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Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	1934 in Australian literature Other events of 1934 Federal election Timeline of Australian history

The following lists events that happened during1934 in Australia.

• Monarch –George V
• Governor-General –Sir Isaac Isaacs
• Prime Minister –Joseph Lyons
• Chief Justice –Frank Gavan Duffy

• Premier of New South Wales –Bertram Stevens
• Premier of Queensland –William Forgan Smith
• Premier of South Australia –Richard L. Butler
• Premier of Tasmania –John McPhee (until 15 March), thenWalter Lee (until 22 June), thenAlbert Ogilvie
• Premier of Victoria –Sir Stanley Argyle
• Premier of Western Australia –Philip Collier

• Governor of New South Wales –Sir Philip Game
• Governor of Queensland –Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
• Governor of South Australia –Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (until 26 April), thenSir Winston Dugan (from 20 July)
• Governor of Tasmania –Sir Ernest Clark
• Governor of Victoria –William Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield (from 14 May)
• Governor of Western Australia –none appointed

• 18 January –Qantas andImperial Airways join forces and establishQantas Empire Airways.
• 12 March – An intensecyclone crosses theQueensland coast nearInnisfail, 75 people were confirmed dead.
• 21 March to 14 June – TheAustralian Eastern Mission, led by deputy prime ministerJohn Latham, visited a number of countries in East Asia and South-East Asia, the first Australian diplomatic mission outside the British Empire.
• June – During the Great Depression, Frank W. Davey opens his auto-electrical repairs business in a small shop in Carlton, Victoria, Australia with a staff of five. Recognising a market niche during poor economic times, Mr Davey expands his humble business into an electric motor and generator manufacturer and finally the manufacturer of Australia’s own world famous, iconicDavey Water brand.
• 1 September – Body of the "Pyjama Girl" found inAlbury, New South Wales.
• 15 September – Afederal election is held.Joseph Lyons is returned asPrime Minister, leading aUnited Australia Party-Country Party coalition to victory over theAustralian Labor Party.
• 3 October –Qantasde Havilland DH.50Atalanta, registration VH-UHE, crashes nearWinton, Queensland, killing the pilot and 2 passengers.
• 15 October –Captain Cook'scottage is opened to the public, after being dismantled in England, then shipped to Australia and reassembled inFitzroy Gardens,Melbourne.
• 18 October – Charles Prince ofMorphettville is found guilty of fraud for the "ring in" of Redlock at the Murray Bridge Racing Club on 28 July.
• 24 October –Charles William Anderson Scott andTom Campbell Black cross the finishing line and win theMacRobertson Air Race, flying from London to Melbourne in an elapsed time of 71 hours.
• 6 November – TheAustralian government attempts to stop left-wing writerEgon Erwin Kisch from entering the country, using the language provisions of theImmigration Restriction Act 1901 which allowed a test in any European language. The multi-lingual Kisch was tested inScottish Gaelic, although the decision to block his entry was later overturned by theHigh Court.
• 11 November – TheShrine of Remembrance inMelbourne is dedicated.
• 15 November –Qantasde Havilland DH86 crashes after departing fromLongreach Airport during its delivery flight.

• The firstute is produced byFord inGeelong
• CMV Group founded

• Henry Hanke wins theArchibald Prize with his self-portrait^[1]
• Eleanor Dark'sPrelude to Christopher is published. The author was later awarded theALS Gold Medal.
• Martin Boyd publishes his first novelScandal of Spring
• Christina Stead publishes her first novelSeven Poor Men of Sydney

• Strike Me Lucky, starringRoy Rene and directed byKen G. Hall, is released

• 8 September - The1934 NSWRFL season culminates inWestern Suburbs' 15–12 victory againstEastern Suburbs in the final.University finish in last place, claiming the wooden spoon.
• Peter Pan wins theMelbourne Cup
• Victoria wins theSheffield Shield
• Australia defeats England 2–1 inThe Ashes series, held in England

• 6 January –Harry M. Miller, promoter and publicist (died 2018)
• 11 January –Peter Badcoe, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1967)
• 20 January –Barry Fisher, cricketer (died 1980)
• 26 January –Ruby Langford Ginibi, Indigenous author and historian (died 2011)
• 31 January –Gil Jamieson, painter (died 1992)
• 6 February –Hugh Cornish, media personality (died 2024)
• 15 February –Graham Kennedy, entertainer (died 2005)
• 17 February –Barry Humphries, entertainer (died 2023)
• 24 February –Frank Brazier, Olympic cyclist (died 2021)
• 20 March –David Malouf, writer
• 31 March –Stewart West, politician (died 2023)
• 16 April
  • Robert Stigwood, impresario and film producer (died 2016)
  • Barrie Unsworth, Premier of New South Wales
• 17 April –Sir Peter Morris, surgeon (died 2022)
• 27 April –Colin Holt, Australian rules footballer (died 2018)
• 1 May –John Meillon, actor (died 1989)
• 5 May –Victor Garland, politician and high commissioner to the UK (died 2022)
• 6 May –Chris Wallace-Crabbe, poet and academic
• 20 May –Gerald Ridsdale, sex offender and defrocked priest (died 2025)
• 2 June –Ian Brooker, botanist (died 2016)
• 27 June –Bill Hay, Australian rules footballer (died 2018)
• 6 July –Tony Burreket, politician (died 2016)
• 7 July –Brian Davis, politician (died 2018)
• 11 July –Barney Cooney, politician (died 2019)
• 16 July –Marjorie McQuade, swimmer (died 1997)
• 18 July –Alan Ridge, politician
• 12 August –Ian George, Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide (1991–2004)(died 2019)
• 17 August –Ben Humphreys, politician (died 2019)
• 25 August –Jimmy Hannan, television presenter (died 2019)
• 14 September –Bob Maguire, Roman Catholic priest and media personality (died 2023)
• 15 September –Fred Nile, clergyman and politician
• 29 September –Alan Hopgood, actor and writer (died 2022)
• 7 October –Howard Olney, judge and Western Australian politician (died 2025)
• 9 October –Jill Ker Conway, author and academic (died 2018)
• 10 October –Julian Beale, politician (died 2021)
• 19 October –Des Hoare, cricketer
• 24 October –Margie Masters, golfer (died 2022)
• 2 November –Ken Rosewall, tennis player
• 16 November –Peter Ross Sinclair, Governor of New South Wales (1990–1996)
• 21 November –Peter Philpott, cricketer (died 2021)
• 4 December –Bill Collins, film critic (died 2019)
• 24 December –Alan Beaumont, Chief of the Australian Defence Force (1993–1995), (died 2004)

• 1 January –Sir Robert Gibson, businessman (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1863)
• 14 January –Staniforth Smith, Western Australian politician (b.1869)
• 22 January –Arthur Jose, historian (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1863)
• 30 January –Edward Heitmann, Western Australian politician (b.1878)
• 21 February –Sydney Smith, New South Wales politician (b.1856)
• 27 February –George Temple-Poole, architect and public servant (born inItaly) (b.1856)
• 17 March –Walter Rosenhain, metallurgist (born inGermany and died in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1875)
• 23 March –Thomas Brown, New South Wales politician (b.1861)
• 29 March –Sir Josiah Symon, South Australian politician (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1846)
• 30 March –Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar, 6thGovernor-General of Australia (born and died in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1860)
• 12 April –Bertram Steele, scientist (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1870)
• 12 May –Agar Wynne, Victorian politician (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1850)
• 25 May –Percy Coleman, New South Wales politician and union organiser (b.1892)
• 5 June -Emily Dobson, philanthropist (b.1842)
• 6 June –William Holman, 19thPremier of New South Wales (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1871)
• 19 June –John McDonald, Western Australian politician (b.1869)
• 30 June –David Charleston, South Australian politician (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1848)
• 14 July –John Thomson, New South Wales politician (b.1862)
• 31 July –Charles McGrath, Victorian politician (b.1872)
• 6 August –Alexander Leeper, educationist (born inIreland) (b.1848)
• 18 August –Sir John Sulman, architect (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1949)
• 27 August –Linda Agostini, murder victim (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1905)
• 28 August –Sir Edgeworth David, geologist and explorer (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1858)
• 5 September –Sidney Myer, businessman and philanthropist (born inBelarus) (b.1878)
• 10 September –Fred Bamford, Queensland politician (b.1849)
• 7 October –William Sutherland Dun, palaeontologist and geologist (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1868)
• 16 October –James Mathews, Victorian politician (b.1865)
• 21 November –John Scaddan, 10thPremier of Western Australia (b.1876)
• 3 December –Charles Ulm, aviator (died in thePacific Ocean) (b.1898)

• List of Australian films of the 1930s

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