1930 in Australia

1930 in Australia
1930 in Australia
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	John Baird, Baronet Stonehaven
Prime minister	James Scullin
Population	6,462,610
Elections	SA, WA, NSW

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

The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch – George V
Governor-General – John Baird, Baronet of Stonehaven
Prime Minister – James Scullin
Chief Justice – Adrian Knox (until 18 March) then Isaac Isaacs

State premiers

Premier of New South Wales – Thomas Bavin (until 4 November), then Jack Lang
Premier of Queensland – Arthur Edward Moore
Premier of South Australia – Richard Layton Butler (until 17 April), then Lionel Hill
Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
Premier of Victoria – Edmond Hogan
Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier (until 24 April), then Sir James Mitchell

State governors

Events

11 November – The Shrine of Remembrance in Brisbane is dedicated.^[1]

Arts and literature

Sport

6 January – Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings.^[2]
25 January – Harry Hopman and Jack Crawford win the Australian Doubles Championship at Kooyong, Victoria.
4 October - The 1930 NSWRFL season culminates in Western Suburbs' victory over St. George in the premiership final
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.,^[3]
4 November – Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup.
The Australia national rugby league team completed the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.

Births

26 February – Lionel Cox, track cyclist (died 2012)
29 March – John Marshall, freestyle swimmer (died 1960)
11 April – Peter Toogood, golfer (died 2019)
11 April – Nancy Lyons, Olympic swimmer
16 May – Brian Davies, rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s (died 2012)
11 June – Neale Lavis, equestrian Olympic medallist (died 2019)
25 June – Alf Hughes, Australian rules footballer of the 1950s (died 2019)
6 July – Michael Baume, former Liberal Party politician
20 July – Bryan Conquest, politician (died 2018)
2 August – Vali Myers, visionary artist, dancer, bohemian and muse (died 2003)
26 September – Brian Oliver, long and triple jumper (died 2015)

Deaths

18 January – Thorburn Robertson (born 1884), physiologist and biochemist
19 March – Sir Henry Lefroy (born 1854), Premier of Western Australia (1917–1919)
22 April – John Russell (born 1858), Impressionist artist
21 May – Robert Cook (born 1867), politician
27 May – William Jethro Brown (born 1868), jurist and professor of law
20 August – Charles Bannerman (born 1851), cricketer
6 September – Archibald Strong (born 1876), poet
11 September – William Carpenter (born 1863), politician
1 October – Albert Henry Fullwood (born 1863), artist
1 October – Sir James Whiteside McCay (born 1864), Australian Army soldier
30 October – John Creed (born 1842), doctor and politician
13 November – Thomas Bulch (born 1862), musician and composer
14 November – Sandy Pearce (born 1883), rugby league player

References

^ Addresses at Brisbane's Shrine of Remembrance, The Advertiser, 13 November 1930.
^ Brilliant Bradman—World's Batting Record—Compiles 452 Runs Not Out, The Canberra Times, 7 January 1930.
^ http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/club/history/premierships/1930

[1] Addresses at Brisbane's Shrine of Remembrance, The Advertiser, 13 November 1930.

[2] Brilliant Bradman—World's Batting Record—Compiles 452 Runs Not Out, The Canberra Times, 7 January 1930.

[3] ttp://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/club/history/premierships/1930

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Incumbents

State premiers

State governors

Events

Arts and literature

Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

References