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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1924 in Australia .
Stanley Bruce
Entertaining visiting Japanese naval officers at a tennis party at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, 26 January 1924
1 January – The
Australian Automobile Association was formed to lobby for federal road finance and a national traffic code.
26 January –
3AR ,
Victoria 's first
radio station , begins broadcasting.
30 January – The first
Cabinet meeting was held in
Canberra . The ministers met and also lodged at
Yarralumla House , later the residence of the
Governor-General .
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1 February – The
Australian Loan Council meets for the first time.
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12 April –
HMAS Australia is scuttled off
Sydney Heads .
28 April – In the
Parliament of Victoria , the coalition between the
Nationalist Party and the
Country Party breaks down.
Premier
Harry Lawson retires to the backbench, and
Sir Alexander Peacock is sworn in as Premier.
12 May –
Royal assent is given to the Parliamentary Elections (Women Candidates) Act 1924, allowing women to stand for parliament in
Victoria .
26 June – A
general election is held in
Victoria .
18 July – After the
Victorian state election , the
Country Party agrees to support a
minority
Labor government, and
George Prendergast is sworn in as
Premier of Victoria .
29 July – The
1924 NSWRFL season culminates in
Balmain 's victory over
South Sydney in the final.
10 October – The
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is enacted making
voting in federal elections compulsory (the next federal election would be held on 14 November 1925).
13 October – the inaugural
Better Farming Train commenced a tour of
Gippsland ,
Victoria .
18 November – The
Country Party resolves its differences with the
Nationalist Party , and votes to defeat Premier
George Prendergast in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly . Country Party leader
John Allan replaces him as
Premier of Victoria .
Mosman Golf Club established.
The
1924 NSWRFL season is won by
Balmain , who defeated
South Sydney 3–0 in the premiership final.
The Melbourne Cup was won by six-year-old stallion Backwood (ridden by Bunty Brown, trained by Richard 'Dick' Bradfield and owned by W Clark, Allen Hughes & Baillieu). He was the fourth and final winner of the race trained by Bradfield. The race was won in a time of 3:26.5 with a field of eighteen. Stand By (Bobby Lewis/James Scobie) and Spearfelt (E O'Sullivan/V O'Neill) placed second and third.
1 January –
Elizabeth McKinnon , Olympic sprinter (died 1981)
24 January –
Catherine Hamlin , obstetrician and gynaecologist (died 2020)
29 February –
David Beattie , Governor-General of New Zealand (died 2001)
2 April –
Milton Morris , New South Wales politician (died 2019)
11 April –
Frank Wilson , actor (died 2005)
17 April –
Kenneth Norman Jones , public servant (died 2022)
25 April –
Peter Abeles , businessman (died 1999)
25 April –
Eric D'Arcy , Catholic Archbishop of Hobart (died 2005)
3 May –
Ken Kearney , rugby league player (died 2006)
5 May –
Gordon Jackson , businessman (died 1991)
31 May –
Patsy Adam-Smith , author and historian (died 2001)
3 June –
Eric Neal , Governor of South Australia (1996–2001)
24 June –
Brian Bevan , rugby league player (died 1991)
29 June –
Eric Worrell , RAAF pilot (died 1993)
5 July –
Edward Cassidy , Catholic cardinal (d. 2021)
7 July –
Graham Dunscombe , Australian rules footballer (died 2020)
15 July –
Hugh Stretton , historian (died 2015)
19 July –
Raymond Specht , botanist (died 2021)
3 August –
Max Oldmeadow , politician (died 2013)
23 August –
David Boyd , artist (died 2011)
5 September –
Frank Armitage , artist for Disney (died 2016)
12 September –
Steve Marsh , Australian rules footballer (died 2024)
13 September –
Harold Blair , tenor and Aboriginal activist (died 1976)
27 September –
Charlotte MacGibbon , javelin thrower (died 2009)
1 October –
Leonie Kramer , academic and educator (died 2016)
5 October –
Kenneth Jack , artist (died 2006)
25 October –
Paul Rigby , cartoonist (died 2006)
26 October –
Reg Withers , Senator for Western Australia (died 2014)
10 November –
Bobby Limb , entertainer (died 1999)
21 November –
David Thomson , politician (died 2013)
22 November –
Les Johnson , politician (died 2015)
28 November –
Harry Bath , rugby league footballer and coach (died 2008)
3 December –
John Winter , Olympic high jumper (died 2007)
15 December –
Noel Hush , chemist (died 2019)
17 December –
Clifton Pugh , artist (died 1990)
23 January –
Chas Brownlow (born 1861), Australian rules football administrator
20 January –
Henry "Ivo" Crapp (born 1872), VFL umpire
3 March –
John Ramsay (born 1841), businessman
12 March –
Henry Deane (born 1847), engineer and botanist
25 March –
John Reedman (born 1865), cricketer and Australian rules footballer
1 April –
Stan Rowley (born 1876), Olympic sprinter
1 May –
Arthur McCabe , Olympic rugby union player (b.
1887 )
9 May –
Edward Henry Embley (born 1861), doctor
2 June –
Anselm Bourke (born 1835), Catholic priest
19 July –
Kingsley Fairbridge (born 1885), child emigration pioneer
30 August –
Gerald Sharp (born 1865), Anglican clergyman
19 September –
Alick Bannerman (born 1854), cricketer
19 September –
Henry George Smith (born 1852), chemist
22 October –
Sir William Loton (born 1839), Western Australian politician
29 October –
John Marden (born 1855), teacher and headmaster