1926 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1926 in Australia.

1926 in Australia
MonarchyGeorge V
Governor-GeneralJohn Baird
Prime ministerStanley Bruce
Population6,056,360
ElectionsQueensland

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Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
See also:

Incumbents
Stanley Bruce

State premiers

State governors

Events

Science and technology
  • 22 June – 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
Main article: 1926 in Australian literature

Sport

Births
  • 7 January – Joe Marston, soccer player (died 2015)
  • 3 February – Raymond Martin, chemist (died 2020)
  • 4 February – Dave Sands, boxer (died 1952)
  • 6 February – Bruce Ruxton, former soldier and president of the RSL (died 2011)
  • 8 February – Tony Street, politician
  • 10 February – Arvi Parbo, businessman (died 2019)
  • 16 February – Rayene Stewart Simpson, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1978)
  • 6 March – Ray O'Connor, Premier of Western Australia (1982–1983) (died 2013)
  • 15 March – Thelma Keane, wife of cartoonist Bil Keane and inspiration for the "Mommy" character in The Family Circus (died 2008)
  • 2 April – Jack Brabham, racing driver (died 2014)
  • 13 April – Neil Betts, rugby union player (died 2017)
  • 11 May – Frank Thring, actor (died 1994)
  • 25 June – Kep Enderby, Esperantist and politician (died 2015)
  • 27 June – Bruce Tozer, cricketer
  • 1 July – Stan Obst, Australian rules footballer (died 2005)
  • 3 July – Laurence Street, jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (died 2018)
  • 4 July – Stuart Thomas Butler, nuclear physicist (died 1982)
  • 9 July – Peter Mullins, decathlete (died 2012)
  • 12 July – Al Grassby, politician, Minister for Immigration (died 2005)
  • 20 July – Russ Gorman, politician (died 2017)
  • 31 July – Jack Pollard, sports writer and cricket historian (died 2002)
  • 5 August – Doug McClelland, politician
  • 15 August – Ted Allsopp, race walker
  • 27 August – Reg Watson, television producer and screenwriter (died 2019)

1920 great grandma

  • 8 September – Keith Adams, adventurer (died 2012)
  • 16 September – Sir William Cole, public servant (died 2019)
  • 18 September – Deirdre Jordan, academic and educator
  • 30 September – Frank O'Neill, swimmer
  • 11 October – Neville Wran, Premier of New South Wales (1976–1986) (died 2014)
  • 20 October – Peter Durack, politician, Attorney-General (died 2008)
  • 7 November – Joan Sutherland, opera singer (died 2010)
  • 15 November – Ivor Greenwood, politician, Attorney-General (died 1976)
  • 26 November – Tom Hughes, politician, Attorney-General
  • 31 December – Billy Snedden, politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (died 1987)

and grandma

Deaths
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See also

References
  1. Gibbney, H. J. "Shakespeare, Thomas Mitchell (1873–1938)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. "Referendum dates and results". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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