• Source: 1949 in Australia

      • The following lists events that happened during 1949 in Australia.


      Incumbents



      Monarch – George VI
      Governor-General – William McKell
      Prime Minister – Ben Chifley (until 19 December), then Robert Menzies
      Chief Justice – Sir John Latham


      = State Governors

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      Governor of New South Wales – Sir John Northcott
      Governor of Queensland – Sir John Lavarack
      Governor of South Australia – Sir Charles Norrie
      Governor of Tasmania – Sir Hugh Binney
      Governor of Victoria – Sir Winston Dugan (until 20 February), then Sir Dallas Brooks (from 18 October)
      Governor of Western Australia – Sir James Mitchell


      Events


      26 January – The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements.
      2 March - A cyclone crosses the Central Queensland coast impacting Gladstone and Rockhampton.
      10 March – A Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar crashes near Coolangatta, Queensland, killing all 21 on board.
      16 March – Australia's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is established, by order of the Directive for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Security Service.
      16 March – Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in state elections in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania are also given the right to vote in federal elections.
      27 June – A seven-week coal strike begins, involving 23,000 miners and broken by the sending in of troops.
      2 July - A MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 aircraft crashes on take-off from Perth Airport, killing all 18 on board.
      17 October – Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins.
      10 December – A federal election is held. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Ben Chifley is defeated by Robert Menzies' Liberal Party.
      18 December – Prime Minister-elect Robert Menzies announces his cabinet, including Dame Enid Lyons as Australia's first female cabinet minister.


      Science and technology


      November – Australia's first digital computer, CSIRAC, runs its first test programs.


      Arts and literature



      21 January – William Dobell wins the Archibald Prize and the Wynne Prize.


      Sport


      Athletics
      17 September - Robert Prentice wins his first men's national marathon title, clocking 2:43:46 in Perth
      Cricket
      New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
      Football
      Bledisloe Cup: won by the Wallabies
      Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Souths defeated Easts 22-8
      New South Wales Rugby League premiership: Western Suburbs defeated Balmain 8-5
      South Australian National Football League premiership: won by North Adelaide
      Victorian Football League premiership: Essendon defeated Carlton 125-52
      Golf
      Australian Open: won by Eric Cremin
      Australian PGA Championship: won by Kel Nagle
      Horse racing
      Persist wins the AJC Oaks
      Lincoln wins the Caulfield Cup
      Delta wins the Cox Plate
      Foxzami wins the Melbourne Cup
      Motor racing
      The Australian Grand Prix was held at Leyburn, and was won by John Crouch driving a Delahaye
      Tennis
      Australian Open men's singles: Frank Sedgman defeats John Bromwich 6-3 6-2 6-2
      Australian Open women's singles: Doris Hart defeats Nancye Wynne Bolton 6-3 6-4
      Davis Cup: Australia is defeated by the United States 1–4 in the 1949 Davis Cup final
      US Open: John Bromwich and Bill Sidwell win the Men's Doubles
      Yachting
      Waltzing Matilda takes line honours and Trade Winds wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race


      Births


      11 January – Daryl Braithwaite, singer
      14 January – Paul Chubb, actor (died 2002)
      26 February – Simon Crean, trade union leader and politician (died 2023)
      7 March – Rex Hunt, media personality
      13 June – Red Symons, musician and TV personality
      24 June
      Billy Moeller, professional feather/super feather/light/light welter/welterweight boxer
      Agenor Muniz, Brazilian-born Australian footballer
      Hector Thompson, professional light/light welter/welter/light middleweight boxer (died 2020)
      28 June – Kevin McLeod, Australian rules footballer
      30 June – John Kobelke, Western Australian politician (died 2019)
      1 July – John Farnham, singer and entertainer
      16 July – Robert Proctor, field hockey player
      18 July – Dennis Lillee, cricketer
      28 July – Peter Doyle, singer and guitarist (died 2001)
      18 August – Byron Kennedy, film producer (died 1983)
      23 August – Rick Springfield, singer
      22 September – Jim McGinty, politician
      14 October – Fraser Anning, politician
      6 November – Malcolm Poole, field hockey player
      12 November – Deb Foskey, Australian Capital Territory politician (died 2020)
      24 November – Shane Bourne, comedian and actor
      5 December – Wendy Craik, scientist, public policy adviser and company director


      Deaths


      8 January – Mary Miller, singer (b. 1926)
      3 February – Kate Dwyer, educator, suffragist and labour activist (b. 1861)
      7 April – Richard Crouch, Victorian politician (b. 1868)
      26 April – Norman Brookman, South Australian politician (b. 1884)
      14 August – Henry Ernest Boote, editor, journalist, and poet (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1865)
      15 August – Vida Goldstein, suffragette and social reformer (b. 1869)
      16 August – John Lemmone, flautist, composer and manager (b. 1861)
      27 August – Theodora Cowan, sculptor (b. 1868)
      2 September – Jack Beasley, New South Wales politician (b. 1895)
      9 September – Sir John Kirwan, Western Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1869)
      16 November – Margaret Battye, barrister and jurist (b. 1909)
      21 November – Philip Lytton, actor and theatre entrepreneur (b. unknown)
      18 December – Florence Anderson, trade union secretary (b. 1871)
      Unknown – Eric Muspratt, travel writer (b. 1899)
      Unknown – Alfred Wheeler, minister and composer (b. 1865)


      See also


      List of Australian films of the 1940s


      References

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