1923 in Australia

1923 in Australia
Monarch	George V
Governor-General	Henry Forster
Prime Minister	Billy Hughes, then Stanley Bruce
Population	5,693,369
Elections	Queensland

[edit] Incumbents

February 8 – Billy Hughes resigns as Prime Minister, after the Country Party refuses to govern in coalition with him as the leader of the Nationalist Party. Hughes is succeeded by his Treasurer, Stanley Bruce.
April 25 – The first Anzac Day dawn service is held in Albany, Western Australia.^[1]
April 28 – Construction commences on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
August 14 – John Hayes resigns as Premier of Tasmania after failing to resolve Tasmania's financial crisis. Sir Walter Lee becomes Premier for the second time.
September 7 – Harry Lawson assumes office for a second term as Premier of Victoria, forming a National-Country Party ministry.
October 10 – Telephone link between Sydney and Brisbane officially opened.
October 12 – Cairns, Queensland is proclaimed a city.
October 14 – Severe floods in Melbourne, two people drown.
October 25 – Sir Walter Lee is defeated in a no-confidence motion, and Joseph Lyons becomes Premier of Tasmania.
October 31 – The Marble Bar heat 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°Fahrenheit (37.8°Celsius) was recorded.^[2]
November 1 – The 1923 Victorian Police strike begins, with half of the Victoria Police force standing down over the use of labour spies. Rioting and looting takes place in the Melbourne city centre.^[3]

October 20 – Essendon wins the Premiership of the 1923 VFL season, defeating Fitzroy 8.15 (63) to 6.10 (46) at the MCG.
Bitalli wins the Melbourne Cup
Wynette wins the Caulfield Cup
New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

February 20 – Abraham Tobias Boas (b. 1844), Adelaide rabbi
February 22 – John Jenkins (b. 1851), Premier of South Australia (1901–1905)
March 18 – Thomas Allwright Dibbs (b. 1832), banker
June 2 – Ted Banfield (b. 1852), naturalist and author (Confessions of a Beachcomber)
June 4 – Hume Nisbet (b. 1849), artist
June 6 – Sir Denison Miller (b. 1860), first governor of the Commonwealth Bank
June 30 – John Henry Nicholson (b. 1838), teacher and writer
July 26 – Bella Guerin (b. 1858), feminist and suffragist
August 22 – James Burns (b. 1846), shipowner
August 30 – Sir Pope Alexander Cooper (b. 1848), chief justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland
September 14 – Edward Millen (b. 1860), journalist and politician
September 26 – Charles Scrivener (b. 1855), surveyor of Canberra
November 5 – Dowell Philip O'Reilly (b. 1865), poet, writer and politician
November 27 – Penleigh Boyd (b. 1890), artist
December 15 – Frank Morton (b. 1869), journalist and poet
December 23 – Sir John Gordon (b. 1850), judge and politician