1925 in Australia

1925 in Australia
Monarchy	George V
Governor-General	Henry Forster, then John Baird
Prime minister	Stanley Bruce
Population	5,939,231
Elections	Federal, Tasmania, New South Wales

Incumbents

26 January – Australia's oldest commercial radio station, 2UE, begins broadcasting in Sydney.^[1]
20 May – The Murrumbidgee River floods for eight days killing four people,^[2] as up to 500 millimetres (20 in) falls in its upper catchment.^[3]
30 May – Millicent Preston-Stanley becomes the first woman member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
1 to 31 May – Canberra records its wettest month on record with 339.4 millimetres (13.36 in) at Acton^[4] and 297.4 millimetres (11.71 in) at Duntroon Military College.^[5]
3 June – A general election is held in Tasmania. The Labor government of Joseph Lyons is returned in a landslide victory.
9 June – Ten people are killed in a derailment near Traveston railway station, Queensland
1 September – Thomas Blamey becomes Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.

The Cactoblastis moth is introduced in Queensland to control prickly pear cactus.

Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield
2 May – Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne play their initial Victorian Football League matches.
8 August – South Sydney record the only perfect season in NSWRFL history, winning all twelve of their matches.
26 September – Geelong defeats Collingwood 10.19 (79) to 9.15 (69), becoming premiers of the 1925 VFL season.
3 November – Windbag wins the Melbourne Cup.

8 February – Francis Webb, poet (died 1973)
10 February – Basil Hennessy, archaeologist
11 February – George Avery, Olympic triple jumper
17 February – Joy Nichols, comedian and actress
19 March – Creighton Burns, journalist and editor-in-chief of The Age (died 2008)
4 April – Dorothy Alison, actress (died 1992)
21 April – Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of the High Court
4 June – Peter Benjamin Graham, artist (died 1987)
6 July – Ruth Cracknell, actor (died 2002)
18 July – Shirley Strickland, athlete (died 2004)
19 August – Laurie Sawle, cricketer
21 August – Don Chipp, politician and founder of the Australian Democrats (died 2006)
24 August – Duncan Hall, rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s (died 2011)
27 August – Fred Emery, psychologist (died 1997)
27 August – Ken Grieves, cricketer (died 1992)
27 August – Bill Neilson, Premier of Tasmania (1975–1977) (died 1989)
24 September – Harry Jenkins (senior), politician (died 2004)
4 October – Renfrey Potts, mathematician (died 2005)
18 October – Thomas Millar, historian (died 1994)
24 October – Ken Mackay, cricketer (died 1982)
17 November – Charles Mackerras, conductor
23 November – James Killen, politician (died 2007)
10 December – Norm McDonald, Australian rules footballer (died 2002)

24 January – William Aitcheson Haswell (born 1854), zoologist
4 February – Richard Godfrey Rivers (born 1859), artist
23 February – John Holman (born 1872), West Australian politician
1 March – Rev. John Ferguson (born 1852), Presbyterian minister
16 April – Thomas McCawley (born 1881), Chief Justice of Queensland
20 April – Rose Scott (born 1847), social reformer
28 April – Richard Butler (born 1850), Premier of South Australia (1905)
1 May – Arthur McCabe (born 1887), Olympic rugby union player
22 June – Matthew Gibney (born 1835), Catholic bishop who gave last rites to Ned Kelly
27 June – Simpson Newland (born 1835), Murray River pioneer
18 July – Edward Russell (born 1878), Victorian politician
26 July – William Trenwith (born 1846), trade unionist
3 August – William Bruce (born 1864), cricketer
30 August – Magnus Cromarty (born 1875), NSW politician
5 September – Reginald Augustus Frederick Murray (born 1846), geologist
28 September – Joseph Brown (born 1844), politician
3 October – Charles Web Gilbert (born 1867), sculptor
24 October – Charles Kenningham (born 1860), English opera singer
4 November – Paddy Hannan (born 1840), gold prospector
13 November – Charles McDonald (born 1860), politician
16 November – Joseph Maiden (born 1859), botanist

Years in Australia (1788–present)

1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800

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Timeline of Australian history

1925 in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

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