Australian Events

Posted in 1904

  • Opera singer Nellie MelbaWatson Government, April 27 (see Australian Prime Ministers)
  • Reid Government, August 18
  • Dalgety in southern NSW is chosen as the site for Australia's new Federal capital (later named Canberra).
  • The Speaker of the House rules that hats should be removed when members make interjections.
  • Opera singer Nellie Melba makes her first sound recording.