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1909 in Australia

Index 1909 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1909 in the Commonwealth of Australia. [1]

104 relations: Adelaide, Alfred Deakin, Andrew Fisher, Archibald Peake, Australia, Australian Labor Party, Brisbane, Canberra, Carlton Football Club, Charles Conder, Charles Wade, Chief Justice of Australia, Chips Rafferty, Commonwealth Liberal Party, Cyril Walsh, Darwin, Northern Territory, Day Bosanquet, Decima Norman, Dorothy Hill, Edward VII, Elisabeth Murdoch (philanthropist), Elliott Lewis, Eric Reece, Errol Flynn, Field marshal, Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, Frederick Bedford, Frederick Holder, Free Trade Party, George Essex Evans, George Le Hunte, George Reid, George Shenton, Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Governor of New South Wales, Governor of Queensland, Governor of South Australia, Governor of Tasmania, Governor of Victoria, Governor of Western Australia, Governor-General of Australia, Harry Barron, Harry Rawson, Henry D'Esterre Taylor, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, High commissioner (Commonwealth), Ice hockey, International Cricket Council, John Earle (Australian politician), John Evans (Australian politician), ..., John Murray (Victorian politician), Julian Salomons, Keith Virtue, Leon Goldsworthy, Lord's, Martha Rendell, Mary Lee (suffragette), Mary MacKillop, Max Hirsch (economist), Melbourne Cup, Monarchy of Australia, Nell Hall Hopman, New South Wales, New South Wales cricket team, Newcastle–Bolgart Railway, Newton Moore, Parliament of Australia, Percival Bazeley, Premier of New South Wales, Premier of Queensland, Premier of South Australia, Premier of Tasmania, Premier of Victoria, Premier of Western Australia, Prime Minister of Australia, Protectionist Party, Reg Ansett, Robert Helpmann, Rockhampton, Samuel Griffith, Saumarez Smith, Sheffield Shield, Single transferable vote, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Stanley Burbury, Sydney Swans, Tasmanian state election, 1909, Thomas Bent, Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael, Thomas Price (South Australian politician), Tram, University of Queensland, Victoria (Australia), William Charles Kernot, William Henry Bundey, William Kidston, William MacGregor, William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, Women's suffrage, 1909, 1909 NSWRFL season, 1909 VFL Grand Final, 1909 Western Victorian floods. Expand index (54 more) »

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of the state of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city of Australia.

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Alfred Deakin

Alfred Deakin (3 August 18567 October 1919) was an Australian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of Australia, in office for three separate terms – 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908, and 1909 to 1910.

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Andrew Fisher

Andrew Fisher (29 August 186222 October 1928) was an Australian politician who served three separate terms as Prime Minister of Australia – from 1908 to 1909, from 1910 to 1913, and from 1914 to 1915.

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Archibald Peake

Archibald Henry Peake (15 January 1859 – 6 April 1920) was an Australian politician.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital of and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria.

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Charles Conder

Charles Edward Conder (24 October 1868 – 9 February 1909) was an English-born painter, lithographer and designer.

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Charles Wade

Sir Charles Gregory Wade KCMG, KC, JP (26 January 1863 – 26 September 1922) was Premier of New South Wales 2 October 1907 – 21 October 1910.

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Chief Justice of Australia

The Chief Justice of Australia is the presiding justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Chips Rafferty

Chips Rafferty MBE (26 March 190927 May 1971) was an Australian actor.

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Commonwealth Liberal Party

The Commonwealth Liberal Party (CLP, also known as the Deakin–Cook Party, The Fusion, or the Deakinite Liberal Party) was a political movement active in Australia from 1909 to 1917, shortly after Federation.

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Cyril Walsh

Sir Cyril Ambrose Walsh KBE (15 June 1909 – 29 November 1973), Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

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Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Day Bosanquet

Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet, (22 March 1843 – 28 June 1923) was the Governor of South Australia from 18 February 1909 until 22 March 1914.

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Decima Norman

Clara Decima Norman, MBE (9 September 1909 – 29 August 1983) was an Australian athlete.

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Dorothy Hill

Dorothy Hill, AC, CBE, FAA, FRS (10 September 1907 – 23 April 1997) was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Elisabeth Murdoch (philanthropist)

Dame Elisabeth Joy Murdoch AC DBE (née Greene; 8 February 1909 – 5 December 2012) was an Australian philanthropist and matriarch of the Murdoch family.

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Elliott Lewis

Sir Neil Elliott Lewis, KCMG (27 October 1858 – 22 September 1935),Scott Bennett, ', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, MUP, 1986, pp 94-95.

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Eric Reece

Eric Elliott Reece, AC (6 July 190923 October 1999) was Premier of Tasmania on two occasions: from 26 August 1958 to 26 May 1969, and from 3 May 1972 to 31 March 1975.

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Errol Flynn

Errol Leslie Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-born American actor who achieved fame in Hollywood after 1935.

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Field marshal

Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is a very senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks.

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Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, (12 August 1868 – 1 April 1933) was a British statesman who served as Governor of Queensland from 1905 to 1909, Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921, where he was responsible for the creation of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms.

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Frederick Bedford

Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford, (24 December 183830 January 1913) was a senior Royal Navy officer and Governor of Western Australia from 24 March 1903 to 22 April 1909.

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Frederick Holder

Sir Frederick William Holder KCMG (12 May 185023 July 1909) was an Australian politician.

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Free Trade Party

The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states, was an Australian political party, formally organised in 1887 in New South Wales, in time for the 1887 colony election, which the party won.

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George Essex Evans

George Essex Evans (18 June 1863 – 10 November 1909) was an Australian poet.

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George Le Hunte

Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte GCMG (20 August 1852 – 29 January 1925) was Governor of South Australia from 1 July 1903 until 18 February 1909, soon after federation of Australia.

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George Reid

Sir George Houstoun Reid (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was an Australian politician who led the Reid Government as the fourth Prime Minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905, having previously been Premier of New South Wales from 1894 to 1899.

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George Shenton

Sir George Shenton (4 March 1842 – 29 June 1909) was a prominent businessman in colonial Western Australia, the first Mayor of Perth, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for over thirty years.

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Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland

Gerald Paul Joseph Cajetan Carmel Antony Martin Strickland, 6th Count della Catena, 1st Baron Strickland, GCMG (24 May 186122 August 1940), was a Maltese and British politician and peer, who served as Prime Minister of Malta, Governor of the Leeward Islands, Governor of Tasmania, Governor of Western Australia and Governor of New South Wales, in addition to sitting successively in the House of Commons and House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Governor of New South Wales

The Governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in the state of New South Wales.

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Governor of Queensland

The Governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the Queen of Australia.

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Governor of South Australia

The Governor of South Australia is the representative in the Australian state of South Australia of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.

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Governor of Tasmania

The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia.

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Governor of Victoria

The Governor of Victoria is the representative in the Australian state of Victoria of its monarch, Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia and is one of the Governors of the Australian states.

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Governor of Western Australia

The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the Queen of Australia, Elizabeth II.

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Governor-General of Australia

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative of the Australian monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II.

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Harry Barron

Major General Sir Harry Barron (11 August 1847 – 27 March 1921) was Governor of Tasmania from 1909 to 1913, and Governor of Western Australia from 1913 to 1917.

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Harry Rawson

Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson (5 November 1843 – 3 November 1910), is chiefly remembered for overseeing the British Benin Expedition of 1897 that burned and looted the city of the Kingdom of Benin, now in Nigeria.

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Henry D'Esterre Taylor

Henry D'Esterre Taylor, (11 January, 1853 – 28 April, 1909), was an Australian banker and Federationist.

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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916), was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator who won notoriety for his imperial campaigns, most especially his scorched earth policy against the Boers and his establishment of concentration camps during the Second Boer War, and later played a central role in the early part of the First World War.

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High commissioner (Commonwealth)

In the Commonwealth of Nations, a high commissioner is the senior diplomat (generally ranking as an ambassador) in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.

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International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket.

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John Earle (Australian politician)

John Earle (15 November 1865 – 6 February 1932) was an Australian politician and the first Labor Premier of Tasmania.

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John Evans (Australian politician)

Sir John William Evans, CMG (1 December 1855 – 2 October 1943) was an Australian politician, a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and Premier of Tasmania from 11 July 1904 to 19 June 1909.

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John Murray (Victorian politician)

John (Jack) Murray (8 July 1851 – 4 May 1916), Australian politician, was the 23rd Premier of Victoria.

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Julian Salomons

The Honourable Sir Julian Emanuel Salomons (formerly Solomons) (4 November 1835 – 6 April 1909) was a barrister, royal commissioner, solicitor-general, chief justice and member of parliament.

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Keith Virtue

Keith Allison Virtue MBE (23 June 1909 – 7 February 1980) was a pioneer Australian aviator.

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Leon Goldsworthy

Leonard Verdi Goldsworthy, (19 January 1909 – 7 August 1994), known as Leon Goldsworthy, was a distinguished Australian bomb and mine specialist in the Second World War and a recipient of the George Cross, the highest gallantry award for actions which are "not in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to people of British or Commonwealth nations.

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Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known simply as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.

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Martha Rendell

Martha Rendell (10 August 1871 – 6 October 1909) was the last woman to be hanged in Western Australia.

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Mary Lee (suffragette)

Mary Lee (née Walsh) (14 February 1821 – 18 September 1909) was an Irish-Australian suffragist and social reformer in South Australia.

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Mary MacKillop

Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian nun who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross MacKillop.

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Max Hirsch (economist)

Maximilian "Max" Hirsch (21 September 1852? – 4 March 1909) was a German-born businessman and economist who settled in Melbourne, Australia, where he became the recognized intellectual leader of the Australian Georgist movement and, briefly, a member of the Victorian Parliament.

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Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse race.

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Monarchy of Australia

The monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary king or queen serves as the nation's sovereign.

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Nell Hall Hopman

Eleanor "Nell" Mary Hall Hopman (née Hall; 9 March 1909 – 10 January 1968) was one of the female tennis players that dominated Australian tennis from 1930 through the early 1960s.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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New South Wales cricket team

The New South Wales cricket team (currently named NSW Blues) are an Australian men's professional first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales.

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Newcastle–Bolgart Railway

The Newcastle–Bolgart Railway was the second stage of the Clackline–Miling railway.

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Newton Moore

Major General Sir Newton James Moore, (17 May 1870 – 28 October 1936) was an Australian politician, businessman and army officer.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Federal Parliament; also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or just Parliament) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia.

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Percival Bazeley

Percival Landon Bazeley was a scientist of Australian biotechnology and public health.

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Premier of New South Wales

The Premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Premier of Queensland

The Premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.

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Premier of South Australia

The Premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia.

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Premier of Tasmania

The Premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania.

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Premier of Victoria

The Premier of Victoria is the Head of government in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Premier of Western Australia

The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive branch of government in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of Australia (sometimes informally abbreviated to PM) is the head of government of Australia.

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Protectionist Party

The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1887 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism.

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Reg Ansett

Sir Reginald Myles Ansett KBE (13 February 1909 – 23 December 1981) was an Australian businessman and aviator.

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Robert Helpmann

Sir Robert Helpmann CBE (9 April 190928 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, actor, theatre director and choreographer.

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Rockhampton

Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia.

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Samuel Griffith

Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (21 June 1845 – 9 August 1920) was an Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1919.

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Saumarez Smith

William Saumarez Smith (known as Saumarez; K. J. Cable, '', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 11, MUP, 1988, pp 675-677. 14 January 1836 – 18 April 1909) was an Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Australia.

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Sheffield Shield

The Sheffield Shield is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).

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South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league team based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales.

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Stanley Burbury

Sir Stanley Charles Burbury (3 December 190924 April 1995) was an Australian jurist.

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Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans is a professional Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Tasmanian state election, 1909

The 1909 Tasmanian state election was held on Friday, 30 April 1909 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

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Thomas Bent

Sir Thomas Bent (7 December 1838 – 17 September 1909) was an Australian politician and the 22nd Premier of Victoria.

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Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael

Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael (18 March 1859 – 16 January 1926), known as Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, Bt, between 1891 and 1912, was a Scottish Liberal politician and colonial administrator.

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Thomas Price (South Australian politician)

Thomas Price (19 January 1852 – 31 May 1909), frequently referred to as Tom Price, served as the South Australian United Labor Party's first Premier of South Australia.

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Tram

A tram (also tramcar; and in North America streetcar, trolley or trolley car) is a rail vehicle which runs on tramway tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on a segregated right of way.

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University of Queensland

The University of Queensland (UQ) is a public research university primarily located in Queensland's capital city, Brisbane, Australia.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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William Charles Kernot

William Charles Kernot (16 June 1845 – 14 March 1909), was an Australian engineer, first professor of engineering at the University of Melbourne and president of the Royal Society of Victoria.

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William Henry Bundey

Sir William Henry Bundey (30 January 1838 – 6 December 1909) was an Australian politician and judge, Attorney-General of South Australia from 27 September 1878 to 10 March 1881.

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William Kidston

William Kidston (17 August 1849 – 25 October 1919) was an Australian politician and Premier of Queensland, from January 1906 to November 1907 and again from February 1908 to February 1911.

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William MacGregor

Sir William MacGregor, (20 October 1846 – 3 July 1919)R.

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William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle

William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, (23 May 1909 – 5 April 1991), known as The Lord De L'Isle and Dudley between 1945 and 1956, was a British Army officer, politician and Victoria Cross recipient who served as the 15th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1961 to 1965.

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William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley

William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, (25 May 1867 – 29 June 1932), was a British aristocrat, politician, and military officer who served as the fourth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1908 to 1911.

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Women's suffrage

Women's suffrage (colloquial: female suffrage, woman suffrage or women's right to vote) --> is the right of women to vote in elections; a person who advocates the extension of suffrage, particularly to women, is called a suffragist.

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1909 NSWRFL season

The 1909 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the second season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football competition, Australia's first.

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1909 VFL Grand Final

The 1909 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 October 1909.

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1909 Western Victorian floods

The 1909 Western Victorian floods consisted of widespread flooding on rivers of the western half of the State of Victoria during the middle of August that year.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909_in_Australia

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