The following lists events that happened during 1937 in Australia.

1937
in
Australia

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1937 in Australia
MonarchGeorge VI
Governor-GeneralAlexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
Prime ministerJoseph Lyons
Population6,835,536
ElectionsFederal, VIC, TAS

Incumbents

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Joseph Lyons

State Premiers

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State Governors

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Events

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  • 9 February – Cairns is hit by a tropical cyclone.
  • 15 February – An explosion kills 13 men at the State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi, Victoria.
  • 20 February – A general election is held in Tasmania. The incumbent Labor government led by Albert Ogilvie is returned to power.
  • 1 March – Bernard O'Reilly locates the wreckage of an Airlines of Australia Stinson airliner, VH-UHH City of Brisbane, in the McPherson Range in southern Queensland. Two survivors are rescued, five others did not survive.
  • 20 April – Regular airmail services begin between Australia and the USA.
  • 21-23 April - The first conference of Commonwealth and State Aboriginal authorities is held in Canberra. The conference sees several resolutions pass with the aim of assimiliating Australian Aboriginals (excluding those deemed full-blooded) in white culture.[1]
  • 23 October – The ACTU calls on the government to boycott trade with Japan, following the Japanese invasion of China.

Arts and literature

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Sport

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Births

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Deaths

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George Prendergast

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Aboriginal welfare: initial conference of Commonwealth and state Aboriginal authorities held at Canberra, 21st to 23rd April, 1937. 1937.
  2. ^ "Death of Mrs. A. J. Thynne". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1937. p. 15. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  3. ^ MacCulloch, Jennifer, "Walker, Dame Eadith Campbell (1861–1937)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 29 October 2020