1934 in Australia
See also:
1933 in Australia,
other events of 1934,
1935 in Australia and the
Timeline of Australian history.
Incumbents
State Premiers
State Governors
Events
- January 18 ? Qantas and Imperial Airways join forces and establish Qantas Empire Airways.
- March 12 ? An intense cyclone crosses the Queensland coast near Innisfail, 75 people were confirmed dead.
- September 1 ? Body of the "Pyjama Girl" found in Albury, New South Wales.
- September 15 ? A federal election is held. Joseph Lyons is returned as Prime Minister, leading a United Australia Party-Country Party coalition to victory over the Australian Labor Party.
- October 3 ? Qantas de Havilland DH.50 Atalanta, registration VH-UHE, crashes near Winton, Queensland, killing the pilot and 2 passengers.
- October 15 ? Captain Cook's cottage is opened to the public, after being dismantled in England, then shipped to Australia and reassembled in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne.
- October 18 ? Charles Prince of Morphettville is found guilty of fraud for the "ring in" of Redlock at the Murray Bridge Racing Club on July 28.
- October 24 ? C.W.A Scott and Tom Campbell Black cross the finishing line and win the MacRobertson Air Race, flying from London to Melbourne in an elapsed time of 71 hours.
- November 6 ? The Australian government attempts to stop left-wing writer Egon Erwin Kisch from entering the country, using the language provisions of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 which allowed a test in any European language. The multi-lingual Kisch was tested in Scottish Gaelic, although the decision to block his entry was later overturned by the High Court.
- November 11 ? The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne is dedicated.
- November 15 ? Qantas de Havilland DH86 crashes after departing from Longreach Airport during its delivery flight.
Unknown dates
Science & Technology
Arts and literature
Film
Sport
Births
- January 6 ? Harry M. Miller, promoter and publicist
- January 11 ? Peter John Badcoe, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1967)
- January 20 ? Barry Fisher, cricketer (d. 1980)
- January 26 ? Ruby Langford Ginibi, Indigenous author and historian
- January 31 ? Gil Jamieson, painter (d. 1992)
- February 15 ? Graham Kennedy, entertainer (d. 2005)
- February 17 ? Barry Humphries, entertainer
- March 20 ? David Malouf, writer
- April 16 ? Barrie Unsworth, Premier of New South Wales
- May 1 ? John Meillon, actor (d. 1989)
- May 5 ? Victor Garland, politician and high commissioner to the UK
- May 6 ? Chris Wallace-Crabbe, poet and academic
- June 2 ? Ian Brooker, botanist
- August 17 ? Ben Humphreys, politician
- September 15 ? Fred Nile, clergyman and politician
- October 9 ? Jill Ker Conway, author
- October 10 ? Julian Beale, politician
- November 2 ? Ken Rosewall, tennis player
- November 16 ? Peter Ross Sinclair, Governor of New South Wales (1990?1996)
- December 24 ? Alan Beaumont, Chief of the Australian Defence Force (1993?1995, d. 2004)
Deaths
- January 1 ? Robert Gibson, businessman
- January 22 ? Arthur Wilberforce Jose (b. 1863), historian
- January 30 ? Edward Heitmann (b. 1878), WA politician
- February 21 ? Sydney Smith (b. 1856), NSW and federal politician
- February 27 ? George Temple-Poole (b. 1856), architect
- March 17 ? Walter Rosenhain (b. 1875), metallurgist
- March 23 ? Thomas Brown (b. 1861)
- March 29 ? Josiah Symon (b. 1846), Attorney-General of Australia
- March 30 ? Ronald Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar (b. 1860), Governor General of Australia
- April 12 ? Bertram Steele (b. 1870), scientist
- May 12 ? Agar Wynne (b. 1850), politician
- May 25 ? Percy Coleman (b. 1892), union organiser and politician
- June 6 ? William Holman (b. 1871), Premier of New South Wales (1913?1920)
- June 19 ? John McDonald (b. 1868), WA politician
- July 14 ? John Thomson (b. 1862), politician
- July 31 ? Charles McGrath (b. 1872), politician
- August 6 ? Alexander Leeper (b. 1848), educationist
- August 18 ? Sir John Sulman (b. 1849), architect
- August 27 ? Linda Agostini (b. 1905), murder vicitm (the "Pyjama Girl")
- August 28 ? T. W. Edgeworth David (b. 1858), scientist
- September 5 ? Sidney Myer (b. 1878), businessman
- October 7 ? William Sutherland Dun (b. 1868), paleontologist and geologist
- October 16 ? James Mathews (b. 1865), politician
- November 21 ? John Scaddan (b. 1876), Premier of Western Australia (1911?1916)
- December 3 ? Charles Ulm (b. 1898), aviator
See also
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