1926 in Australia

1926 in Australia
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	John Baird
Prime Minister	Stanley Bruce
Population	6,056,360
Elections	Queensland

See also: 1925 in Australia, other events of 1926, 1927 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 State premiers 1.2 State governors 2 Events 3 Science and technology 4 Arts and literature 5 Film 6 Sport 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 See also 10 References

Incumbents

• Monarch – King George V
• Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe (until October 8) then John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
• Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce

State premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – Jack Lang
• Premier of Queensland – William McCormack
• Premier of South Australia – John Gunn (until August 28), then Lionel Hill
• Premier of Tasmania – Joseph Lyons
• Premier of Victoria – John Allan
• Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

State governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir Dudley de Chair
• Governor of Queensland – none appointed
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Tom Bridges
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir James O'Grady
• Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke (until April 7), then Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers (from June 28)
• Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Campion

Events

• April 19 – The High Court of Australia finds in the case of Clyde Engineering Co Ltd v Cowburn that the Forty-Four Hours Week Act 1925 (NSW) was incompatible with Commonwealth legislation.
• September 3 – The Canberra Times is first published.
• September 4 – A federal referendum is held, containing two questions: Industry and Commerce and Essential Services. Neither question is passed.
• September 13 – Twenty-six people are killed in the Murulla railway accident.

• Helen Wayth wins the first Miss Australia Quest
• Ballerina Anna Pavlova tours Australia

Science and technology

• June 22 – The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is founded, the precursor to today's CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).

Arts and literature

• William McInnes wins the Archibald Prize

Film

Sport

• September 18 – South Sydney Rabbitohs defeat University, becoming premiers of the New South Wales Rugby Football League season 1926.
• September 25 – Melbourne defeat Collingwood 17.17 (119) to 9.8 (62) at the VFL grand final, becoming premiers of the 1926 VFL season.
• November 2 – Spearfelt wins the Melbourne Cup.
• New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

Births

• January 7 – Joe Marston, soccer player
• February 4 – Dave Sands, boxer
• February 6 – Bruce Ruxton, former soldier and president of the RSL
• February 8 – Tony Street, politician
• February 16 – Rayene Stewart Simpson, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
• March 6 – Ray O'Connor, Premier of Western Australia (1982–1983)
• March 15 – Thelma Keane, wife of cartoonist Bil Keane and inspiration for the "Mommy" character in The Family Circus (d. 2008)
• April 2 – Jack Brabham, racing driver
• May 11 – Frank Thring, actor (d. 1994)
• June 25 – Kep Enderby, Esperantist and politician
• July 4 – Stuart Thomas Butler, nuclear physicist (d. 1982)
• July 12 – Al Grassby, politician, Minister for Immigration
• July 31 – Jack Pollard, sports writer and cricket historian (d. 2002)
• August 5 – Doug McClelland, politician
• August 15 — Ted Allsopp, race walker
• September 8 – Keith Adams, adventurer
• September 18 – Deirdre Jordan, academic and educator
• October 11 – Neville Wran, Premier of New South Wales (1976–1986)
• October 20 – Peter Durack, politician, Attorney-General
• November 7 – Joan Sutherland, opera singer
• November 15 – Ivor Greenwood, politician, Attorney-General (d. 1976)
• November 26 – Tom Hughes, politician, Attorney-General
• December 31 – Billy Snedden, politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (d. 1987)

Deaths

• January 9 – William Henry Warren (b. 1852), engineer
• January 12 – Sir Austin Chapman (b. 1864), politician
• April 27 – Ada Cambridge (b. 1844), author
• April 30 – Sir Tim Coghlan (b. 1856), NSW state statistician
• May 11 – Hugh Dixson (b. 1841), businessman and philanthropist
• May 15 – Joseph James Fletcher (b. 1850), biologist
• May 21 – H. V. McKay (b. 1865), inventor of the Sunshine harvester
• June 4 – Fred Spofforth (b. 1853), cricketer
• June 23 – Henry Lowther Clarke (b. 1850), Anglican archbishop of Melbourne
• June 28 – William Archibald (b. 1850), South Australian politician
• September 14 – Charles Hedley (b. 1862), naturalist
• October 3 – Samuel James Mitchell (b. 1852), first Supreme Court of NT judge
• December 11 – Sir William McMillan (b. 1850), politician
• December 11 – Gottlieb Schuler (b. 1854), journalist
• December 13 – William Spence (b. 1846), trade union leader and politician

See also

• 1926
• 1920s

References

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