See also: 1934 in Australia, other events of 1935, 1936 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 ? Albert Ogilvie
• Premier of Victoria ? Stanley Argyle (until April 2), then Albert Dunstan
• Premier of Western Australia ? Philip Collier

State Governors

• Governor of New South Wales ? Sir Philip Game (until January 15), then Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie (from February 21)
• Governor of Queensland ? Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
• Governor of South Australia ? Sir Winston Dugan
• Governor of Tasmania ? Sir Ernest Clark
• Governor of Victoria ? William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield
• Governor of Western Australia ? none appointed

Events

• February 26 ? Qantas Empire Airways makes its first scheduled international flight, when a De Havilland Express departs Darwin bound for Singapore.
• March 2 ? A general election is held in Victoria. The UAP-Country Party coalition wins a comfortable majority.
• March 29 ? 141 people drown when a cyclone strikes the pearling fleet off the coast of Broome, Western Australia.
• April 2 ? Stanley Argyle stands down as Premier of Victoria after the Country Party dissolves their coalition with the UAP. He is succeeded by Country Party leader Albert Dunstan.
• July 1 ? The Australian Associated Press (AAP) news agency is established.
• October 2 ? John Curtin replaces James Scullin as leader of the Australian Labor Party.
• October 4 ? Luna Park in Sydney is officially opened.
• October 14 ? The Hornibrook Bridge, connecting Redcliffe and Sandgate in Queensland, is officially opened.
• December 31 ? The Cane Toad is introduced to Queensland.

Science & Technology

Arts and literature

• John Longstaff wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Banjo Paterson
• Olive Cotton takes the photograph Teacup Ballet

Film

Sport

• Marabou wins the Melbourne Cup
• Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield

Births

• January 9 - Brian Harradine, politician
• January 19 - Johnny O'Keefe (d.1978), entertainer
• March 3 - Malcolm Anderson, tennis player
• March 5 - Philip K. Chapman, astronaut
• April 7 - Mervyn Crossman, field hockey player
• April 10 - Peter Hollingworth, Bishop and Governor General of Australia
• May 12 - Leneen Forde, Governor of Queensland
• August 2 - Llewellyn Edwards, politician
• August 8 - John Laws, radio personality
• September 28 - Bruce Crampton, golfer
• October 7 - Thomas Keneally, writer
• November 4 - Barry Crocker, entertainer
• November 28 - Randolph Stow, writer

Deaths

• April 8 – David Watkins (b. 1865), Newcastle politician and member of the First Parliament
• September 2 – Sir Sidney Kidman (b. 1857), pastoralist
• September 22 – Elliott Lewis (b. 1858), Premier of Tasmania
• September 25 – Tom Richards (53), rugby union player (b. 1882)
• November 8 – Charles Kingsford Smith (b. 1897), aviator

See also

• 1935
• 1930s