Permanent year factsheet

Australia in 1901

Historical records for Australia in 1901, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

14Records
14Events
6Named people
5Places
3Categories

Historical records

January

1 January 1901CommonwealthEdmund Barton

Canberra · Government / Government of Australia

The Commonwealth of Australia is established

1 January 1901Commonwealth of AustraliaEdmund Barton

Canberra · Government / Government of Australia

The Commonwealth of Australia is established

1 January 1901Independence of AustraliaEdmund Barton

Canberra · Government / Government of Australia

The Commonwealth of Australia is established. Appointed the 1st Prime Minister of an independent Australia

1 January 1901Prime Minister of AustraliaEdmund Barton

Government / Government of Australia

Appointed Prime Minister of Australia

May

16 May 1901Action at BrakpanFrederick William Bell

Brakpan · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Bell covers the withdrawal of dismounted men under close Boer fire and later receives the Victoria Cross for his actions.

June

15 June 1901Action near Thaba NchuJames Rogers

Thaba Nchu · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Rogers repeatedly rides back under heavy fire to rescue dismounted comrades during a skirmish near Thaba Nchu.

November

23 November 1901Action at GeelhoutboomLeslie Cecil Maygar

Geelhoutboom · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Maygar rides into danger to help a dismounted soldier escape an attempted Boer encirclement and later receives the Victoria Cross.

Other Events

1901Attorney GeneralAlfred Deakin

Canberra · Government / Government of Australia

Appointed Attorney General

1901chronicle of the Southern Cross ExpeditionLouis Bernacchi

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Bernacchi publishes his chronicle of the Southern Cross Expedition, which was published in 1901, was critical of aspects of Borchgrevinks leadership, but defended the expeditions scientific achievements

1901Discovery ExpeditionLouis Bernacchi

Antarctica · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Returns to Antarctica as physicist on Scott's Discovery Expedition

1901his chronicle of the Southern Cross ExpeditionLouis Bernacchi

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Bernacchi publishes his chronicle of the Southern Cross Expedition, which was published in 1901, was critical of aspects of Borchgrevinks leadership, but defended the expeditions scientific achievements

1901in 1901, was critical of aspects of Borchgrevinks leadership, but defended the expeditions scientific achievementsLouis Bernacchi

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Bernacchi publishes his chronicle of the Southern Cross Expedition, which was published in 1901, was critical of aspects of Borchgrevinks leadership, but defended the expeditions scientific achievements

1901Southern Cross ExpeditionLouis Bernacchi

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Bernacchi publishes his chronicle of the Southern Cross Expedition, which was published in 1901,[24] was critical of aspects of Borchgrevinks leadership, but defended the expeditions scientific achievements

1901was critical of aspects of Borchgrevinks leadership, but defended the expeditions scientific achievementsLouis Bernacchi

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Bernacchi publishes his chronicle of the Southern Cross Expedition, which was published in 1901, was critical of aspects of Borchgrevinks leadership, but defended the expeditions scientific achievements

Names involved

Alfred DeakinEdmund BartonFrederick William BellJames RogersLeslie Cecil MaygarLouis Bernacchi

Places involved

AntarcticaBrakpanCanberraGeelhoutboomThaba Nchu

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.