1932 in Australia

[edit] Incumbents

March 19 - Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened
March 30 - The Grey Street Bridge, later renamed the William Jolly Bridge, is opened in Brisbane
April 5 - Racehorse Phar Lap dies at ranch in San Francisco, CA
May 13 - Premier of New South Wales, Jack Lang, is dismissed by the Governor, Sir Philip Game
July 1 - The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) is established
November 23 - The statue of The Dog on the Tuckerbox is unveiled at Gundagai, New South Wales by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons

Peter Pan wins the Melbourne Cup
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
Australia defeats South Africa 5-0 in the cricket test series, played in Australia
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
March 20 - Racehorse Phar Lap, in Tijuana, Mexico, wins the Agua Caliente Handicap; across Australia, thousands celebrate after the radio broadcast of the race.
April 5 - Racehorse Phar Lap dies midday at ranch in San Francisco, CA, two weeks after winning at Agua Caliente racetrack (2 autopsies find nothing; however, trees had been sprayed with a lead-arsenate insecticide); it is April 6 at 10:30 in Australia when news spreads.