1937 in Australia

1937 in Australia
Monarchy	George VI
Governor-General	Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
Prime minister	Joseph Lyons
Population	6,835,536
Elections	Federal, VIC, TAS

Incumbents

Monarch – King George VI
Governor-General – Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
Prime Minister – Joseph Lyons

State Premiers

State Governors

Governor of New South Wales – John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst (from 8 April)
Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
Governor of South Australia – Sir Winston Dugan
Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark
Governor of Victoria – William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield
Governor of Western Australia – none appointed

Events

9 February – Cairns is hit by a tropical cyclone.
15 February – An explosion kills 13 men at the State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi, Victoria.
20 February – A general election is held in Tasmania. The incumbent Labor government led by Albert Ogilvie is returned to power.
1 March – Bernard O'Reilly locates the wreckage of an Airlines of Australia Stinson airliner, VH-UHH City of Brisbane, in the McPherson Range in southern Queensland. Two survivors are rescued, five others did not survive.
20 April – Regular airmail services begin between Australia and the USA.
23 October – The ACTU calls on the government to boycott trade with Japan, following the Japanese invasion of China.

Arts and literature

Main article: 1937 in Australian literature

24 June – The Commonwealth Literature Censorship Board replaces the Book Censorship Advisory Committee, and temporarily lifts the ban on Ulysses by James Joyce.
Sunbaker by photographer Max Dupain

Sport

3 March – Captained by Don Bradman, Australia defeats England in the Fifth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, retaining The Ashes.
25 September – Geelong become premiers of the 1937 VFL season, defeating Collingwood 18.14 (122) to 12.18 (90).
19 November – Hubert Opperman completes an epic bicycle ride from Fremantle, Western Australia to Sydney, taking 13 days, 10 hours and 11 minutes.

Births

16 January – Lorraine Bayly, actor
19 January – John Lions, computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
21 January
- Peter Gallagher (died 2003), rugby league footballer
- Michael Beahan, Labor Senator for Western Australia
25 January – John Watson, Liberal Senator for Tasmania
4 February – John Devitt, Olympic swimmer
19 February
- Lee Harding, science fiction writer
- Colin Ridgway, NFL American footballer (died 1993)
21 February – Ron Clarke, Olympic athlete
3 March – Kevin O'Halloran, Olympic swimmer
7 April – Louise Faulkner, missing woman
19 April – Lindsay Fox, businessman
27 May – Peter Pinne, writer and composer
1 June – Colleen McCullough, novelist (died 2015)
11 June – Robin Warren, Nobel Prize-winning pathologist
26 July
- Alan Cadman, politician
- Guy Green, Governor of Tasmania (1995–2003)
28 August – Tony Marchant, Olympic track cyclist
1 September – Ian Callinan, High Court judge
4 September – Dawn Fraser, Olympic swimmer
17 September – Gary Chapman, Olympic swimmer
18 September – Barry Muir, rugby league footballer
3 October – John Hodges, Minister for Immigration (1982–1983)
10 October – Bruce Devlin, golfer
21 November – John Kerin, politician
12 December
- Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia
- Judy Tegart, tennis player
17 December – Kerry Packer, businessman (died 2005)

Deaths

14 February – Walter Burley Griffin (born 1876), architect of Canberra (died in India)
18 March – Walter Wilson Froggatt (born 1858), geologist and economic entomologist
9 June – Charles Chewings (born 1859), geologist and anthropologist
10 July – Thomas Brentnall (born 1846), accountant and musician
22 July – Ted McDonald (born 1891), cricketer and Australian Rules footballer (Essendon, Fitzroy)
28 July – Sir George Hyde (born 1877), head of the Royal Australian Navy
14 August – Bruce Smith (born 1851), politician
28 August – George Prendergast (born 1854), Premier of Victoria (1924)
28 September – William Ramsay Smith (born 1859), anthropologist
2 October – Sir Granville Ryrie (born 1865), soldier
4 November – Alfred Walter Campbell (born 1868), neurologist
6 November – William Moore (born 1868), art and drama critic
17 November – Jack Worrall (born 1860), cricketer and Australian Rules footballer
19 November – Rayner Hoff (born 1894), sculptor
27 November – Walter Howchin (born 1845), geologist
11 December – Godfrey Irving (born 1867), soldier and Chief of the General Staff (1915)
16 December – Sir Murray Bourchier (born 1881), soldier and Deputy Premier of Victoria

Years in Australia (1788–present)

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Timeline of Australian history

1937 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

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