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INCUMBENTS

Prime Minister - Joseph Lyons

Governor General - Isaac Isaacs

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 - Philip Collier

Premier Of Victoria - Stanley Argyle (til April 2), then Albert Dunstan

EVENTS

October 2 - John Curtin replaces James Scullin as leader of the Australian Labor Party

October 4 - Luna Park in Sydney is officially opened

October 14 - The Hornibrook Bridge , connecting Redcliffe and Sandgate in Queensland , is officially opened

The Cane Toad is introduced to Queensland

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ARTS AND LITERATURE

John Longstaff wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Banjo Paterson

FILM

SPORT

''Marabou'' wins the Melbourne Cup

Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield

BIRTHS

January 6 - Johnny O'Keefe (d. 1978 ), entertainer

January 9 - Brian Harradine , politician

March 3 - Malcolm Anderson , tennis player

March 5 - Philip K. Chapman , astronaut

April 10 - Peter Hollingworth , Bishop and Governor General of Australia

August 2 - Llewellyn Edwards , politician

August 8 - John Laws , radio personality

September 28 - Bruce Crampton , golfer

October 7 - Thomas Keneally , writer

November 4 - Barry Crocker , entertainer

November 28 - Randolph Stow , writer

DEATHS

September 2 - Sir Sidney Kidman (b. 1857), pastoralist

September 22 - Elliott Lewis (b. 1858), Premier of Tasmania

November - Charles Kingsford Smith (b. 1897), aviator

SEE ALSO

1935

1930s