1937 in Australia
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| 1937 in Australia | |
| Monarch | George VI |
|---|---|
| Governor-General | Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie |
| Prime Minister | Joseph Lyons |
| Population | 6,835,536 |
| Elections | Federal, VIC, TAS |
See also: 1936 in Australia, other events of 1937, 1938 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Prime Minister - Joseph Lyons
- Governor General - Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
- Premier of New South Wales - Bertram Stevens
- Premier of South Australia - Richard L. Butler
- Premier of Queensland - William Forgan Smith
- Premier of Tasmania - Albert Ogilvie
- Premier of Western Australia - John Willcock
- Premier of Victoria - Albert Dunstan
[edit] Events
- February 9 - Cairns is hit by a tropical cyclone.
- February 15 - An explosion kills 13 men at the State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi, Victoria.
- March - Bernard O'Reilly locates the wreckage of an Airlines of Australia Stinson airliner, VH-UHH City of Brisbane, in the McPherson Ranges in southern Queensland. Two survivors are rescued, five others did not survive
- April 20 - Regular airmail services begin between Australia and the USA.
- October 23 - The ACTU calls on the government to boycott trade with Japan, following the Japanese invasion of China.
- November 19 - Hubert Opperman completes an epic bicycle ride from Fremantle, Western Australia to Sydney, taking 13 days, 10 hours and 11 minutes.
[edit] Births
- April 7 - Louise Faulkner, missing woman
- May 27 - Peter Pinne writer and composer
- June 1 - Colleen McCullough, novelist
- June 11 - Robin Warren, Nobel Prize winner
- September 1 - Ian Callinan, High Court judge
- September 4 - Dawn Fraser, Olympic swimmer
- November 21 - John Kerin, politician
- December 12 - Michael Jeffery, Governor General of Australia
- December 17 - Kerry Packer (d. 2005), businessman
[edit] Deaths
- February 14 - Walter Burley Griffin (b. 1876), architect of Canberra
- November 17 - Jack Worrall (b. 1860), cricket and Australian Rules football player
