1933 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
year = 1933
monarch = George V
governor-general = Isaac Isaacs
pm =Joseph Lyons
population = 6,629,839
australian =
elections =SA, WA"See also:"
1932 in Australia,
other events of 1933,
1934 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 – Lionel Hill (until February 13), then Robert Richards (until April 18), then Richard L. Butler
*Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
*Premier of Victoria – Stanley Argyle
*Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell (until April 24), then 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
*Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark (from August 4)
*Governor of Victoria – "none appointed"
*Governor of Western Australia – "none appointed"

Events

*April 8 – A referendum is held in Western Australia, which is carried 2 to 1 in favour of secession from the Commonwealth of Australia.
*April 26 – The seaplane carrier, HMAS "Albatross", is paid off into reserve.
*June 10 – The "Australian Women's Weekly" is first published.
*June 13 – The Australian Antarctic Territory is established.
*August 28 – The Brisbane newspaper, "The Courier-Mail", is first published.
*September 5 – Australia signs a trade agreement with New Zealand.
*September 6 – Windscreen wipers become compulsory on all Australian cars.
*October 13 – The first traffic lights in Sydney become operational at the intersection of Kent and Market Streets.

cience & Technology

Arts and literature

* Charles Wheeler wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Ambrose Pratt

Film

* Errol Flynn makes his first film appearance, "In the Wake of the Bounty", directed by Charles Chauvel

port

* "Hall Mark" wins the Melbourne Cup
* New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
* England defeats Australia 4-1 in The Ashes series

Births

* January 23 – Bill Hayden, Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996)
* April 15 – David Martin (d. 1990), Governor of New South Wales (1989–1990)
* August 30 – Keith Payne, soldier
* October 3 – Neale Fraser, tennis player
* October 5 – Diane Cilento, actress
* December 1 – James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
* December 5 – Harry Holgate (d. 1997), Premier of Tasmania (1991–1992)
* December 20 – Ted Mack, politician

Deaths

*January 7 – Bert Hinkler (b. 1892), aviation pioneer
*January 9 – Daphne Akhurst (b. 1903), tennis player
*January 10 – Richard Buzacott (b. 1867), Senator for Western Australia
*January 17 – John Hodges (b. 1855), cricketer
*February 5 – Josiah Thomas (b. 1863), miner and politician
*February 16 – Archie Jackson (b. 1909), cricketer
*March 21 – James Edmond (b. 1859), journalist and editor of "The Bulletin"
*April 15 – Alfred Stephens (b. 1865), writer and literary critic
*April 20 – William Rooke Creswell (b. 1852), naval officer
*April 30 – Robert Hamilton Russell (b. 1860), surgeon
*June 4 – Herbert Basedow (b. 1881), anthropologist, geologist, politician and explorer
*July 20 – William Lowrie (b. 1857), agricultural educationist
*July 26 – Joseph Cooke Verco (b. 1851), physician and conchologist
*August 10 – Alf Morgans (b. 1850), Premier of Western Australia (1901)
*November 13 – Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell (b. 1884), soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
*November 15 – Affie Jarvis (b. 1860), cricketer

ee also

*1933
*1930s