The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

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George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born duri ...

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

– John Baird, Baronet of Stonehaven *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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James Scullin James Henry Scullin (18 September 1876 – 28 January 1953) was an Australian Labor Party politician and the ninth Prime Minister of Australia. Scullin led Labor to government at the 1929 Australian federal election. He was the first Catho ...

* Chief Justice –

Adrian Knox Sir Adrian Knox KCMG, KC (29 November 186327 April 1932) was an Australian lawyer and judge who served as the second Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1919 to 1930. Knox was born in Sydney, the son of businessman Sir Edward Knox. He ...

(until 18 March) then

Isaac Isaacs Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs (6 August 1855 – 11 February 1948) was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936. He had previously served on the High Court of A ...

State premiers

Premier of New South Wales The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislature. ...

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Thomas Bavin Sir Thomas Rainsford Bavin, (5 May 1874 – 31 August 1941) was an Australian lawyer and politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1927 to 1930. He was born in New Zealand and arrived in Australia at the age of 15, where he stud ...

(until 4 November), then Jack Lang *

Premier of Queensland The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is ap ...

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Arthur Edward Moore Arthur Edward Moore (9 February 1876 – 7 January 1963) was an Australian politician. He was the Country and Progressive National Party Premier of Queensland, from 1929 to 1932. He was the only Queensland Premier not to come from the ra ...

Premier of South Australia The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The premier is ...

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Richard Layton Butler Sir Richard Layton Butler KCMG (31 March 1885 – 21 January 1966) was the 31st Premier of South Australia, serving two disjunct terms in office: from 1927 to 1930, and again from 1933 to 1938. Early life Born on a farm near Gawler, South Austr ...

(until 17 April), then

Lionel Hill Lionel Laughton Hill (14 May 1881 – 19 March 1963) was an Australian politician who served as the thirtieth Premier of South Australia, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. Early life Born in Adelaide, So ...

Premier of Tasmania The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of Ta ...

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John McPhee John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is an American writer. He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourth ...

Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government in the Australian state of Victoria. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, and is the leader of the political party able to secure a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly ...

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Edmond Hogan Edmond John "Ned" Hogan (12 December 1883 – 23 August 1964) was an Australian politician who was the 30th Premier of Victoria. He was born in Wallace, Victoria, where his Irish-born parents were small farmers. After attending a Roman Catholi ...

Premier of Western Australia The premier of Western Australia is the head of government of the state of Western Australia. The role of premier at a state level is similar to the role of the prime minister of Australia at a federal level. The premier leads the executive bra ...

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Philip Collier Philip Collier (21 April 1873 – 18 October 1948) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th Premier of Western Australia from 1924 to 1930 and from 1933 to 1936. He was leader of the Labor Party from 1917 to 1936, and is Western Aus ...

(until 24 April), then

Sir James Mitchell Sir James Mitchell, (27 April 1866 – 26 July 1951) was an Australian politician. He served as premier of Western Australia from 1919 to 1924 and from 1930 to 1933, as leader of the Nationalist Party. He then held viceregal office from 1933 ...

State governors

Governor of New South Wales The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the ...

– Sir Dudley de Chair *

Governor of Queensland The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the monarch of Australia. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governor Governors of the Australian states, performs c ...

– Sir John Goodwin *

Governor of South Australia The governor of South Australia is the representative in South Australia of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The governor performs the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the governor-gene ...

– Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven *

Governor of Tasmania The governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of the Monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. The incumbent governor is Barbara Baker, who was appointed in June 2021. The official residence of the ...

– Sir James O'Grady *

Governor of Victoria The governor of Victoria is the representative of the monarch, King Charles III, in the Australian state of Victoria. The governor is one of seven viceregal representatives in the country, analogous to the governors of the other states, and the ...

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Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers Arthur Herbert Tennyson Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers, (20 March 1887 – 14 July 1944), was a British Army officer who was the 16th Governor of Victoria, from 1926 to 1931 and Administrator of Australia in 1930-31. He had a long involvement w ...

Governor of Western Australia The governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of the monarch of Australia, currently King Charles III. As with the other governors of the Australian states, the governor of Western Australia performs constitutional ...

– Sir William Campion

Events

Miss Hera Roberts posing on the deck of HNLMS JAVA, 1930

* 11 November – The

Shrine of Remembrance The Shrine of Remembrance (commonly referred to as The Shrine) is a war memorial in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road. It was built to honour the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I, but ...

in Brisbane is dedicated.

Arts and literature

Sport

*6 January – Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings. *25 January – Harry Hopman and Jack Crawford (tennis player), Jack Crawford win the Australian Open, Australian Doubles Championship at Kooyong, Victoria. *4 October - The 1930 NSWRFL season culminates in Western Suburbs Magpies, Western Suburbs' 27–2 victory over St. George Dragons, St. George in the premiership final, marking Western Suburbs' first premiership since the club was founded in 1908. *11 October - The VFL Grand Final was won by the Collingwood Football Club, defeating the Geelong Football Club by 30 points, establishing an as yet unbeaten record in consecutive premierships in Australian Rules football's premier league., *4 November – Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup. *The Australia national rugby league team completed the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.

Births

January - February

* 11 January ** Ron Mulock, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014) ** Rod Taylor, actor (d. 2015) * 12 January – Ewen Cameron (Australian politician), Ewan Cameron, Victorian politician * 19 January – Don Kendell, businessman (d. 2001) * 21 January – Arthur Tonkin (politician), Arthur Tonkin, Western Australian politician * 23 January – Mervyn Rose, tennis player (d. 2017) * 26 January – Richard Killen, New South Wales politician (d. 2012) * 28 January – A. David Buckingham, chemist (d. 2021) * 9 February – Robert Bropho, Indigenous rights activist and convicted sex offender (d. 2011) * 12 February – Jim Ramsay, Victorian politician (d. 2013) * 15 February – Bruce Dawe, poet (d. 2020) * 21 February – Elsa Klensch, journalist and television presenter (d. 2022) * 22 February – Max Smith, New South Wales politician * 26 February – Les McMahon, New South Wales politician (d. 2015) * 27 February – Joe Riordan, New South Wales politician (d. 2012) * 27 February – Diane Holland, actress (d. 2009)

March - April

John Landy at Iffley Road on the 50th anniversary of the four minute mile 6 May 2004 (cropped from the photo with Roger Bannister)

* 1 March – Doris Goddard, cabaret singer and actress (d. 2019) * 4 March – John Toohey (judge), John Toohey, High Court of Australia, High Court justice (d. 2015) * 5 March – John Miles (Australian politician), John Miles, Victorian politician (d. 2010) * 11 March – Geoffrey Blainey, historian * 18 March – Joan Chambers, Victorian politician (d. 2016) * 19 March – Pat Hanlon, Queensland politician (d. 2014) * 23 March – Owen Harries, academic and magazine editor (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 2020) * 29 March – John Marshall (swimmer), John Marshall, Olympic swimmer (d. 1957) * 30 March – Rolf Harris, entertainer, musician and convicted sex offender * 5 April – Bob Fell, Victorian politician * 11 April ** John Hyde (footballer), John Hyde, Australian rules footballer (Geelong Football Club, Geelong) (d. 2020) ** Peter Toogood, golfer (d. 2019) * 12 April ** John Landy, 26th

and Olympic athlete (d. 2022) ** Nancy Lyons, Olympic swimmer * 13 April – Dorothy Isaksen, New South Wales politician * 14 April – Kevin Humphreys (rugby league), Kevin Humphreys, rugby league player (d. 2010) * 20 April – Gordon Hamilton Fairley, surgeon and oncologist (d. 1975) * 24 April – Ken Muggleston, set decorator (d. 2021)

May - June

* 4 May – Colin Hughes, academic and public servant (born in The Bahamas) (d. 2017) * 7 May – Tom McVeigh, Queensland politician * 9 May – Bob Brown (motorcyclist), Bob Brown, motorcyclist (d. 1960) * 15 May – Haddon Storey, Victorian politician * 16 May – Brian Davies (rugby league), Brian Davies, rugby league footballer (d. 2012) * 21 May ** Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2015) ** Syd Slocomb, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda Football Club, St Kilda) (d. 2021) * 24 May ** Tony Bull (footballer), Tony Bull, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne) (d. 2019) ** Barry Downs, Olympic sports shooter (d. 2020) * 30 May – Sever Sternhell, academic, and organic chemist (born in Poland) (d. 2022) * 9 June ** Terry Norris (actor), Terry Norris, Victorian politician and actor ** David Wordsworth, Western Australian politician (born in British Raj, India) * 11 June – Neale Lavis, Olympic equestrian (d. 2019) * 12 June ** Jim Burke (cricketer), Jim Burke, cricketer (d. 1979) ** Dugald Munro, New South Wales politician (d. 1973) * 14 June – Lorna Fejo, member of the stolen generations (d. 2022) * 16 June – Malcolm Brooks, New South Wales politician (d. 2020) * 18 June – Roger Johnston, Victorian politician (d. 2020) * 25 June – Alf Hughes, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn Football Club, Hawthorn) (d. 2019)

July - August

* 1 July – Jack Hedley (Australian footballer), Jack Hedley, Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne) (d. 2021) * 2 July – Ron Grey, senior army officer and commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (d. 2022) * 6 July ** Michael Baume, New South Wales politician ** Tom Hynd, Queensland politician (d. 2011) * 10 July ** Harold Allison, South Australian politician ** John Green (botanist), John Green, botanist * 14 July ** Stan Evans, South Australian politician ** Ray Martini, Australian rules footballer * 17 July – William Heseltine, Sir William Heseltine, Private Secretary to the Sovereign, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II * 18 July – Judy Gamin, Queensland politician (d. 2022) * 20 July – Bryan Conquest, Queensland politician (d. 2018) * 26 July – Johno Johnson, New South Wales politician (d. 2017) * 30 July ** Bobby Dimond, rugby league footballer (d. 2020) ** Al Lawrence (distance runner), Al Lawrence, Olympic runner (d. 2017) * 31 July – John Freebairn, South Australian politician (d. 2016) * 2 August – Vali Myers, visionary artist, dancer, bohemian and muse (d. 2003) * 2 August – Peter Lehmann (winemaker), Peter Lehmann, wine producer (d. 2013) * 22 August – Brian Bannon, New South Wales politician (d. 2017) * 24 August – Paul Mooney (rugby union), Paul Mooney, rugby union player (d. 2006)

September - October

* 9 September ** Francis Carroll, archbishop ** Lon Hatherell, rugby union player ** Jack Lihou, cricketer (d. 2021) * 11 September – Clifford Grant, operatic singer (d. 2021) * 22 September – Donald MacMillan (rugby union), Donald MacMillan, rugby union player (d. 1982) * 29 September – Richard Bonynge, conductor and pianist * 4 October – Keith Batchelor, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood and North Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne) (d. 2009) * 6 October – Richie Benaud, cricketer and commentator (d. 2015) * 11 October – Ian Foreman, Australian rules footballer (Western Bulldogs, Footscray) (d. 2021) * 22 October – Frank Lowy, Sir Frank Lowy, businessman (born in Czechoslovakia) * 26 October – Shirley Abicair, actress, musician and author * 31 October – Bill Hewitt (politician), Bill Hewitt, Queensland politician (d. 2016)

November - December

* 14 November – Ray Land, Olympic sprinter (d. 2020) * 15 November – Ray Thorburn, New South Wales politician (d. 1986) * 18 November – Geoff Williams (footballer), Geoff Williams, Australian rules footballer (Geelong Football Club, Geelong) (d. 2020) * 21 November – Eddie Stapleton, rugby union player (d. 2005) * 27 November – Dick Poole (rugby league), Dick Poole, rugby league player * 28 November – Kate Baxter, fencer (d. 2019) * 29 November – Max Evans (politician), Max Evans, Western Australian politician (d. 2019) * 30 November – John Newham, 16th Chief of Air Force (Australia), Chief of the Air Staff * 1 December – Marie Bashir – 37th

* 3 December ** John Coulter (politician), John Coulter, South Australian politician ** Daryl E. Hooper, electronic engineer (d. 1985) * 4 December – Donald Trescowthick, Sir Donald Trescowthick, businessman * 5 December – Lionel Cox (cyclist), Lionel Cox, Olympic track cyclist (d. 2010) * 8 December ** June Craig, Western Australian politician ** Doug Ricketson, rugby league player (d. 2019) * 19 December – Richard Scotton, health economist (d. 2019) * 20 December – Noel Ferrier, actor (d. 1997) * 29 December – Lilliane Brady, Mayor of Cobar, New South Wales, Cobar (d. 2021) * 31 December – Phil O'Brien (footballer), Phil O'Brien, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn Football Club, Hawthorn) (d. 2020)

Deaths

* 14 January – John Bisdee, military officer and Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1869) * 18 January – Thorburn Robertson, Brailsford Robertson, physiologist and biochemist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1884) * 3 March – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 12th

(born and died in the United Kingdom) (d. 1852) * 19 March – Henry Lefroy, Sir Henry Lefroy, 11th

(b. 1854) * 22 April – John Russell (Australian painter), John Russell, impressionist painter (b. 1858) * 21 May – Robert Cook (Australian politician), Robert Cook, Victorian politician (b. 1867) * 27 May – William Jethro Brown, Jethro Brown, jurist and professor of law (b. 1868) * 6 July – Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville, sculptor, water colourist, and educator (b. 1861) * 27 July – George James Coates, artist (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1869) * 20 August ** Charles Bannerman, cricketer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1851) ** John Brazier, malacologist (b. 1842) * 2 September – Archibald Strong, scholar and poet (b. 1876) * 11 September – William Carpenter (Australian politician), William Carpenter, Western Australian politician (b. 1863) * 19 September – Neville Howse, Sir Neville Howse, New South Wales politician, military officer and first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1863) * 1 October ** Albert Henry Fullwood, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1863) ** James Whiteside McCay, Sir James McCay, Victorian politician and soldier (born in Ireland) (b. 1864) * 30 October – John Creed (politician), John Creed, New South Wales politician and doctor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1842) * 13 November – Thomas Bulch, musician and composer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1862) * 14 November – Sandy Pearce, rugby league player (b. 1883) * 16 December – Octavius Beale, piano manufacturer and philanthropist (born in Ireland) (b. 1850)

References

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