{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title alone is adequate; see WP:SDNONE --> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}} {{Year in Australia|1933}} The following lists events that happened during '''1933 in Australia'''.
{{Infobox Australian year | year = 1933 | monarch = George V | governor-general = Isaac Isaacs | pm =Joseph Lyons | population = 3,262,728 | australian = | elections =SA, WA }}
==Incumbents== [[File:Joseph Lyons.jpg|thumb|upright|140px|Joseph Lyons]] *Monarch – George V *Governor-General – Sir Isaac Isaacs *Prime Minister – Joseph Lyons *Chief Justice – Frank Gavan Duffy
===State Premiers=== *Premier of New South Wales – Bertram Stevens *Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith *Premier of South Australia – Lionel Hill (until 13 February), then Robert Richards (until 18 April), then Richard L. Butler *Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee *Premier of Victoria – Sir Stanley Argyle *Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell (until 24 April), 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 (from 4 August) *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, {{HMAS|Albatross|1928|6}}, 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. <ref>[https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/EBC7D0ED70B3EE4FCA2578EE001B786E/$File/1933%20Census%20-%20Bulletin%20No%201.pdf 1933 Census - Bulletin No 1.pdf]</ref> *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. <!--==Science and technology==-->
==Arts and literature== {{main|1933 in Australian literature}} * Charles Wheeler wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Ambrose Pratt<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1933/19257/ |title=Winner: Archibald Prize 1933 - Charles Wheeler |website=artgallery.nsw.gov.au |publisher=Art Gallery of NSW |access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> * ''Blinky 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 (died 2006), banker and politician * 19 January – Leslie Dayman (died 2023), actor * 23 January – Bill Hayden (died 2023), Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996) * 29 January – Rosemary Adey, softball player (died 2013) * 12 February – Brian Carlson (died 1987), rugby league footballer * 22 February – Faith Thomas (died 2023), cricketer and hockey player<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/faith-thomas-the-first-indigenous-woman-to-play-cricket-for-australia-dies-aged-90-1369437 Faith Thomas, the first Indigenous woman to play cricket for Australia, dies aged 90]</ref> * 20 March – Ian Walsh (died 2013), rugby league footballer and coach * 15 April – David Martin (died 1990), Governor of New South Wales (1989–1990) * 27 May – Michael Crouch (died 2018), investor, water boiler manufacturer * 13 July – Kel O'Shea (died 2015), rugby league footballer * 25 July – Owen Abrahams (died 2006), Australian rules footballer * 27 July – Ted Whitten (died 1995), Australian rules footballer *19 August – Patricia Kailis (died 2020), businesswoman, neurologist and geneticist * 30 August – Keith Payne, soldier * 14 September – Zoe Caldwell (died 2020), actress * 15 September – Monica Maughan (died 2010), actress<ref name="smh">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/wonderful-thespian-a-real-trouper-20100108-lyyg.html|title='Wonderful' thespian a real trouper|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=9 January 2010 | first=Gerry | last=Carman}}</ref> * 3 October – Neale Fraser (died 2024), tennis player * 6 October – Diane Cilento (died 2011), actress * 11 October – Gary O'Callaghan (died 2017), radio personality * 19 October – Brian Booth (died 2023), cricketer * 29 October – John Andrews (died 2022), architect * 1 December – James Wolfensohn (died 2020), President of the World Bank * 5 December – Harry Holgate (died 1997), Premier of Tasmania (1991–1992) * 19 December – Kevan Gosper (died 2024), athlete, sports administrator and businessman * 20 December – Ted Mack (died 2018), politician * 26 December – Ugly Dave Gray, television personality
==Deaths== * 7 January – Bert Hinkler, aviation pioneer (died in Italy) (b. 1892) * 9 January – Daphne Akhurst, tennis player (b. 1903) * 10 January – Richard Buzacott, Western Australian politician (b. 1867) * 17 January – John Hodges, cricketer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1855) * 5 February – Josiah Thomas, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1863) * 16 February – Archie Jackson, cricketer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1909) * 21 March – James Edmond, journalist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1859) * 15 April – Alfred Stephens, writer and literary critic (b. 1865) * 20 April – Sir William Rooke Creswell, 1st Naval Officer Commanding the Commonwealth Naval Forces (born in Gibraltar) (b. 1852) * 30 April – Robert Hamilton Russell, surgeon (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1860) * 4 June – Herbert Basedow, South Australian politician, anthropologist, geologist and explorer (b. 1881) * 22 June – Harold Desbrowe-Annear, architect (b. 1865) * 20 July – William Lowrie, agricultural educationist (b. 1857) * 26 July – Sir Joseph Verco, physician and conchologist (b. 1851) * 10 August – Alf Morgans, 4th Premier of Western Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1850) * 7 October – Sir Alexander Peacock, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861) * 15 November – Affie Jarvis, cricketer (b. 1860) * 19 November – Hugo Throssell, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1884)
==See also== * List of Australian films of the 1930s
==References== {{reflist}} {{Years in Australia}} {{Oceania topic|1933 in|countries_only=yes}}
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