1933 in Australia

1933 in Australia
1933 in Australia
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	Isaac Isaacs
Prime minister	Joseph Lyons
Population	6,629,839
Elections	SA, WA

Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	Other events of 1933; ; Timeline of Australian history;

The following lists events that happened during 1933 in Australia.

Incumbents

State Premiers

Premier of New South Wales – Bertram Stevens
Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith
Premier of South Australia – Lionel Hill (until 13 February), then Robert Richards (until 18 April), then Richard L. Butler
Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
Premier of Victoria – Sir Stanley Argyle
Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell (until 24 April), then 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
Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark (from 4 August)
Governor of Victoria – none appointed
Governor of Western Australia – none appointed

Events

8 April – A referendum is held in Western Australia, which is carried 2 to 1 in favour of secession from the Commonwealth of Australia.
26 April – The seaplane carrier, HMAS Albatross, is paid off into reserve.
10 June – The Australian Women's Weekly is first published.
13 June – The Australian Antarctic Territory is established.
28 August – The Brisbane newspaper, The Courier-Mail, is first published.
5 September – Australia signs a trade agreement with New Zealand.
6 September – Windscreen wipers become compulsory on all Australian cars.
13 October – The first traffic lights in Sydney become operational at the intersection of Kent and Market Streets.

Arts and literature

Charles Wheeler wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Ambrose Pratt^[1]
Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian, the first Blinky Bill book is published by children's author Dorothy Wall

Film

Errol Flynn makes his first film appearance, In the Wake of the Bounty, directed by Charles Chauvel

Sport

9 September – The 1933 NSWRFL season culminates in Newtown's 18–5 victory against St. George in the premiership final. Western Suburbs finish in last place, claiming the "wooden spoon".
Hall Mark wins the Melbourne Cup
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
England defeats Australia 4–1 in The Ashes series

Births

2 January – Ed Casey (died 2006), banker and politician
23 January – Bill Hayden, Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996)
29 January – Rosemary Adey, softball player (died 2013)
12 February – Brian Carlson (died 1987), rugby league footballer
20 March – Ian Walsh (died 2013), rugby league footballer and coach
15 April – David Martin (died 1990), Governor of New South Wales (1989–1990)
27 May – Michael Crouch (died 2018), investor, water boiler manufacturer
13 July – Kel O'Shea (died 2015), rugby league footballer
25 July – Owen Abrahams (died 2006), Australian rules footballer
27 July – Ted Whitten (died 1995), Australian rules footballer
19 August – Patricia Kailis (died 2020), businesswoman, neurologist and geneticist
30 August – Keith Payne, soldier
15 September – Monica Maughan (died 2010), actress^[2]
3 October – Neale Fraser, tennis player
5 October – Diane Cilento (died 2011), actress
11 October – Gary O'Callaghan (died 2017), radio personality
1 December – James Wolfensohn (died 2020), President of the World Bank
5 December – Harry Holgate (died 1997), Premier of Tasmania (1991–1992)
20 December – Ted Mack (died 2018), politician
26 December – Ugly Dave Gray, television personality

Deaths

7 January – Bert Hinkler (born 1892), aviation pioneer
9 January – Daphne Akhurst (born 1903), tennis player
10 January – Richard Buzacott (born 1867), Senator for Western Australia
17 January – John Hodges (born 1855), cricketer
5 February – Josiah Thomas (born 1863), miner and politician
16 February – Archie Jackson (born 1909), cricketer
21 March – James Edmond (born 1859), journalist and editor of The Bulletin
15 April – Alfred Stephens (born 1865), writer and literary critic
20 April – William Rooke Creswell (born 1852), naval officer
30 April – Robert Hamilton Russell (born 1860), surgeon
4 June – Herbert Basedow (born 1881), anthropologist, geologist, politician and explorer
20 July – William Lowrie (born 1857), agricultural educationist
26 July – Joseph Cooke Verco (born 1851), physician and conchologist
10 August – Alf Morgans (born 1850), Premier of Western Australia (1901)
7 October – Alexander Peacock (born 1861), 20th Premier of Victoria^[3]
13 November – Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell (born 1884), soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
15 November – Affie Jarvis (born 1860), cricketer

References

^ "Winner: Archibald Prize 1933 - Charles Wheeler". artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
^ Carman, Gerry (9 January 2010). "'Wonderful' thespian a real trouper". The Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Serle, Percival (1949). "Peacock, Sir Alexander James (1861–1933)". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

[1] "Winner: Archibald Prize 1933 - Charles Wheeler". artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 19 August 2017.

[smh-2] Carman, Gerry (9 January 2010). "'Wonderful' thespian a real trouper". The Sydney Morning Herald.

[3] Serle, Percival (1949). "Peacock, Sir Alexander James (1861–1933)". Project Gutenberg. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

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Incumbents

State Premiers

State Governors

Events

Arts and literature

Film

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

References