Australian Events

Posted in 1929

  • Australians endure the Depression Scullin Government, October 22: (see Australian Prime Ministers) Stanley Bruce becomes the only prime minister to lose his seat at an election.
  • Victorian Supreme Court judge Owen Dixon KC is appointed to the High Court.
  • First train from Adelaide to Alice Springs.
  • The Southern Cross aeroplaneThe Great Economic Depression begins - it brings years of hardship for average Australians.
  • Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew of the Southern Cross set a record for flying between England and Australia of less than 13 days.