1926 in Australia

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  • Other events of 1926
  • Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1926 in Australia.

1926 in Australia
MonarchyGeorge V
Governor-GeneralJohn Baird
Prime ministerStanley Bruce
Population6,056,360
Elections

Incumbents[]

Stanley Bruce
  • Monarch – George V
  • Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe (until 8 October) then John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
  • Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce
  • Chief Justice – Adrian Knox

State premiers[]

  • Premier of New South Wales – Jack Lang
  • Premier of Queensland – William McCormack
  • Premier of South Australia – John Gunn (until 28 August), then Lionel Hill
  • Premier of Tasmania – Joseph Lyons
  • Premier of Victoria – John Allan
  • Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

State governors[]

Events[]

  • 19 April – The High Court of Australia finds in the case of Clyde Engineering Co Ltd v Cowburn that the Forty-Four Hours Week Act 1925 (NSW) was incompatible with Commonwealth legislation.
  • 3 September – The Canberra Times is first published.[1]
  • 4 September – A federal referendum is held, containing two questions: Industry and Commerce and Essential Services. Neither question is passed.[2]
  • 13 September – Twenty-six people are killed in the Murulla railway accident.
  • Helen Wayth wins the first Miss Australia Quest
  • Ballerina Anna Pavlova tours Australia

Science and technology[]

  • 22 June – The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is founded, the precursor to today's CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).

Arts and literature[]

Main article: 1926 in Australian literature
  • William McInnes wins the Archibald Prize

Sport[]

  • 18 September – South Sydney Rabbitohs defeat University 11–5, becoming premiers of the New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1926.
  • 25 September – Melbourne defeat Collingwood 17.17 (119) to 9.8 (62) at the VFL grand final, becoming premiers of the 1926 VFL season.
  • 2 November – Spearfelt wins the Melbourne Cup.
  • New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

Births[]

  • 7 January – Joe Marston, soccer player (died 2015)
  • 11 January – Baillieu Myer, businessman and philanthropist (died 2022)
  • 3 February – Raymond Martin, chemist (died 2020)
  • 4 February – Dave Sands, boxer (died 1952)
  • 6 February – Bruce Ruxton, former soldier and president of the RSL (died 2011)
  • 8 February – Tony Street, politician
  • 10 February – Arvi Parbo, businessman (died 2019)
  • 16 February – Rayene Stewart Simpson, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1978)
  • 6 March – Ray O'Connor, Premier of Western Australia (1982–1983) (died 2013)
  • 15 March – Thelma Keane, wife of cartoonist Bil Keane and inspiration for the "Mommy" character in The Family Circus (died 2008)
  • 2 April – Jack Brabham, racing driver (died 2014)
  • 13 April – Neil Betts, rugby union player (died 2017)
  • 11 May – Frank Thring, actor (died 1994)
  • 25 June – Kep Enderby, Esperantist and politician (died 2015)
  • 27 June – Bruce Tozer, cricketer
  • 1 July – Stan Obst, Australian rules footballer (died 2005)
  • 3 July – Laurence Street, jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (died 2018)
  • 4 July – Stuart Thomas Butler, nuclear physicist (died 1982)
  • 9 July – Peter Mullins, decathlete (died 2012)
  • 12 July – Al Grassby, politician, Minister for Immigration (died 2005)
  • 20 July – Russ Gorman, politician (died 2017)
  • 31 July – Jack Pollard, sports writer and cricket historian (died 2002)
  • 5 August – Doug McClelland, politician
  • 15 August – Ted Allsopp, race walker
  • 27 August – Reg Watson, television producer and screenwriter (died 2019)
  • 8 September – Keith Adams, adventurer (died 2012)
  • 16 September – Sir William Cole, public servant (died 2019)
  • 18 September – Deirdre Jordan, academic and educator
  • 30 September – Frank O'Neill, swimmer
  • 11 October – Neville Wran, Premier of New South Wales (1976–1986) (died 2014)
  • 20 October – Peter Durack, politician, Attorney-General (died 2008)
  • 7 November – Joan Sutherland, opera singer (died 2010)
  • 15 November – Ivor Greenwood, politician, Attorney-General (died 1976)
  • 31 December – Billy Snedden, politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (died 1987)

Unknown date

Deaths[]

  • 9 January – William Henry Warren (born 1852), engineer
  • 12 January – Sir Austin Chapman (born 1864), politician
  • 27 April – Ada Cambridge (born 1844), author
  • 30 April – Sir Tim Coghlan (born 1856), NSW state statistician
  • 11 May – Hugh Dixson (born 1841), businessman and philanthropist
  • 15 May – Joseph James Fletcher (born 1850), biologist
  • 21 May – H. V. McKay (born 1865), inventor of the Sunshine harvester
  • 4 June – Fred Spofforth (born 1853), cricketer
  • 23 June – Henry Lowther Clarke (born 1850), Anglican archbishop of Melbourne
  • 28 June – William Archibald (born 1850), South Australian politician
  • 14 September – Charles Hedley (born 1862), naturalist
  • 3 October – Samuel James Mitchell (born 1852), first Supreme Court of NT judge
  • 11 December – Sir William McMillan (born 1850), politician
  • 11 December – Gottlieb Schuler (born 1854), journalist
  • 13 December – William Spence (born 1846), trade union leader and politician
  • Joe Slater (born 1872) composer, music publisher

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Gibbney, H. J. "Shakespeare, Thomas Mitchell (1873–1938)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Referendum dates and results". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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