The following lists events that happened during 1922 in Australia.

Incumbents

Monarch – George V Governor-General – Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe Prime Minister – Billy Hughes Chief Justice – Adrian Knox

State premiers Premier of New South Wales – James Dooley (until 13 April), then George Fuller Premier of Queensland – Ted Theodore Premier of South Australia – Henry Barwell Premier of Tasmania – Walter Lee (until 12 August), then John Hayes Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell Premier of Victoria – Harry Lawson

State governors Governor of New South Wales – Sir Walter Davidson Governor of Queensland – Sir Matthew Nathan Governor of South Australia – Sir William Weigall (until 24 April), then Sir Tom Bridges (from 4 December) Governor of Tasmania – Sir William Allardyce Governor of Victoria – George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke Governor of Western Australia – Sir Francis Newdegate

Events 14 February – Women are allowed to stand for parliament in Tasmania. 22 March – The Queensland Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Queensland is abolished. 10 June – A general election is held in Tasmania, which results in a hung parliament. 3 July – Queensland abolishes capital punishment, the first state in Australia to do so. The Legislative Assembly of Queensland voted 33 to 30 to abolish the death penalty. 12 August – The Country Party and the Nationalist Party form a coalition government in Tasmania, with John Hayes as Premier.

Science and technology 21 September – A total solar eclipse occurs over Australia, allowing scientists to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.

Arts and literature

4 May – British author D. H. Lawrence arrives in Australia for a three-month holiday, where he will meet Mollie Skinner and write the novel Kangaroo.

Sport 28 February – Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield. 30 September – Fitzroy wins the 1922 VFL Grand Final, defeating Collingwood 11.13 (79) to 9.14 (68). 7 November – King Ingoda wins the Melbourne Cup. The 1922 NSWRFL Premiership is won by North Sydney, who defeated Glebe 35–3 in the final.

Births 5 January – Anthony Synnot, Chief of the Defence Force (died 2001) 15 January – Eric Willis, Premier of New South Wales (died 1999) 23 January – Tom Lewis, Premier of New South Wales (died 2016) 21 February – Fos Williams, Australian rules footballer (died 2001) 24 February – Bill Morris, Australian rules footballer (died 1960) 14 March – Bob Bignall, soccer player (died 2013) 15 March – Hesba Fay Brinsmead, children's author (died 2003) 28 March – Neville Bonner, first Indigenous federal MP (died 1999) 29 March – Mac Holten, Australian rules footballer and politician (died 1996) 30 March – John McLeay, Jr., politician (died 2000) 10 April – Nancy Millis, microbiologist (died 2012) 9 May – Col Hoy, cricket umpire (died 1999) 12 May – Arthur Gorrie, Hobby shop proprietor (died 1992) 27 June – Milton Clark, Australian rules footballer (died 2018) 7 July – Robert Raymond, filmmaker and television pioneer (died 2003) 29 July – Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer (died 1996) 1 August – Pat McDonald, actress (Number 96) (died 1990) 23 August – Ronald Wilson, High Court justice (died 2005) 30 August – Lionel Murphy, Attorney-General and High Court justice (died 1986) 25 September – Ted Baldwin, politician (died 2008) 26 September – Leonard Teale, actor (died 1994) 7 October – Jim McCabe, Victorian politician (died 2019) 10 October – Tim McNamara, musician (died 1983) 1 November – James Rowland, Chief of Air Force and Governor of New South Wales (died 1999) 18 November – Una Hale, operatic soprano (died 2005) 4 December – Densey Clyne, naturalist, photographer and writer (died 2019) 6 December – Gordon Ada, microbiologist (died 2012) 20 December – Geoff Mack, country music singer (died 2017) 28 December – Lionel Bowen, politician (died 2012)

Deaths

10 January – Frank Tudor, 6th Federal Leader of the Opposition (b. 1866) 14 February – Bertram Stevens, art and literary critic (b. 1872) 8 March – Elizabeth, Lady Hope, evangelist (b. 1842) 22 March – Arthur Groom, Victorian politician and land agent (b. 1852) 4 April – Peter Waite, pastoralist, businessman and philanthropist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1834) 7 April – James McGowen, 18th Premier of New South Wales (born in the Indian Ocean) (b. 1855) 14 April – Rose Summerfield, feminist and labour activist (died in Paraguay) (b. 1864) 24 April – Colin Campbell Ross, wine bar owner and falsely convicted murderer (b. 1892) 30 April – Robert Carl Sticht, metallurgist and art collector (born in the United States) (b. 1856) 24 May – James Arthur Pollock, physicist (born in Ireland) (b. 1865) 25 May – Roy Redgrave, actor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1873) 31 May – Jørgen Jensen, soldier (born in Denmark) (b. 1891) 15 June – Alfred Cecil Rowlandson, publisher and bookseller (died in New Zealand) (b. 1865) 17 June – Sir Robert Philp, 15th Premier of Queensland (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1922) 11 July – Hans Irvine, Victorian politician and winemaker (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1856) 23 July – Joseph Edmund Carne, geologist (b. 1855) 2 September – Henry Lawson, writer and poet (b. 1867) 17 September – Kate Rickards, trapeze artist and musical theatre actress (died in the Red Sea) (b. 1862) 26 September – Sir Charles Wade, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863) 4 October – Ellis Rowan, naturalist and illustrator (b. 1848) 27 November – Dugald Thomson, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1849) 17 December – David Lindsay, explorer and surveyor (b. 1856)

See also List of Australian films of the 1920s

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