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1925 in Australia

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Monarchy
  
George V

Population
  
5,939,231

Prime minister
  
Stanley Bruce

Governor-General
  
Henry Forster, then John Baird

Elections
  
Federal, Tasmania, New South Wales

See also: 1924 in Australia, other events of 1925, 1926 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – King George V
  • Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (until 8 October) then John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
  • Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce

    • State premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales – George Fuller (until 17 June), then Jack Lang
  • Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore (until 26 February), then William Gillies (until 22 October), then William McCormack
  • Premier of South Australia – John Gunn
  • Premier of Tasmania – Joseph Lyons
  • Premier of Victoria – John Allan
  • Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

    • State governors

  • Governor of New South Wales – Sir Dudley de Chair
  • Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan (until 17 September)
  • Governor of South Australia – Sir Tom Bridges
  • Governor of Tasmania – Sir James O'Grady
  • Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
  • Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Campion

    • Events

  • 26 January – Australia's oldest commercial radio station, 2UE, begins broadcasting in Sydney.
  • 20 May – The Murrumbidgee River floods for eight days killing four people, as up to 500 millimetres (20 in) falls in its upper catchment.
  • 30 May – Millicent Preston-Stanley becomes the first woman member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  • 1 to 31 May – Canberra records its wettest month on record with 339.4 millimetres (13.36 in) at Acton and 297.4 millimetres (11.71 in) at Duntroon Military College.
  • 3 June – A general election is held in Tasmania. The Labor government of Joseph Lyons is returned in a landslide victory.
  • 9 June – Ten people are killed in a derailment near Traveston railway station, Queensland
  • 1 September – Thomas Blamey becomes Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.

    • Science and technology

  • The Cactoblastis moth is introduced in Queensland to control prickly pear cactus.

    • Arts and literature

  • John Longstaff wins the Archibald Prize for his portrait of Maurice Moscovitch

    • Sport

  • Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
  • 2 May – Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne play their initial Victorian Football League matches.
  • 8 August – South Sydney record the only perfect season in NSWRFL history, winning all twelve of their matches.
  • 26 September – Geelong defeats Collingwood 10.19 (79) to 9.15 (69), becoming premiers of the 1925 VFL season.
  • 3 November – Windbag wins the Melbourne Cup.

    • Births

  • 8 February – Francis Webb, poet (died 1973)
  • 10 February – Basil Hennessy, archaeologist
  • 11 February – George Avery, Olympic triple jumper
  • 17 February – Joy Nichols, comedian and actress
  • 19 March – Creighton Burns, journalist and editor-in-chief of The Age (died 2008)
  • 4 April – Dorothy Alison, actress (died 1992)
  • 21 April – Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of the High Court
  • 4 June – Peter Benjamin Graham, artist (died 1987)
  • 6 July – Ruth Cracknell, actor (died 2002)
  • 18 July – Shirley Strickland, athlete (died 2004)
  • 19 August – Laurie Sawle, cricketer
  • 21 August – Don Chipp, politician and founder of the Australian Democrats (died 2006)
  • 24 August – Duncan Hall, rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s (died 2011)
  • 27 August – Fred Emery, psychologist (died 1997)
  • 27 August – Ken Grieves, cricketer (died 1992)
  • 27 August – Bill Neilson, Premier of Tasmania (1975–1977) (died 1989)
  • 24 September – Harry Jenkins (senior), politician (died 2004)
  • 4 October – Renfrey Potts, mathematician (died 2005)
  • 18 October – Thomas Millar, historian (died 1994)
  • 24 October – Ken Mackay, cricketer (died 1982)
  • 17 November – Charles Mackerras, conductor
  • 23 November – James Killen, politician (died 2007)
  • 10 December – Norm McDonald, Australian rules footballer (died 2002)

    • Deaths

  • 24 January – William Aitcheson Haswell (born 1854), zoologist
  • 4 February – Richard Godfrey Rivers (born 1859), artist
  • 23 February – John Holman (born 1872), West Australian politician
  • 1 March – Rev. John Ferguson (born 1852), Presbyterian minister
  • 16 April – Thomas McCawley (born 1881), Chief Justice of Queensland
  • 20 April – Rose Scott (born 1847), social reformer
  • 28 April – Richard Butler (born 1850), Premier of South Australia (1905)
  • 1 May – Arthur McCabe (born 1887), Olympic rugby union player
  • 22 June – Matthew Gibney (born 1835), Catholic bishop who gave last rites to Ned Kelly
  • 27 June – Simpson Newland (born 1835), Murray River pioneer
  • 18 July – Edward Russell (born 1878), Victorian politician
  • 26 July – William Trenwith (born 1846), trade unionist
  • 3 August – William Bruce (born 1864), cricketer
  • 30 August – Magnus Cromarty (born 1875), NSW politician
  • 5 September – Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (born 1846), geologist
  • 28 September – Joseph Brown (born 1844), politician
  • 3 October – Charles Web Gilbert (born 1867), sculptor
  • 24 October – Charles Kenningham (born 1860), English opera singer
  • 4 November – Paddy Hannan (born 1840), gold prospector
  • 13 November – Charles McDonald (born 1860), politician
  • 16 November – Joseph Maiden (born 1859), botanist

    • References

    1925 in Australia Wikipedia
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