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← 1900 1899 1898 1901 in Australia → 1902 1903 1904
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1901 Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during1901 in Australia.

• Monarch –Victoria (until 22 January), thenEdward VII
• Governor-General –Lord Hopetoun (from 1 January)
• Prime Minister –Edmund Barton (from 1 January)
  • Opposition Leader –George Reid (from 19 May)

• Premier of New South Wales –William Lyne (until 27 March), thenJohn See
  • Opposition Leader –Charles Lee (from 23 March)
• Premier of Queensland –Robert Philp
  • Opposition Leader –Anderson Dawson (until 16 July), thenBilly Browne
• Premier of South Australia –Frederick Holder (until 15 May), thenJohn Jenkins
  • Opposition Leader –Vaiben Louis Solomon, thenRobert Homburg
• Premier of Tasmania –Elliott Lewis
  • Opposition Leader –Sir Edward Braddon (until March), thenSir Thomas Reibey (until October), thenWilliam Propsting
• Premier of Victoria –Sir George Turner (until 12 February), thenAlexander Peacock
• Premier of Western Australia –Sir John Forrest (until 15 February), thenGeorge Throssell (until 27 May), thenGeorge Leake (until 21 November), thenAlf Morgans (until 23 December), thenGeorge Leake

• Governor of New South Wales –The Earl Beauchamp (until 30 April)
• Governor of Queensland –Lord Lamington (until 19 December)
• Governor of South Australia –Lord Tennyson
• Governor of Tasmania –Sir Arthur Havelock (from 8 November)
• Governor of Victoria –Sir George Clarke (from 10 December)
• Governor of Western Australia –Baron Wetlock (from 1 May)
• Government Resident of the Northern Territory –Charles Dashwood

• 1 January – TheConstitution of Australia comes into force, as thefederation of Australia is complete.John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, is appointed as the firstGovernor-General, andEdmund Barton as the firstPrime Minister.
• 1 March – Followingfederation naval and military forces of the States are transferred to Commonwealth control.
• 29 March – Thefirst federal election is held to elect the firstmembers of the House of Representatives and the firstmembers of the Senate.
• 31 March – Anational census is held, which indicates the population of Australia is 3,773,801 (excludingIndigenous Australians).
• 9 May – TheParliament of Australia is opened in theRoyal Exhibition Building,Melbourne.
• 22 May – The foundation stone forSt John's Cathedral, Brisbane, is laid by The Duke of Cornwall and York (laterGeorge V). the church celebrated 100 years of construction in 2006 and is the only gothic-style stone building under construction anywhere in the world.
• 3 September – TheFlag of Australia andAustralian Red Ensign are adopted by theGovernment of Australia as official flags, following a national design competition.
• 21 December – Construction begins on therabbit-proof fence.
• 23 December – TheImmigration Restriction Act 1901 comes into force, instituting theWhite Australia Policy.
• 31 December – The Roman Catholic Platform (now known as Cemetery Station No. 2) opens inSydney,Australia'sRookwood Cemetery.

• 3 January –Victoria wins theSheffield Shield.^[1]
• 28 September –Essendon beatsCollingwood 6.7 (43) to 2.4 (16) in the1901 VFL grand final
• 5 November – Revenue wins theMelbourne Cup.^[2]

• 27 March –Kenneth Slessor, poet, journalist and war correspondent (d.1971)
• 1 June –Tom Gorman, rugby league footballer (d.1978)
• 25 September –Gordon Coventry, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood) (d.1968)

• 10 January –Sir James Dickson, 13thPremier of Queensland (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1832)
• 20 June –Alexander Forrest, Western Australian politician and explorer (b.1849)
• 8 August –William Henry Groom, Queensland politician and newspaper proprietor (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1833)
• 31 October –Robert Abbott, New South Wales politician (born inIreland) (b.1830)
• 30 November –Edward John Eyre, explorer (born and died in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1815)

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