1925 in Australia
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	Henry Forster, then John Baird
Prime Minister	Stanley Bruce
Population	5,939,231
Elections	Federal, Tasmania, New South Wales

See also: 1924 in Australia, other events of 1925, 1926 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 State premiers 1.2 State governors 2 Events 3 Science & Technology 4 Arts and literature 5 Film 6 Sport 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References

[edit] Incumbents

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

[edit] State premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – George Fuller (until June 17), then Jack Lang
• Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore (until February 26), then William Gillies (until October 22), then William McCormack
• Premier of South Australia – John Gunn
• Premier of Tasmania – Joseph Lyons
• Premier of Victoria – John Allan
• Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

[edit] State governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir Dudley de Chair
• Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan (until September 17)
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Tom Bridges
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir James O'Grady
• Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
• Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Campion

[edit] Events

• January 26 – Australia's oldest commercial radio station, 2UE, begins broadcasting in Sydney.^[1]
• May 20 – The Murrumbidgee River floods for eight days killing four people.^[2]
• May 30 – Millicent Preston-Stanley becomes the first woman member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
• June 3 – A general election is held in Tasmania. The Labor government of Joseph Lyons is returned in a landslide victory.
• June 9 – Ten people are killed in a derailment near Traveston railway station, Queensland
• September 1 – Thomas Blamey becomes Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.

[edit] Science & Technology

• The Cactoblastis moth is introduced in Queensland to control Prickly Pear cactus.

[edit] Arts and literature

• John Longstaff wins the Archibald Prize for his portrait of Maurice Moscovitch

[edit] Film

[edit] Sport

• Windbag wins the Melbourne Cup
• Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
• September 26 – Geelong defeats Collingwood 10.19 (79) to 9.15 (69), becoming premiers of the 1925 VFL season.

[edit] Births

• February 8 – Francis Webb, poet (d. 1973)
• February 10 – Basil Hennessy, archaeologist
• February 11 – George Avery, Olympic triple jumper
• February 17 – Joy Nichols, comedian and actress
• March 19 – Creighton Burns, journalist and editor-in-chief of The Age (d. 2008)
• April 4 – Dorothy Alison, actress (d. 1992)
• April 21 – Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of the High Court
• June 4 – Peter Benjamin Graham, artist (d. 1987)
• July 6 – Ruth Cracknell, actor (d. 2002)
• July 18 – Shirley Strickland, athlete (d. 2004)
• August 19 – Laurie Sawle, cricketer
• August 21 – Don Chipp, politician and founder of the Australian Democrats (d. 2006)
• August 24 - Duncan Hall, rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 50s
• August 27 – Fred Emery, psychologist (d. 1997)
• August 27 – Ken Grieves, cricketer (d. 1992)
• August 27 – Bill Neilson, Premier of Tasmania (1975–1977) (d. 1989)
• September 24 – Harry Jenkins (senior), politician (d. 2004)
• October 4 – Renfrey Potts, mathematician (d. 2005)
• October 18 – Thomas Millar, historian (d. 1994)
• October 24 – Ken Mackay, cricketer (d. 1982)
• November 17 – Charles Mackerras, conductor
• November 23 – James Killen, politician (d. 2007)
• December 10 – Norm McDonald, Australian rules footballer (d. 2002)

[edit] Deaths

• January 24 – William Aitcheson Haswell (b. 1854), zoologist
• February 4 – Richard Godfrey Rivers (b. 1859), artist
• February 23 – John Holman (b. 1872), West Australian politician
• March 1 – Rev. John Ferguson (b. 1852), Presbyterian minister
• April 16 – Thomas McCawley (b. 1881), Chief Justice of Queensland
• April 20 – Rose Scott (b. 1847), social reformer
• April 28 – Richard Butler (b. 1850), Premier of South Australia (1905)
• May 1 – Arthur McCabe (b. 1887), Olympic rugby union player
• June 22 – Matthew Gibney (b. 1835), Catholic bishop who gave last rites to Ned Kelly
• June 27 – Simpson Newland (b. 1835), Murray River pioneer
• July 18 – Edward Russell (b. 1878), Victorian politician
• July 26 – William Trenwith (b. 1846), trade unionist
• August 3 – William Bruce (b. 1864), cricketer
• August 30 – Magnus Cromarty (b. 1875), NSW politician
• September 5 – Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (b. 1846), geologist
• September 28 – Joseph Brown (b. 1844), politician
• October 3 – Charles Web Gilbert (b. 1867), sculptor
• October 24 – Charles Kenningham (b. 1860), English opera singer
• November 4 – Paddy Hannan (b. 1840), gold prospector
• November 13 – Charles McDonald (b. 1860), politician
• November 16 – Joseph Maiden (b. 1859), botanist

[edit] See also

• 1925
• 1920s

[edit] References