- 1925 in Australia
Infobox Australian year
year = 1925
monarch = George V
governor-general = Henry Forster, then John Baird
pm =Stanley Bruce
population = 5,939,231
australian =
elections =Federal, Tasmania, New South Wales"See also:"1924 in Australia ,
other events of 1925,1926 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .Incumbents
*Monarch – King George V
*Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (untilOctober 8 ) thenJohn Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
*Prime Minister –Stanley Bruce tate premiers
*
Premier of New South Wales – George Fuller (untilJune 17 ), then Jack Lang
*Premier of Queensland –Ted Theodore (untilFebruary 26 ), then William Gillies (untilOctober 22 ), thenWilliam McCormack
*Premier of South Australia – John Gunn
*Premier of Tasmania –Joseph Lyons
*Premier of Victoria – John Allan
*Premier of Western Australia –Philip Collier tate governors
*
Governor of New South Wales – Sir Dudley de Chair
*Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan (untilSeptember 17 )
*Governor of South Australia – Sir Tom Bridges
*Governor of Tasmania – Sir James O'Grady
*Governor of Victoria –George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
*Governor of Western Australia – Sir William CampionEvents
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January 26 – Australia's oldest commercialradio station ,2UE , begins broadcasting inSydney . [Langon, Dr. Jeff: [http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/RADIO_HIST_AUS.html The History of Radio in Australia] ,Australian Centre for the Moving Image , 1995.]
*May 20 – TheMurrumbidgee River floods for eight days killing four people. [ [http://www.ema.gov.au/ema/emadisasters.nsf/6a1bf6b4b60f6f05ca256d1200179a5b/f8472dcf9b9c1767ca256d3300058003?OpenDocument Australian Government Emergency Management database] ]
*May 30 –Millicent Preston-Stanley becomes the first woman member of theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly .
*June 3 – A general election is held inTasmania . The Labor government ofJoseph Lyons is returned in a landslide victory.
*June 9 – Ten people are killed in aderailment nearTraveston railway station, Queensland
*September 1 –Thomas Blamey becomes Chief Commissioner ofVictoria Police .cience & Technology
* The Cactoblastis moth is introduced in Queensland to control Prickly Pear
Arts and literature
*
John Longstaff wins theArchibald Prize for his portrait of Maurice MoscovitchFilm
port
* "Windbag" wins the
Melbourne Cup
* Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
*September 26 – Geelong defeats Collingwood 10.19 (79) to 9.15 (69), becoming premiers of the1925 VFL season .Births
*
February 8 – Francis Webb, poet (d. 1973)
*February 10 –Basil Hennessy , archaeologist
*February 11 –George Avery , Olympic triple jumper
*February 17 –Joy Nichols , comedian and actress
*March 19 –Creighton Burns , journalist and editor-in-chief of "The Age" (d. 2008)
*April 4 –Dorothy Alison , actress (d. 1992)
*April 21 – Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of the High Court
*June 4 –Peter Benjamin Graham , artist (d. 1987)
*July 6 –Ruth Cracknell , actor (d. 2002)
*July 18 –Shirley Strickland , athlete (d. 2004)
*August 19 –Laurie Sawle , cricketer
*August 21 –Don Chipp , politician and founder of theAustralian Democrats (d. 2006)
*August 27 –Fred Emery , psychologist (d. 1997)
*August 27 –Ken Grieves , cricketer (d. 1992)
*August 27 –Bill Neilson , Premier of Tasmania (1975–1977) (d. 1989)
*September 24 –Harry Jenkins (senior) , politician (d. 2004)
*October 4 –Renfrey Potts , mathematician (d. 2005)
*October 18 –Thomas Millar , historian (d. 1994)
*October 24 –Ken Mackay , cricketer (d. 1982)
*November 17 –Charles Mackerras , conductor
*November 23 –James Killen , politician (d. 2007)
*December 10 – Norm McDonald, Australian rules footballer (d. 2002)Deaths
*
January 24 –William Aitcheson Haswell (b. 1854), zoologist
*February 4 –Richard Godfrey Rivers (b. 1859), artist
*February 23 – John Holman (b. 1872), West Australian politician
*March 1 – Rev. John Ferguson (b. 1852), Presbyterian minister
*April 16 –Thomas McCawley (b. 1881), Chief Justice of Queensland
*April 20 –Rose Scott (b. 1847), social reformer
*April 28 – Richard Butler (b. 1850), Premier of South Australia (1905)
*May 1 –Arthur McCabe (b. 1887), Olympic rugby union player
*June 22 –Matthew Gibney (b. 1835), Catholic bishop who gave last rites to Ned Kelly
*June 27 –Simpson Newland (b. 1835), Murray River pioneer
*July 18 – Edward Russell (b. 1878), Victorian politician
*July 26 –William Trenwith (b. 1846), trade unionist
*August 3 – William Bruce (b. 1864), cricketer
*August 30 –Magnus Cromarty (b. 1875), NSW politician
*September 5 –Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (b. 1846), geologist
*September 28 – Joseph Brown (b. 1844), politician
*October 3 –Charles Web Gilbert (b. 1867), sculptor
*October 24 –Charles Kenningham (b. 1860), English opera singer
*November 4 –Paddy Hannan (b. 1840), gold prospector
*November 13 – Charles McDonald (b. 1860), politician
*November 16 –Joseph Maiden (b. 1859), botanistee also
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1925
*1920s References
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