1929 in Australia

1929 in Australia
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	John Baird
Prime Minister	Stanley Bruce, then James Scullin
Population	6,393,883
Elections	Federal, Victoria, Queensland

Incumbents

Centenary of Western Australia
April 4 – A dam on the Cascade River in Tasmania collapses. The subsequent torrent floods the town of Derby, killing fourteen people.
June 3 – Fremantle, Western Australia is proclaimed a city.
October 12 – A federal election is held. James Scullin leads the Australian Labor Party to victory over the incumbent government of Stanley Bruce. Bruce becomes the first Prime Minister to lose his seat in an election.
November 30 – A state election is held in Victoria.
December 12 – Premier of Victoria William Murray McPherson refuses to resign after the election, but is defeated by a no confidence motion in the first meeting of parliament. He retires, with Edmond Hogan assuming the premiership.
December 16 – Rothbury Riot in which police shoot at locked out miners, killing Norman Brown.

January 3 – Don Bradman makes 112 for Australia v England in the third Test match at Melbourne, his first Test Century.
November 5 – Nightmarch wins the Melbourne Cup.
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
England defeats Australia 4-1 in The Ashes series
South Sydney win the 1929 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.

January 7 – Robert Juniper, artist
February 27 - Jack Arthur Gibson (d. 2008), rugby league footballer and coach
January 31 – John Stone, politician
February 1 – R. A. Simpson, poet (d. 2002)
February 7 – John Sullivan, politician
February 16 – Peter Porter, poet
April 29 – Peter Sculthorpe, composer
May 7 – Len Fitzgerald, Australian rules footballer
May 15 – Kevin Cairns, politician (d. 1984)
May 24 – Brian Wenzel, actor
May 26 – Ernie Carroll, television personality
June 10 – Ian Sinclair, politician and former leader of the National Party
June 12 - Roy Bull (d. 2004), rugby league footballer and coach
June 23 – Herb Barker, athlete (d. 2006)
June 26 – June Bronhill, opera singer (d. 2005)
July 5 – Jimmy Carruthers, boxer (d. 1990)
July 8 – Bruce Gyngell, television executive (d. 2000)
July 20 – David Tonkin, Premier of South Australia (1979–1982)
August 5 – Reg Lindsay, country music singer (d. 2008)
August 9 – John Wheeldon, politician
August 23 – Peter Thomson, golfer
August 25 – Ron Lord, soccer player
September 25 – Jack Rutherford, cricketer
October 1 - Ken Arthurson, rugby league footballer, coach and administrator.
October 31 – Eddie Charlton, snooker and billiards player (d. 2004)
November 15 – Eric Robinson, politician
December 9 – Bob Hawke, trade union leader and Prime Minister of Australia (1983–1991)
December 31 – Doug Anthony, politician