1906

Sir Robert Menzies

Posted in 1906

  • Humffray Street School in BallaratBegins attending school at Humffray Street State School in Ballarat.

"My parents had a passionate faith in the procuring of an education for their children ... So, by stages, we went off to school in Ballarat, where I won the scholarship necessary to take me to secondary school, and then to open the door to the University."
Sir Robert Menzies, Afternoon Light, 1967 p 10
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"... as a schoolboy he [Robert Menzies] came to this metropolis [Ballarat] from the small, dusty township that had always been home. He spoke of simple but unforgettable things experienced for the first time in his life: the smell of asphalt; the shouts of newsboys on the long platform of the railway station; the traffic in the streets and the electric lights."
A W Martin, Robert Menzies: A Life. Vol 1 1894-1943, 1993 p 13.

Australian Events

Posted in 1906

  • Ned Kelly World's first lifesaving club is formed at Bondi, NSW.
  • World's first feature film The story of the Kelly Gang is made in Australia by the Tait brothers.
  • A telegraph link is established between Victoria and Tasmania.

World Events

Posted in 1906

  • Ruins of St Patrick's Church, San Francisco San Francisco earthquake and fire: 400 dead.
  • British rule over Papua is transferred to Australia. In 1884 the Australian colonies had been hostile to the establishment of German New Guinea (north-eastern New Guinea) and pressured Britain to acquire Papua (south-eastern New Guinea) soon after.
  • Roald Amundsen traverses the North West Passage and determines the position of the Magnetic North Pole.
  • World's first feature film The story of the Kelly Gang is made in Australia by the Tait brothers.
  • Roald AmundsenFinland is the first country in Europe to grant women the right to vote and is the first country in the world to grant women the right to be electoral candidates.