1927 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1927 in Australia.
| 1927 in Australia | |
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| Monarchy | George V |
| Governor-General | John Baird |
| Prime minister | Stanley Bruce |
| Population | 6,182,488 |
| Elections | WA, SA, NSW, VIC |
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Incumbents
- Monarch – George V
- Governor-General – John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
- Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce
- Chief Justice – Adrian Knox
State premiers
- Premier of New South Wales – Jack Lang (until 18 October) then Thomas Bavin
- Premier of Queensland – William McCormack
- Premier of South Australia – Lionel Hill (until 8 April) then Richard Layton Butler
- Premier of Tasmania – Joseph Lyons
- Premier of Victoria – John Allan (until 20 May) then Edmond Hogan
- Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier
State governors
- Governor of New South Wales – Sir Dudley de Chair
- Governor of Queensland – Sir John Goodwin (from 13 July)
- Governor of South Australia – Sir Tom Bridges (until 4 December)
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir James O'Grady
- Governor of Victoria – Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers
- Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Campion
Events
Parliament House Opening, 1927
- 1 February – The North Australia Act of 1926 is enforced and the territory of Central Australia is created.
- 8 February – 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.
- 9 April – A general election is held in Victoria.
- 3 May – The Australasian Council of Trade Unions is formed at the All-Australian Trade Union Congress in Melbourne.
- 9 May – Parliament House in Canberra is officially opened by the Duke of York.
- 20 May – 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.
- 29 June – Charles Kingsford Smith and his copilot Charles Ulm complete a round-Australia flight in ten days, five-and-a-half hours.
- 27 October – Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor is killed in a shootout with Sydney gangsters (including Snowy Cutmore, who also dies) in Carlton.
- 3 November – The Sydney ferry Greycliffe is cut in half by the liner RMS Tahiti, killing 40 persons.
Science 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's portrait, Mrs Annie Murdoch wins the Archibald Prize[1]
Sport
- 27 August – Ronald 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.
- 17 September - The 1927 NSWRFL season culminates in South Sydney's victory over St. George in the final
- 24 September – Collingwood become premiers of the 1927 VFL season, defeating Richmond 2.13 (25) to 1.7 (13) in the 1927 grand final.
- 1 November – Trivalve wins the Melbourne Cup.
- South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
Births
- 20 January – Dawn Lake, entertainer (died 2006)
- 21 January – Clive Churchill, rugby league player (died 1985)
- 15 April – Bob Ellicott, lawyer, politician and judge
- 20 March – Wally Grout, cricket player (died 1968)
- 1 April – Peter Cundall, horticulturist and television presenter
- 1 May – Michael Charlton, journalist and broadcaster
- 30 May – Billy Wilson, St George rugby league captain (died 1993)
- 6 June – Alan Seymour, playwright (died 2015)
- 10 June – Bede Morris, immunologist (died 1988)[2]
- 13 June – David Kirkpatrick (Slim Dusty), country and western singer (died 2003)
- 3 July – Peter Muller, architect
- 13 July – Ian Reed, discus thrower
- 16 July – Geoffrey Martin, Australian rules footballer
- 17 July – Trixie Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes, Australian-English dentist and politician
- 14 August – Sid Patterson, cyclist (died 1999)
- 22 September – Hal Nerdal, skier[3]
- 29 October – Frank Sedgman, tennis player
- 10 November – Richard Connolly, composer and ABC personality
- 11 November – Jack Absalom, artist, author and adventurer (died 2019)
- 14 November – Bart Cummings, Australia's Best Racehorse Trainer (12 Melbourne Cup wins) (died 2015)
- 28 December – Ron Casey, Australian rules football administrator and media personality (died 2000)
Deaths
- 7 January – Robert Jones, Irish-born Australian politician (born 1845)
- 15 March – Hector Rason, Premier of Western Australia (born 1858)
- 31 March – Paris Nesbit, lawyer (born 1852)
- 2 April – Edward Davies, architect (born 1852)
- 26 October – Squizzy Taylor, gangster (born 1888)
- 13 December – Stephen Henry Parker, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia (born 1846)
References
- "Winner: Archibald Prize 1927 - George W Lambert". artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- McCullagh, Peter (2012). "Morris, Bede (1927–1988)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 18. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 28 July 2015 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (June 2016). "Hal Nerdal Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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