1928 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during 1928 in Australia.

1928 in Australia
MonarchyGeorge V
Governor-GeneralJohn Baird
Prime ministerStanley Bruce
Population6,302,210
ElectionsFederal, Tasmania

Incumbents[]

Stanley Bruce
  • Monarch – George V
  • Governor-General – John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
  • Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce
  • Chief Justice – Adrian Knox

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[]

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.
  • 14 August – The Coniston massacre begins.
  • 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[1]
  • 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 [1]

Sport[]

  • 15 September - The 1928 NSWRFL season culminates in South Sydney's 26–5 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[2]

Births[]

  • 17 January – Ken Archer, cricketer
  • 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 (died 2012)
  • 30 May – Pro Hart, artist (died 2006)
  • June – Mike Williamson, sports commentator (died 2019)
  • 12 June – Bob Davis, Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
  • 18 June – Michael Blakemore, actor and director[3]
  • 1 July – Robert Wemyss, Australian football (soccer) player
  • 7 July – Henry Sommerville, fencer
  • 17 July – David Leach, senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (died 2020)
  • 18 July – Russell Mockridge, cyclist (died 1958)
  • 8 August – Don Burrows, jazz musician (died 2020)
  • 12 August – Charles Blackman, painter (died 2018)
  • 31 August – A. W. Pryor, physicist (died 2014)
  • 8 October – Leonard French, glass artist (died 2017)
  • 27 October – Thomas Perrin, cricketer
  • 16 November – Patricia Giles, activist (died 2017)
  • 17 November – Colin McDonald, cricketer (died 2021)[4]
  • 18 November – Bruce Rosier, Anglican bishop (died 2019)
  • 30 November – Steele Hall, Premier of South Australia
  • 15 December – Peter Coleman, politician and writer (died 2019)
  • 26 December – Maureen Brunt, economist (died 2019)
  • 27 December – Phillip Bennett, Governor of Tasmania
  • date unknown – John Challis, gay rights activist

Deaths[]

  • 9 February – William Gillies, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
  • 1 April – Andrew Lang Petrie, Queensland politician (b. 1854)
  • Unknown, possibly August – Bert Rache, composer (b. unknown)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Winner: Archibald Prize 1928 - John Longstaff". artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ Conlin, Michael V.; Jolliffe, Lee (December 2016). Automobile Heritage and Tourism. Taylor & Francis. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-315-43620-3.
  3. ^ Current Biography Yearbook. H. W. Wilson. 2001. p. 38.
  4. ^ Robert Coleman (1993). Seasons in the Sun: The Story of the Victorian Cricket Association. Hargreen Publishing Company. p. 566. ISBN 978-0-949905-59-8.
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