1921 in Australia
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| 1921 in Australia | |
| Monarch | George V |
|---|---|
| Governor-General | Henry Forster |
| Prime Minister | Billy Hughes |
| Population | 5,455,136 |
| Elections | Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia |
See also: 1920 in Australia, other events of 1921, 1922 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
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[edit] Incumbents
[edit] State premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – John Storey (until October 5), then James Dooley (from October 10 until December 20), then George Fuller (for 7 hours on December 20), then James Dooley
- Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore
- Premier of South Australia – Henry Barwell
- Premier of Tasmania – Walter Lee
- Premier of Victoria – Harry Lawson
- Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell
[edit] State governors
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir Walter Davidson
- Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan
- Governor of South Australia – Sir William Weigall
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir William Allardyce
- Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke (from February 21)
- Governor of Western Australia – Sir Francis Newdegate
[edit] Events
- March 7 – The Commonwealth Department of Health is formed.
- March 12 – Edith Cowan becomes the first female parliamentarian in Australia, when she is elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council.
- March 22 – New South Wales MP Percy Brookfield is shot and killed when he tackles a crazed gunman at the train station in Riverton, South Australia.
- March 31 – The Royal Australian Air Force is established.[1]
- May 9 – Australia assumes responsiblity for administration of the Territory of New Guinea, following a League of Nations mandate divesting Germany of its colonies as required by the Treaty of Versailles.
- August 30 - A general election is held in Victoria. Harry Lawson of the Nationalist Party is returned as premier, although in a minority government.
- October 26 – The first group of Barnardo's Boys arrived in Sydney.
- November 13 – The cartoon character Ginger Meggs makes his first appearance, in a Sunday Sun comic strip "Us Fellers" drawn by cartoonist Jimmy Bancks.
- December 30 – Twelve-year-old Alma Tirtschke is raped and murdered in Melbourne, in what becomes known as the Gun Alley Murder.
- December 31 – Walter Burley Griffin is removed as director of construction for Canberra after disagreements over his supervisory role.
[edit] Science & Technology
[edit] Arts and literature
- William McInnes wins the inaugural Archibald Prize for portraiture
[edit] Film
[edit] Sport
- Sister Olive wins the Melbourne Cup
- New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
- In Test Cricket, Australia defeated England in The Ashes series
- A Le Fevre wins the Australian Open Championship in golf
[edit] Births
- January 3 – Vasey Houghton, politician and conservationist (d. 2001)
- January 9 – Bunney Brooke, actor (Number 96) (d. 2000)
- February 16 – Bill Knott, NSW politician
- March 4 – Walter Campbell, Governor of Queensland (d. 2004)
- March 12 – Norman Foster, politician (d. 2006)
- March 29 – Sam Loxton, cricketer
- April 1 – Harold James Frith, ornithologist
- April 13 – Max Harris, writer (Angry Penguins) (d. 1995)
- May 13 – George Petersen, Labor politician (d. 2000)
- May 28 – Tom Uren, Labor politician
- June 3 – Forbes Carlile, swimming coach and Olympic pentathlete
- June 19 – Patricia Wrightson, children's author
- July 22 – Ronald N. Bracewell, physicist and radio astronomer (d. 2007)
- July 31 – John Makepeace Bennett, computer scientist
- August 20 – Jack Wilson, cricketer (d. 1985)
- November 21 – Betty Wilson, cricketer
- November 24 – Allan Ashbolt, journalist (d. 2005)
- December 26 – Donald Horne, journalist and writer (d. 2005)
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 – Edward Hamersley (b. 1935 or 1936), WA politician
- January 27 – Maurice Vincent Buckley (b. 1891), soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
- March 14 – Gustave Barnes (b. 1877), artist
- May 21 – Oswald Watt (b. 1878), aviator
- June 6 – William Mark Forster (b. 1846), philanthropist
- June 18 – G. H. Gibson (b. 1846), writer and satirist
- July 2 – Edwin Evans (b. 1849), cricketer
- July 12 – Harry Hawker (b. 1889), aviation pioneer
- July 26 – Howard Vernon (b. 1845), actor
- August 1 – T. J. Ryan (b. 1876), Premier of Queensland (1915–1919)
- August 23 – Frank Hann (b. 1846), explorer
- September 13 – James Hebblethwaite (b. 1857), poet
- October 5 – John Storey (b. 1869), Premier of New South Wales (1920–1921)
- October 30 – James Murdoch (b. 1856), Scottish journalist
- November 6 – Robert Logan Jack (b. 1845), geologist
- November 17 – John McLaren (b. 1886), cricketer
- December 24 – William Curran, cricketer
