1934 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
year = 1934
monarch = George V
governor-general = Isaac Isaacs
pm =Joseph Lyons
population = 6,677,361
australian =
elections =Federal, Tasmania"See also:"
1933 in Australia,
other events of 1934,
1935 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 – John McPhee (until March 15), then Walter Lee (until June 22), then Albert Ogilvie
*Premier of Victoria – Stanley Argyle
*Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

tate Governors

*Governor of New South Wales – Sir Philip Game
*Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
*Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (until April 26), then Sir Winston Dugan (from July 20)
*Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark
*Governor of Victoria – William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield (from May 14)
*Governor of Western Australia – "none appointed"

Events

*January 18 – Qantas and Imperial Airways join forces and establish "Qantas Empire Airways".
*March 12 – An intense cyclone crosses the Queensland coast near Innisfail, 75 people were confirmed dead.
*September 1 – Body of the "Pyjama Girl" found in Albury, New South Wales.
*September 15 – A federal election is held. Joseph Lyons is returned as Prime Minister, leading a United Australia Party-Country Party coalition to victory over the Australian Labor Party.
*October 3 – Qantas de Havilland DH.50 "Atalanta", registration VH-UHE, crashes near Winton, Queensland, killing the pilot and 2 passengers.
*October 15 – Captain Cook's cottage is opened to the public, after being dismantled in England, then shipped to Australia and reassembled in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne.
*October 18 – Charles Prince of Morphettville is found guilty of fraud for the "ring in" of Redlock at the Murray Bridge Racing Club on July 28.
*October 24 – C.W.A Scott and Tom Campbell Black cross the finishing line and win the MacRobertson Air Race, flying from London to Melbourne in an elapsed time of 71 hours.
*November 6 – The Australian government attempts to stop left-wing writer Egon Erwin Kisch from entering the country, using the language provisions of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 which allowed a test in any European language. The multi-lingual Kisch was tested in Scottish Gaelic, although the decision to block his entry was later overturned by the High Court.
*November 11 – The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne is dedicated.
*November 15 – Qantas de Havilland DH86 crashes after departing from Longreach Airport during its delivery flight.

Unknown dates

* The first ute is produced by Ford in Geelong

cience & Technology

Arts and literature

* Henry Hanke wins the Archibald Prize with his self portrait

Film

* "Strike Me Lucky", starring Roy Rene and directed by Ken G. Hall, is released

port

* "Peter Pan" wins the Melbourne Cup
* Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
* Australia defeats England 2-1 in The Ashes series, held in England

Births

*January 6 – Harry M. Miller, promoter and publicist
*January 11 – Peter John Badcoe, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1967)
*January 20 – Barry Fisher, cricketer (d. 1980)
*January 26 – Ruby Langford Ginibi, Indigenous author and historian
*January 31 – Gil Jamieson, painter (d. 1992)
*February 15 – Graham Kennedy, entertainer (d. 2005)
*February 17 – Barry Humphries, entertainer
*March 20 – David Malouf, writer
*April 16 – Barrie Unsworth, Premier of New South Wales
*May 1 – John Meillon, actor (d. 1989)
*May 5 – Victor Garland, politician and high commissioner to the UK
*May 6 – Chris Wallace-Crabbe, poet and academic
*June 2 – Ian Brooker, botanist
*August 17 – Ben Humphreys, politician
*September 15 – Fred Nile, clergyman and politician
*October 9 – Jill Ker Conway, author
*October 10 – Julian Beale, politician
*November 2 – Ken Rosewall, tennis player
*November 16 – Peter Ross Sinclair, Governor of New South Wales (1990–1996)
*December 24 – Alan Beaumont, Chief of the Australian Defence Force (1993–1995, d. 2004)

Deaths

*January 1 – Robert Gibson, businessman
*January 22 – Arthur Wilberforce Jose (b. 1863), historian
*January 30 – Edward Heitmann (b. 1878), WA politician
*February 21 – Sydney Smith (b. 1856), NSW and federal politician
*February 27 – George Temple-Poole (b. 1856), architect
*March 17 – Walter Rosenhain (b. 1875), metallurgist
*March 23 – Thomas Brown (b. 1861)
*March 29 – Josiah Symon (b. 1846), Attorney-General of Australia
*March 30 – Ronald Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar (b. 1860), Governor General of Australia
*April 12 – Bertram Steele (b. 1870), scientist
*May 12 – Agar Wynne (b. 1850), poltician
*May 25 – Percy Coleman (b. 1892), union organiser and politician
*June 6 – William Holman (b. 1871), Premier of New South Wales (1913–1920)
*June 19 – John McDonald (b. 1868), WA politician
*July 14 – John Thomson (b. 1862), politician
*July 31 – Charles McGrath (b. 1872), politician
*August 6 – Alexander Leeper (b. 1848), educationist
*August 18 – Sir John Sulman (b. 1849), architect
*August 27 – Linda Agostini (b. 1905), murder vicitm (the "Pyjama Girl")
*August 28 – T. W. Edgeworth David (b. 1858), scientist
*September 5 – Sidney Myer (b. 1878), businessman
*October 7 – William Sutherland Dun (b. 1868), paleontologist and geologist
*October 16 – James Mathews (b. 1865), politician
*November 21 – John Scaddan (b. 1876), Premier of Western Australia (1911–1916)
*December 3 – Charles Ulm (b. 1898), aviator

ee also

*1934
*1930s