1922 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 1922 in Australia.

1922 in Australia
MonarchyGeorge V
Governor-GeneralHenry Forster
Prime ministerBilly Hughes
Population5,569,889
ElectionsFederal, , Tasmania

Incumbents[]

Billy Hughes
  • Monarch – George V
  • Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe
  • Prime Minister – Billy Hughes
  • Chief Justice – Adrian Knox

State premiers[]

State governors[]

  • Governor of New South Wales – Sir Walter Davidson
  • Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan
  • Governor of South Australia – Sir William Weigall (until 24 April), then Sir Tom Bridges (from 4 December)
  • Governor of Tasmania – Sir William Allardyce
  • Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
  • Governor of Western Australia – Sir Francis Newdegate

Events[]

  • 14 February – Women are allowed to stand for parliament in Tasmania.
  • 22 March – The Queensland Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Queensland is abolished.
  • 10 June – A general election is held in Tasmania, which results in a hung parliament.
  • 3 July – Queensland abolishes capital punishment, the first state in Australia to do so.
  • 12 August – The Country Party and the Nationalist Party form a coalition government in Tasmania, with John Hayes as Premier.

Science and technology[]

  • 21 September – A total solar eclipse occurs over Australia, allowing scientists to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.[1]

Arts and literature[]

Main article: 1922 in Australian literature
  • 4 May – British author D. H. Lawrence arrives in Australia for a three-month holiday, where he will meet Mollie Skinner and write the novel Kangaroo.

Sport[]

  • 28 February – Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield.
  • 30 September – Fitzroy wins the 1922 VFL Grand Final, defeating Collingwood 11.13 (79) to 9.14 (68).
  • 7 November – King Ingoda wins the Melbourne Cup.
  • The 1922 NSWRFL Premiership is won by North Sydney, who defeated Glebe 35–3 in the final.

Births[]

  • 5 January – Anthony Synnot, Chief of the Defence Force (died 2001)
  • 15 January – Eric Willis, Premier of New South Wales (died 1999)
  • 23 January – Tom Lewis, Premier of New South Wales (died 2016)
  • 21 February – Fos Williams, Australian rules footballer (died 2001)
  • 24 February – Bill Morris, Australian rules footballer (died 1960)
  • 14 March – Bob Bignall, soccer player (died 2013)
  • 15 March – Hesba Fay Brinsmead, children's author (died 2003)
  • 28 March – Neville Bonner, first Indigenous federal MP (died 1999)
  • 29 March – Mac Holten, Australian rules footballer and politician (died 1996)
  • 30 March – John McLeay, Jr., politician (died 2000)
  • 10 April – Nancy Millis, microbiologist (died 2012)
  • 9 May – Col Hoy, cricket umpire (died 1999)
  • 12 May – Arthur Gorrie, Hobby shop proprietor (died 1992)
  • 27 June – Milton Clark, Australian rules footballer (died 2018)
  • 7 July – Robert Raymond, filmmaker and television pioneer (died 2003)
  • 1 August – Pat McDonald, actress (Number 96) (died 1990)
  • 23 August – Ronald Wilson, High Court justice (died 2005)
  • 30 August – Lionel Murphy, Attorney-General and High Court justice (died 1986)
  • 25 September – Ted Baldwin, politician (died 2008)
  • 26 September – Leonard Teale, actor (died 1994)
  • 7 October – Jim McCabe, Victorian politician (died 2019)
  • 1 November – James Rowland, Chief of Air Force and Governor of New South Wales (died 1999)
  • 18 November – Una Hale, operatic soprano (died 2005)
  • 6 December – Gordon Ada, microbiologist (died 2012)
  • 20 December – Geoff Mack, country music singer (died 2017)
  • 28 December – Lionel Bowen, politician (died 2012)

Deaths[]

Frank Tudor
Henry Lawson
  • 10 January – Frank Tudor, 6th Federal Leader of the Opposition (b. 1866)
  • 14 February – Bertram Stevens, art and literary critic (b. 1872)
  • 8 March – Elizabeth, Lady Hope, evangelist (b. 1842)
  • 22 March – Arthur Groom, Victorian politician and land agent (b. 1852)
  • 4 April – Peter Waite, pastoralist, businessman and philanthropist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1834)
  • 7 April – James McGowen, 18th Premier of New South Wales (born in the Indian Ocean) (b. 1855)
  • 14 April – Rose Summerfield, feminist and labour activist (died in Paraguay) (b. 1864)
  • 24 April – Colin Campbell Ross, wine bar owner and falsely convicted murderer (b. 1892)
  • 30 April – Robert Carl Sticht, metallurgist and art collector (born in the United States) (b. 1856)
  • 24 May – James Arthur Pollock, physicist (born in Ireland) (b. 1865)
  • 25 May – Roy Redgrave, actor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1873)
  • 31 May – Jørgen Jensen, soldier (born in Denmark) (b. 1891)
  • 15 June – Alfred Cecil Rowlandson, publisher and bookseller (died in New Zealand) (b. 1865)
  • 17 June – Sir Robert Philp, 15th Premier of Queensland (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1922)
  • 11 July – Hans Irvine, Victorian politician and winemaker (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1856)
  • 23 July – Joseph Edmund Carne, geologist (b. 1855)
  • 2 September – Henry Lawson, writer and poet (b. 1867)
  • 17 September – Kate Rickards, trapeze artist and musical theatre actress (died in the Red Sea) (b. 1862)
  • 26 September – Sir Charles Wade, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
  • 4 October – Ellis Rowan, naturalist and illustrator (b. 1848)
  • 17 December – David Lindsay, explorer and surveyor (b. 1856)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 1922 Solar Eclipse in Australia - Testing Einstein's Theory, The University of Melbourne.
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