The following lists events that happened during 1933 in Australia.

1933
in
Australia

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1933 in Australia
MonarchGeorge V
Governor-GeneralIsaac Isaacs
Prime ministerJoseph Lyons
Population3,262,728
ElectionsSA, WA

Incumbents

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Joseph Lyons

State Premiers

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State Governors

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Events

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Arts and literature

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Film

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Sport

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Births

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  • 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[3]
  • 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[4]
  • 3 October – Neale Fraser, 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
  • 17 August - Doreen Hazel (1931)

Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 1933 Census - Bulletin No 1.pdf
  2. ^ "Winner: Archibald Prize 1933 - Charles Wheeler". artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Art Gallery of NSW. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. ^ Faith Thomas, the first Indigenous woman to play cricket for Australia, dies aged 90
  4. ^ Carman, Gerry (9 January 2010). "'Wonderful' thespian a real trouper". The Sydney Morning Herald.