1927 in Australia

1927 in Australia

Infobox Australian year
year = 1927
monarch = George V
governor-general = John Baird
pm =Stanley Bruce
population = 6,182,488
australian =
elections =WA, SA, NSW, VIC
"See also:"
1926 in Australia,
other events of 1927,
1928 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

*Monarch – King George V
*Governor-GeneralJohn Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
*Prime MinisterStanley Bruce

tate premiers

*Premier of New South WalesJack Lang (until October 18) then Thomas Bavin
*Premier of QueenslandWilliam McCormack
*Premier of South AustraliaLionel Hill (until April 8) then Richard Layton Butler
*Premier of TasmaniaJoseph Lyons
*Premier of VictoriaJohn Allan (until May 20) then Edmond Hogan
*Premier of Western AustraliaPhilip Collier

tate governors

*Governor of New South WalesSir Dudley de Chair
*Governor of QueenslandSir John Goodwin (from July 13)
*Governor of South AustraliaSir Tom Bridges (until December 4)
*Governor of TasmaniaSir James O'Grady
*Governor of VictoriaArthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers
*Governor of Western AustraliaSir William Campion

Events

*1 February - The North Australia Act of 1926 is enforced and the territory of Central Australia is created.
*February 8 – A cyclone makes landfall north of Cairns, causing flooding at Halifax Bay, Ingham, Innisfail, Tully, Cardwell and Townsville. Thirty-six people are killed, and twenty are missing.
*April 9 – A general election is held in Victoria.
*May 3 – The Australasian Council of Trade Unions is formed at the All-Australian Trade Union Congress in Melbourne.
*May 9Parliament House in Canberra is officially opened by the Duke of York.
*May 20 – Following a swing to the ALP in the Victorian election, Edmond Hogan forms a minority Labor government with Progressive support, and takes over as Premier of Victoria from John Allan.
*June 29Charles Kingsford Smith and his copilot Charles Ulm complete a round-Australia flight in ten days, five-and-a-half hours.
*October 27 – Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor is killed in a shootout with Sydney gangsters (including Snowy Cutmore, who also dies) in Carlton.
*November 3 – The Sydney ferry "Greycliffe" is cut in half by the liner "Tahiti", killing 40 persons.

cience and technology

*Professor Thomas Parnell begins the pitch drop experiment at the University of Queensland. It will go on to become the world's longest continuously-running scientific experiment.

Arts and literature

* George Washington Lambert wins the Archibald Prize

Film

port

*August 27Ronald McMurdo wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 3:06:23 in Sydney. The race was not considered an official Australian championship by the national athletics federation.
*September 24Collingwood become premiers of the 1927 VFL season, defeating Richmond 2.13 (25) to 1.7 (13) in the 1927 grand final.
*November 1 – "Trivalve" wins the Melbourne Cup.
* South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield

Births

* January 20 - Dawn Lake, entertainer (d. 2006)
* January 21 - Clive Churchill, rugby league player (d. 1985)
* March 20 - Wally Grout, cricket player (d. 1968)
* June 6 - Alan Seymour, playwright
* June 13 - David Kirkpatrick (Slim Dusty), country and western singer (d. 2003)
* August 14 - Sid Patterson, cyclist (d. 1999)
* October 29 - Frank Sedgman, tennis player
* November 14 - Bart Cummings, racehorse trainer
* December 28 - Ron Casey, Australian rules football administrator and media personality (d. 2000)

Deaths

* March 15 - Hector Rason, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
* October 26 - Squizzy Taylor, gangster (b. 1888)
* December 13 - Stephen Henry Parker, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (b. 1846)

ee also

*1927
*1920s


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