1904 in Australia

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1904 in Australia
Monarch	Edward VII
Governor-General	Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, then Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
Prime minister	Alfred Deakin, Chris Watson, George Reid
Population	3,941,208
Elections	Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Incumbents

6 January – The Tasmanian government replaces the state's Central Board of Health with a Public Health Department.
13 January – The flag of South Australia is officially gazetted as the current design.
23 January – A by-election is held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Ryde. It is won by Edward Terry for the Liberal Reform Party.
29 February – Women's suffrage is granted in Tasmania.
1 June – A general election is held in Victoria. Incumbent premier Sir Thomas Bent is returned with an increased majority.
20 June – The P&O ship SS Australia is wrecked at the entrance to Port Phillip. There is no loss of life.
12 November – John Drayton is imprisoned under parliamentary privilege provisions in Western Australia.
1 December – Ipswich, Queensland is proclaimed as a city.

12 January – Melbourne businessman Alfred Felton leaves a large bequest to the Art Gallery of Victoria.
Hans Heysen wins the Wynne Prize with Mystic Morn
The Austral Hall Toowoomba was officially opened on 5 November 1904 by Sir Hugh Nelson, Lieutenant Governor of Queensland for The Austral Society.

September – The Australasian Lawn Tennis Association is formed in Sydney.
1 November – Acrasia wins the Melbourne Cup.
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield.
Two Australians, Corrie Gardner and Leslie McPherson, compete in athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics. They do not return with any medals

8 January – Alfred Felton, entrepreneur, art collector and philanthropist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1831)
25 January – Sir Graham Berry, 11th Premier of Victoria (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1822)
2 February – Sir Edward Braddon, 18th Premier of Tasmania (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1829)
12 April – George Cruickshank, New South Wales politician (b. 1853)
12 May – Robert Reid, Victorian politician (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1842)
5 August – Sir George Dibbs, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
17 December – William Shiels, 16th Premier of Victoria (born in Ireland) (b. 1848)

Years in Australia (1788–present)

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v t e 1904 in Oceania
Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue