1926 in Australia explained
The following lists events that happened during 1926 in Australia.
Incumbents
State premiers
State governors
Events
Science and technology
- 22 June – The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is founded, the precursor to today's CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation).
Arts and literature
See main article: 1926 in Australian literature.
Sport
Births
- 7 January – Joe Marston, soccer player (died 2015)
- 11 January – Baillieu Myer, businessman and philanthropist (died 2022)
- 3 February – Raymond Martin, chemist (died 2020)
- 4 February – Dave Sands, boxer (died 1952)
- 6 February – Bruce Ruxton, former soldier and president of the RSL (died 2011)
- 8 February – Tony Street, politician (died 2022)
- 10 February – Arvi Parbo, businessman (died 2019)
- 16 February – Rayene Stewart Simpson, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1978)
- 6 March – Ray O'Connor, Premier of Western Australia (1982–1983) (died 2013)
- 15 March – Thelma Keane, wife of cartoonist Bil Keane and inspiration for the "Mommy" character in The Family Circus (died 2008)
- 2 April – Jack Brabham, racing driver (died 2014)
- 13 April – Neil Betts, rugby union player (died 2017)
- 11 May – Frank Thring, actor (died 1994)
- 18 June – Shirley McKechnie, dancer, choreographer and dance educator (died 2022)
- 25 June – Kep Enderby, Esperantist and politician (died 2015)
- 27 June – Bruce Tozer, cricketer (died 2021)
- 1 July – Stan Obst, Australian rules footballer (died 2005)
- 3 July – Laurence Street, jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (died 2018)
- 4 July – Stuart Thomas Butler, nuclear physicist (died 1982)
- 9 July – Peter Mullins, decathlete (died 2012)
- 12 July – Al Grassby, politician, Minister for Immigration (died 2005)
- 20 July – Russ Gorman, politician (died 2017)
- 31 July – Jack Pollard, sports writer and cricket historian (died 2002)
- 5 August – Doug McClelland, politician
- 15 August – Ted Allsopp, race walker (died 2024)
- 27 August – Reg Watson, television producer and screenwriter (died 2019)
- 8 September – Keith Adams, adventurer (died 2012)
- 16 September – Sir William Cole, public servant (died 2019)
- 18 September – Deirdre Jordan, academic and educator
- 30 September – Frank O'Neill, swimmer (died 2024)
- 11 October – Neville Wran, Premier of New South Wales (1976–1986) (died 2014)
- 20 October – Peter Durack, politician, Attorney-General (died 2008)
- 7 November – Joan Sutherland, opera singer (died 2010)
- 15 November – Ivor Greenwood, politician, Attorney-General (died 1976)
- 31 December – Sir Billy Snedden, politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (died 1987)
Deaths
- 9 January – William Henry Warren, engineer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1852)
- 12 January – Sir Austin Chapman, New South Wales politician (b. 1864)
- 30 April – Sir Tim Coghlan, New South Wales statistician, engineer and diplomat (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1856)
- 11 May – Sir Hugh Dixson, businessman and philanthropist (died in British Ceylon) (b. 1841)
- 15 May – Joseph James Fletcher, biologist (born in New Zealand) (b. 1850)
- 16 May – Joe Slater, composer and music publisher (b. 1872)
- 21 May – Hugh Victor McKay, industrialist (b. 1865)
- 4 June – Fred Spofforth, cricketer (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1853)
- 23 June – Lowther Clarke, Anglican archbishop (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1850)
- 28 June – William Archibald, South Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1850)
- 14 July – Sir Charles Mackellar, New South Wales politician and surgeon (b. 1844)
- 19 July – Ada Cambridge, author (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1844)
- 14 September – Charles Hedley, naturalist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1862)
- 3 October – Samuel James Mitchell, 1st Chief Justice of the Northern Territory (b. 1852)
- 11 December
- 13 December – William Spence, trade union leader and politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1846)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Gibbney. H. J.. Shakespeare, Thomas Mitchell (1873–1938). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 20 January 2018.
- Web site: Referendum dates and results. Australian Electoral Commission. 20 January 2018. en-AU.
