1929 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1929 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch – George V
Governor-General – John Baird, Baronet of Stonehaven
Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce, then James Scullin
Chief Justice – Adrian Knox

State premiers

Premier of New South Wales – Thomas Bavin
Premier of Queensland – William McCormack, then Arthur Edward Moore
Premier of South Australia – Richard Layton Butler
Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
Premier of Victoria – William Murray McPherson, then Edmond Hogan
Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

State governors

Events

Centenary of Western Australia
4 April – 1929 Tasmanian floods: A dam on the Cascade River in Tasmania collapses. The subsequent torrent floods the town of Derby, killing fourteen people.
3 June – Fremantle, Western Australia is proclaimed a city.
12 October – A federal election is held. James Scullin leads the Australian Labor Party to victory over the incumbent government of Stanley Bruce. Bruce becomes the first Prime Minister to lose his seat in an election.
30 November – A state election is held in Victoria.
12 December – Premier of Victoria William Murray McPherson refuses to resign after the election, but is defeated by a no confidence motion in the first meeting of parliament. He retires, with Edmond Hogan assuming the premiership.
16 December – Rothbury Riot in which police shoot at locked out miners, killing Norman Brown.

Arts and literature

18 January – Sir John Longstaff wins the 1928 Archibald Prize for his portrait of Alexander Leeper.

Sport

3 January – Don Bradman makes 112 for Australia v England in the third Test match at Melbourne, his first Test Century.
5 November – Nightmarch wins the Melbourne Cup.
The Australia national rugby league team embarked on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
England defeats Australia 4–1 in The Ashes series
South Sydney win the 1929 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, defeating Newtown 30–10.
Collingwood football club win their third consecutive AFL Priemiership flag, after an undefeated home and away season..

Births

January - February

2 January – Valerie Yule, child psychologist
5 January – Veronica Brady, religious sister and academic
7 January – Robert Juniper, artist
18 January – Eric Robinson, Queensland politician
27 January – Barbara York Main, arachnologist
30 January – Maggie Fitzgibbon, actress and singer
31 January – John Stone, Queensland politician
1 February – R. A. Simpson, poet
2 February – Desmond Ford, theologian
7 February – John Sullivan, New South Wales politician
8 February – Jack Simpson, Victorian politician
9 February – Clement Meadmore, sculptor
10 February – Sandy McPhie, Queensland politician
16 February
* Kevin Manser, actor
* Peter Porter, poet
26 February – Donald Metcalf, medical researcher
27 February – Jack Gibson, rugby league footballer and coach

March - April

15 March – Barbara McAulay, Olympic diver
18 March – Ted Robertson, Northern Territory politician
19 March – Olive Zakharov, Victorian politician
24 March – Bryant Burns, Queensland politician
28 March
* Paul England, racing driver
* Keith Johnson, Victorian politician
31 March – Don Candy, tennis player
2 April – Pat Twomey, Australian rules footballer
4 April – George Mikell, actor and writer
9 April
* Ron Haddrick, cricketer and actor
* Fred Hollows, ophthalmologist
17 April – Allen Blanchard, Western Australian politician
25 April – Don Fish, graphic designer, illustrator, cartoonist, poster designer and writer
29 April
* Maxwell Newton, media publisher
* Peter Sculthorpe, composer
30 April
* Irving Davidson, Australian rules footballer
* Carl Kirkwood, Victorian politician

May - June

4 May – Ella Stack, doctor and Lord Mayor of Darwin
7 May
* Len Fitzgerald, Australian rules footballer
* John Holt, New South Wales politician and judge
10 May – Geoffrey Burnstock, neurobiologist
11 May – Alan Daly, Australian rules footballer
13 May – Ivan Lund, fencer
15 May – Kevin Cairns, Queensland politician
17 May – John Davies, Olympic swimmer and judge
24 May – Brian Wenzel, actor
26 May
* Ernie Carroll, television personality
* Hans Freeman, bioinorganic chemist
2 June – Ken McGregor, tennis player
3 June – Gordon Simpson, Queensland politician
9 June – Tom McNeil, Western Australian politician and Australian rules footballer
10 June – Ian Sinclair, 7th Leader of the National Party
12 June – Roy Bull, rugby league footballer and coach
13 June – Kevin Harrold, New South Wales politician
14 June – Alan Davidson, cricketer
15 June – Geoffrey Parsons, pianist
17 June – George Brenner, New South Wales politician
23 June – Herb Barker, athlete
26 June – June Bronhill, opera singer

July - August

1 July – Jack Storey, Australian rules footballer
4 July – Max Olding, pianist
5 July
* Jimmy Carruthers, boxer
* Ron Casey, sports journalist and radio personality
6 July – Russell Middlemiss, Australian rules footballer
8 July – Bruce Gyngell, television executive
12 July
* Barry Griffiths, Australian rules footballer
* Ken Hannam, film and television director
* Bill Nolan, Australian rules footballer
14 July – Adam Inglis, Australian rules footballer
17 July – Roger Goldsworthy, 3rd Deputy Premier of South Australia
20 July
* Hazel Hawke, 22nd Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
* David Tonkin, 38th Premier of South Australia
21 July – Jim Bailey, Olympic athlete
25 July – Ron Lord, soccer player
27 July – Marc Wilkinson, composer and conductor
5 August – Reg Lindsay, country music singer
6 August – Thomas Ahearn, Queensland politician
9 August – John Wheeldon, Western Australian politician
12 August
* John Bluthal, actor
* Manfred Cross, Queensland politician
14 August – Derek Fielding, librarian and author
16 August – William Copeland, Test cricket umpire
21 August
* Brian Archer, Tasmanian politician
* Jack Gaffney, Australian rules footballer and lawyer
23 August – Peter Thomson, golfer
25 August – Seaman Dan, musician
30 August – Gordon Barton, businessman and political activist

September - October

2 September
* Tom Allsop, Australian rules footballer
* Rex Hartwig, tennis player
3 September – John Vernon, high jumper
4 September – Bruce Murray, Australian rules footballer and cricketer
5 September – Margaret Loutit, microbiologist
8 September – Neil Robbins, athlete
15 September
* Eva Burrows, 13th General of The Salvation Army
* Peter Watkins, New South Wales politician
21 September – Dick Tooth, rugby union player
25 September – John Rutherford, cricketer
26 September – Brian Oliver, long and triple jumper
27 September
* William Bridges-Maxwell, New South Wales politician
* Ken McCaffery, rugby league footballer and commentator
1 October – Ken Arthurson, rugby league footballer, coach and administrator
2 October
* Lorrae Desmond, actress, singer and television presenter
* Wal Fife, New South Wales politician and businessman
6 October – Les Favell, cricketer
8 October – Gracia Baylor, Victorian politician
12 October – John Bourchier, Victorian politician
13 October – Kevin Hallett, Olympic swimmer
15 October – John Solomon, rugby union player
17 October – Jack Mundey, New South Wales councillor, trade union leader and environmental activist
20 October – Stroma Buttrose, architect
21 October – Glen Sheil, Queensland politician and tennis player
31 October – Eddie Charlton, snooker and billiards player

November - December

4 November – Jeannette Patrick, Victorian politician
6 November – Ronald Raines, New South Wales politician
10 November – Ray Preston, rugby league player
16 November – David Arblaster, New South Wales politician
17 November – Andy Thorpe, model and radio personality
17 November – Alan Cameron, rugby union player
22 November – Keith Rayner, Anglican bishop
23 November
* Bill Henderson, soccer player
* Peter Lucas, Australian rules footballer
* Bruce Petty, political satirist
4 December
* John Fethers, fencer
* Sir Noel Power, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
9 December – Bob Hawke, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and President of the ACTU
11 December
* Laurence Harding-Smith, fencer
* Desmond O'Grady, journalist, author and playwright
18 December – Bob Jane, racing driver and businessman
21 December – Joyce Evans, photographer
31 December – Doug Anthony, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

Deaths

13 January – H. B. Higgins, Victorian politician, lawyer, and High Court justice
16 February – Thomas Kennedy, Victorian politician
20 February – James McColl, Victorian politician
28 April – May Jordan McConnel, trade unionist and suffragist
17 May – Edward Harney, Western Australian politician and lawyer
7 June – Alfred Waldron, Australian rules footballer
26 June – Samuel Cooke, Victorian politician
14 July – Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer, evolutionary biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
7 August – Sir Alexander Matheson, 3rd Baronet, Western Australian politician
25 August – Frederick Burton, cricketer
11 September – Archibald James Campbell, public servant, ornithologist and naturalist
30 October – Franc Falkiner, New South Wales politician and grazier
26 November – Sir John Cockburn, 18th Premier of South Australia