Events
- 26 February – Qantas Empire Airways makes its first scheduled international flight, when a De Havilland Express departs Darwin bound for Singapore.
- 2 March – A general election is held in Victoria. The UAP-Country Party coalition wins a comfortable majority.
- 29 March – 141 people drown when a cyclone strikes the pearling fleet off the coast of Broome, Western Australia.
- 2 April – Stanley Argyle stands down as Premier of Victoria after the Country Party dissolves their coalition with the UAP. He is succeeded by Country Party leader Albert Dunstan.
- 1 July – The Australian Associated Press (AAP) news agency is established.
- 2 October – John Curtin replaces James Scullin as leader of the Australian Labor Party.
- 4 October – Luna Park in Sydney is officially opened.
- 14 October – The Hornibrook Bridge, connecting Redcliffe and Sandgate in Queensland, is officially opened.
- 31 December – The Cane Toad is introduced to Queensland.
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