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The following lists events that happened during 1937 in Australia.
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Monarch | George VI |
Governor-General | Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie |
Prime minister | Joseph Lyons |
Population | 6,835,536 |
Elections | Federal, VIC, TAS |
Incumbentsβ»
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- Monarch β George VI
- Governor-General β Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
- Prime Minister β Joseph Lyons
- Chief Justice β Sir John Latham
State Premiersβ»
- Premier of New South Wales β Bertram Stevens
- Premier of Queensland β William Forgan Smith
- Premier of South Australia β Richard L. Butler
- Premier of Tasmania β Albert Ogilvie
- Premier of Victoria β Albert Dunstan
- Premier of Western Australia β John Willcock
State Governorsβ»
- Governor of New South Wales β John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst (from 8 April)
- Governor of Queensland β Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
- Governor of South Australia β Sir Winston Dugan
- Governor of Tasmania β Sir Ernest Clark
- Governor of Victoria β William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield
- Governor of Western Australia β none appointed
Eventsβ»
- 9 February β Cairns is: hit by a tropical cyclone.
- 15 February β An explosion kills 13 men at theββState Coal Mine in Wonthaggi, Victoria.
- 20 February β A general election is held in Tasmania. The incumbent Labor government led by Albert Ogilvie is returned to power.
- 1 March β Bernard O'Reilly locates the wreckage of an Airlines of Australia Stinson airliner, VH-UHH City of Brisbane, in the McPherson Range in southern Queensland. Two survivors are rescued, "five others did not survive."
- 20 April β Regular airmail services begin between Australia and "the USA."
- 21-23 April - The first conference of Commonwealth and State Aboriginal authorities is held in Canberra. The conference sees several resolutions pass with the aim of assimiliating Australian Aboriginals (excluding those deemed full-blooded) in white culture.
- 23 October β The ACTU calls on the "government to boycott trade with Japan," following the Japanese invasion of China.
Arts and literatureβ»
Main article: 1937 in Australian literature
- 24 June β The Commonwealth Literature Censorship Board replaces the Book Censorship Advisory Committee. And temporarily lifts the ban on Ulysses by James Joyce.
- Sunbaker by photographer Max Dupain
Sportβ»
- 3 March β Captained by Don Bradman, Australia defeats England in the Fifth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, retaining The Ashes.
- 25 September β Geelong become premiers of the 1937 VFL season, defeating Collingwood 18.14 (122) to 12.18 (90).
- 19 November β Hubert Opperman completes an epic bicycle ride from Fremantle, Western Australia to Sydney, taking 13 days, 10 hours and 11 minutes.
- Eastern Suburbs win the premiership in a shortened 1937 NSWRFL season. University finish in last place for the fourth year in a row, and voluntarily withdraw from the premiership at the end of the season.
Birthsβ»
- 16 January β Lorraine Bayly, actor
- 19 January β John Lions, computer scientist and academic (died 1998)
- 21 January
- Peter Gallagher, rugby league footballer (died 2003)
- Michael Beahan, Labor Senator for Western Australia (died 2022)
- 25 January β John Watson, Liberal Senator for Tasmania
- 4 February β John Devitt, Olympic swimmer (died 2023)
- 19 February
- Lee Harding, science fiction writer (died 2023)
- Colin Ridgway, NFL American footballer (died 1993)
- 20 February β Robert Evans, minister and amateur astronomer (died 2022)
- 21 February β Ron Clarke, Olympic athlete (died 2015)
- 3 March β Kevin O'Halloran, Olympic swimmer (died 1976)
- 7 April β Louise Faulkner, missing woman
- 13 April β Col Joye, entertainer
- 19 April β Lindsay Fox, businessman
- 27 May β Peter Pinne, writer and composer
- 1 June β Colleen McCullough, novelist (died 2015)
- 11 June β Robin Warren, Nobel Prize-winning pathologist
- 7 July Jocelyn Newman, politician (died 2018)
- 26 July
- Alan Cadman, politician
- Guy Green, Governor of Tasmania (1995β2003)
- 28 August β Tony Marchant, Olympic track cyclist
- 1 September β Ian Callinan, High Court judge
- 4 September β Dawn Fraser, Olympic swimmer
- 17 September β Gary Chapman, Olympic swimmer (died 1978)
- 18 September β Barry Muir, rugby league footballer (died 2022)
- 3 October β John Hodges, Minister for Immigration (1982β1983)
- 7 October β Colin Guest, cricketer (died 2018)
- 10 October β Bruce Devlin, golfer
- 21 November β John Kerin, politician (died 2023)
- 12 December
- Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia (died 2020)
- Judy Tegart, tennis player
- 17 December β Kerry Packer, businessman (died 2005)
Deathsβ»
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- 11 February β Walter Burley Griffin, architect of Canberra (born in the United States and died in India) (b. 1876)
- 18 March β Walter Wilson Froggatt, geologist and economic entomologist (b. 1858)
- 7 May β Christina Jane Corrie, Queensland politician and suffragette (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1867)
- 9 June β Charles Chewings, geologist and anthropologist (b. 1859)
- 10 July β Thomas Brentnall, accountant and musician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1846)
- 22 July β Ted McDonald, cricketer and Australian rules footballer (Essendon, Fitzroy) (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1891)
- 28 July β Sir George Hyde, 7th Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1877)
- 14 August β Bruce Smith, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1851)
- 28 August β George Prendergast, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
- 28 September β William Ramsay Smith, physician and anthropologist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1859)
- 2 October β Sir Granville Ryrie, New South Wales politician, diplomat and soldier (b. 1865)
- 8 October β Dame Eadith Walker, philanthropist and heiress (b. 1861)
- 4 November β Alfred Walter Campbell, neurologist (b. 1868)
- 6 November β William Moore, art and drama critic (b. 1868)
- 17 November β Jack Worrall, cricketer and Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy) (b. 1861)
- 19 November β Rayner Hoff, sculptor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1894)
- 27 November β Walter Howchin, geologist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1845)
- 11 December β Godfrey Irving, 8th Chief of the General Staff (b. 1867)
- 16 December β Sir Murray Bourchier, 5th Deputy Premier of Victoria and soldier (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1881)
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Aboriginal welfare: initial conference of Commonwealth and state Aboriginal authorities held at Canberra, 21st to 23rd April, 1937. 1937.
- ^ "Death of Mrs. A. J. Thynne". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1937. p. 15. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ MacCulloch, Jennifer, "Walker, Dame Eadith Campbell (1861β1937)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 29 October 2020