- 1931 in Australia
Infobox Australian year
year = 1931
monarch = George V
governor-general =John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven , thenIsaac Isaacs
pm =James Scullin
population = 6,526,485
australian =
elections =Federal, Tasmania"See also:"1930 in Australia ,
other events of 1931,1932 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
*Monarch – King George V
*Governor-General –John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (untilJanuary 21 ), then Sir Isaac Isaacs
*Prime Minister –James Scullin tate Premiers
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Premier of New South Wales – Jack Lang
*Premier of Queensland –Arthur Edward Moore
*Premier of South Australia –Lionel Hill
*Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
*Premier of Victoria –Edmond Hogan
*Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchelltate Governors
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Governor of New South Wales – Sir Philip Game
*Governor of Queensland – Sir John Goodwin
*Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
*Governor of Tasmania – "none appointed"
*Governor of Victoria –Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers (untilJune 23 )
*Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Campion (untilJune 9 )Events
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January 7 –Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stoptrans-Tasman flight (fromAustralia toNew Zealand ) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
*January 10 – TheBeef Riot takes place inAdelaide . Seventeen people are injured when unemployed men clash with police while protesting the decision to removebeef from the dole ration.
*January 21 –Isaac Isaacs becomes the first Australian-born Governor-General.
*January 22 – TheCommonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration announces a 10% reduction in the basic wage, in addition to reductions made in accordance with the fall in thecost of living index, effective fromFebruary 1 .
*February 4 –Joseph Lyons resigns from the federal cabinet ofJames Scullin , after Scullin re-appointsTed Theodore as Treasurer.
*February 18 – TheRoyal Australian Navy light cruiser HMAS "Pioneer" is scuttled offSydney Heads .
*March 4 – Holden's Motor Body Builders is purchased by General Motors, and is renamed General Motors–Holden's Ltd.
*March 10 – The first Apex Club is formed inGeelong, Victoria .
*March 21 – The Australian National Airways aircraft "Southern Cloud", carrying 8 persons, disappears on a flight betweenSydney andMelbourne . The wreckage is not located until 1958.
*May 7 –Joseph Lyons forms theUnited Australia Party , through the amalgamation of ALP defectors, Nationalists and anti-Labor citizens' groups.
*May 9 – A general election is held inTasmania , which implementscompulsory voting clauses of the Electoral Act for the first time. The Nationalist Party led by John McPhee defeats theAustralian Labor Party , and substantially increasing its majority.
*August 15 – The two ends of theSydney Harbour Bridge are joined in the middle.
*November 25 – TheLang Labor group led byJack Lang votes with the Opposition on amotion of no confidence againstJames Scullin 's government, triggering an early election.
*December 19 – A federal election is held. The incumbentAustralian Labor Party led byJames Scullin is defeated by former Labor MPJoseph Lyons and theUnited Australia Party .cience & Technology
Arts and literature
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John Longstaff wins theArchibald Prize with his portrait of Sir John SulmanFilm
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* "White Nose" wins the
Melbourne Cup
* Victoria wins the Sheffield ShieldBirths
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March 11 -Rupert Murdoch , businessman
*April 26 - John Cain, Premier of Victoria
*November 21 -Malcolm Williamson (d.2003 ), composerDeaths
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February 23 -Nellie Melba (b.1861 ), opera singer
*September 14 -Tom Roberts (b.1856 , artistee also
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*1930s
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