1922 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1922 in Australia.
| 1922 in Australia | |
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| Monarchy | George V |
| Governor-General | Henry Forster |
| Prime minister | Billy Hughes |
| Population | 5,569,889 |
| Elections | Federal, New South Wales, Tasmania |
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Incumbents
- Monarch – George V
- Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe
- Prime Minister – Billy Hughes
- Chief Justice – Adrian Knox
State premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – James Dooley (until 13 April), then George Fuller
- Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore
- Premier of South Australia – Henry Barwell
- Premier of Tasmania – Walter Lee (until 12 August), then John Hayes
- Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell
- Premier of Victoria – Harry Lawson
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
- 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
- 10 January – Frank Tudor (born 1866), ALP opposition leader (1916–1921)
- 14 February – Bertram Stevens (born 1872), art critic
- 8 March – Elizabeth Hope, Lady Hope (born 1842), British evangelist
- 22 March – Arthur Groom (born 1852), politician and land agent
- 4 April – Peter Waite (born 1834), rancher and philanthropist
- 7 April – James McGowen (born 1855), Premier of New South Wales (1910–1913)
- 14 April – Rose Summerfield (born 1864), feminist and labour activist
- 24 April – Colin Campbell Ross (born 1892), publican executed for the Gun Alley murder
- 30 April – Robert Carl Sticht (born 1856), metallurgist
- 24 May – James Arthur Pollock (born 1865), physicist
- 25 May – Roy Redgrave (born 1873), silent film actor
- 31 May – Jørgen Christian Jensen (born 1891), Victoria Cross recipient
- 15 June – Alfred Cecil Rowlandson (born 1865), publisher
- 17 June – Robert Philp (born 1851), Premier of Queensland (1899–1903, 1907–1908)
- 11 July – Hans Irvine (born 1856), Victorian politician and vigneron
- 23 July – Joseph Edmund Carne (born 1855), geologist
- 30 July – Harry Butler (born 1889), aviator
- 2 September – Henry Lawson (born 1867), writer and poet
- 17 September – Kate Rickards (born 1862), Australian trapeze artist and musical theatre actress
- 26 September – Sir Charles Wade (born 1863), Premier of New South Wales (1907–1910)
- 4 October – Ellis Rowan (born 1847), naturalist and illustrator
- 17 December – David Lindsay (born 1856), explorer
References
- 1922 Solar Eclipse in Australia - Testing Einstein's Theory, The University of Melbourne.
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