1933 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1933 in Australia.

Incumbents

State Premiers

Premier of New South Wales – Bertram Stevens
Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith
Premier of South Australia – Lionel Hill, then Robert Richards, then Richard L. Butler
Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
Premier of Victoria – Sir Stanley Argyle
Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell, then 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
Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark
Governor of Victoria – none appointed
Governor of Western Australia – ''none appointed''

Events

8 April – A referendum is held in Western Australia, which is carried 2 to 1 in favour of secession from the Commonwealth of Australia.
26 April – The seaplane carrier,, is paid off into reserve.
10 June – The Australian Women's Weekly is first published.
13 June – The Australian Antarctic Territory is established.
30 June - The third national Australian Census is taken, recording the population at 6,630,600.
28 August – The Brisbane newspaper, The Courier-Mail, is first published.
5 September – Australia signs a trade agreement with New Zealand.
6 September – Windscreen wipers become compulsory on all Australian cars.
13 October – The first traffic lights in Sydney become operational at the intersection of Kent and Market Streets.

Arts and literature

Charles Wheeler wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Ambrose PrattBlinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian, the first Blinky Bill book is published by children's author Dorothy Wall

Film

Errol Flynn makes his first film appearance, In the Wake of the Bounty, directed by Charles Chauvel

Sport

9 September – The 1933 NSWRFL season culminates in Newtown's 18–5 victory against St. George in the premiership final. Western Suburbs finish in last place, claiming the "wooden spoon".Hall Mark wins the Melbourne Cup
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
England defeats Australia 4–1 in The Ashes series

Births

2 January – Ed Casey, banker and politician
19 January – Leslie Dayman, actor
23 January – Bill Hayden, Governor-General of Australia
29 January – Rosemary Adey, softball player
12 February – Brian Carlson, rugby league footballer
22 February – Faith Thomas, cricketer and hockey player
20 March – Ian Walsh, rugby league footballer and coach
15 April – David Martin, Governor of New South Wales
27 May – Michael Crouch, investor, water boiler manufacturer
13 July – Kel O'Shea, rugby league footballer
25 July – Owen Abrahams, Australian rules footballer
27 July – Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer
19 August – Patricia Kailis, businesswoman, neurologist and geneticist
30 August – Keith Payne, soldier
14 September – Zoe Caldwell, actress
15 September – Monica Maughan, actress
3 October – Neale Fraser, tennis player
6 October – Diane Cilento, actress
11 October – Gary O'Callaghan, radio personality
19 October – Brian Booth, cricketer
29 October – John Andrews, architect
1 December – James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
5 December – Harry Holgate, Premier of Tasmania
19 December – Kevan Gosper, athlete, sports administrator and businessman
20 December – Ted Mack, politician
26 December – Ugly Dave Gray, television personality

Deaths

7 January – Bert Hinkler, aviation pioneer
9 January – Daphne Akhurst, tennis player
10 January – Richard Buzacott, Western Australian politician
17 January – John Hodges, cricketer
5 February – Josiah Thomas, New South Wales politician
16 February – Archie Jackson, cricketer
21 March – James Edmond, journalist
15 April – Alfred Stephens, writer and literary critic
20 April – Sir William Rooke Creswell, 1st Naval Officer Commanding the Commonwealth Naval Forces
30 April – Robert Hamilton Russell, surgeon
4 June – Herbert Basedow, South Australian politician, anthropologist, geologist and explorer
22 June – Harold Desbrowe-Annear, architect
20 July – William Lowrie, agricultural educationist
26 July – Sir Joseph Verco, physician and conchologist
10 August – Alf Morgans, 4th Premier of Western Australia
7 October – Sir Alexander Peacock, 20th Premier of Victoria
15 November – Affie Jarvis, cricketer
19 November – Hugo Throssell, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient