1925 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1925 in Australia.

1925 in Australia
Monarchy	George V
Governor-General	Henry Forster, then John Baird
Prime minister	Stanley Bruce
Population	5,939,231
Elections	Federal, Tasmania, New South Wales

← 1924 1923 1922 1925 in Australia → 1926 1927 1928
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1925 Federal election Timeline of Australian history

Incumbents

Stanley Bruce

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

State premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – George Fuller (until 17 June), then Jack Lang
• Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore (until 26 February), then William Gillies (until 22 October), then William McCormack
• Premier of South Australia – John Gunn
• 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 – Sir Matthew Nathan (until 17 September)
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Tom Bridges
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir James O'Grady
• Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
• Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Campion

Events

• 26 January – Australia's oldest commercial radio station, 2UE, begins broadcasting in Sydney.[1]
• 20 May – The Murrumbidgee River floods for eight days killing four people,[2] as up to 500 millimetres (20 in) falls in its upper catchment.[3]
• 30 May – Millicent Preston-Stanley becomes the first woman member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
• 1 to 31 May – Canberra records its wettest month on record with 339.4 millimetres (13.36 in) at Acton[4] and 297.4 millimetres (11.71 in) at Duntroon Military College.[5]
• 3 June – A general election is held in Tasmania. The Labor government of Joseph Lyons is returned in a landslide victory.
• 9 June – Ten people are killed in a derailment near Traveston railway station, Queensland
• 1 September – Thomas Blamey becomes Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.

Science and technology

• The Cactoblastis moth is introduced in Queensland to control prickly pear cactus.

Arts and literature

Main article: 1925 in Australian literature

• John Longstaff wins the Archibald Prize for his portrait of Maurice Moscovitch

Sport

• Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
• 2 May – Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne play their initial Victorian Football League matches.
• 8 August – South Sydney record the only perfect season in NSWRFL history, winning all twelve of their matches.
• 26 September – Geelong defeats Collingwood 10.19 (79) to 9.15 (69), becoming premiers of the 1925 VFL season.
• 3 November – Windbag wins the Melbourne Cup.

Births

• 8 February – Francis Webb, poet (died 1973)
• 10 February – Basil Hennessy, archaeologist (died 2013)
• 11 February – George Avery, Olympic triple jumper (died 2006)
• 12 February – Ted Innes, politician (died 2010)
• 17 February – Joy Nichols, comedian and actress (died 1992)
• 20 February – Pat Lanigan, public servant (died 1992)
• 19 March – Creighton Burns, journalist and editor-in-chief of The Age (died 2008)
• 27 March – Ian Robinson, politician (died 2017)
• 4 April – Dorothy Alison, actress (died 1992)
• 21 April – Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of the High Court
• 2 May – Lou Rowan, Test cricket match umpire (died 2017)
• 19 May – Brian Moll, character actor, director and producer (died 2010)
• 24 May – Alfred Parsons, diplomat (died 2010)
• 4 June – Peter Benjamin Graham, artist (died 1987)
• 9 June – Don Ritchie, Australian official (died 2012)
• 3 July – Terry Moriarty, Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
• 6 July – Ruth Cracknell, actor (died 2002)
• 18 July
  • Raymond Jones, architect
  • Shirley Strickland, athlete (died 2004)
• 26 July – Neil O'Reilly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1985)
• 19 August – Laurie Sawle, cricketer
• 21 August – Don Chipp, politician and founder of the Australian Democrats (died 2006)
• 24 August – Duncan Hall, rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s (died 2011)
• 27 August – Fred Emery, psychologist (died 1997)
• 27 August – Ken Grieves, cricketer (died 1992)
• 27 August – Bill Neilson, Premier of Tasmania (1975–1977) (died 1989)
• 24 September – Harry Jenkins (senior), politician (died 2004)
• 4 October – Renfrey Potts, mathematician (died 2005)
• 5 October – Murray Riley, Olympic rower
• 18 October – Thomas Millar, historian (died 1994)
• 24 October – Ken Mackay, cricketer (died 1982)
• 17 November – Charles Mackerras, conductor (died 2010)
• 23 November – James Killen, politician (died 2007)
• 10 December – Norm McDonald, Australian rules footballer (died 2002)

Deaths

• 24 January – William Aitcheson Haswell (born 1854), zoologist
• 4 February – Richard Godfrey Rivers (born 1859), artist
• 23 February – John Holman (born 1872), West Australian politician
• 1 March – Rev. John Ferguson (born 1852), Presbyterian minister
• 16 April – Thomas McCawley (born 1881), Chief Justice of Queensland
• 20 April – Rose Scott (born 1847), social reformer
• 28 April – Richard Butler (born 1850), Premier of South Australia (1905)
• 1 May – Arthur McCabe (born 1887), Olympic rugby union player
• 22 June – Matthew Gibney (born 1835), Catholic bishop who gave last rites to Ned Kelly
• 27 June – Simpson Newland (born 1835), Murray River pioneer
• 18 July – Edward Russell (born 1878), Victorian politician
• 26 July – William Trenwith (born 1846), trade unionist
• 3 August – William Bruce (born 1864), cricketer
• 30 August – Magnus Cromarty (born 1875), NSW politician
• 5 September – Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (born 1846), geologist
• 28 September – Joseph Brown (born 1844), politician
• 3 October – Charles Web Gilbert (born 1867), sculptor
• 24 October – Charles Kenningham (born 1860), English opera singer
• 4 November – Paddy Hannan (born 1840), gold prospector
• 13 November – Charles McDonald (born 1860), politician
• 16 November – Joseph Maiden (born 1859), botanist

See also

• List of Australian films of the 1920s

References

1. Langon, Dr. Jeff: The History of Radio in Australia Archived 3 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, 1995.
2. Australian Government Emergency Management database Archived 24 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
3. Weekly rainfall 22 to 28 May, 1925
4. Canberra (Acton) (070099) monthly rainfall
5. Canberra (Duntroon Military College) annual rainfall