1937 in Australia

none February 2020 February 2012 January 2020 1937 The following lists events that happened during 1937 in Australia. George VI Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie Joseph Lyons 6,835,536 Federal, VIC, TAS Incumbents thumb|upright|140px|Joseph Lyons Monarch – George VI Governor-General – Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie Prime Minister – Joseph Lyons Chief Justice – Sir John Latham State Premiers Premier of New South Wales – Bertram Stevens Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith Premier of South Australia – Richard L. Butler Premier of Tasmania – Albert Ogilvie Premier of Victoria – Albert Dunstan Premier of Western Australia – John Willcock State Governors Governor of New South Wales – John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst (from 8 April) Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson Governor of South Australia – Sir Winston Dugan Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark Governor of Victoria – William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield Governor of Western Australia – none appointed Events 9 February – Cairns is hit by a tropical cyclone. 15 February – An explosion kills 13 men at the State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi, Victoria. 20 February – A general election is held in Tasmania. The incumbent Labor government led by Albert Ogilvie is returned to power. 1 March – 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 – 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 assimilating Australian Aboriginals (excluding those deemed full-blooded) in white culture.http://archive.org/details/AboriginalWelfareInitialConference Aboriginal welfare: initial conference of Commonwealth and state Aboriginal authorities held at Canberra, 21st to 23rd April, 1937 1937 English 23 October – The ACTU calls on the government to boycott trade with Japan, following the Japanese invasion of China. Arts and literature 1937 in Australian literature 24 June – 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 Sport 3 March – Captained by Don Bradman, Australia defeats England in the Fifth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, retaining The Ashes. 25 September – Geelong become premiers of the 1937 VFL season, defeating Collingwood 18.14 (122) to 12.18 (90). 19 November – 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. Births 16 January – Lorraine Bayly, actor (died 2026) 19 January – 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 – John Watson, Liberal Senator for Tasmania (died 2025) 4 February – John Devitt, Olympic swimmer (died 2023) 7 February – Daryl Jackson, architect (died 2026) 19 February Lee Harding, science fiction writer (died 2023) Colin Ridgway, NFL American footballer (died 1993) 20 February – Robert Evans, minister and amateur astronomer (died 2022) 21 February – Ron Clarke, Olympic athlete (died 2015) 3 March – Kevin O'Halloran, Olympic swimmer (died 1976) 7 April – Louise Faulkner, missing woman 13 April – Col Joye, entertainer (died 2025) 19 April – Lindsay Fox, businessman 27 May – Peter Pinne, writer and composer 1 June – Colleen McCullough, novelist (died 2015) 11 June – Robin Warren, Nobel Prize-winning pathologist (died 2024) 7 July Jocelyn Newman, politician (died 2018) 26 July Alan Cadman, politician Guy Green, Governor of Tasmania (1995–2003) (died 2025) 28 August – Tony Marchant, Olympic track cyclist 1 September – Ian Callinan, High Court judge 4 September – Dawn Fraser, Olympic swimmer 17 September – Gary Chapman, Olympic swimmer (died 1978) 18 September – Barry Muir, rugby league footballer (died 2022) 3 October – John Hodges, Minister for Immigration (1982–1983) (died 2024) 7 October – Colin Guest, cricketer (died 2018) 10 October – Bruce Devlin, golfer 21 November – John Kerin, politician (died 2023) 12 December Michael Jeffery, Governor-General of Australia (died 2020) Judy Tegart, tennis player 17 December – Kerry Packer, businessman (died 2005) Deaths 100px|thumb|George Prendergast 11 February – Walter Burley Griffin, architect of Canberra (born in the United States and died in India) (b. 1876) 18 March – Walter Wilson Froggatt, geologist and economic entomologist (b. 1858) 7 May – Christina Jane Corrie, Queensland politician and suffragette (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1867)http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37067178 Death of Mrs. A. J. Thynne. The Courier-Mail Brisbane 8 May 1937 9 March 2014 15 National Library of Australia 9 June – Charles Chewings, geologist and anthropologist (b. 1859) 10 July – Thomas Brentnall, accountant and musician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1846) 22 July – Ted McDonald, cricketer and Australian rules footballer (Essendon, Fitzroy) (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1891) 28 July – Sir George Hyde, 7th Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1877) 14 August – Bruce Smith, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1851) 28 August – George Prendergast, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854) 28 September – William Ramsay Smith, physician and anthropologist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1859) 2 October – Sir Granville Ryrie, New South Wales politician, diplomat and soldier (b. 1865) 8 October – Dame Eadith Walker, philanthropist and heiress (b. 1861)MacCulloch Jennifer Walker, Dame Eadith Campbell (1861–1937) https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/walker-dame-eadith-campbell-1100 Australian Dictionary of Biography Canberra National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 2020-10-29 4 November – Alfred Walter Campbell, neurologist (b. 1868) 6 November – William Moore, art and drama critic (b. 1868) 17 November – Jack Worrall, cricketer and Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy) (b. 1861) 19 November – Rayner Hoff, sculptor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1894) 27 November – Walter Howchin, geologist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1845) 11 December – Godfrey Irving, 8th Chief of the General Staff (b. 1867) 16 December – Sir Murray Bourchier, 5th Deputy Premier of Victoria and soldier (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1881) See also List of Australian films of the 1930s References 1937 in yes Australia Category:Years of the 20th century in Australia