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INCUMBENTS

Prime Minister - Joseph Lyons

Governor General - Isaac Isaacs

Premier Of New South Wales - Bertram Stevens

Premier Of South Australia - Lionel Hill (til February 13), Robert Richards (til April 18]]), then Richard L. Butler

Premier Of Queensland - William Forgan Smith

Premier Of Tasmania - John McPhee (til March 15]], Walter Lee (til June 22), then Albert Ogilvie

Premier Of Western Australia - James Mitchell (til April 24), then Philip Collier

Premier Of Victoria - Stanley Argyle

EVENTS

April 26 - The seaplane carrier, HMAS Albatross , is paid off into reserve

June 10 - The Australian Women's Weekly is first published

June 13 - The Australian Antarctic Territory is established

August 28 - The Brisbane newspaper, The Courier-Mail , first appears

October 13 - The first Traffic Lights in Sydney become operational at the intersection of Kent and Market Streets

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ARTS AND LITERATURE

Charles Wheeler wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Ambrose Pratt

FILM

Errol Flynn makes his first film appearance, ''In the Wake of the Bounty'', directed by Charles Chauvel

SPORT

''Hall Mark'' wins the Melbourne Cup

New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

England defeats Australia 4-1 in The Ashes series

BIRTHS

January 23 - Bill Hayden , 21st Governor General of Australia

April 15 - David Martin (d. 1990), Governor of New South Wales

August 30 - Keith Payne , soldier

October 3 - Neale Fraser , tennis player

October 5 - Diane Cilento , actress

December 1 - James Wolfensohn , President of the World Bank

December 5 - Harry Holgate (d. 1997), Premier of Tasmania

December 20 - Ted Mack , politician

DEATHS

January 7 - Bert Hinkler (b. 1892), aviation pioneer

August 10 - Alf Morgans (b. 1850), Premier of Western Australia

SEE ALSO

1933

1930s