1937 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
monarch = George VI
governor-general = Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
pm =Joseph Lyons
population = 6,835,536
australian =
elections =Federal, VIC, TAS"See also:"
1936 in Australia,
other events of 1937,
1938 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

*Monarch – King George VI
*Governor-General – Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
*Prime Minister – Joseph Lyons

tate Premiers

*Premier of New South Wales – Bertram Stevens
*Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith
*Premier of South Australia – Richard L. Butler
*Premier of Tasmania – Albert Ogilvie
*Premier of Victoria – Albert Dunstan
*Premier of Western Australia – John Willcock

tate Governors

*Governor of New South Wales – John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst (from April 8)
*Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
*Governor of South Australia – Sir Winston Dugan
*Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark
*Governor of Victoria – William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield
*Governor of Western Australia – "none appointed"

Events

*February 9 – Cairns is hit by a tropical cyclone.
*February 15 – An explosion kills 13 men at the State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi, Victoria.
*February 20 – A general election is held in Tasmania. The incumbent Labor government lead by Albert Ogilvie is returned to power.
*March 1 – Bernard O'Reilly locates the wreckage of an Airlines of Australia Stinson airliner, VH-UHH "City of Brisbane", in the McPherson Range in southern Queensland. Two survivors are rescued, five others did not survive.
* April 20 – Regular airmail services begin between Australia and the USA.
* October 23 – The ACTU calls on the government to boycott trade with Japan, following the Japanese invasion of China.

Arts and literature

*June 24 – The Commonwealth Literature Censorship Board replaces the Book Censorship Advisory Committee, and temporarily lifts the ban on "Ulysses" by James Joyce.

port

*March 3 – Captained by Don Bradman, Australia defeats England in the Fifth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, retaining The Ashes.
*September 25 – Geelong become premiers of the 1937 VFL season, defeating Collingwood 18.14 (122) to 12.18 (90).
*November 19 – Hubert Opperman completes an epic bicycle ride from Fremantle, Western Australia to Sydney, taking 13 days, 10 hours and 11 minutes.

Births

*January 16 – Lorraine Bayly, actor
*January 21 – Michael Beahan, Labor Senator for Western Australia
*January 25 – John Watson, Liberal Senator for Tasmania
*February 4 – John Devitt, Olympic swimmer
*February 19 – Lee Harding, science fiction writer
*February 19 – Colin Ridgway, NFL American footballer (d. 1993)
*February 21 – Ron Clarke, Olympic athlete
*March 3 – Kevin O'Halloran, Olympic swimmer
*April 7 – Louise Faulkner, missing woman
*April 19 – Lindsay Fox, businessman
*May 27 – Peter Pinne, writer and composer
*June 1 – Colleen McCullough, novelist
*June 11 – Robin Warren, Nobel Prize-winning pathologist
*July 26 – Alan Cadman, politician
*July 26 – Guy Green, Governor of Tasmania (1995–2003)
*August 28 – Tony Marchant, Olympic track cyclist
*September 1 – Ian Callinan, High Court judge
*September 4 – Dawn Fraser, Olympic swimmer
*September 17 – Gary Chapman, Olympic swimmer
*October 3 – John Hodges, Minister for Immigration (1982–1983)
*October 10 – Bruce Devlin, golfer
*November 21 – John Kerin, politician
*December 12 – Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia
*December 12 – Judy Tegart, tennis player
*December 17 – Kerry Packer, businessman (d. 2005)

Deaths

*February 14 – Walter Burley Griffin (b. 1876), architect of Canberra (died in India)
*March 18 – Walter Wilson Froggatt (b. 1858), geologist and economic entomologist
*June 9 – Charles Chewings (b. 1859), geologist and anthropologist
*July 10 – Thomas Brentnall (b. 1846), accountant and musician
*July 22 – Ted McDonald (b. 1891), cricketer and Australian Rules footballer (Essendon, Fitzroy)
*July 28 – Sir George Hyde (b. 1877), head of the Royal Australian Navy
*August 14 – Bruce Smith (b. 1851), politician
*August 28 – George Prendergast (b. 1854), Premier of Victoria (1924)
*September 28 – William Ramsay Smith (b. 1859), anthropologist
*October 2 – Sir Granville Ryrie (b. 1865), soldier
*November 4 – Alfred Walter Campbell (b. 1868), neurologist
*November 6 – William Moore (b. 1868), art and drama critic
*November 17 – Jack Worrall (b. 1860), cricketer and Australian Rules footballer
*November 19 – Rayner Hoff (b. 1894), sculptor
*November 27 – Walter Howchin (b. 1845), geologist
*December 11 – Godfrey Irving (b. 1867), soldier and Chief of the General Staff (1915)
*December 16 – Sir Murray Bourchier (b. 1881), soldier and Deputy Premier of Victoria