1924 in Australia

Incumbents

• Monarch – George V
• Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
• Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce
• Chief Justice – Adrian Knox

State premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – Sir George Fuller
• Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore
• Premier of South Australia – Henry Barwell, then John Gunn
• Premier of Tasmania – Joseph Lyons
• Premier of Victoria – Harry Lawson, then Sir Alexander Peacock, then George Prendergast, then John Allan
• Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell, then Philip Collier

State governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir Dudley de Chair
• Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Tom Bridges
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir James O'Grady
• Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
• Governor of Western Australia – Sir Francis Newdegate, then Sir William Campion

Events

• 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.
• 1 February – The Australian Loan Council meets for the first time.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Mulyie becomes the only station in Australia to ever record zero rainfall for an entire calendar year.

Arts and literature

• Miss Collins, a portrait of Gladys Neville Collins by William Beckwith McInnes is awarded the Archibald Prize

Sport

• 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. 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 and Spearfelt placed second and third.

Births

• 1 January – Elizabeth McKinnon, Olympic sprinter
• 24 January – Catherine Hamlin, obstetrician and gynaecologist
• 29 February – David Beattie, Governor-General of New Zealand
• 2 April – Milton Morris, New South Wales politician
• 11 April – Frank Wilson, actor
• 17 April – Kenneth Norman Jones, public servant
• 25 April – Peter Abeles, businessman
• 25 April – Eric D'Arcy, Catholic Archbishop of Hobart
• 3 May – Ken Kearney, rugby league player
• 5 May – Gordon Jackson, businessman
• 31 May – Patsy Adam-Smith, author and historian
• 3 June – Eric Neal, Governor of South Australia
• 24 June – Brian Bevan, rugby league player
• 29 June – Eric Worrell, RAAF pilot
• 5 July – Edward Cassidy, Catholic cardinal
• 7 July – Graham Dunscombe, Australian rules footballer
• 15 July – Hugh Stretton, historian
• 19 July – Raymond Specht, botanist
• 3 August – Max Oldmeadow, politician
• 23 August – David Boyd, artist
• 5 September – Frank Armitage, artist for Disney
• 12 September – Steve Marsh, Australian rules footballer
• 13 September – Harold Blair, tenor and Aboriginal activist
• 27 September – Charlotte MacGibbon, javelin thrower
• 1 October – Leonie Kramer, academic and educator
• 5 October – Kenneth Jack, artist
• 25 October – Paul Rigby, cartoonist
• 26 October – Reg Withers, Senator for Western Australia
• 10 November – Bobby Limb, entertainer
• 21 November – David Thomson, politician
• 22 November – Les Johnson, politician
• 28 November – Harry Bath, rugby league footballer and coach
• 3 December – John Winter, Olympic high jumper
• 15 December – Noel Hush, chemist
• 17 December – Clifton Pugh, artist

Deaths

• 23 January – Chas Brownlow, Australian rules football administrator
• 20 January – Henry "Ivo" Crapp, VFL umpire
• 3 March – John Ramsay, businessman
• 12 March – Henry Deane, engineer and botanist
• 25 March – John Reedman, cricketer and Australian rules footballer
• 1 April – Stan Rowley, Olympic sprinter
• 1 May – Arthur McCabe, Olympic rugby union player
• 9 May – Edward Henry Embley, doctor
• 2 June – Anselm Bourke, Catholic priest
• 19 July – Kingsley Fairbridge, child emigration pioneer
• 30 August – Gerald Sharp, Anglican clergyman
• 19 September – Alick Bannerman, cricketer
• 19 September – Henry George Smith, chemist
• 22 October – Sir William Loton, Western Australian politician
• 29 October – John Marden, teacher and headmaster