1925 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1925 in Australia.
| 1925 in Australia | |
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| Monarchy | George V |
| Governor-General | Henry Forster, then John Baird |
| Prime minister | Stanley Bruce |
| Population | 5,939,231 |
| Elections | Federal, Tasmania, New South Wales |
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Incumbents
- Monarch – George V
- Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (until 8 October) then John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
- Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce
- Chief Justice – Adrian Knox
State premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – George Fuller (until 17 June), then Jack Lang
- Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore (until 26 February), then William Gillies (until 22 October), then William McCormack
- Premier of South Australia – John Gunn
- Premier of Tasmania – Joseph Lyons
- Premier of Victoria – John Allan
- Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier
State governors
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir Dudley de Chair
- Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan (until 17 September)
- 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 Campion
Events
- 26 January – Australia's oldest commercial radio station, 2UE, begins broadcasting in Sydney.[1]
- 20 May – The Murrumbidgee River floods for eight days killing four people,[2] as up to 500 millimetres (20 in) falls in its upper catchment.[3]
- 30 May – Millicent Preston-Stanley becomes the first woman member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
- 1 to 31 May – Canberra records its wettest month on record with 339.4 millimetres (13.36 in) at Acton[4] and 297.4 millimetres (11.71 in) at Duntroon Military College.[5]
- 3 June – A general election is held in Tasmania. The Labor government of Joseph Lyons is returned in a landslide victory.
- 9 June – Ten people are killed in a derailment near Traveston railway station, Queensland
- 1 September – Thomas Blamey becomes Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.
Science and technology
- The Cactoblastis moth is introduced in Queensland to control prickly pear cactus.
Arts and literature
- John Longstaff wins the Archibald Prize for his portrait of Maurice Moscovitch
Sport
- Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
- 2 May – Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne play their initial Victorian Football League matches.
- 8 August – South Sydney record the only perfect season in NSWRFL history, winning all twelve of their matches.
- 26 September – Geelong defeats Collingwood 10.19 (79) to 9.15 (69), becoming premiers of the 1925 VFL season.
- 3 November – Windbag wins the Melbourne Cup.
Births
- 8 February – Francis Webb, poet (died 1973)
- 10 February – Basil Hennessy, archaeologist (died 2013)
- 11 February – George Avery, Olympic triple jumper (died 2006)
- 12 February – Ted Innes, politician (died 2010)
- 17 February – Joy Nichols, comedian and actress (died 1992)
- 20 February – Pat Lanigan, public servant (died 1992)
- 19 March – Creighton Burns, journalist and editor-in-chief of The Age (died 2008)
- 27 March – Ian Robinson, politician (died 2017)
- 4 April – Dorothy Alison, actress (died 1992)
- 21 April – Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of the High Court
- 2 May – Lou Rowan, Test cricket match umpire (died 2017)
- 19 May – Brian Moll, character actor, director and producer (died 2010)
- 24 May – Alfred Parsons, diplomat (died 2010)
- 4 June – Peter Benjamin Graham, artist (died 1987)
- 9 June – Don Ritchie, Australian official (died 2012)
- 3 July – Terry Moriarty, Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
- 6 July – Ruth Cracknell, actor (died 2002)
- 18 July
- Raymond Jones, architect
- Shirley Strickland, athlete (died 2004)
- 26 July – Neil O'Reilly, Australian rules footballer (died 1985)
- 19 August – Laurie Sawle, cricketer
- 21 August – Don Chipp, politician and founder of the Australian Democrats (died 2006)
- 24 August – Duncan Hall, rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s (died 2011)
- 27 August – Fred Emery, psychologist (died 1997)
- 27 August – Ken Grieves, cricketer (died 1992)
- 27 August – Bill Neilson, Premier of Tasmania (1975–1977) (died 1989)
- 24 September – Harry Jenkins (senior), politician (died 2004)
- 4 October – Renfrey Potts, mathematician (died 2005)
- 5 October – Murray Riley, Olympic rower (died 2020)
- 18 October – Thomas Millar, historian (died 1994)
- 24 October – Ken Mackay, cricketer (died 1982)
- 17 November – Charles Mackerras, conductor (died 2010)
- 23 November – James Killen, politician (died 2007)
- 10 December – Norm McDonald, Australian rules footballer (died 2002)
Deaths
- 24 January – William Aitcheson Haswell (born 1854), zoologist
- 4 February – Richard Godfrey Rivers (born 1859), artist
- 23 February – John Holman (born 1872), West Australian politician
- 1 March – Rev. John Ferguson (born 1852), Presbyterian minister
- 16 April – Thomas McCawley (born 1881), Chief Justice of Queensland
- 20 April – Rose Scott (born 1847), social reformer
- 28 April – Richard Butler (born 1850), Premier of South Australia (1905)
- 1 May – Arthur McCabe (born 1887), Olympic rugby union player
- 22 June – Matthew Gibney (born 1835), Catholic bishop who gave last rites to Ned Kelly
- 27 June – Simpson Newland (born 1835), Murray River pioneer
- 18 July – Edward Russell (born 1878), Victorian politician
- 26 July – William Trenwith (born 1846), trade unionist
- 3 August – William Bruce (born 1864), cricketer
- 30 August – Magnus Cromarty (born 1875), NSW politician
- 5 September – Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (born 1846), geologist
- 28 September – Joseph Brown (born 1844), politician
- 3 October – Charles Web Gilbert (born 1867), sculptor
- 24 October – Charles Kenningham (born 1860), English opera singer
- 4 November – Paddy Hannan (born 1840), gold prospector
- 13 November – Charles McDonald (born 1860), politician
- 16 November – Joseph Maiden (born 1859), botanist
References
- Langon, Dr. Jeff: The History of Radio in Australia Archived 3 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, 1995.
- Australian Government Emergency Management database Archived 24 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- Weekly rainfall 22 to 28 May, 1925
- Canberra (Acton) (070099) monthly rainfall
- Canberra (Duntroon Military College) annual rainfall
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