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1933 in Australia

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Monarchy
  
George V

Prime minister
  
Joseph Lyons

Elections
  
SA, WA

Governor-General
  
Isaac Isaacs

Population
  
6,629,839

See also: 1932 in Australia, other events of 1933, 1934 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch – King George V
  • Governor-General – Sir Isaac Isaacs
  • Prime Minister – Joseph Lyons

    • State Premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales – Bertram Stevens
  • Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith
  • Premier of South Australia – Lionel Hill (until 13 February), then Robert Richards (until 18 April), then Richard L. Butler
  • Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
  • Premier of Victoria – Sir Stanley Argyle
  • Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell (until 24 April), then Philip Collier

    • State Governors

  • Governor of New South Wales – Sir Philip Game
  • Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
  • Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
  • Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark (from 4 August)
  • Governor of Victoria – none appointed
  • Governor of Western Australia – none appointed

    • Events

  • 8 April – A referendum is held in Western Australia, which is carried 2 to 1 in favour of secession from the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • 26 April – The seaplane carrier, HMAS Albatross, is paid off into reserve.
  • 10 June – The Australian Women's Weekly is first published.
  • 13 June – The Australian Antarctic Territory is established.
  • 28 August – The Brisbane newspaper, The Courier-Mail, is first published.
  • 5 September – Australia signs a trade agreement with New Zealand.
  • 6 September – Windscreen wipers become compulsory on all Australian cars.
  • 13 October – The first traffic lights in Sydney become operational at the intersection of Kent and Market Streets.

    • Arts and literature

  • Charles Wheeler wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Ambrose Pratt
  • Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian, the first Blinky Bill book is published by children's author Dorothy Wall

    • Film

  • Errol Flynn makes his first film appearance, In the Wake of the Bounty, directed by Charles Chauvel

    • Sport

  • 9 September – The 1933 NSWRFL season culminates in Newtown's victory against St. George in the premiership final
  • Hall Mark wins the Melbourne Cup
  • New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
  • England defeats Australia 4-1 in The Ashes series

    • Births

  • 23 January – Bill Hayden, Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996)
  • 12 February – Brian Carlson (died 1987), rugby league footballer
  • 20 March – Ian Walsh, rugby league footballer and coach
  • 15 April – David Martin (died 1990), Governor of New South Wales (1989–1990)
  • 13 July – Kel O'Shea, rugby league footballer
  • 25 July – Owen Abrahams (died 2006), Australian rules footballer
  • 30 August – Keith Payne, soldier
  • 3 October – Neale Fraser, tennis player
  • 5 October – Diane Cilento, actress
  • 1 December – James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
  • 5 December – Harry Holgate (died 1997), Premier of Tasmania (1991–1992)
  • 20 December – Ted Mack, politician

    • Deaths

  • 7 January – Bert Hinkler (born 1892), aviation pioneer
  • 9 January – Daphne Akhurst (born 1903), tennis player
  • 10 January – Richard Buzacott (born 1867), Senator for Western Australia
  • 17 January – John Hodges (born 1855), cricketer
  • 5 February – Josiah Thomas (born 1863), miner and politician
  • 16 February – Archie Jackson (born 1909), cricketer
  • 21 March – James Edmond (born 1859), journalist and editor of The Bulletin
  • 15 April – Alfred Stephens (born 1865), writer and literary critic
  • 20 April – William Rooke Creswell (born 1852), naval officer
  • 30 April – Robert Hamilton Russell (born 1860), surgeon
  • 4 June – Herbert Basedow (born 1881), anthropologist, geologist, politician and explorer
  • 20 July – William Lowrie (born 1857), agricultural educationist
  • 26 July – Joseph Cooke Verco (born 1851), physician and conchologist
  • 10 August – Alf Morgans (born 1850), Premier of Western Australia (1901)
  • 13 November – Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell (born 1884), soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
  • 15 November – Affie Jarvis (born 1860), cricketer

    • References

    1933 in Australia Wikipedia
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