1922 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
year = 1922
monarch = George V
governor-general = Henry Forster
pm =Billy Hughes
population = 5,569,889
australian =
elections =Federal, New South Wales, Tasmania"See also:"
1921 in Australia,
other events of 1922,
1923 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

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

tate premiers

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

tate governors

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

Events

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

cience and technology

*September 21 – A total solar eclipse occurs over Australia, allowing scientists to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. [ [http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/eclipse.htm 1922 Solar Eclipse in Australia - Testing Einstein's Theory] , The University of Melbourne.]

Arts and literature

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

port

*February 28 – Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield.
*September 30 – Fitzroy wins the 1922 VFL Grand Final, defeating Collingwood 11.13 (79) to 9.14 (68).
*November 7 – "King Ingoda" wins the Melbourne Cup.

Births

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

Deaths

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

ee also

*1922
*1920s

References