The following lists events that happened during 1916 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch – George V Governor-General – The Right Hon. Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson Prime Minister – Billy Hughes Chief Justice – Samuel Griffith State premiers Premier of New South Wales – William Holman Premier of Queensland – T. J. Ryan Premier of South Australia – Crawford Vaughan Premier of Tasmania – John Earle (until 15 April), then Walter Lee Premier of Western Australia – John Scaddan (until 27 July), then Frank Wilson Premier of Victoria – Sir Alexander Peacock State governors Governor of New South Wales – Sir Gerald Strickland Governor of Queensland – Major Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams Governor of South Australia – Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Galway Governor of Tasmania – Sir William Ellison-Macartney Governor of Western Australia – Major-General Sir Harry Barron Governor of Victoria – Sir Arthur Stanley Events Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the "six o'clock swill": 27 March in South Australia; 21 July in Sydney after referendum of 10 June; 11 October in Victoria; during March in Tasmania. 14 February – Liverpool riot of 1916 – troops mutinied against conditions at the Casula Camp. They raided hotels in Liverpool before travelling by train to Sydney, where one soldier was shot dead in a riot at Central Railway station. 6 June – The Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League is founded. 26 June – William Jackson awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in a raid near Armentières, France. 1 to 30 June – Adelaide receives of rain, its highest monthly rainfall since records began in 1839. 19 July – Battle of Fromelles commenced; over the next seven weeks 22 826 Australian casualties occurred. 23 July – Arthur Seaforth Blackburn and John Leak awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions (separate) at the Battle of Pozières. 25 July – Thomas Cooke died in the Battle of Pozières and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry in the face of the enemy. 29 July – Claude Charles Castleton killed in the Battle of Pozières and for his actions in bringing back wounded men before and at the time of his death, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Between 9 August and 12 August – Martin O'Meara repeatedly went out and brought in wounded officers and men from "No