1922 in Australia

1922 in Australia
Monarchy	George V
Governor-General	Henry Forster
Prime minister	Billy Hughes
Population	5,569,889
Elections	Federal, New South Wales, Tasmania

Incumbents

Monarch – King George V
Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe
Prime Minister – Billy Hughes

State premiers

Premier of New South Wales – James Dooley (until 13 April), then George Fuller
Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore
Premier of South Australia – Henry Barwell
Premier of Tasmania – Walter Lee (until 12 August), then John Hayes
Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell
Premier of Victoria – Harry Lawson

State governors

Governor of New South Wales – Sir Walter Davidson
Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan
Governor of South Australia – Sir William Weigall (until 24 April), then Sir Tom Bridges (from 4 December)
Governor of Tasmania – Sir William Allardyce
Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
Governor of Western Australia – Sir Francis Newdegate

Events

14 February – Women are allowed to stand for parliament in Tasmania.
22 March – The Queensland Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Queensland is abolished.
10 June – A general election is held in Tasmania, which results in a hung parliament.
3 July – Queensland abolishes capital punishment, the first state in Australia to do so.
12 August – The Country Party and the Nationalist Party form a coalition government in Tasmania, with John Hayes as Premier.

Science and technology

21 September – A total solar eclipse occurs over Australia, allowing scientists to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.^[1]

Arts and literature

Main article: 1922 in Australian literature

4 May – British author D. H. Lawrence arrives in Australia for a three-month holiday, where he will meet Mollie Skinner and write the novel Kangaroo.

Sport

28 February – Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield.
30 September – Fitzroy wins the 1922 VFL Grand Final, defeating Collingwood 11.13 (79) to 9.14 (68).
7 November – King Ingoda wins the Melbourne Cup.
The 1922 NSWRFL Premiership is won by North Sydney who defeated Glebe in the final.

Births

5 January – Anthony Synnot, Chief of the Defence Force (died 2001)
15 January – Eric Willis, Premier of New South Wales (died 1999)
23 January – Tom Lewis, Premier of New South Wales
21 February – Fos Williams, Australian rules footballer (died 2001)
24 February – Bill Morris, Australian rules footballer (died 1960)
14 March – Bob Bignall, soccer player
15 March – Hesba Fay Brinsmead, children's author (died 2003)
28 March – Neville Bonner, first Indigenous federal MP (died 1999)
29 March – Mac Holten, Australian rules footballer and politician (died 1996)
30 March – John McLeay, Jr., politician (died 2000)
10 April – Nancy Millis, microbiologist
9 May – Col Hoy, cricket umpire (died 1999)
7 July – Robert Raymond, filmmaker and television pioneer (died 2003)
1 August – Pat McDonald, actress (Number 96) (died 1990)
23 August – Ronald Wilson, High Court justice (died 2005)
30 August – Lionel Murphy, Attorney-General and High Court justice (died 1986)
26 September – Leonard Teale, actor (died 1994)
1 November – James Rowland, Chief of Air Force and Governor of New South Wales (died 1999)
18 November – Una Hale, operatic soprano (died 2005)
6 December – Gordon Ada, microbiologist
20 December – Geoff Mack, country music singer
28 December – Lionel Bowen, politician

Deaths

10 January – Frank Tudor (born 1866), ALP opposition leader (1916–1921)
14 February – Bertram Stevens (born 1872), art critic
8 March – Elizabeth Hope, Lady Hope (born 1842), British evangelist
22 March – Arthur Groom (born 1852), politician and land agent
4 April – Peter Waite (born 1834), rancher and philanthropist
7 April – James McGowen (born 1855), Premier of New South Wales (1910–1913)
14 April – Rose Summerfield (born 1864), feminist and labour activist
24 April – Colin Campbell Ross (born 1892), publican executed for the Gun Alley murder
30 April – Robert Carl Sticht (born 1856), metallurgist
24 May – James Arthur Pollock (born 1865), physicist
25 May – Roy Redgrave (born 1873), silent film actor
31 May – Jørgen Christian Jensen (born 1891), Victoria Cross recipient
15 June – Alfred Cecil Rowlandson (born 1865), publisher
17 June – Robert Philp (born 1851), Premier of Queensland (1899–1903, 1907–1908)
11 July – Hans Irvine (born 1856), Victorian politician and vigneron
23 July – Joseph Edmund Carne (born 1855), geologist
30 July – Harry Butler (born 1889), aviator
2 September – Henry Lawson (born 1867), writer and poet
26 September – Sir Charles Wade (born 1863), Premier of New South Wales (1907–1910)
4 October – Ellis Rowan (born 1847), naturalist and illustrator
17 December – David Lindsay (born 1856), explorer

References

↑ 1922 Solar Eclipse in Australia - Testing Einstein's Theory, The University of Melbourne.

Years in Australia (1788–present)

1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800

1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Timeline of Australian history

1922 in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, December 29, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.