1934 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1934 in Australia.

Incumbents

*Monarch – George V
* Governor-General – Sir Isaac Isaacs
*Prime Minister – Joseph Lyons
* Chief Justice – Frank Gavan Duffy

State Premiers

*Premier of New South Wales – Bertram Stevens
*Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith
*Premier of South Australia – Richard L. Butler
*Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee (until 15 March), then Walter Lee (until 22 June), then Albert Ogilvie
*Premier of Victoria – Sir Stanley Argyle
*Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

State Governors

* Governor of New South Wales – Sir Philip Game
*Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
* Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (until 26 April), then Sir Winston Dugan (from 20 July)
*Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark
*Governor of Victoria – William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield (from 14 May)
*Governor of Western Australia – ''none appointed''

Events

*18 January – Qantas and Imperial Airways join forces and establish ''Qantas Empire Airways''.
*12 March – An intense cyclone crosses the Queensland coast near Innisfail, 75 people were confirmed dead.
*1 September – Body of the "Pyjama Girl" found in Albury, New South Wales.
*15 September – A federal election is held. Joseph Lyons is returned as Prime Minister, leading a United Australia Party- Country Party coalition to victory over the Australian Labor Party.
*3 October – Qantas de Havilland DH.50 ''Atalanta'', registration VH-UHE, crashes near Winton, Queensland, killing the pilot and 2 passengers.
*15 October – Captain Cook's cottage is opened to the public, after being dismantled in England, then shipped to Australia and reassembled in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne.
*18 October – Charles Prince of Morphettville is found guilty of fraud for the "ring in" of Redlock at the Murray Bridge Racing Club on 28 July.
*24 October – C. W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black cross the finishing line and win the MacRobertson Air Race, flying from London to Melbourne in an elapsed time of 71 hours.
*6 November – The Australian government attempts to stop left-wing writer Egon Erwin Kisch from entering the country, using the language provisions of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 which allowed a test in any European language. The multi-lingual Kisch was tested in Scottish Gaelic, although the decision to block his entry was later overturned by the High Court.
*11 November – The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne is dedicated.
*15 November – Qantas de Havilland DH86 crashes after departing from Longreach Airport during its delivery flight.

Unknown dates

* The first ute is produced by Ford in Geelong
* CMV Group founded

Arts and literature

* Henry Hanke wins the Archibald Prize with his self-portrait
* Eleanor Dark's '' Prelude to Christopher'' is published. The author was later awarded the ALS Gold Medal.
* Martin Boyd publishes his first novel ''Scandal of Spring''
* Christina Stead publishes her first novel ''Seven Poor Men of Sydney''

Film

* ''Strike Me Lucky'', starring Roy Rene and directed by Ken G. Hall, is released

Sport

*8 September - The 1934 NSWRFL season culminates in Western Suburbs' 15–12 victory against Eastern Suburbs in the final. University finish in last place, claiming the wooden spoon.
* ''Peter Pan'' wins the Melbourne Cup
* Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
* Australia defeats England 2–1 in The Ashes series, held in England

Births

*6 January – Harry M. Miller, promoter and publicist (died 2018)
*11 January – Peter Badcoe, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1967)
*20 January – Barry Fisher, cricketer (died 1980)
*26 January – Ruby Langford Ginibi, Indigenous author and historian (died 2011)
*31 January – Gil Jamieson, painter (died 1992)
*15 February – Graham Kennedy, entertainer (died 2005)
*17 February – Barry Humphries, entertainer
*24 February – Frank Brazier, Olympic cyclist (died 2021)
*20 March – David Malouf, writer
*16 April – Barrie Unsworth, Premier of New South Wales
*27 April – Colin Holt, Australian rules footballer (died 2018)
*1 May – John Meillon, actor (died 1989)
*5 May – Victor Garland, politician and high commissioner to the UK (died 2022)
*6 May – Chris Wallace-Crabbe, poet and academic
*2 June – Ian Brooker, botanist (died 2016)
*27 June – Bill Hay, Australian rules footballer (died 2018)
*6 July – Tony Burreket, politician
*7 July – Brian Davis, politician (died 2018)
*11 July – Barney Cooney, politician (died 2019)
*16 July – Marjorie McQuade, swimmer
*18 July – Alan Ridge, politician
*12 August – Ian George, Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide (1991–2004)(died 2019)
*17 August – Ben Humphreys, politician (died 2019)
*25 August – Jimmy Hannan, television presenter (died 2019)
*15 September – Fred Nile, clergyman and politician
*9 October – Jill Ker Conway, author and academic (died 2018)
*10 October – Julian Beale, politician (died 2021)
*24 October – Margie Masters, golfer (died 2022)
*2 November – Ken Rosewall, tennis player
*16 November – Peter Ross Sinclair, Governor of New South Wales (1990–1996)
*4 December – Bill Collins, film critic (died 2019)
*24 December – Alan Beaumont, Chief of the Australian Defence Force (1993–1995), (died 2004)

Deaths

* 1 January – Sir Robert Gibson, businessman (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1863)
* 14 January – Staniforth Smith, Western Australian politician (b. 1869)
* 22 January – Arthur Jose, historian (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1863)
* 30 January – Edward Heitmann, Western Australian politician (b. 1878)
* 21 February – Sydney Smith, New South Wales politician (b. 1856)
* 27 February – George Temple-Poole, architect and public servant (born in Italy) (b. 1856)
* 17 March – Walter Rosenhain, metallurgist (born in Germany and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1875)
* 23 March – Thomas Brown, New South Wales politician (b. 1861)
* 29 March – Sir Josiah Symon, South Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1846)
* 30 March – Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar, 6th Governor-General of Australia (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1860)
* 12 April – Bertram Steele, scientist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1870)
* 12 May – Agar Wynne, Victorian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1850)
* 25 May – Percy Coleman, New South Wales politician and union organiser (b. 1892)
* 5 June - Emily Dobson, philanthropist (b. 1842)
* 6 June – William Holman, 19th Premier of New South Wales (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1871)
* 19 June – John McDonald, Western Australian politician (b. 1869)
* 30 June – David Charleston, South Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1848)
* 14 July – John Thomson, New South Wales politician (b. 1862)
* 31 July – Charles McGrath, Victorian politician (b. 1872)
* 6 August – Alexander Leeper, educationist (born in Ireland) (b. 1848)
* 18 August – Sir John Sulman, architect (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1949)
* 27 August – Linda Agostini, murder victim (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1905)
* 28 August – Sir Edgeworth David, geologist and explorer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1858)
* 5 September – Sidney Myer, businessman and philanthropist (born in Belarus) (b. 1878)
* 10 September – Fred Bamford, Queensland politician (b. 1849)
* 7 October – William Sutherland Dun, palaeontologist and geologist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1868)
* 16 October – James Mathews, Victorian politician (b. 1865)
* 21 November – John Scaddan, 10th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1876)
* 3 December – Charles Ulm, aviator (died in the Pacific Ocean) (b. 1898)

See also

* List of Australian films of the 1930s

References

External links

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