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The 1900's

1900 - Saturday, March 31

The Right Hon. The Lord Brassey, K.C.B. retired as Governor of Victoria

1900 - Monday, April 9

Royal Commission on religious instruction in State schools established.

1900 - Thursday, April 19

Royal Commission on local government laws was established.

1900 - Monday, June 18

Royal Commission on the operation of the factories and shop law of Victoria established.

1900 - Friday, August 3

Women demonstrated at the Temperance Hall to petition MPs for the right to vote in Victorian elections.

1900 - Thursday, August 9

Royal Commission on refrigerating stores and central wine depot presented its final report to Parliament.

1900 - Thursday, August 23

Royal Commission appointed to investigate the subject of locomotive spark-arresters as a means of preventing destructive fires in the working of the Victorian Railways.

1900 - Thursday, September 13

Royal Commission on religious instruction in State schools presented its final report to Parliament.

1900 - Friday, September 14

(Johan) Wilfred John Mibus, Victorian farmer and grazier and politician, was born at Katyil near Dimboola, Vic.

1900 - Monday, October 8

Commonwealth Arrangements Act passed, authorizing the new Commonwealth Parliament to choose to use either the Exhibition Buildings or the Parliament House in Melbourne as its base until the construction of a new Australian capital city.

1900 - Thursday, October 18

Dissolution of 17th Victorian Parliament.

1900 - Thursday, November 1

A general election was held in Victoria.

1900 - Tuesday, November 13

Opening of 18th Victorian Parliament.

1900 - Monday, November 19

Sir George Turner assumed office for his second term as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, Allan McLean, retired from office, having served 350 days.

1901 - Tuesday, January 22

Death of Queen Victoria at age 82, after 63 years on the British throne.

1901 - Tuesday, February 12

Alexander James Peacock assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, Sir George Turner, retired from office, having served 86 days.

1901 - Thursday, March 7

Eleventh progress report of the Royal Commission on State Forests and Timber Reserves: fire-protection in country districts: being a report on the measures necessary to prevent the careless use of fire, or the spread of bush or grass fires on public and private lands, presented its final report to Parliament.

1901 - Friday, April 12

Prime Minister Edmund Barton and his cabinet decide to base the new Commonwealth Parliament at Parliament House in Melbourne. Alfred Deakin was instrumental in this choice as he lobbied to retain access to the Victorian Parliamentary Library which he had used for 20 years as a Victorian MP.

1901 - Wednesday, May 8

Inaugural meeting of the new Federal Parliamentary Labor Party was held in the basement of Parliament House, Melbourne.

1901 - Thursday, May 9

The Opening of the first Commonwealth Parliament at the Royal Exhibition Buildings was celebrated.

1901 - Friday, May 10

Commonwealth Parliament sits for the first time at Parliament House, Melbourne

1901 - Saturday, May 18

Harry Rickards opened his New Opera House, the future Tivoli Theatre, in Bourke Street, Melbourne, on the site of the former Prince of Wales Opera Theatre.

1901 - Tuesday, June 18

Third mace, used for the first time in the Legislative Assembly when it sat for the first time in the Royal Exhibition Buildings.

Victorian Parliament sits for the first time at the Exhibition Buildings following the Commonwealth Parliament’s use of Parliament House, Melbourne. State Parliament remained there until 1927.

The Hon. Sir Henry John Wrixon became Victoria's 5th President of the Legislative Council.

1901 - Monday, July 1

Arthur Wadsworth appointed Victorian Parliamentary Librarian; remaining with the Library during the Commonwealth occupation of Parliament House he also became the Commonwealth Parliamentary Librarian and de facto the first Australian National Librarian.

1901 - Friday, August 30

Royal Commission on technical education presented its final report to Parliament.

1901 - Tuesday, September 3

Australian National Flag was raised officially for the first time at the Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, in the presence of the first Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. Edmund Barton.

1901 - Wednesday, November 13

The 50th Anniversary of the Opening of the first Legislative Council of Victoria was celebrated.

1901 - Tuesday, December 10

Sir George Sydenham Clarke, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. was sworn in as Governor of Victoria.

1902 - Wednesday, January 8

Royal Commission on handling grain and other produce in bulk or otherwise established.

1902 - Tuesday, January 21

Royal Commission on management of the Railway Department established.

1902 - Thursday, February 27

Royal Commission on the University of Melbourne established.

1902 - Tuesday, May 13

Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia established.

1902 - Tuesday, June 10

William Hill Irvine assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, Andrew James Peacock, retired from office, having served 484 days.

1902 - Thursday, July 3

Royal Commission to investigate the subject of locomotive spark-arresters as a means of preventing destructive fires in the working of the Victorian Railways presented its final report to Parliament.

1902 - Tuesday, July 15

Royal Commission on local government laws presented its final report to Parliament.

1902 - Wednesday, September 10

Royal Commission on management of the Railway Department presented its final report to Parliament.

1902 - Monday, September 15

Dissolution of 18th Victorian Parliament.

1902 - Saturday, September 27

Dame Nellie Melba, opera singer, made a triumphant return in her home town, Melbourne, giving the first of five concerts at the Melbourne Town Hall.

1902 - Wednesday, October 1

A general election was held in Victoria.

1902 - Tuesday, October 14

Opening of 19th Victorian Parliament.

The Hon. Duncan Gillies became Victoria's 9th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1902 - Friday, December 19

Interstate Royal Commission on the River Murray, representing the States of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, presented its final report to Parliament.

1903 - Monday, February 9

Former Victorian Premier Charles Duffy died.

1903 - Thursday, February 19

Royal Commission on the operation of the factories and shop law of Victoria presented its final report to Parliament.

1903 - Thursday, February 26

Royal Commission on handling grain and other produce in bulk or otherwise presented its final report to Parliament.

1903 - Saturday, September 12

Former Victorian Premier Duncan Gillies died.

1903 - Wednesday, September 16

The Hon. William David Beazley became Victoria's 10th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1903 - Tuesday, November 24

Sir George Clarke retired as Governor of Victoria; Sir John Madden sworn in Lieutenant-Governor.

1903 - Thursday, November 26

The Constitution Reform Act of Victoria was proclaimed. Provisions provided that the Legislative Council may only suggest certain amendments to Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly inserted in Victoria’s constitution.

1903 - Wednesday, December 16

Australia's second federal election and the first (worldwide) in which women have the right to vote and the opportunity to stand for national Parliament.

1903 - Friday, December 18

Royal Commission on allegations respecting the acts of certain persons connected with the Independent Order of Foresters in relation to Members of Parliament or candidates for Parliament in the State of Victoria was established.

1904 - Monday, January 25

Former Victorian Premier Graham Berry died.

1904 - Tuesday, February 16

Sir Thomas Bent assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria, William Hill Irvine, retired from office, having served 617 days.

1904 - Tuesday, March 29

Sir Horace Petty, Victorian MP, Minister and Agent General for Victoria from 1964 for several years, was born at Richmond, Melbourne.

1904 - Monday, April 11

Royal Commission on the butter industry established.

1904 - Monday, April 25

Major-General The Hon. Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, K.C.B. was sworn in as Governor of Victoria.

1904 - Tuesday, May 10

Dissolution of 19th Victorian Parliament.

Royal Commission on the University of Melbourne presented its final report to Parliament.

Royal Commission on allegations respecting the acts of certain persons connected with the Independent Order of Foresters in relation to Members of Parliament or candidates for Parliament in the State of Victoria presented its final report to Parliament.

1904 - Wednesday, June 1

A general election was held in Victoria.

1904 - Wednesday, June 29

Opening of 20th Victorian Parliament.

The Hon. Sir Frank Madden became Victoria's 11th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1904 - Tuesday, November 22

Royal Commission on charges against the Hon. John William Taverner established.

1904 - Wednesday, November 30

Prorogation of First Session of Twentieth Parliament of Victoria.

1904 - Saturday, December 17

Former Victorian Premier William Shiels died.

1905 - Thursday, January 12

Royal Commission on charges against the Hon. John William Taverner presented its final report to Parliament.

1905 - Monday, February 6

Royal Commission on the cost of making railway locomotives at the Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat, and at the Newport Railway Workshops, etc. established.

1905 - Thursday, June 1

Royal Commission on the butter industry presented its final report to Parliament.

1905 - Tuesday, August 1

Grata Flos Matilda Greig became the first woman to be admitted to the Bar in Victoria, and the first to enter the legal profession in Australia.

1905 - Tuesday, August 15

Royal Commission on the Victorian Police Force established.

1905 - Saturday, August 19

Royal Commission on the cost of making railway locomotives at the Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat, and at the Newport Railway Workshops, etc. presented its final report to Parliament.

1905 - Tuesday, October 10

Royal Commission on the coal industry was established.

1905 - Tuesday, October 31

Former Victorian Premier Bryan O'Loghlen died.

1906 - Saturday, May 5

Melbourne's first electric trams begin running, from St Kilda to Brighton.

1906 - Monday, June 25

Royal Commission on the coal industry presented its final report to Parliament.

1906 - Sunday, August 26

Royal Commission on the Victorian Police Force presented its final report to Parliament.

1906 - Tuesday, October 2

Victorian Premier Thomas Tuke Hollway was born.

1906 - Sunday, November 25

50th Anniversary of Opening of first Parliament of Victoria.

1907 - Thursday, February 21

Dissolution of 20th Victorian Parliament.

1907 - Friday, March 15

A general election was held in Victoria.

1907 - Tuesday, April 16

The first two agricultural high schools in Victoria were opened at Sale and Warrnambool.

1907 - Wednesday, May 8

Carlton and United Breweries is formed from the union of six major Melbourne breweries.

1907 - Tuesday, July 9

The Opening of the 21st Victorian Parliament was celebrated.

1908 - Tuesday, February 25

Former Victorian Premier James Munro died.

1908 - Saturday, February 29

John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl Hopetoun, Governor of Victoria from 1889 to 1895 and the first Governor General of Australia as Marquis of Linlithgow from 1901-2, died in Pau, France at the age of 48.

1908 - Monday, April 20

44 died in a major train collision in Sunshine, Melbourne.

1908 - Wednesday, May 20

Victorian Premier Sir Henry Edward Bolte was born.

1908 - Monday, July 6

Major-General The Hon. Sir Reginald Arthur James Talbot, K.C.B. retired as Governor of Victoria

1908 - Monday, July 27

Sir Thomas David Gibson Carmichael, Bt. K.C.M.G. was sworn in as Governor of Victoria.

1908 - Tuesday, October 20

Victorian Legislative Assembly passes the Adult Suffrage Bill. This bill granted female suffrage (right to vote) to women in Victoria for the first time.

1908 - Wednesday, November 18

Victorian Legislative Council passes the Adult Suffrage Bill. This bill granted female suffrage (right to vote) to women in Victoria for the first time.

1908 - Monday, December 7

Dissolution of 21st Victorian Parliament.

1908 - Tuesday, December 29

A general election was held in Victoria.

1909 - Thursday, January 7

The Opening of the 22nd Victorian Parliament was celebrated.

1909 - Friday, January 8

John Murray assumed office as Victoria's 33rd Premier.

Premier of Victoria, Sir Thomas Bent, retired from office, having served 1789 days.

1909 - Thursday, April 8

Royal Commission on the acquisition of certain estates by Sir Thomas Bent as a Minister of the Crown established.

1909 - Tuesday, May 4

Royal Commission on the Murray Waters established.

1909 - Friday, July 23

Sir Frederick William Holder, Federal Parliamentarian and first Speaker of the House of Representatives, collapsed and died in the Victorian Parliament House of cerebral haemorrhage after a stormy all-night session in Parliament.

Royal Commission on the acquisition of certain estates by Sir Thomas Bent as a Minister of the Crown presented its final report to Parliament.

1909 - Friday, September 17

Former Victorian Premier Sir Thomas Bent died.