- 1918 in Australia
Infobox Australian year
year = 1918
monarch = George V
governor-general = Ronald Munro-Ferguson
pm =Billy Hughes
population = 5,029,403
australian =
elections =South Australia, Queensland"See also:"1917 in Australia ,
other events of 1918,1919 in Australia and theTimeline of Australian history .1918 in Australia was dominated by national participation in
World War I . TheAustralian Corps was formed at the beginning of the year from the five divisions of theFirst Australian Imperial Force played a significant role in the Allied victory in the war.Incumbents
*Monarch – King George V
*Governor-General – Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson
*Prime Minister –Billy Hughes tate premiers
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Premier of New South Wales –William Holman
*Premier of Queensland –T.J. Ryan
*Premier of South Australia –Archibald Peake
*Premier of Tasmania – Walter Lee
*Premier of Victoria –John Bowser (untilMarch 21 ), thenHarry Lawson
*Premier of Western Australia – Sir Henry Lefroytate governors
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Governor of New South Wales –Walter Edward Davidson (fromFebruary 18 )
*Governor of Queensland –Hamilton Goold-Adams
*Governor of South Australia – Sir Henry Galway
*Governor of Tasmania –Francis Newdegate
*Governor of Victoria – Sir Arthur Stanley
*Governor of Western Australia –William Ellison-Macartney Events
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January 8 –Billy Hughes resigns asPrime Minister of Australia as promised following the defeat of the 1917 plebiscite on conscription. He is immediately sworn in again by the Governor-General as there are no alternative candidates.
*January 21 – Thirty people are killed when the Mackay cyclone strikes the town of Mackay inQueensland .
*February 2 – TheBrighton tornado , the strongest storms ever recorded in Melbourne, strike the suburb of Brighton, killing two people.
*March 21 –John Bowser resigns asPremier of Victoria after his railway estimates bill is defeated in parliament.Harry Lawson forms a composite ministry of Liberal factions, including Bowser as Chief Secretary and Minister for Public Health.
*3 August –Australia House , Australia'shigh commission to theUnited Kingdom , opens inLondon .
*September 22 – The Prime MinisterBilly Hughes makes the first direct radio telephone call between England and Australia, callingSydney fromLondon .
*October 6 – Australia's first electric train service begins, between Newmarket and Flemington Racecourse inMelbourne .
*October 26 – A by-election is held in theDivision of Swan following the death of the sitting member, Sir John Forrest. The youngest ever MP,Edwin Corboy , is elected to parliament.
*December 17 – TheDarwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of theAdministrator of the Northern Territory ,John A. Gilruth .World War I events
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January 1 – TheAustralian Corps is formed from the five AIF divisions on theWestern Front .
*March 21 – TheAustralian Corps commences fighting to stop the German offensiveOperation Michael , the German advance nearAmiens .
*25 April – Australian forces recaptureVillers-Bretonneux from the German army helping to stop Operation Georgette.
*May 31 –John Monash takes command of the Australia Corps.
*July 4 -John Monash leads an attack onHamel , regarded as one of the most prepared battles of the entire war.
*August 8 – TheBattle of Amiens begins with British, Australian and Canadian troops participating in a successful offensive – GeneralErich Ludendorff described it as "the black day of the German Army".
*August 12 – King George V knightsJohn Monash on the battlefield, the first British commander to be knighted in that way for 200 years.
*September 18 – Forces led byJohn Monash attack theHindenburg Line in theBattle of the Hindenburg Line capturing 4,300 German troops.
*October 1 – Australian troops captureDamascus .
*October 5 – The last Australian operation in theBattle of the Hindenburg Line taking the village ofMontbrehain with the line cleared by October 10.
*November 11 – Germany signs an Armistice to endWorld War I .
*December 10 –Royal Australian Navy ships sail to theBlack Sea to assist theWhite Army in theRussian Civil War .Arts and Literature
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May Gibbs publishes "Snugglepot and Cuddlepie ".*
Norman Lindsay publishes "The Magic Pudding ".port
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August 3 – TheSouth Sydney Rabbitohs win theNew South Wales Rugby Football League season 1918 .
*September 7 – The South Melbourne Swans defeat the Collingwood Magpies 9.8 (62) to 7.15 (57), becoming premiers of the1918 VFL season .
*November 12 – Night Watch wins theMelbourne Cup .Births
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January 16 –Clem Jones , Lord Mayor of Brisbane (d. 2007)
*January 26 –Amy Witting , novelist (d. 2001)
*February 8 –Charles Birch , geneticist
*March 5 –John Billings , doctor who developed the Billings Method (d. 2007)
*March 18 –David Zeidler , chemist and industrialist (d. 1998)
*March 19 – Jim Brown, NSW politician (d. 1999)
*April 11 –Francis Hassett , Australian Army general
*April 18 –Harry Firth , race car driver
*April 21 –Francis James , publisher
*July 26 –Richard Arthur Blackburn , Chief Justice of the ACT (d. 1987)
*August 24 –Sandy Pearson , soldier
*September 4 – John Carrick, politician
*September 5 –Bob Katter, Sr. , Country Party politician (d. 1990)
*October 14 –Thelma Coyne Long , tennis player
*October 14 –Doug Ring , cricketer (d. 2003)
*December 15 –Pauline Neura Reilly , ornithologistDeaths
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July 14 – James White (b. 1861), sculptor
*September 12 – Sir George Reid (b. 1845), Premier of NSW (1894–1899) and Prime Minister (1904–1905)
*October 10 –Henry Dobson (b. 1841), Premier of Tasmania (1892–1894)
*October 12 –Mary Hannay Foott (b. 1846), poet
*December 7 – Frank Wilson (b. 1859), Premier of Western Australia (1910–1911)References
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