales, Tasmania

Decades:
See also:	Other events of 1913; Federal election; Timeline of Australian history;

The following lists events that happened during 1913 in Australia.

Incumbents

Governor of New South Wales – Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (until 11 March), then Gerald Strickland (from 14 March)
Governor of Queensland – William MacGregor
Governor of South Australia – Day Bosanquet
Governor of Tasmania – Harry Barron (until 10 March), then William Ellison-Macartney (from 4 June)
Governor of Victoria – John Fuller
Governor of Western Australia – Gerald Strickland (until 4 March), then Harry Barron (from 17 March)

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.

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.

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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.

The 1913 VFL (now AFL) Premiership was won by Fitzroy
The 1913 NSWRFL Premiership is won by Eastern Suburbs for the third year in a row.
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.

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)