1923 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1923 in Australia.

1923 in Australia
MonarchyGeorge V
Governor-GeneralHenry Forster
Prime ministerBilly Hughes, then Stanley Bruce
Population5,693,369
ElectionsQueensland

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

Incumbents
Billy Hughes
Stanley Bruce

State premiers

State governors

Events
  • 8 February – Billy Hughes resigns as Prime Minister, after the Country Party refuses to govern in coalition with him as the leader of the Nationalist Party. Hughes is succeeded by his Treasurer, Stanley Bruce.
  • 25 April – The first Anzac Day dawn service is held in Albany, Western Australia.[1]
  • 28 April – Construction commences on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
  • 1 to 30 April – A uniquely dry month over southeastern Australia due to a persistent block sees the driest month on record over Victoria with only 1.54 millimetres or 0.061 inches[2] and Tasmania with only 7.95 millimetres or 0.31 inches.[3] Melbourne has its only rainless month since at least 1855.
  • 1 to 31 May – Following on the record dry April, Tasmania's weather reverses so abruptly that May remains the state's wettest month since at least 1900 with a statewide average of 370.92 millimetres or 14.60 inches.[3] The wet weather would continue for another eleven months so that May 1923 to April 1924 received a statewide average rainfall of 2,091.87 millimetres or 82.36 inches – the wettest twelve months on record over Tasmania.
  • 14 August – John Hayes resigns as Premier of Tasmania after failing to resolve Tasmania's financial crisis. Sir Walter Lee becomes Premier for the second time.
  • 28 August – Construction begins on the Provisional Parliament House in Canberra.
  • 7 September – Harry Lawson assumes office for a second term as Premier of Victoria, forming a National-Country Party ministry.
  • 10 October – Telephone link between Sydney and Brisbane officially opened.
  • 12 October – Cairns, Queensland is proclaimed a city.
  • 14 October – Severe floods in Melbourne, two people drown.
  • 25 October – Sir Walter Lee is defeated in a no-confidence motion, and Joseph Lyons becomes Premier of Tasmania.
  • 31 October – The Marble Bar heat wave begins, which by 7 April 1924 will hold the world record for the longest number of consecutive days (160) in which a temperature above 100 °F or 37.8 °C was recorded.[4]
  • 1 November – The 1923 Victorian Police strike begins, with half of the Victoria Police force standing down over the use of labour spies. Rioting and looting takes place in the Melbourne city centre.[5]


Arts and literature
Main article: 1923 in Australian literature


Sport

Births
  • 3 January – Bud Tingwell, actor (died 2009)
  • 4 February – James Dibble, journalist (died 2010)
  • 15 March – Lou Richards, Australian Rules footballer and media personality (died 2017)
  • 5 May – Helen Cutler, charity worker and patron (died 1990)
  • 21 May – Dorothy Hewett, poet and playwright (died 2002)
  • 15 June – Ninian Stephen, Governor General of Australia (died 2017)
  • 25 June – Harry Seidler, architect (died 2006)
  • 28 July – Theo Bruce, long jumper (died 2002)
  • 4 August – Reg Grundy, media owner (died 2016)
  • 15 October – Lindsay Thompson, Premier of Victoria (died 2008)

Deaths

See also

References
  1. ANZAC Day Archived 21 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Premier and Cabinet (Western Australia).
  2. Australian Bureau of Meteorology; All Months Rainfall Sorted — Victoria
  3. Australian Bureau of Meteorology; All Months Rainfall Sorted — Tasmania
  4. Marble Bar heatwave, 1923–24, Bureau of Meteorology.
  5. 1923 Police Strike, Museum Victoria.
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