See also: 1933 in Australia, other events of 1934, 1935 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

• Monarch ? King George V
• Governor-General ? Sir Isaac Isaacs
• Prime Minister ? Joseph Lyons

State Premiers

• Premier of New South Wales ? Bertram Stevens
• Premier of Queensland ? William Forgan Smith
• Premier of South Australia ? Richard L. Butler
• Premier of Tasmania ? John McPhee (until March 15), then Walter Lee (until June 22), then Albert Ogilvie
• Premier of Victoria ? Stanley Argyle
• Premier of Western Australia ? Philip Collier

State Governors

• Governor of New South Wales ? Sir Philip Game
• Governor of Queensland ? Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
• Governor of South Australia ? Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (until April 26), then Sir Winston Dugan (from July 20)
• Governor of Tasmania ? Sir Ernest Clark
• Governor of Victoria ? William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield (from May 14)
• Governor of Western Australia ? none appointed

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

• The first ute is produced by Ford in Geelong

Science & Technology

Arts and literature

• Henry Hanke wins the Archibald Prize with his self portrait

Film

• Strike Me Lucky, starring Roy Rene and directed by Ken G. Hall, is released

Sport

• Peter Pan wins the Melbourne Cup
• Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
• Australia defeats England 2-1 in The Ashes series, held in England

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

• 1934
• 1930s