1932 in Australia

Film

• 4 March – Brigadier-General Iven Giffard Mackay is appointed as the Commonwealth Film Appeals Censor, replacing the Censorship Appeals Board.

Sport

• 12 February – Australia defeats South Africa 5–0 in the cricket test series, played in Australia.
• 21 March – New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield.
• Bodyline is first introduced into cricket
• The Australian Olympic team wins 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles
• 20 March – Racehorse Phar Lap, in Tijuana, Mexico, wins the Agua Caliente Handicap; across Australia, thousands celebrate after the radio broadcast of the race.
• 5 April – Racehorse Phar Lap dies midday at ranch in San Francisco, two weeks after winning at Agua Caliente racetrack (2 autopsies find nothing; however, trees had been sprayed with a lead–arsenate insecticide); it is 6 April at 10:30 am in Australia when news spreads.
• 24 September – The 1932 NSWRFL season culminates in South Sydney's 19–12 victory over Western Suburbs in the premiership final.
• 1 October – Richmond defeats Carlton 13.14 (92) to 12.11 (83) at the VFL Grand Final to become premiers of the 1932 VFL season.
• 1 November – Peter Pan wins the Melbourne Cup.

Births

• 7 January – Joe Berinson, politician (died 2018)
• 28 January – Don McMichael, public servant (died 2017)
• 20 March – Kevin Bacon, equestrian (died 2020)
• 29 March – Toni Lamond, cabaret singer, stage actor, dancer and comedian (died 2025)
• 2 April – Michael Vernon, consumer activist (died 1993)
• 9 April – Gil Brealey, film producer and director (died 2018)
• 21 May – Brian Coleman, Australian rules footballer (died 1966)
• 10 June – Hedley Bull, political scientist (died 1985)
• 6 July – John O'Brien, tennis player
• 20 July – Michael Papps, sports shooter (died 2022)
• 28 July – Peter Hughes, ACT politician
• August – Lowitja O'Donoghue, indigenous rights activist (died 2024)
• 4 September – John Herron, politician (died 2019)
• 23 September – Doug Sutherland, Lord Mayor of Sydney (1980–1987)
• 26 September – Stan Smith, Australian rules footballer (died 2012)
• 11 October – Barry Jones, politician
• 22 October – Slim Newton, country singer (died 2023)
• 20 November – James Hardy, businessman and yachtsman (d. 2023)

Deaths

• 17 January – Albert Jacka, businessman, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
• 6 February – John Earle, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 10 April – George Barber, Queensland politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1860)
• 27 April – Sir Adrian Knox, 2nd Chief Justice of Australia (b. 1863)
• 9 June – Edith Cowan, Western Australian politician and social reformer (b. 1861)
• 17 June – Sir John Quick, Victorian politician and lawyer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1852)
• 23 June – Francis Kenna, Queensland politician, poet and journalist (b. 1865)
• 1 July – William Dick, New South Wales politician (b. 1865)
• 11 July – William Hartnoll, Tasmanian politician (b. 1841)
• 26 July – Sir William McPherson, 31st Premier of Victoria (b. 1865)
• 10 October – Sir Bertram Mackennal, sculptor and medalist (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1863)
• 4 December – Mona McBurney, composer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1862)

See also

• List of Australian films of the 1930s

References