1905 in Australia

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1905
in
Australia

Decades:
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1905 in Australia.

1905 in Australia
Western Australia

Incumbents

State premiers

State governors

Events

Arts and literature

Sport

  • 1 February – New South Wales wins the
    Sheffield Shield
  • 15 July – Australia first competes in the Davis Cup, in a combined Australasian team with New Zealand.
  • 30 September – Fitzroy wins the VFL premiership.
  • 7 November – Blue Spec wins the Melbourne Cup.[1]
  • Australia loses
    cricket
    series to England 0-2

Births

  • 10 January - Albert Arlen, pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (died 1993)
  • 15 February –
    Heathcote Howard Hammer
    , brigadier (died 1961)
  • 1 April – Paul Hasluck (died 1993), Governor General of Australia
  • 1 August – Eddie Gilbert (died 1978), cricketer

Deaths

See also

  • 1900s (decade)

References

  1. ^ "V. R. C. Races: Blue Spec Wins the Cup". The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser. 8 November 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 3 January 2022 – via Trove.