The following lists events that happened during 1915 in Australia. Incumbents Monarch – George V Governor-General – Ronald Munro-Ferguson Prime Minister – Andrew Fisher (until 27 October), then Billy Hughes Chief Justice – Samuel Griffith State premiers Premier of New South Wales – William Holman Premier of Queensland – Digby Denham (until 1 June), then Thomas Ryan Premier of South Australia – Archibald Peake (until 2 April), then Crawford Vaughan Premier of Tasmania – John Earle Premier of Victoria – Alexander Peacock Premier of Western Australia – John Scaddan State governors Governor of New South Wales – Gerald Strickland Governor of Queensland – Hamilton Goold-Adams (from 15 March) Governor of South Australia – Henry Galway Governor of Tasmania – William Ellison-Macartney Governor of Victoria – Arthur Stanley Governor of Western Australia – Harry Barron Events 25 April – The Anzac tradition begins during World War I with a landing at Gallipoli on the Turkish coast. 30 April – Australian submarine AE2 sunk in Sea of Marmara. 6 June – The BHP steelworks opens in Newcastle, New South Wales. 19 July – Albert Jacka becomes the first Australian to win the Victoria Cross during World War I. 9 August – Alexander Burton died at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey. He was awarded the Victoria Cross. 24 August – The town of Holbrook was renamed from Germanton. 10 October – Twenty six men left Gilgandra on the Cooee March; the first of the World War I Snowball marches. At each town on the route they shouted "cooee" to attract recruits; the march arrived in Sydney on 12 November with 263 recruits. 27 October – Billy Hughes becomes the seventh Prime Minister of Australia and the first to serve consecutive terms in office. 20 December – Completion of ANZAC evacuation from Gallipoli before dawn. Full date unknown: Zaara Street Power Station is commissioned in Newcastle, New South Wales. Science and technology 10 December – Father and son scientists William Henry Bragg and William Lawrence Bragg win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Arts and literature Sport Patrobas wins the Melbourne Cup 1914/15 the Sheffield Shield was won by Victoria; after this season it was not contested due to the war. The 1915 NSWRFL Premiership is won by Balmain. Births 6 February – Donald Friend (died 1989), artist, writer and diarist 2 March – John Wear Burton (died 2010), public servant and diplomat 3 March –