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| c. 1892 |
| | | The French chef Auguste Escoffier creates and names a dessert in honour of the Australian soprano Nellie Melba | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Australia has a catchy new song in "Waltzing Matilda", written by Banjo Paterson to music by Christina Macpherson | |
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| 1900 |
| | | Australia's Salvation Army produces an ambitious presentation of film and slides in Soldiers of the Cross | |
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| 1901 |
| | | Six separate Australian colonies combine to form the independent Commonwealth of Australia | |
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| 1901 |
| | | Australia passes an Immigration Restriction Act to underpin the White Australia policy | |
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| 1904 |
| | | John Christian Watson becomes Australia's first Labor prime minister, leading a minority government that survives for only four months | |
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| 1906 |
| | | The Story of the Kelly Gang, produced in Australia, is the first feature-length film, with a running time of nearly an hour | |
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| 1907 |
| | | The Harvester Judgement establishes a minimum wage in Australia | |
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| 1908 |
| | | Parliament in Australia chooses Canberra as the site of the nation's new capital | |
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| 1908 |
| | | US boxer Jack Johnson becomes the first black heavyweight champion when he knocks out Tommy Burns in Australia | |
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