1928 in Australia

1928 in Australia
Monarchy	George V
Governor-General	John Baird
Prime minister	Stanley Bruce
Population	6,302,210
Elections	Federal, Tasmania

Incumbents

Monarch – King George V
Governor-General – John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce

State premiers

Premier of New South Wales – Thomas Bavin
Premier of Queensland – William McCormack
Premier of South Australia – Richard Layton Butler
Premier of Tasmania – Joseph Lyons (until 15 June), then John McPhee
Premier of Victoria – Edmond Hogan (until 22 November), then William McPherson
Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

State governors

Governor of New South Wales – Sir Dudley de Chair
Governor of Queensland – Sir John Goodwin
Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (from 14 May)
Governor of Tasmania – Sir James O'Grady
Governor of Victoria – Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers
Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Campion

Events

22 February – Bert Hinkler arrives in Darwin, Northern Territory after flying solo from London on 7 February, and then, later, he arrives in his hometown of Bundaberg, Queensland on 27 February.
17 May – The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia makes its first official flight from Cloncurry to Julia Creek
8 June – Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew arrive in Brisbane, Queensland, after completing the first flight across the Pacific Ocean in the "Southern Cross" after leaving the United States on 31 May.
20 December – Hubert Wilkins makes the first flight over Antarctica in his Lockheed Vega San Francisco
The first Speedos are produced

Arts and literature

Main article: 1928 in Australian literature

John Longstaff wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Dr Alexander Leeper
Arthur Streeton wins the Wynne Prize with his landscape Afternoon Light, Goulburn Valley

Film

29 December – The Jazz Singer becomes the first sound film screened in Australia. It premieres at the Lyceum Theatre in Sydney

Sport

15 September - The 1928 NSWRFL season culminates in South Sydney's victory over Eastern Suburbs in the final.
6 November – Statesman wins the Melbourne Cup.
Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
Bobby Pearce wins Australia's only gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He won the men's 200m sculls
The first Australian Grand Prix is held at Phillip Island

Births

19 January – John Treloar, track and field athlete (died 2012)
21 January – James Achurch, javelin thrower (died 2015)
11 March – June Maston, sprinter and athletics coach (died 2004)
2 April – Denis Flannery, rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s
30 May – Pro Hart, artist (died 2006)
12 June – Bob Davis, Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
18 July – Russell Mockridge, cyclist (died 1958)
8 August – Don Burrows, musician
12 August – Charles Blackman, painter
28 November – Steele Hall, Premier of South Australia
27 December – Phillip Bennett, Governor of Tasmania

Deaths

9 February – William Gillies (born 1868), Premier of Queensland
22 October – Andrew Fisher (born 1862), Prime Minister of Australia

Years in Australia (1788–present)

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Timeline of Australian history

1928 in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

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