1933 in Australia

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See also: 1932 in Australia, other events of 1933, 1934 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

• Monarch – King George V
• Governor-General – Sir Isaac Isaacs
• Prime Minister – Joseph Lyons

State Premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – Bertram Stevens
• Premier of Queensland – William Forgan Smith
• Premier of South Australia – Lionel Hill (until 13 February), then Robert Richards (until 18 April), then Richard L. Butler
• Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
• Premier of Victoria – Sir Stanley Argyle
• Premier of Western Australia – James Mitchell (until 24 April), then Philip Collier

State Governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir Philip Game
• Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark (from 4 August)
• Governor of Victoria – none appointed
• Governor of Western Australia – none appointed

Events

• 8 April – A referendum is held in Western Australia, which is carried 2 to 1 in favour of secession from the Commonwealth of Australia.
• 26 April – The seaplane carrier, HMAS Albatross, is paid off into reserve.
• 10 June – The Australian Women's Weekly is first published.
• 13 June – The Australian Antarctic Territory is established.
• 28 August – The Brisbane newspaper, The Courier-Mail, is first published.
• 5 September – Australia signs a trade agreement with New Zealand.
• 6 September – Windscreen wipers become compulsory on all Australian cars.
• 13 October – The first traffic lights in Sydney become operational at the intersection of Kent and Market Streets.

Science and technology

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Arts and literature

• Charles Wheeler wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Ambrose Pratt
• Blinky Bill: The Quaint Little Australian, the first Blinky Bill book is published by children's author Dorothy Wall

Film

• Errol Flynn makes his first film appearance, In the Wake of the Bounty, directed by Charles Chauvel

Sport

• Hall Mark wins the Melbourne Cup
• New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
• England defeats Australia 4-1 in The Ashes series

Births

• 23 January – Bill Hayden, Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996)
• 12 February – Brian Carlson (died 1987), rugby league footballer
• 20 March – Ian Walsh, rugby league footballer and coach
• 15 April – David Martin (died 1990), Governor of New South Wales (1989–1990)
• 13 July – Kel O'Shea, rugby league footballer
• 25 July – Owen Abrahams (died 2006), Australian rules footballer
• 30 August – Keith Payne, soldier
• 3 October – Neale Fraser, tennis player
• 5 October – Diane Cilento, actress
• 1 December – James Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank
• 5 December – Harry Holgate (died 1997), Premier of Tasmania (1991–1992)
• 20 December – Ted Mack, politician

Deaths

• 7 January – Bert Hinkler (born 1892), aviation pioneer
• 9 January – Daphne Akhurst (born 1903), tennis player
• 10 January – Richard Buzacott (born 1867), Senator for Western Australia
• 17 January – John Hodges (born 1855), cricketer
• 5 February – Josiah Thomas (born 1863), miner and politician
• 16 February – Archie Jackson (born 1909), cricketer
• 21 March – James Edmond (born 1859), journalist and editor of The Bulletin
• 15 April – Alfred Stephens (born 1865), writer and literary critic
• 20 April – William Rooke Creswell (born 1852), naval officer
• 30 April – Robert Hamilton Russell (born 1860), surgeon
• 4 June – Herbert Basedow (born 1881), anthropologist, geologist, politician and explorer
• 20 July – William Lowrie (born 1857), agricultural educationist
• 26 July – Joseph Cooke Verco (born 1851), physician and conchologist
• 10 August – Alf Morgans (born 1850), Premier of Western Australia (1901)
• 13 November – Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell (born 1884), soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
• 15 November – Affie Jarvis (born 1860), cricketer