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1909

1909 : Australia


Incumbents

  • Monarch  Edward VII
  • Governor-General  William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
  • Prime Minister  Andrew Fisher (until 2 June), then Alfred Deakin
  • Chief Justice  Samuel Griffith

State premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales  Charles Wade
  • Premier of South Australia  Thomas Price (until 5 June), then Archibald Peake
  • Premier of Queensland  William Kidston
  • Premier of Tasmania  John Evans (until 19 June), then Sir Elliott Lewis (until 20 October), then John Earle (until 27 October), then Sir Elliott Lewis
  • Premier of Western Australia  Sir Newton Moore
  • Premier of Victoria  Sir Thomas Bent (until 8 January), then John Murray

State governors

  • Governor of New South Wales – Admiral Sir Harry Rawson (until 24 March), then Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (from 28 May)
  • Governor of South Australia  Sir George Le Hunte (until 2 January), then Sir Day Bosanquet (from 29 March)
  • Governor of Queensland  Frederic Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (until 26 May), then Sir William MacGregor (from 2 December)
  • Governor of Tasmania  Sir Gerald Strickland (until 20 May), then Sir Harry Barron (from 29 September)
  • Governor of Western Australia  Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford (until 23 April), then Sir Gerald Strickland (from 31 May)
  • Governor of Victoria  Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael