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1941 in Australia

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The following lists events that happened during1941 in Australia.

1941 in Australia
Monarch	George VI
Governor-General	Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
Prime minister	Robert Menzies,Arthur Fadden,John Curtin
Population	7,109,898
Elections	QLD,NSW,SA,TAS

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Incumbents

Monarch –George VI
Governor-General –Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie
Prime Minister –Robert Menzies (until 28 August), thenArthur Fadden (until 7 October), thenJohn Curtin
Chief Justice –Sir John Latham

State Premiers

Premier of New South Wales –Alexander Mair (until 16 May), thenWilliam McKell
Premier of Queensland –William Forgan Smith
Premier of South Australia –Thomas Playford
Premier of Tasmania –Robert Cosgrove
Premier of Victoria –Albert Dunstan
Premier of Western Australia –John Willcock

State Governors

Events

25 March – TheWomen's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) is formed.
31 March – TheSiege of Tobruk begins.
7 April – TheWomen's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) is formed.
10 May – Ageneral election is held inNew South Wales. TheALP led byWilliam McKell defeats the incumbentUnited Australia Party andPremier Alexander Mair.
12 May –The Daily Mirror newspaper is first published inSydney.
30 June –HMASWaterhen sinks offLibya – the first Australian naval vessel lost in the war.
3 October – Prime MinisterArthur Fadden resigns following the rejection of his budget by two independent MPs.
7 October –John Curtin is sworn in asPrime Minister afterArthur Fadden's government loses majority support in theHouse of Representatives.
11 November – TheAustralian War Memorial is opened inCanberra.
19 November – Thelight cruiser HMASSydney engages theGerman auxiliary cruiserKormoran in an hour-longbattle off the coast ofWestern Australia. Both ships are sunk, theSydney going down with 645 crew.
9 December – Australia declares war on Japan, and theAxis powers ofFinland,Hungary andRomania.
13 December – Ageneral election is held inTasmania. TheLabor Party led byRobert Cosgrove is returned to power.

Arts and literature

Main article:1941 in Australian literature

William Dargie wins theArchibald Prize with his portrait ofSir James Elder, KBE
The Timeless Land byEleanor Dark is published.

Sport

30 August –St. George win the1941 NSWRFL season for their first premiership after the club's founding in 1920, defeatingEastern Suburbs 31–14.North Sydney finish in last place, claiming the wooden spoon.
27 September –Melbourne wins the45th VFL Premiership, defeatingEssendon 19.13 (127) to 13.20 (98).
4 November –Skipton wins theMelbourne Cup.
Velocity wins theCaulfield Cup
Beau Vite wins theCox Plate
TheSheffield Shield is not contested due to war

Births

3 January –Roger Rogerson, detective and convicted murderer (died 2024)
14 January –Peter Ingham, Roman Catholic bishop (died 2024)
23 January –Jock R. Anderson, economist and academic
29 January –Maggie Kirkpatrick, actress
4 February –Russell Cooper, Premier of Queensland (1989)
24 February –Clive Doyle, Australian-bornBranch Davidian (died 2022)
2 March –John Cornell, film producer (died 2021)
11 March –Kim Santow, NSW Supreme Court judge (died 2008)
29 March –Michael Thornhill, film producer, screenwriter and film director (died 2022)
31 March –Faith Leech, swimmer (died 2013)
10 April –Wendy Fatin, politician
13 April –Alan Jones, radio personality
17 April –Bill Landeryou, politician (died 2019)
24 April –John Williams, classical guitarist
6 May –Peter Corrigan, architect (died 2016)
11 May –Ian Redpath, cricketer
18 May –Lobby Loyde, rock music guitarist (died 2007)
30 May –Kevin Coombs, Paralympic athlete (died 2023)
31 May –Julian Croft, poet
4 June –Kenneth G. Ross, playwright
8 June –George Pell, cardinal (died 2023)
23 June –Margaret Hamilton, publisher and author (died 2022)
24 June –Graham McKenzie, cricketer
25 June –Kenneth Walker, cricketer
28 June –Harry Quick, politician
1 July
- Alf Duval, rower
- Denis Michael Rohan, Australian citizen who, on 21 August 1969, set fire to the pulpit of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem (died 1995)
3 July –Merv Cross, orthopaedic surgeon and rugby league player (died 2023)
9 July –Jan Lehane, tennis player
13 July –Grahame Corling, cricketer
21 July –Ron Corry, football (soccer) player, coach
31 July –Heather McKay, squash player
28 August –Tony Barry, actor (died 2022)
1 September –Graeme Langlands, rugby league footballer and coach (died 2018)
22 September –Murray Bail, writer
27 September –Gay Kayler, country music singer
3 October –John Elliott, businessman (died 2021)
5 October –Earle Bailey, politician
14 October –David Kemp, politician
16 October –Genevieve Lloyd, philosopher and feminist
25 October –Helen Reddy, singer (died 2020)
28 October –Fred Chaney, WA politician
7 November –Willi Sawall, race walker
16 November –Max Gillies, actor
13 December –Dixie Willis, middle distance runner
15 December –Richard Neville, writer (died 2016)

Deaths

Chris Watson

20 January –Raimund Pechotsch, musical composer (born inAustria-Hungary) (b.1864)
5 February –Banjo Paterson, bush poet, journalist and author (b.1864)
18 March –Harry Boan, Western Australian politician and businessman (b.1860)
1 April –Jack Chamberlain, cricketer (b.1884)
12 April –James Boyd, Victorian politician (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1867)
15 April –Emily Pelloe, botanical illustrator (b.1878)
4 May –Chris McKivat, Olympic rugby union and league player (b.1880)
8 May –Alexander Hay, New South Wales politician (born inNew Zealand) (b.1865)
15 June –John Lynch, New South Wales politician (b.1862)
24 June –Sir Francis Anderson, philosopher (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1858)
1 July –Francis Birtles, adventurer (b.1881)
7 July –Randolph Bedford, Queensland politician and writer (b.1868)^[1]
27 July –James Ronald, Victorian politician (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1861)
31 July –Ron Barassi Sr., Australian rules footballer (Melbourne) and soldier (died inLibya) (b.1913)
1 August –James Drake, Queensland politician (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1850)
23 August –Jack O'Connor, cricketer (b.1875)
30 August –Gregan McMahon, actor and theatrical producer (b.1874)
31 August –Sir Thomas Bavin, 24thPremier of New South Wales (born inNew Zealand) (b.1874)
1 September –Millice Culpin, Queensland politician (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1846)
5 September –George Marchant, soft drink manufacturer and philanthropist (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1857)
1 October –Sir John Longstaff, artist (b.1861)
18 November –Chris Watson, 3rdPrime Minister of Australia (born inChile) (b.1867)
19 November –Joseph Burnett, naval captain (b.1899)
28 November -Elwyn Roy King, fighter ace and military officer (b.1894)
22 December –Cyril Cameron, Tasmanian politician and soldier (b.1857)

See also

List of Australian films of the 1940s

References

^Rodney G. Boland (1979). Bede Nairn (ed.).Bedford, George Randolph (1868–1941). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 7. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved3 January 2022.

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