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See also:	1923 in Australian literature Other events of 1923 Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during1923 in Australia.

Billy Hughes

Stanley Bruce

• Monarch –George V
• Governor General –Henry Forster
• Prime Minister –Billy Hughes (until 8 February), thenStanley Bruce
• Chief Justice –Adrian Knox

• Premier of New South Wales –George Fuller
• Premier of Queensland –Ted Theodore
• Premier of South Australia –Henry Barwell
• Premier of Tasmania –John Hayes (until 13 August), thenSir Walter Lee (until 25 October), thenJoseph Lyons
• Premier of Victoria –Harry Lawson
• Premier of Western Australia –James Mitchell

• Governor of New South Wales –Sir Walter Davidson (until 16 September)
• Governor of Queensland –Sir Matthew Nathan
• Governor of South Australia –Sir Tom Bridges
• Governor of Tasmania – none appointed
• Governor of Victoria –George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke
• Governor of Western Australia –Sir Francis Newdegate

• 8 February –Billy Hughes resigns asPrime Minister, after theCountry Party refuses to govern in coalition with him as the leader of theNationalist Party. Hughes is succeeded by hisTreasurer,Stanley Bruce.
• 25 April – The firstAnzac Day dawn service is held inAlbany, Western Australia.^[1]
• 28 April – Construction commences on theSydney Harbour Bridge.
• 1 to 30 April – A uniquely dry month over southeastern Australia due to a persistentblock sees the driest month on record over Victoria with only 1.54 millimetres or 0.061 inches^[2] and Tasmania with only 7.95 millimetres or 0.31 inches.^[3] Melbourne has its only rainless month since at least 1855.
• 1 to 31 May – Following on the record dry April, Tasmania's weather reverses so abruptly that May remains the state'swettest month since at least 1900 with a statewide average of 370.92 millimetres or 14.60 inches.^[3] The wet weather would continue for another eleven months so that May 1923 to April 1924 received a statewide average rainfall of 2,091.87 millimetres or 82.36 inches – the wettest twelve months on record over Tasmania.
• 14 August –John Hayes resigns asPremier of Tasmania after failing to resolve Tasmania's financial crisis.Sir Walter Lee becomes Premier for the second time.
• 28 August – Construction begins on theProvisional Parliament House in Canberra.
• 7 September –Harry Lawson assumes office for a second term asPremier of Victoria, forming aNational-Country Party ministry.
• 10 October – Telephone link betweenSydney andBrisbane officially opened.
• 12 October –Cairns, Queensland is proclaimed a city.
• 14 October – Severe floods inMelbourne, two people drown.
• 25 October –Sir Walter Lee is defeated in ano-confidence motion, andJoseph Lyons becomesPremier of Tasmania.
• 31 October – TheMarble Barheat wave begins, which by 7 April 1924 will hold the world record for the longest number of consecutive days (160) in which a temperature above 100 °F or 37.8 °C was recorded.^[4]
• 1 November – The1923 Victorian Police strike begins, with half of theVictoria Police force standing down over the use oflabour spies. Rioting and looting takes place in the Melbourne city centre.^[5]

• D. H. Lawrence publishesKangaroo, his first novel with an Australian setting.

• 20 October –Essendon wins the Premiership of the1923 VFL season, defeatingFitzroy 8.15 (63) to 6.10 (46) at theMCG.
• Bitalli wins theMelbourne Cup
• Wynette wins theCaulfield Cup
• New South Wales wins theSheffield Shield
• The1923 NSWRFL Premiership culminates inEastern Suburbs' 15–12 victory over South Sydney in the final.

• 3 January –Bud Tingwell, actor (died 2009)
• 1 February –John Perceval, artist (died 2000)
• 4 February –James Dibble, journalist (died 2010)
• 18 February –Donald Dunstan, army officer and Governor of South Australia (died 2011)
• 1 March –Guy Griffiths, naval officer (died 2024)
• 15 March –Lou Richards, Australian Rules footballer and media personality (died 2017)
• 25 April –Eric Rolls, writer (died 2007)
• 5 May –Helen Cutler, charity worker and patron (died 1990)
• 21 May –Dorothy Hewett, poet and playwright (died 2002)
• 3 June –June Newton, actress and photographer (died 2021)
• 15 June –Ninian Stephen, Governor General of Australia (died 2017)
• 24 June –Margaret Olley, painter (died 2011)
• 25 June –Harry Seidler, architect (died 2006)
• 9 July –Beryl Nashar, geologist (died 2012)
• 28 July –Theo Bruce, long jumper (died 2002)
• 4 August –Reg Grundy, media owner (died 2016)
• 30 August –Charmian Clift, writer (died 1969)
• 4 September –Peter Ryan, writer (died 2015)
• 7 September
  • Nancy Keesing, poet (died 1993)
  • Bill Nankivell, politician (died 2024)
• 20 September –Eleanor Witcombe, screenwriter (died 2018)
• 24 September –Beryl Beaurepaire, political activist, feminist and philanthropist (died 2018)
• 15 October –Lindsay Thompson, Premier of Victoria (died 2008)
• 23 October –Don Banks, composer (died 1980)
• 26 November –Tom Hughes, barrister and Attorney-General (died 2024)
• 27 November –Joan Bielski, women's rights activist (died 2012)
• 28 November –Lorna Beal, cricketer (died 2020)
• 13 December –Edward Clancy, Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal (died 2014)

• 18 January –James Walker, New South Wales politician (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1841)
• 23 January –Alicia O'Shea Petersen, suffragist and social reformer (b.1862)
• 14 February –Margaret McLean, temperance and women's rights advocate (born in Scotland) (b.1845)
• 20 February –Abraham Tobias Boas, rabbi (born in theNetherlands) (b.1842)
• 22 February –John Jenkins, 22ndPremier of South Australia (born in theUnited States and died in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1851)
• 13 March –Flora Mary Campbell, botanist (b.1845)
• 18 March –Thomas Allwright Dibbs, banker (b.1833)
• 2 June –Ted Banfield, naturalist and author (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1852)
• 4 June –Hume Nisbet, novelist and artist (born and died in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1849)
• 6 June –Sir Denison Miller, banker (b.1860)
• 30 June –John Henry Nicholson, teacher and writer (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1838)
• 26 July –Bella Guerin, feminist and suffragist (b.1858)
• 22 August –Sir James Burns, businessman, shipowner and philosopher (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1846)
• 30 August –Sir Pope Cooper, 4thChief Justice of Queensland (b.1846)
• 14 September –Edward Millen, New South Wales politician (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1860)
• 26 September –Charles Scrivener, surveyor and public servant (b.1855)
• 27 October –Brigid McGuigan, superior general of theSisters of Charity of Australia (b.1842)
• 5 November –Dowell O'Reilly, New South Wales politician, poet and writer (b.1865)
• 27 November –Penleigh Boyd, artist (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1890)
• 15 December –Frank Morton, journalist and poet (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1869)
• 23 December –Sir John Gordon, South Australian politician and judge (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1850)

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