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The following lists events that happened during 1924 in Australia .
Incumbents Stanley Bruce
State premiers
State governors
Events Entertaining visiting Japanese naval officers at a tennis party at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, 26 January 1924 1 January – The Australian Automobile Association was formed to lobby for federal road finance and a national traffic code. 26 January – 3AR , Victoria 's first radio station , begins broadcasting. 30 January – The first Cabinet meeting was held in Canberra . The ministers met and also lodged at Yarralumla House , later the residence of the Governor-General .[ 1] 1 February – The Australian Loan Council meets for the first time.[ 2] 12 April – HMAS Australia is scuttled off Sydney Heads . 28 April – In the Parliament of Victoria , the coalition between the Nationalist Party and the Country Party breaks down. Premier Harry Lawson retires to the backbench, and Sir Alexander Peacock is sworn in as Premier. 12 May – Royal assent is given to the Parliamentary Elections (Women Candidates) Act 1924, allowing women to stand for parliament in Victoria . 26 June – A general election is held in Victoria . 18 July – After the Victorian state election, the Country Party agrees to support a minority Labor government, and George Prendergast is sworn in as Premier of Victoria . 29 July – The 1924 NSWRFL season culminates in Balmain 's victory over South Sydney in the final. 10 October – The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is enacted making voting in federal elections compulsory (the next federal election would be held on 14 November 1925). 13 October – the inaugural Better Farming Train commenced a tour of Gippsland , Victoria . 18 November – The Country Party resolves its differences with the Nationalist Party , and votes to defeat Premier George Prendergast in the Victorian Legislative Assembly . Country Party leader John Allan replaces him as Premier of Victoria . Mosman Golf Club established.
Arts and literature
Sport The 1924 NSWRFL season is won by Balmain , who defeated South Sydney 3–0 in the premiership final. The Melbourne Cup was won by six-year-old stallion Backwood (ridden by Bunty Brown, trained by Richard 'Dick' Bradfield and owned by W Clark, Allen Hughes & Baillieu). He was the fourth and final winner of the race trained by Bradfield. The race was won in a time of 3:26.5 with a field of eighteen. Stand By (Bobby Lewis/James Scobie) and Spearfelt (E O'Sullivan/V O'Neill) placed second and third.
Births 1 January – Elizabeth McKinnon , Olympic sprinter (died 1981) 24 January – Catherine Hamlin , obstetrician and gynaecologist (died 2020) 29 February – David Beattie , Governor-General of New Zealand (died 2001) 2 April – Milton Morris , New South Wales politician (died 2019) 11 April – Frank Wilson , actor (died 2005) 17 April – Kenneth Norman Jones , public servant (died 2022) 25 April – Peter Abeles , businessman (died 1999) 25 April – Eric D'Arcy , Catholic Archbishop of Hobart (died 2005) 3 May – Ken Kearney , rugby league player (died 2006) 5 May – Gordon Jackson , businessman (died 1991) 31 May – Patsy Adam-Smith , author and historian (died 2001) 3 June – Eric Neal , Governor of South Australia (1996–2001) 24 June – Brian Bevan , rugby league player (died 1991) 29 June – Eric Worrell , RAAF pilot (died 1993) 5 July – Edward Cassidy , Catholic cardinal (d. 2021) 7 July – Graham Dunscombe , Australian rules footballer (died 2020) 15 July – Hugh Stretton , historian (died 2015) 19 July – Raymond Specht , botanist (died 2021) 3 August – Max Oldmeadow , politician (died 2013) 23 August – David Boyd , artist (died 2011) 5 September – Frank Armitage , artist for Disney (died 2016) 12 September – Steve Marsh , Australian rules footballer (died 2024) 13 September – Harold Blair , tenor and Aboriginal activist (died 1976) 27 September – Charlotte MacGibbon , javelin thrower (died 2009) 1 October – Leonie Kramer , academic and educator (died 2016) 5 October – Kenneth Jack , artist (died 2006) 25 October – Paul Rigby , cartoonist (died 2006) 26 October – Reg Withers , Senator for Western Australia (died 2014) 10 November – Bobby Limb , entertainer (died 1999) 21 November – David Thomson , politician (died 2013) 22 November – Les Johnson , politician (died 2015) 28 November – Harry Bath , rugby league footballer and coach (died 2008) 3 December – John Winter , Olympic high jumper (died 2007) 15 December – Noel Hush , chemist (died 2019) 17 December – Clifton Pugh , artist (died 1990)
Deaths 23 January – Chas Brownlow (born 1861), Australian rules football administrator 20 January – Henry "Ivo" Crapp (born 1872), VFL umpire 3 March – John Ramsay (born 1841), businessman 12 March – Henry Deane (born 1847), engineer and botanist 25 March – John Reedman (born 1865), cricketer and Australian rules footballer 1 April – Stan Rowley (born 1876), Olympic sprinter 1 May – Arthur McCabe , Olympic rugby union player (b. 1887 )9 May – Edward Henry Embley (born 1861), doctor 2 June – Anselm Bourke (born 1835), Catholic priest 19 July – Kingsley Fairbridge (born 1885), child emigration pioneer 30 August – Gerald Sharp (born 1865), Anglican clergyman 19 September – Alick Bannerman (born 1854), cricketer 19 September – Henry George Smith (born 1852), chemist 22 October – Sir William Loton (born 1839), Western Australian politician 29 October – John Marden (born 1855), teacher and headmaster
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