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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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| 1898 |
| | The Hawaiian islands are made a US territory, five years after American involvement in the overthrow of the ruling dynasty | |
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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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| 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 |
| | New Zealand becomes independent as a self-governing dominion | |
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| 1908 |
| | Parliament in Australia chooses Canberra as the site of the nation's new capital | |
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| 1911 |
| | In a German Pension is New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield's first collection of stories | |
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| 1913 |
| | A young American architect, Walter B. Griffin, wins the competition to design Canberra | |
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