1933 in Australia

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  • Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during 1933 in Australia.

1933 in Australia
MonarchyGeorge V
Governor-GeneralIsaac Isaacs
Prime ministerJoseph Lyons
Population6,629,839
ElectionsSA, WA

Incumbents[]

Joseph Lyons
  • Monarch – George V
  • Governor-General – Sir Isaac Isaacs
  • Prime Minister – Joseph Lyons
  • Chief Justice – Frank Gavan Duffy

State Premiers[]

  • Premier of New South Wales – Bertram Stevens
  • Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith
  • Premier of South Australia – Lionel Hill (until 13 February), then Robert Richards (until 18 April), then Richard L. Butler
  • Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
  • Premier of Victoria – Sir Stanley Argyle
  • Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell (until 24 April), then Philip Collier

State Governors[]

  • Governor of New South Wales – Sir Philip Game
  • Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
  • Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
  • Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark (from 4 August)
  • Governor of Victoria – none appointed
  • Governor of Western Australia – none appointed

Events[]

  • 8 April – A referendum is held in Western Australia, which is carried 2 to 1 in favour of secession from the Commonwealth of Australia.
  • 26 April – The seaplane carrier, HMAS Albatross, is paid off into reserve.
  • 10 June – The Australian Women's Weekly is first published.
  • 13 June – The Australian Antarctic Territory is established.
  • 28 August – The Brisbane newspaper, The Courier-Mail, is first published.
  • 5 September – Australia signs a trade agreement with New Zealand.
  • 6 September – Windscreen wipers become compulsory on all Australian cars.
  • 13 October – The first traffic lights in Sydney become operational at the intersection of Kent and Market Streets.

Arts and literature[]

Main article: 1933 in Australian literature
  • Charles Wheeler wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Ambrose Pratt[1]
  • Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian, the first Blinky Bill book is published by children's author Dorothy Wall

Film[]

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

Sport[]

  • 9 September – The 1933 NSWRFL season culminates in Newtown's 18–5 victory against St. George in the premiership final. Western Suburbs finish in last place, claiming the "wooden spoon".
  • Hall Mark wins the Melbourne Cup
  • New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
  • England defeats Australia 4–1 in The Ashes series

Births[]

  • 2 January – Ed Casey (died 2006), banker and politician
  • 23 January – Bill Hayden, Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996)
  • 29 January – Rosemary Adey, softball player (died 2013)
  • 12 February – Brian Carlson (died 1987), rugby league footballer
  • 20 March – Ian Walsh (died 2013), rugby league footballer and coach
  • 15 April – David Martin (died 1990), Governor of New South Wales (1989–1990)
  • 27 May – Michael Crouch (died 2018), investor, water boiler manufacturer
  • 13 July – Kel O'Shea (died 2015), rugby league footballer
  • 25 July – Owen Abrahams (died 2006), Australian rules footballer
  • 27 July – Ted Whitten (died 1995), Australian rules footballer
  • 19 August – Patricia Kailis (died 2020), businesswoman, neurologist and geneticist
  • 30 August – Keith Payne, soldier
  • 15 September – Monica Maughan (died 2010), actress[2]
  • 3 October – Neale Fraser, tennis player
  • 5 October – Diane Cilento (died 2011), actress
  • 11 October – Gary O'Callaghan (died 2017), radio personality
  • 1 December – James Wolfensohn (died 2020), President of the World Bank
  • 5 December – Harry Holgate (died 1997), Premier of Tasmania (1991–1992)
  • 20 December – Ted Mack (died 2018), politician
  • 26 December – Ugly Dave Gray, television personality

Deaths[]

  • 7 January – Bert Hinkler, aviation pioneer (b. 1892)
  • 9 January – Daphne Akhurst, tennis player (b. 1903)
  • 10 January – Richard Buzacott, Western Australian politician (b. 1867)
  • 17 January – John Hodges, cricketer (b. 1855)
  • 5 February – Josiah Thomas, miner and politician (b. 1863)
  • 16 February – Archie Jackson, cricketer (b. 1909)
  • 21 March – James Edmond, journalist (b. 1859)
  • 15 April – Alfred Stephens, writer and literary critic (b. 1865)
  • 20 April – Sir William Rooke Creswell, 1st Naval Officer Commanding the Commonwealth Naval Forces (b. 1852)
  • 30 April – Robert Hamilton Russell, surgeon (b. 1860)
  • 4 June – Herbert Basedow, anthropologist, geologist, politician and explorer (b. 1881)
  • 22 June – Harold Desbrowe-Annear, architect (b. 1865)
  • 20 July – William Lowrie, agricultural educationist (b. 1857)
  • 26 July – Joseph Cooke Verco, physician and conchologist (b. 1851)
  • 10 August – Alf Morgans, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1850)
  • 7 October – Alexander Peacock, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
  • 13 November – Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1884)
  • 15 November – Affie Jarvis, cricketer (b. 1860)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Winner: Archibald Prize 1933 - Charles Wheeler". artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. ^ Carman, Gerry (9 January 2010). "'Wonderful' thespian a real trouper". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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