1929 in Australia

1929 in Australia
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	John Baird
Prime Minister	Stanley Bruce, then James Scullin
Population	6,393,883
Elections	Federal, Victoria, Queensland

Incumbents

Centenary of Western Australia
4 April – A dam on the Cascade River in Tasmania collapses. The subsequent torrent floods the town of Derby, killing fourteen people.
3 June – Fremantle, Western Australia is proclaimed a city.
12 October – A federal election is held. James Scullin leads the Australian Labor Party to victory over the incumbent government of Stanley Bruce. Bruce becomes the first Prime Minister to lose his seat in an election.
30 November – A state election is held in Victoria.
12 December – Premier of Victoria William Murray McPherson refuses to resign after the election, but is defeated by a no confidence motion in the first meeting of parliament. He retires, with Edmond Hogan assuming the premiership.
16 December – Rothbury Riot in which police shoot at locked out miners, killing Norman Brown.

18 January – Sir John Longstaff wins the 1928 Archibald Prize for his portrait of Alexander Leeper.^[1]

3 January – Don Bradman makes 112 for Australia v England in the third Test match at Melbourne, his first Test Century.
5 November – Nightmarch wins the Melbourne Cup.
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
England defeats Australia 4-1 in The Ashes series
South Sydney win the 1929 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.
Collingwood football club win their third consecutive AFL Priemiership flag, after an undefeated home and away season. (They go on to win the flag again in 1930 and remain to date [2009] the only team to win 4 flags in a row).

7 January – Robert Juniper, artist
28 January - Claes Oldenburg, artist
27 February – Jack Arthur Gibson (d. 2008), rugby league footballer and coach
31 January – John Stone, politician
1 February – R. A. Simpson, poet (d. 2002)
7 February – John Sullivan, politician
16 February – Peter Porter, poet
29 April – Peter Sculthorpe, composer
7 May – Len Fitzgerald, Australian rules footballer
15 May – Kevin Cairns, politician (d. 1984)
24 May – Brian Wenzel, actor
26 May – Ernie Carroll, television personality
10 June – Ian Sinclair, politician and former leader of the National Party
12 June – Roy Bull (d. 2004), rugby league footballer and coach
23 June – Herb Barker, athlete (d. 2006)
26 June – June Bronhill, opera singer (d. 2005)
5 July – Jimmy Carruthers, boxer (d. 1990)
8 July – Bruce Gyngell, television executive (d. 2000)
20 July – David Tonkin, Premier of South Australia (1979–1982)
5 August – Reg Lindsay, country music singer (d. 2008)
9 August – John Wheeldon, politician
23 August – Peter Thomson, golfer
25 August – Ron Lord, soccer player
25 September – Jack Rutherford, cricketer
1 October – Ken Arthurson, rugby league footballer, coach and administrator.
31 October – Eddie Charlton, snooker and billiards player (d. 2004)
15 November – Eric Robinson, politician
9 December – Bob Hawke, trade union leader and Prime Minister of Australia (1983–1991)
31 December – Doug Anthony, politician