1922 in Australia
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1921 in Australia
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other events of 1922,
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1921 in Australia
1921 in Australia
See also:1920 in Australia,other events of 1921,1922 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.-Incumbents:*Monarch – King George V*Governor-General – Henry Forster*Prime Minister – Billy Hughes-State premiers:...
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other events of 1922,
1923 in Australia
1923 in Australia
See also:1922 in Australia,other events of 1923,1924 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history.-Incumbents:*Monarch – King George V*Governor General – Henry Forster*Prime Minister – Billy Hughes , then Stanley Bruce...
and the
Timeline of Australian history
Timeline of Australian history
This is a timeline of Australian history.-BC:*c. 68,000–40,000 BC: Aboriginal tribes are thought to have arrived in Australia.*c. 13,000 BC: Land bridges between mainland Australia and Tasmania are flooded. Tasmanian Aboriginal people become isolated for the next 12,000 – 13,000 years.*c...
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Incumbents
- MonarchMonarchy in AustraliaThe Monarchy of Australia is a form of government in which a hereditary monarch is the sovereign of Australia. The monarchy is a constitutional one modelled on the Westminster style of parliamentary government, incorporating features unique to the Constitution of Australia.The present monarch is...
– King George VGeorge V of the United KingdomGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936.... - Governor-GeneralGovernor-General of AustraliaThe Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...
– Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe - Prime MinisterPrime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
– Billy HughesBilly HughesWilliam Morris "Billy" Hughes, CH, KC, MHR , Australian politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923....
State premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – James DooleyJames Dooley (Australian politician)James Thomas Dooley served twice, briefly, as Premier of New South Wales during the early 1920s.-Early years:...
(until 13 April), then George FullerGeorge Fuller (Australian politician)Sir George Warburton Fuller KCMG was Premier of New South Wales, Australia on two occasions during the 1920s. His first term of office lasted less than one day ; his second lasted from 13 April 1922 to 17 June 1925.-Early life:Fuller was born in Kiama, New South Wales and was educated at Kiama... - Premier of Queensland – Ted TheodoreTed TheodoreEdward Granville Theodore was an Australian politician. He was Premier of Queensland 1919–25, a federal politician representing a New South Wales seat 1927–31, and Federal Treasurer 1929–30.-Early life:...
- Premier of South Australia – Henry BarwellHenry BarwellSir Henry Newman Barwell KCMG was the 28th Premier of South Australia.Born in Adelaide, South Australia, Barwell was educated at St Peter's College and Adelaide University, graduating in law...
- Premier of Tasmania – Walter LeeWalter Lee (Australian politician)Sir Walter Henry Lee KCMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions: from 15 April 1916 to 12 August 1922; from 14 August 1923 to 25 October 1923; and from 15 March 1934 to 22 June 1934.Lee was born in Longford in...
(until 12 August), then John HayesJohn Hayes (Australian politician)John Blyth Hayes was Premier of Tasmania from 12 August 1922 to 14 August 1923. Hayes was also the President of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1938 to 30 June 1941.Hayes was born in Bridgewater, and died in Launceston.... - Premier of Western AustraliaPremier of Western AustraliaThe Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. The Premier has similar functions in Western Australia to those performed by the Prime Minister of Australia at the national level, subject to the different Constitutions...
– James MitchellJames Mitchell (Australian politician)Sir James Mitchell GCMG was the 13th Premier of Western Australia, serving on two occasions, the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia for 15 years and the 22nd Governor of Western Australia.... - Premier of Victoria – Harry LawsonHarry LawsonSir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG , Australian politician, was the 27th Premier of Victoria.Lawson was born in Dunolly, the son of a Presbyterian clergyman of Scottish descent. He was educated at a local school and then briefly Scotch College in Melbourne. He was a noted Australian rules...
State governors
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir Walter DavidsonWalter Edward DavidsonSir Walter Edward Davidson KCMG was a colonial Administrator and diplomat. He served periods as Governor of the Seychelles, Governor of Newfoundland and as Governor of New South Wales, in which he died in office....
- Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew NathanMatthew NathanLieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG, PC was a British soldier and civil servant, who variously served as the Governor of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland...
- Governor of South Australia – Sir William WeigallWilliam WeigallLieutenant Colonel Sir William Ernest George Archibald Weigall, 1st Baronet KCMG was a British Conservative politician who was Governor of South Australia from 9 June 1920 until 30 May 1922.-Family:...
(until 24 April), then Sir Tom Bridges (from 4 December) - Governor of Tasmania – Sir William AllardyceWilliam Lamond AllardyceSir William Lamond Allardyce KCMG was a career British civil servant in the Colonial Office who served as governor of Fiji , the Falkland Islands , Bahamas , Tasmania , and Newfoundland .Allardyce was born near Bombay, India, the son of Georgina Dickson Abbott and Colonel James Allardyce...
- Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of StradbrokeGeorge Rous, 3rd Earl of StradbrokeGeorge Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke KCMG CB CVO CBE VD TD was a British noble and the 15th Governor of Victoria, Australia....
- Governor of Western AustraliaGovernor of Western AustraliaThe Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia's Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The Governor performs important constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including:* presiding over the Executive Council;...
– Sir Francis NewdegateFrancis NewdegateSir Francis Alexander Newdigate Newdegate GCMG was Governor of Tasmania from 1917 to 1920, and Governor of Western Australia from 1920 to 1924....
Events
- 14 February – Women are allowed to stand for parliamentParliament of TasmaniaThe Parliament of Tasmania consists of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, Tasmanian House of Assembly and the Monarch represented by the Governor of Tasmania....
in TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
. - 22 March – The Queensland Legislative CouncilQueensland Legislative CouncilThe Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which took effect on 23 March 1922.Consequently, the...
, the upper house of the Parliament of QueenslandParliament of QueenslandThe Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. According to the state's constitution, the Parliament consists of the Queen and the Legislative Assembly. It is the only unicameral state parliament in the country, the upper chamber, the Legislative Council, having been...
is abolished. - 10 June – A general electionTasmanian state election, 1922A general election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 10 June 1922.-Background:The incumbent Premier of Tasmania at the time of the 1922 election was Walter Lee of the Nationalist Party. Before the election, a new party had emerged, the Country Party, a...
is held in TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, which results in a hung parliamentHung parliamentIn a two-party parliamentary system of government, a hung parliament occurs when neither major political party has an absolute majority of seats in the parliament . It is also less commonly known as a balanced parliament or a legislature under no overall control...
. - 3 July – QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
abolishes capital punishmentCapital punishmentCapital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
, the first state in Australia to do so. - 12 August – The Country PartyNational Party of AustraliaThe National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...
and the Nationalist PartyNationalist Party of AustraliaThe Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...
form a coalition governmentCoalition governmentA coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
in TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, with John HayesJohn Hayes (Australian politician)John Blyth Hayes was Premier of Tasmania from 12 August 1922 to 14 August 1923. Hayes was also the President of the Australian Senate from 1 July 1938 to 30 June 1941.Hayes was born in Bridgewater, and died in Launceston....
as Premier.
Science and technology
- 21 September – A total solar eclipse occurs over AustraliaSolar eclipse of September 21, 1922A total solar eclipse occurred on September 21, 1922.This eclipse started in Africa and covered the whole Indian Ocean and Australia. Two large scientific expeditions investigated Einstein's theory of relativity.- External links :* * *...
, allowing scientists to test Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
's general theory of relativity.
Arts and literature
- 4 May – British author D. H. LawrenceD. H. LawrenceDavid Herbert Richards Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D. H. Lawrence. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation...
arrives in Australia for a three-month holiday, where he will meet Mollie Skinner and write the novel KangarooKangaroo (novel)Kangaroo is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1923. It is set in Australia.-Description:Kangaroo is an account of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers, and his German wife Harriet, in the early 1920s...
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Sport
- 28 February – VictoriaVictorian BushrangersThe Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
wins the Sheffield ShieldPura CupThe Sheffield Shield is the domestic cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during...
. - 30 September – FitzroyFitzroy Football ClubThe Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
wins the 1922 VFL Grand Final1922 VFL seasonResults and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1922.-Premiership season:In 1922, the VFL competition consisted of nine teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their...
, defeating CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
11.13 (79) to 9.14 (68). - 7 November – King Ingoda wins the Melbourne CupMelbourne CupThe Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
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Births
- 5 January – Anthony SynnotAnthony SynnotAdmiral Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot KBE, AO was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, who between 1979 and 1982 served as Chief of the Defence Force Staff.-Early life:...
, Chief of the Defence Force (d. 2001) - 23 January – Tom LewisTom Lewis (Australian politician)Thomas Lancelot Lewis AO is a former New South Wales politician, Premier of New South Wales and Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin and Sir Eric Willis. He was made the Premier of New South Wales following Askin's retirement from politics and held it until he was replaced by...
, Premier of New South Wales - 21 February – Fos WilliamsFos WilliamsFoster Neil "Fos" Williams AM was a leading Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the Port Adelaide and West Adelaide Football Clubs and coached South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League in a career spanning 1946-1978...
, Australian rules footballer (d. 2001) - 24 February – Bill MorrisBill Morris (Australian rules footballer)William "Bill" Morris was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League , mostly during the 1940s. He played much of his football beside Jack Dyer as a knock ruckman....
, Australian rules footballer (d. 1960) - 14 March – Bob Bignall, soccer player
- 15 March – Hesba Fay BrinsmeadHesba Fay BrinsmeadHesba Fay Brinsmead was an Australian author of children's books and an environmentalist.-Upbringing:...
, children's author (d. 2003) - 28 March – Neville BonnerNeville BonnerNeville Thomas Bonner AO was an Australian politician, and the first indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia...
, first Indigenous federal MP (d. 1999) - 29 March – Mac HoltenMac HoltenRendle McNeilage "Mac" Holten CMG was a leading Australian rules footballer, Australian politician and government minister.Holten was born in Melbourne and educated at Scotch College, Melbourne...
, Australian rules footballer and politician (d. 1996) - 30 March – John McLeay, Jr., politician (d. 2000)
- 10 April – Nancy MillisNancy MillisEmeritus Professor Nancy Fannie Millis AC is an Australian microbiologist, who introduced fermentation technologies to Australia, and created the first applied microbiology course taught in an Australian university....
, microbiologist - 9 May – Col HoyCol HoyColin Hoy , was an Australian cricket Test match umpire, the first Queenslander to be appointed....
, cricket umpire (d. 1999) - 7 July – Robert RaymondRobert RaymondRobert Alwyn "Bob" Raymond OAM was an Australian Logie Award winning producer, director, writer, filmmaker and journalist...
, filmmaker and television pioneer (d. 2003) - 1 August – Pat McDonald, actress (Number 96) (d. 1990)
- 23 August – Ronald WilsonRonald WilsonSir Ronald Darling Wilson, AC, KBE, CMG, QC was a distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia between 1979 and 1989 and as the President of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission between 1990 and 1997.Wilson is probably best known as...
, High Court justice (d. 2005) - 30 August – Lionel MurphyLionel MurphyLionel Keith Murphy, QC was an Australian politician and jurist who served as Attorney-General in the government of Gough Whitlam and as a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1975 until his death.- Personal life :...
, Attorney-General and High Court justice (d. 1986) - 26 September – Leonard TealeLeonard TealeLeonard Teale AO , born Leonard George Thiele in Brisbane, was a well-known Australian actor of radio, television and films....
, actor (d. 1994) - 1 November – James RowlandJames Rowland (Australia)Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland, AC, KBE, DFC, AFC was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force, serving as Chief of the Air Staff from 1975 to 1979. He later held office as Governor of New South Wales from 1981 to 1989, and was Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1990...
, Chief of Air Force and Governor of New South Wales (d. 1999) - 18 November – Una HaleUna HaleUna Hale 18 November 1922 – 4 March, 2005) was an Australian operatic soprano, mainly known in her native country and in the United Kingdom. Born in Adelaide, Hale came to Britain in 1946 to study at the Royal College of Music...
, operatic soprano (d. 2005) - 6 December – Gordon AdaGordon AdaGordon Leslie Ada is an Australian microbiologist best known for his long leadership of the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University where Peter C. Doherty and Rolf Zinkernagel performed their Nobel winning research in his laboratory.Gordon Ada was born in 1922...
, microbiologist - 20 December – Geoff MackGeoff MackAlbert Geoffrey McElhinney OAM , also known as Geoff Mack, is a country music singer and songwriter. He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia on 13 June 2005 with the citation, For service to country music and to the community, particularly through support for senior citizens' groups...
, country music singer - 28 December – Lionel BowenLionel BowenLionel Frost Bowen AC , Australian politician, was a senior Labor Party figure, serving in the ministries of Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke...
, politician
Deaths
- 10 January – Frank TudorFrank TudorFrancis Gwynne "Frank" Tudor was an Australian-born felt hatter and politician. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1916 till his death.-Early life:...
(b. 1866), ALP opposition leader (1916–1921) - 14 February – Bertram StevensBertram Stevens (critic)Bertram William Mathyson Francis Stevens was Australian journal editor literary and art critic, anthologist .Stevens was born at Inverell, New South...
(b. 1872), art critic - 8 March – Elizabeth Hope, Lady HopeElizabeth HopeElizabeth Reid, Lady Hope, née Cotton was a British evangelist who claimed in 1915 to have visited the British naturalist Charles Darwin shortly before his death in 1882, during which interview Hope claimed Darwin had had second thoughts about publicizing the theory of evolution.- Biography...
(b. 1842), British evangelist - 22 March – Arthur GroomArthur GroomArthur Champion Groom was an Australian politician and land agent.-Early life:Groom was born at Harefield, Tasmania, the fifth son of Francis Groom and Matilda Emma, née Minnett. He attended Horton College at Ross before arriving in Victoria in 1872...
(b. 1852), politician and land agent - 4 April – Peter Waite (b. 1834), rancher and philanthropist
- 7 April – James McGowenJames McGowenJames Sinclair Taylor McGowen was an Australian politician and the first Labor Premier of New South Wales from 21 October 1910 to 30 June 1913.-Early life and family:...
(b. 1855), Premier of New South Wales (1910–1913) - 14 April – Rose SummerfieldRose SummerfieldRose Anna Summerfield also known as Rose Cadogan or Rose Hummer, was a radical Australian feminist and labour activist....
(b. 1864), feminist and labour activist - 24 April – Colin Campbell RossColin Campbell RossColin Campbell Eadie Ross was an Australian wine-bar owner executed for the rape and murder of a child which became known as The Gun Alley Murder, despite there being evidence that he was innocent...
(b. 1892), publican executed for the Gun Alley murderThe Gun Alley MurderThe Gun Alley Murder was the rape and murder of 12-year-old Alma Tirtschke in Melbourne, in 1921. She was a schoolgirl and had last been seen alive close to a drinking establishment, the Australian Wine Saloon; under these circumstances her murder caused a sensation... - 30 April – Robert Carl StichtRobert Carl StichtRobert Carl Sticht was an American metallurgist and copper mine manager, active in Colorado and Montana, U.S.A. and in Tasmania, Australia...
(b. 1856), metallurgist - 24 May – James Arthur PollockJames Arthur PollockJames Arthur Pollock, FRS, was an Irish-born physicist, active in Australia.Born in Douglas, County Cork, Ireland and educated in England, in 1885 Pollock moved to Australia followed with by his family...
(b. 1865), physicist - 25 May – Roy RedgraveRoy RedgraveRoy Redgrave was an English stage and silent film actor. Redgrave was the founder of the Redgrave acting family.-Early life:...
(b. 1873), silent film actor - 31 May – Jørgen Christian Jensen (b. 1891), Victoria Cross recipient
- 15 June – Alfred Cecil RowlandsonAlfred Cecil Rowlandson-Early life:Rowlandson was born at Daylesford, Victoria, the second surviving son of Arthur Hodgson Rowlandson, an Indian-born goldminer, and his wife Susan Sophia , born in Brechin, Scotland. A. C. Rowlandson was educated at Northcote State School and then the Superior Normal School, Brisbane...
(b. 1865), publisher - 17 June – Robert PhilpRobert PhilpSir Robert Philp, KCMG was a Queensland businessman and politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1899 to September 1903 and again from November 1907 to February 1908.-Early life:...
(b. 1851), Premier of Queensland (1899–1903, 1907–1908) - 11 July – Hans IrvineHans IrvineHans William Henry Irvine was an Australian politician and vigneron.-Early life:Irvine was born in Melbourne on 2 August 1856 to flour-miller John William Henry Irvine and Mary, née Gray. His father had a business at Learmonth, near Ballarat...
(b. 1856), Victorian politician and vigneron - 23 July – Joseph Edmund CarneJoseph Edmund CarneJoseph Edmund Carne was an Australian geologist.Carne was born near Urana, New South Wales, to a Cornish Australian family, and was educated at a private school at Campbelltown, New South Wales...
(b. 1855), geologist - 30 July – Harry ButlerHenry John ButlerHenry John Butler was an early Australian aviator, he was the first to fly over a large body of water in Australia when he flew across the Spencer Gulf in 1919.-Early Years:...
(b. 1889), aviator - 2 September – Henry LawsonHenry LawsonHenry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest writer"...
(b. 1867), writer and poet - 26 September – Sir Charles WadeCharles WadeSir Charles Gregory Wade KCMG was Premier of New South Wales 2 October 1907 – 21 October 1910. According to Percival Serle, "Wade was a public-spirited man of high character...
(b. 1863), Premier of New South Wales (1907–1910) - 4 October – Ellis RowanEllis RowanMarian Ellis Rowan , known as Ellis Rowan, was a well-known Australian botanical illustrator. She also did series of illustrations on birds, butterflies and insects....
(b. 1847), naturalist and illustrator - 17 December – David LindsayDavid Lindsay (explorer)David Lindsay was an Australian explorer and surveyor and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, London.-Early life:...
(b. 1856), explorer