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

See also: 1924 in Australia, other events of 1925, 1926 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

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

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.
• 20 May – The Murrumbidgee River floods for eight days killing four people, as up to 500 millimetres (20 in) falls in its upper catchment.
• 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 and 297.4 millimetres (11.71 in) at Duntroon Military College.
• 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
• 11 February – George Avery, Olympic triple jumper
• 17 February – Joy Nichols, comedian and actress
• 19 March – Creighton Burns, journalist and editor-in-chief of The Age (died 2008)
• 4 April – Dorothy Alison, actress (died 1992)
• 21 April – Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of the High Court
• 4 June – Peter Benjamin Graham, artist (died 1987)
• 6 July – Ruth Cracknell, actor (died 2002)
• 18 July – Shirley Strickland, athlete (died 2004)
• 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)
• 18 October – Thomas Millar, historian (died 1994)
• 24 October – Ken Mackay, cricketer (died 1982)
• 17 November – Charles Mackerras, conductor
• 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