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- 1898 – Howard Florey OM, FRS, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 is born in Adelaide.
- 1899 – Sir William Dobell, artist (sculptor and painter) was born in Cooks Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales.
- 1903 – Alfred Deakin become the second Prime Minister of Australia, following the resignation of Edmund Barton.