1937 in Australia

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1937 in Australia
Monarch	George VI
Governor-General	Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
Prime Minister	Joseph Lyons
Population	6,835,536
Elections	Federal, VIC, TAS

February 9 – Cairns is hit by a tropical cyclone.
February 15 – An explosion kills 13 men at the State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi, Victoria.
February 20 – A general election is held in Tasmania. The incumbent Labor government lead by Albert Ogilvie is returned to power.
March 1 – 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.
April 20 – Regular airmail services begin between Australia and the USA.
October 23 – The ACTU calls on the government to boycott trade with Japan, following the Japanese invasion of China.

June 24 – The Commonwealth Literature Censorship Board replaces the Book Censorship Advisory Committee, and temporarily lifts the ban on Ulysses by James Joyce.

March 3 – Captained by Don Bradman, Australia defeats England in the Fifth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, retaining The Ashes.
September 25 – Geelong become premiers of the 1937 VFL season, defeating Collingwood 18.14 (122) to 12.18 (90).
November 19 – Hubert Opperman completes an epic bicycle ride from Fremantle, Western Australia to Sydney, taking 13 days, 10 hours and 11 minutes.

February 14 – Walter Burley Griffin (b. 1876), architect of Canberra (died in India)
March 18 – Walter Wilson Froggatt (b. 1858), geologist and economic entomologist
June 9 – Charles Chewings (b. 1859), geologist and anthropologist
July 10 – Thomas Brentnall (b. 1846), accountant and musician
July 22 – Ted McDonald (b. 1891), cricketer and Australian Rules footballer (Essendon, Fitzroy)
July 28 – Sir George Hyde (b. 1877), head of the Royal Australian Navy
August 14 – Bruce Smith (b. 1851), politician
August 28 – George Prendergast (b. 1854), Premier of Victoria (1924)
September 28 – William Ramsay Smith (b. 1859), anthropologist
October 2 – Sir Granville Ryrie (b. 1865), soldier
November 4 – Alfred Walter Campbell (b. 1868), neurologist
November 6 – William Moore (b. 1868), art and drama critic
November 17 – Jack Worrall (b. 1860), cricketer and Australian Rules footballer
November 19 – Rayner Hoff (b. 1894), sculptor
November 27 – Walter Howchin (b. 1845), geologist
December 11 – Godfrey Irving (b. 1867), soldier and Chief of the General Staff (1915)
December 16 – Sir Murray Bourchier (b. 1881), soldier and Deputy Premier of Victoria

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