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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1925 in Australia .
Incumbents
Stanley Bruce
State premiers
State governors
Events
Science and technology
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
8 February – Francis Webb , poet (died 1973)
10 February – Basil Hennessy , archaeologist
11 February – George Avery , Olympic triple jumper
17 February – Joy Nichols , comedian and actress
19 March – Creighton Burns , journalist and editor-in-chief of The Age (died 2008)
4 April – Dorothy Alison , actress (died 1992)
21 April – Anthony Mason , Chief Justice of the High Court
4 June – Peter Benjamin Graham , artist (died 1987)
6 July – Ruth Cracknell , actor (died 2002)
18 July – Shirley Strickland , athlete (died 2004)
19 August – Laurie Sawle , cricketer
21 August – Don Chipp , politician and founder of the Australian Democrats (died 2006)
24 August – Duncan Hall , rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s (died 2011)
27 August – Fred Emery , psychologist (died 1997)
27 August – Ken Grieves , cricketer (died 1992)
27 August – Bill Neilson , Premier of Tasmania (1975–1977) (died 1989)
24 September – Harry Jenkins (senior) , politician (died 2004)
4 October – Renfrey Potts , mathematician (died 2005)
18 October – Thomas Millar , historian (died 1994)
24 October – Ken Mackay , cricketer (died 1982)
17 November – Charles Mackerras , conductor
23 November – James Killen , politician (died 2007)
10 December – Norm McDonald , Australian rules footballer (died 2002)
Deaths
24 January – William Aitcheson Haswell (born 1854), zoologist
4 February – Richard Godfrey Rivers (born 1859), artist
23 February – John Holman (born 1872), West Australian politician
1 March – Rev. John Ferguson (born 1852), Presbyterian minister
16 April – Thomas McCawley (born 1881), Chief Justice of Queensland
20 April – Rose Scott (born 1847), social reformer
28 April – Richard Butler (born 1850), Premier of South Australia (1905)
1 May – Arthur McCabe (born 1887), Olympic rugby union player
22 June – Matthew Gibney (born 1835), Catholic bishop who gave last rites to Ned Kelly
27 June – Simpson Newland (born 1835), Murray River pioneer
18 July – Edward Russell (born 1878), Victorian politician
26 July – William Trenwith (born 1846), trade unionist
3 August – William Bruce (born 1864), cricketer
30 August – Magnus Cromarty (born 1875), NSW politician
5 September – Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (born 1846), geologist
28 September – Joseph Brown (born 1844), politician
3 October – Charles Web Gilbert (born 1867), sculptor
24 October – Charles Kenningham (born 1860), English opera singer
4 November – Paddy Hannan (born 1840), gold prospector
13 November – Charles McDonald (born 1860), politician
16 November – Joseph Maiden (born 1859), botanist
See also
References
1925 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand