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1932 in Australia

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Monarchy
  
George V

Population
  
6,576,824

Governor-General
  
Isaac Isaacs

Elections
  
NSW, VIC, QLD

Prime minister
  
James Scullin Joseph Lyons

See also: 1931 in Australia, other events of 1932, 1933 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – King George V
  • Governor-General – Sir Isaac Isaacs
  • Prime Minister – James Scullin (until 6 January), then Joseph Lyons

    • State Premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales – Jack Lang (until 13 May) then Bertram Stevens
  • Premier of Queensland – Arthur Edward Moore (until 17 June) then William Forgan Smith
  • Premier of South Australia – Lionel Hill
  • Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
  • Premier of Victoria – Edmond Hogan (until 19 May) then Sir Stanley Argyle
  • Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell

    • State Governors

  • Governor of New South Wales – Sir Philip Game
  • Governor of Queensland – Sir John Goodwin (until 7 April), then Sir Leslie Orme Wilson (from 13 June)
  • Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
  • Governor of Tasmania – none appointed
  • Governor of Victoria – none appointed
  • Governor of Western Australia – none appointed

    • Events

  • 19 March – The Sydney Harbour Bridge is officially opened by the Premier of New South Wales, Jack Lang.
  • 30 March – The Grey Street Bridge is officially opened in Brisbane by the Governor of Queensland, Sir John Goodwin.
  • 13 May – The Premier of New South Wales, Jack Lang, is dismissed by the Governor, Sir Philip Game.
  • 14 May – A state election is held in Victoria. The Labor Party, already divided over the Premiers' Plan, is heavily defeated by a United Australia Party–United Country Party coalition.
  • 11 June – A state election, called after the dismissal of Jack Lang as Premier, is held. Lang's Labor Party is heavily defeated, losing 31 seats to the UAP–Country coalition.
  • 1 July – The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) is established
  • 23 November – The statue of The Dog on the Tuckerbox is unveiled at Gundagai, New South Wales by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons

    • Science and technology

  • 17 August – Botanist John McConnell Black is awarded the Mueller Medal by the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science.

    • Arts and literature

  • Ernest Buckmaster wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Sir William Irvine

    • Film

  • 4 March – Brigadier-General Iven Giffard Mackay is appointed as the Commonwealth Film Appeals Censor, replacing the Censorship Appeals Board.

    • Sport

  • 12 February – Australia defeats South Africa 5-0 in the cricket test series, played in Australia.
  • 21 March – New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield.
  • Bodyline is first introduced into cricket
  • The Australian Olympic team wins 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles
  • 20 March – Racehorse Phar Lap, in Tijuana, Mexico, wins the Agua Caliente Handicap; across Australia, thousands celebrate after the radio broadcast of the race.
  • 5 April – Racehorse Phar Lap dies midday at ranch in San Francisco, two weeks after winning at Agua Caliente racetrack (2 autopsies find nothing; however, trees had been sprayed with a lead–arsenate insecticide); it is 6 April at 10:30 am in Australia when news spreads.
  • 24 September – The 1932 NSWRFL season culminates in South Sydney's victory over Western Suburbs in the premiership final.
  • 1 October – Richmond defeats Carlton 13.14 (92) to 12.11 (83) at the VFL Grand Final to become premiers of the 1932 VFL season.
  • 1 November – Peter Pan wins the Melbourne Cup.

    • Births

  • 7 January – Joe Berinson, politician
  • 21 May – Brian Coleman, Australian rules footballer (died 1966)
  • 10 June – Hedley Bull, political scientist
  • 28 July – Peter Hughes, ACT politician
  • 4 September – John Herron, politician
  • 23 September – Doug Sutherland, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1980–1987)
  • 26 September – Stan Smith, Australian rules footballer (died 2012)
  • 11 October – Barry Jones, politician

    • Deaths

  • 1 March – George Chaffey (born 1848), irrigation pioneer
  • 27 April – Sir Adrian Knox (born 1863), Chief Justice of the High Court
  • 17 June – John Quick (born 1852), politician and author
  • 23 June – Francis Kenna (born 1865), poet and politician
  • 10 October – Bertram Mackennal (born 1863), sculptor

    • References

    1932 in Australia Wikipedia
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