- 1932 in Australia
Infobox Australian year
year = 1932
monarch = George V
governor-general =Isaac Isaacs
pm =Joseph Lyons
population = 6,576,824
australian =
elections =NSW, VIC, QLD"See also:"1931 in Australia ,
other events of 1932,1933 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
*Monarch – King George V
*Governor-General – Sir Isaac Isaacs
*Prime Minister –James Scullin (untilJanuary 6 ), thenJoseph Lyons tate Premiers
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Premier of New South Wales – Jack Lang (untilMay 13 ) then Bertram Stevens
*Premier of Queensland –Arthur Edward Moore (untilJune 17 ) thenWilliam Forgan Smith
*Premier of South Australia –Lionel Hill
*Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
*Premier of Victoria –Edmond Hogan (untilMay 19 ) thenStanley Argyle
*Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchelltate Governors
*
Governor of New South Wales – Sir Philip Game
*Governor of Queensland – Sir John Goodwin (untilApril 7 ), then Sir Leslie Orme Wilson (fromJune 13 )
*Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
*Governor of Tasmania – "none appointed"
*Governor of Victoria – "none appointed"
*Governor of Western Australia – "none appointed"Events
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March 19 -Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened
*March 30 - The "Grey Street Bridge", later renamed theWilliam Jolly Bridge , is opened inBrisbane
*April 5 - RacehorsePhar Lap dies at ranch inSan Francisco, CA
*May 13 - Premier of New South Wales, Jack Lang, is dismissed by the Governor, Sir Philip Game
*July 1 - The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) is established
*November 23 - The statue of "TheDog on the Tuckerbox " is unveiled atGundagai, New South Wales by Prime Minister Joseph Lyonscience & Technology
Arts and literature
*
Ernest Buckmaster wins theArchibald Prize with his portrait of Sir William IrvineFilm
port
* "Peter Pan" wins the
Melbourne Cup
* New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
* Australia defeats South Africa 5-0 in the cricket test series, played in Australia
*Bodyline is first introduced into cricket
* The Australian Olympic team wins 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal at the1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles
*March 20 - RacehorsePhar Lap , inTijuana, Mexico , wins the Agua Caliente Handicap; across Australia, thousands celebrate after the radio broadcast of the race.
*April 5 - RacehorsePhar Lap dies midday at ranch inSan Francisco, CA , two weeks after winning atAgua Caliente racetrack (2 autopsies find nothing; however, trees had been sprayed with alead -arsenate insecticide ); it isApril 6 at 10:30 in Australia when news spreads.Births
*
September 4 - John Herron, politician
*October 11 - Barry Jones, politician
* November 26 - North Shore Granny Killer, John Wayne GloverDeaths
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March 1 -George Chaffey (b.1848), irrigation pioneer
*April 27 - Sir Adrian Knox (b.1863), Chief Justice of the High Court
*June 17 - John Quick (b.1852), politician and author
*June 23 -Francis Kenna (b.1865), poet and politicianee also
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1932
*1930s
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