1907 in Australia
Lists of events that happened during 1907 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1907 in Australia.
Incumbents
State premiers
State governors
Events
Science and technology
Arts and literature
Film
Sport
Births
- 6 January – David Fleay, naturalist (died 1993)
- 14 February – Alan Hulme, politician and Postmaster-General (died 1989)
- 17 February – Marjorie Lawrence, singer (died 1979)
- 4 April – Robert Askin, Premier of New South Wales (died 1981)
- 3 June – Robert William Rankin, Royal Australian Navy office (died 1942)
- 2 July – Leo O'Brien, cricketer (died 1997)
- 12 July – Edward "Weary" Dunlop, surgeon and prisoner-of-war during World War II (died 1993)
- 21 July – A. D. Hope, poet and essayist (died 2000)
- 25 July – Bill Shankland, all-round sportsman (died 1998)
- 12 August – Boy Charlton, swimmer (died 1975)
- 15 August – Brian Grieve, botanist (died 1997)
- 8 September – William Wentworth, politician (died 2003)
- 1 October – Harry Collier, VFL footballer for Collingwood (died 1994)
- 9 October – John O'Grady, writer (died 1981)
- 18 November – Gwen Meredith, author, playwright and radio writer (died 2006)
- 19 November – Adrien Albert, medicinal chemist (died 1989)
- 29 November – Douglas Menzies, former Justice of the High Court of Australia (died 1974)
Deaths
- 16 January – Rev. Dr John Gibson Paton, Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides (born 1824)
- 31 January – John See, former Premier of New South Wales (1901–1904) (born 1844)
- 22 February – Henry Chamberlain Russell, astronomer and meteorologist (born 1836)
- 14 April – Charles Henry Bromby, Anglican bishop of Tasmania (born 1814)
- 18 April – Walter Padbury, pioneer and philanthropist (born 1817)
- 12 June John Dennant, geologist and educational administrator (born 1839)
- 14 June – Bob McLeod, cricketer (born 1868)
- 8 July – John Horgan, politician (born 1834)
- 24 July David Scott Mitchell, founder of the Mitchell Library (born 1836)
- 14 November – Andrew Inglis Clark, Tasmanian politician (born 1848)
- 21 November – Harry Boyle, cricketer (born 1847)
- 22 November – Henry Clarke, businessman and politician (born 1822)
- 29 December – Lorimer Fison, anthropologist (born 1832)
See also
References
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