1935 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
monarch = George V
governor-general = Isaac Isaacs
pm =Joseph Lyons
population = 6,726,258
australian =
elections =NSW, QLD, VIC"See also:"
1934 in Australia,
other events of 1935,
1936 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

*Monarch – King George V
*Governor-General – Sir Isaac Isaacs
*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 – Stanley Argyle (until April 2), then Albert Dunstan
*Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

tate Governors

*Governor of New South Wales – Sir Philip Game (until January 15), then Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie (from February 21)
*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 26 – Qantas Empire Airways makes its first scheduled international flight, when a De Havilland Express departs Darwin bound for Singapore.
*March 2 – A general election is held in Victoria. The UAP-Country Party coalition wins a comfortable majority.
*March 29 – 141 people drown when a cyclone strikes the pearling fleet off the coast of Broome, Western Australia.
*April 2 – Stanley Argyle stands down as Premier of Victoria after the Country Party dissolves their coalition with the UAP. He is succeeded by Country Party leader Albert Dunstan.
*July 1 – The Australian Associated Press (AAP) news agency is established.
*October 2 – John Curtin replaces James Scullin as leader of the Australian Labor Party.
*October 4 – Luna Park in Sydney is officially opened.
*October 14 – The Hornibrook Bridge, connecting Redcliffe and Sandgate in Queensland, is officially opened.
*December 31 – The Cane Toad is introduced to Queensland.

cience & Technology

Arts and literature

* John Longstaff wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Banjo Paterson
* Olive Cotton takes the photograph "Teacup Ballet"

Film

port

* "Marabou" wins the Melbourne Cup
* Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield

Births

* January 9 - Brian Harradine, politician
* January 19 - Johnny O'Keefe (d.1978), entertainer
* March 3 - Malcolm Anderson, tennis player
* March 5 - Philip K. Chapman, astronaut
* April 7 - Mervyn Crossman, field hockey player
* April 10 - Peter Hollingworth, Bishop and Governor General of Australia
* May 12 - Leneen Forde, Governor of Queensland
* August 2 - Llewellyn Edwards, politician
* August 8 - John Laws, radio personality
* September 28 - Bruce Crampton, golfer
* October 7 - Thomas Keneally, writer
* November 4 - Barry Crocker, entertainer
* November 28 - Randolph Stow, writer

Deaths

* April 8 – David Watkins (b. 1865), Newcastle politician and member of the First Parliament
* September 2 – Sir Sidney Kidman (b. 1857), pastoralist
* September 22 – Elliott Lewis (b. 1858), Premier of Tasmania
* September 25 – Tom Richards (53), rugby union player (b. 1882)
* November 8 – Charles Kingsford Smith (b. 1897), aviator

ee also

*1935
*1930s