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1922 in Australia

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Monarchy
  
George V

Prime minister
  
Billy Hughes

Governor-General
  
Henry Forster

Population
  
5,569,889

Elections
  
Federal, New South Wales, Tasmania

See also: 1921 in Australia, other events of 1922, 1923 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – King George V
  • Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe
  • Prime Minister – Billy Hughes

    • State premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales – James Dooley (until 13 April), then George Fuller
  • Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore
  • Premier of South Australia – Henry Barwell
  • Premier of Tasmania – Walter Lee (until 12 August), then John Hayes
  • Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell
  • Premier of Victoria – Harry Lawson

    • State governors

  • Governor of New South Wales – Sir Walter Davidson
  • Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan
  • Governor of South Australia – Sir William Weigall (until 24 April), then Sir Tom Bridges (from 4 December)
  • Governor of Tasmania – Sir William Allardyce
  • Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
  • Governor of Western Australia – Sir Francis Newdegate

    • Events

  • 14 February – Women are allowed to stand for parliament in Tasmania.
  • 22 March – The Queensland Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Queensland is abolished.
  • 10 June – A general election is held in Tasmania, which results in a hung parliament.
  • 3 July – Queensland abolishes capital punishment, the first state in Australia to do so.
  • 12 August – The Country Party and the Nationalist Party form a coalition government in Tasmania, with John Hayes as Premier.

    • Science and technology

  • 21 September – A total solar eclipse occurs over Australia, allowing scientists to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

    • Arts and literature

  • 4 May – British author D. H. Lawrence arrives in Australia for a three-month holiday, where he will meet Mollie Skinner and write the novel Kangaroo.

    • Sport

  • 28 February – Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield.
  • 30 September – Fitzroy wins the 1922 VFL Grand Final, defeating Collingwood 11.13 (79) to 9.14 (68).
  • 7 November – King Ingoda wins the Melbourne Cup.
  • The 1922 NSWRFL Premiership is won by North Sydney who defeated Glebe in the final.

    • Births

  • 5 January – Anthony Synnot, Chief of the Defence Force (died 2001)
  • 15 January – Eric Willis, Premier of New South Wales (died 1999)
  • 23 January – Tom Lewis, Premier of New South Wales
  • 21 February – Fos Williams, Australian rules footballer (died 2001)
  • 24 February – Bill Morris, Australian rules footballer (died 1960)
  • 14 March – Bob Bignall, soccer player
  • 15 March – Hesba Fay Brinsmead, children's author (died 2003)
  • 28 March – Neville Bonner, first Indigenous federal MP (died 1999)
  • 29 March – Mac Holten, Australian rules footballer and politician (died 1996)
  • 30 March – John McLeay, Jr., politician (died 2000)
  • 10 April – Nancy Millis, microbiologist
  • 9 May – Col Hoy, cricket umpire (died 1999)
  • 7 July – Robert Raymond, filmmaker and television pioneer (died 2003)
  • 1 August – Pat McDonald, actress (Number 96) (died 1990)
  • 23 August – Ronald Wilson, High Court justice (died 2005)
  • 30 August – Lionel Murphy, Attorney-General and High Court justice (died 1986)
  • 26 September – Leonard Teale, actor (died 1994)
  • 1 November – James Rowland, Chief of Air Force and Governor of New South Wales (died 1999)
  • 18 November – Una Hale, operatic soprano (died 2005)
  • 6 December – Gordon Ada, microbiologist
  • 20 December – Geoff Mack, country music singer
  • 28 December – Lionel Bowen, politician

    • Deaths

  • 10 January – Frank Tudor (born 1866), ALP opposition leader (1916–1921)
  • 14 February – Bertram Stevens (born 1872), art critic
  • 8 March – Elizabeth Hope, Lady Hope (born 1842), British evangelist
  • 22 March – Arthur Groom (born 1852), politician and land agent
  • 4 April – Peter Waite (born 1834), rancher and philanthropist
  • 7 April – James McGowen (born 1855), Premier of New South Wales (1910–1913)
  • 14 April – Rose Summerfield (born 1864), feminist and labour activist
  • 24 April – Colin Campbell Ross (born 1892), publican executed for the Gun Alley murder
  • 30 April – Robert Carl Sticht (born 1856), metallurgist
  • 24 May – James Arthur Pollock (born 1865), physicist
  • 25 May – Roy Redgrave (born 1873), silent film actor
  • 31 May – Jørgen Christian Jensen (born 1891), Victoria Cross recipient
  • 15 June – Alfred Cecil Rowlandson (born 1865), publisher
  • 17 June – Robert Philp (born 1851), Premier of Queensland (1899–1903, 1907–1908)
  • 11 July – Hans Irvine (born 1856), Victorian politician and vigneron
  • 23 July – Joseph Edmund Carne (born 1855), geologist
  • 30 July – Harry Butler (born 1889), aviator
  • 2 September – Henry Lawson (born 1867), writer and poet
  • 26 September – Sir Charles Wade (born 1863), Premier of New South Wales (1907–1910)
  • 4 October – Ellis Rowan (born 1847), naturalist and illustrator
  • 17 December – David Lindsay (born 1856), explorer

    • References

    1922 in Australia Wikipedia
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