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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}{{Year in Australia|1904}}{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}The following lists events that happened during 1904 in Australia. {{Infobox Australian year | year = 1904 | monarch = Edward VII | governor-general = Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, then Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote | pm = Alfred Deakin, Chris Watson, George Reid | population = 3,941,208 | australian = | elections = Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia }}Incumbents{{multiple image | direction=horizontal | width1=140 | image1=Alfred_Deakin_crop.jpg | caption1=Alfred Deakin | width2=140 | image2=ChrisWatsonBW_crop.jpg | caption2=Chris Watson | width3=140 | image3=George Reid crop.jpg | caption3=George Reid | align=right- Monarch – Edward VII
- Governor-General – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson (until 21 January), then Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
- Prime Minister – Alfred Deakin (until 27 April), Chris Watson (until 18 August), then George Reid
- Chief Justice – Samuel Griffith
State premiers- Premier of New South Wales – John See (until 14 June), Thomas Waddell (until 29 August), then Joseph Carruthers
- Premier of South Australia – John Jenkins
- Premier of Queensland – Arthur Morgan
- Premier of Tasmania – William Propsting (until 12 July), then John Evans
- Premier of Western Australia – Walter James (until 10 August), then Henry Daglish
- Premier of Victoria – William Irvine (until 16 February), then Sir Thomas Bent
State governors- Governor of New South Wales – Sir Harry Rawson
- Governor of South Australia – Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte
- Governor of Queensland – Sir Herbert Chermside (until 10 October)
- Governor of Tasmania – Captain Sir Arthur Havelock (until 16 April), then Sir Gerald Strickland (from 28 October)
- Governor of Western Australia – Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford
- Governor of Victoria – Major General Sir Reginald Talbot (from 25 April)
Events- 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.
Arts and literature{{main|1904 in Australian literature}}- 12 January – Melbourne businessmann 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.
Sport- 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
Births- 7 April – Roland Wilson, economist died 1996)
- 8 April – John Antill, musician and composer (died 1986)
- 29 May – Hubert Opperman, cyclist and politician (died 1996)
Deaths- 8 January – Alfred Felton (born 1831), entrepreneur and philanthropist
- 25 January – Graham Berry (born 1822), Premier of Victoria
- 2 February – Edward Braddon (born 1829), Premier of Tasmania
- 12 April – George Cruickshank (born 1853), politician
- 5 August – George Dibbs (born 1834), Premier of New South Wales
- 17 December – William Shiels (born 1848), Premier of Victoria
See also{{Years in Australia}}{{Oceania topic|1904 in|countries_only=yes}}{{DEFAULTSORT:1904 in Australia}} 2 : 1904 in Australia|Years of the 20th century in Australia |