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Incumbents

  • Monarch  Edward VII
  • Governor-General  Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote (until 9 September), then William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
  • Prime Minister  Alfred Deakin (until 13 November), then Andrew Fisher
  • Chief Justice  Samuel Griffith

State premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales  Charles Wade
  • Premier of South Australia  Thomas Price
  • Premier of Queensland  Robert Philp (until 18 February), then William Kidston
  • Premier of Tasmania  John Evans
  • Premier of Western Australia  Newton Moore
  • Premier of Victoria – (Sir) Thomas Bent

State governors

  • Governor of New South Wales  Admiral Sir Harry Rawson
  • Governor of South Australia  Sir George Ruvthen Le Hunte
  • Governor of Queensland  Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford
  • Governor of Tasmania  Sir Gerald Strickland
  • Governor of Western Australia  Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford
  • Governor of Victoria  Major General Sir Reginald Talbot (until 6 July), then Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael (from 27 July)