15 December – The Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act is passed, which sets up a national aged
pension scheme (except for aliens, Aboriginals and naturalized Asiatics not born in Australia)
2 February – The
Limelight Department of the
Salvation Army films Grand Memorial Service, a film of the funeral of Major Kenneth McLeod, the Director of the Bayswater Boys' Home. The funeral was held at the
Kew Cemetery in Melbourne.[6]
^"NEW MUSIC". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 22, 035. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 14 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
15 December – The Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act is passed, which sets up a national aged
pension scheme (except for aliens, Aboriginals and naturalized Asiatics not born in Australia)
2 February – The
Limelight Department of the
Salvation Army films Grand Memorial Service, a film of the funeral of Major Kenneth McLeod, the Director of the Bayswater Boys' Home. The funeral was held at the
Kew Cemetery in Melbourne.[6]
^"NEW MUSIC". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 22, 035. New South Wales, Australia. 31 August 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 14 June 2021 – via National Library of Australia.