1931 in Australia
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1930 in Australia ,
other events of 1931 ,
1932 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history .
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January 7 ? Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand ) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast .
January 10 ? The Beef Riot takes place in Adelaide . Seventeen people are injured when unemployed men clash with police while protesting the decision to remove beef from the dole ration.
January 21 ? Isaac Isaacs becomes the first Australian-born Governor-General .
January 22 ? The Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration announces a 10% reduction in the basic wage , in addition to reductions made in accordance with the fall in the cost of living index, effective from February 1 .
February 4 ? Joseph Lyons resigns from the federal cabinet of James Scullin , after Scullin re-appoints Ted Theodore as Treasurer .
February 18 ? The Royal Australian Navy light cruiser HMAS Pioneer is scuttled off Sydney Heads .
March 4 ? Holden's Motor Body Builders is purchased by General Motors , and is renamed General Motors?Holden's Ltd .
March 10 ? The first Apex Club is formed in Geelong, Victoria .
March 21 ? The Australian National Airways aircraft Southern Cloud , carrying 8 persons, disappears on a flight between Sydney and Melbourne . The wreckage is not located until 1958.
May 7 ? Joseph Lyons forms the United Australia Party , through the amalgamation of ALP defectors, Nationalists and anti-Labor citizens' groups.
May 9 ? A general election is held in Tasmania , which implements compulsory voting clauses of the Electoral Act for the first time. The Nationalist Party led by John McPhee defeats the Australian Labor Party , and substantially increasing its majority.
August 15 ? The two ends of the Sydney Harbour Bridge are joined in the middle.
November 25 ? The Lang Labor group led by Jack Lang votes with the Opposition on a motion of no confidence against James Scullin 's government, triggering an early election.
December 19 ? A federal election is held. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by James Scullin is defeated by former Labor MP Joseph Lyons and the United Australia Party .
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