1922 in Australia
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The following lists events that happened during 1922 in Australia.
| 1922 in Australia | |
|---|---|
| Monarch | George V |
| Governor-General | Henry Forster |
| Prime minister | Billy Hughes |
| Population | 5,569,889 |
| Elections | Federal, New South Wales, Tasmania |
Incumbents
- Monarch â George V
- Governor-General â Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe
- Prime Minister â Billy Hughes
- Chief Justice â Adrian Knox
State premiers
- Premier of New South Wales â James Dooley (until 13 April), then George Fuller
- Premier of Queensland â Ted Theodore
- Premier of South Australia â Henry Barwell
- Premier of Tasmania â Walter Lee (until 12 August), then John Hayes
- Premier of Western Australia â James Mitchell
- Premier of Victoria â Harry Lawson
State governors
- Governor of New South Wales â Sir Walter Davidson
- Governor of Queensland â Sir Matthew Nathan
- Governor of South Australia â Sir William Weigall (until 24 April), then Sir Tom Bridges (from 4 December)
- Governor of Tasmania â Sir William Allardyce
- Governor of Victoria â George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
- Governor of Western Australia â Sir Francis Newdegate
Events
- 14 February â Women are allowed to stand for parliament in Tasmania.
- 22 March â The Queensland Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Queensland is abolished.
- 10 June â A general election is held in Tasmania, which results in a hung parliament.
- 3 July â Queensland abolishes capital punishment, the first state in Australia to do so. The Legislative Assembly of Queensland voted 33 to 30 to abolish the death penalty.[1][2][3]
- 12 August â The Country Party and the Nationalist Party form a coalition government in Tasmania, with John Hayes as Premier.
Science and technology
- 21 September â A total solar eclipse occurs over Australia, allowing scientists to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.[4]
Arts and literature
- 4 May â 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 â Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield.
- 30 September â Fitzroy wins the 1922 VFL Grand Final, defeating Collingwood 11.13 (79) to 9.14 (68).
- 7 November â King Ingoda wins the Melbourne Cup.
- The 1922 NSWRFL Premiership is won by North Sydney, who defeated Glebe 35â3 in the final.
Births
- 5 January â Anthony Synnot, Chief of the Defence Force (died 2001)
- 15 January â Eric Willis, Premier of New South Wales (died 1999)
- 23 January â Tom Lewis, Premier of New South Wales (died 2016)
- 21 February â Fos Williams, Australian rules footballer (died 2001)
- 24 February â Bill Morris, Australian rules footballer (died 1960)
- 14 March â Bob Bignall, soccer player (died 2013)
- 15 March â Hesba Fay Brinsmead, children's author (died 2003)
- 28 March â Neville Bonner, first Indigenous federal MP (died 1999)[5]
- 29 March â Mac Holten, Australian rules footballer and politician (died 1996)
- 30 March â John McLeay, Jr., politician (died 2000)
- 10 April â Nancy Millis, microbiologist (died 2012)
- 9 May â Col Hoy, cricket umpire (died 1999)
- 12 May â Arthur Gorrie, Hobby shop proprietor (died 1992)
- 27 June â Milton Clark, Australian rules footballer (died 2018)
- 7 July â Robert Raymond, filmmaker and television pioneer (died 2003)
- 29 July â Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer (died 1996)
- 1 August â Pat McDonald, actress (Number 96) (died 1990)
- 23 August â Ronald Wilson, High Court justice (died 2005)
- 30 August â Lionel Murphy, Attorney-General and High Court justice (died 1986)
- 25 September â Ted Baldwin, politician (died 2008)
- 26 September â Leonard Teale, actor (died 1994)
- 7 October â Jim McCabe, Victorian politician (died 2019)
- 10 October â Tim McNamara, musician (died 1983)
- 1 November â James Rowland, Chief of Air Force and Governor of New South Wales (died 1999)
- 18 November â Una Hale, operatic soprano (died 2005)
- 4 December â Densey Clyne, naturalist, photographer and writer (died 2019)
- 6 December â Gordon Ada, microbiologist (died 2012)
- 20 December â Geoff Mack, country music singer (died 2017)
- 28 December â Lionel Bowen, politician (died 2012)
Deaths
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- 10 January â Frank Tudor, 6th Federal Leader of the Opposition (b. 1866)
- 14 February â Bertram Stevens, art and literary critic (b. 1872)
- 8 March â Elizabeth, Lady Hope, evangelist (b. 1842)
- 22 March â Arthur Groom, Victorian politician and land agent (b. 1852)
- 4 April â Peter Waite, pastoralist, businessman and philanthropist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1834)
- 7 April â James McGowen, 18th Premier of New South Wales (born in the Indian Ocean) (b. 1855)
- 14 April â Rose Summerfield, feminist and labour activist (died in Paraguay) (b. 1864)
- 24 April â Colin Campbell Ross, wine bar owner and falsely convicted murderer (b. 1892)
- 30 April â Robert Carl Sticht, metallurgist and art collector (born in the United States) (b. 1856)
- 24 May â James Arthur Pollock, physicist (born in Ireland) (b. 1865)
- 25 May â Roy Redgrave, actor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1873)
- 31 May â Jørgen Jensen, soldier (born in Denmark) (b. 1891)
- 15 June â Alfred Cecil Rowlandson, publisher and bookseller (died in New Zealand) (b. 1865)
- 17 June â Sir Robert Philp, 15th Premier of Queensland (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1922)
- 11 July â Hans Irvine, Victorian politician and winemaker (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1856)
- 23 July â Joseph Edmund Carne, geologist (b. 1855)
- 2 September â Henry Lawson, writer and poet (b. 1867)
- 17 September â Kate Rickards, trapeze artist and musical theatre actress (died in the Red Sea) (b. 1862)
- 26 September â Sir Charles Wade, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
- 4 October â Ellis Rowan, naturalist and illustrator (b. 1848)
- 27 November â Dugald Thomson, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1849)
- 17 December â David Lindsay, explorer and surveyor (b. 1856)