Australian Events
Posted in 1937
- Serious epidemic of infantile paralysis (polio). Sister Elizabeth Kenny's new method for treating poliomyelitis did not gain acceptance by the medical profession until late in 1941.
- With the outbreak of Japan's war against China, Australia's Prime Minister Lyons proposes a Pacific Pact of non-aggression.
- The Imperial Airways flying boat Centaurus touches down in Sydney, the forerunner of a thrice-weekly service to England.
- Sir Hubert Opperman cycles across Australia.
- Radio series Dad and Dave begins.
Serious epidemic of infantile paralysis (polio). Sister Elizabeth Kenny's new method for treating poliomyelitis did not gain acceptance by the medical profession until late in 1941.
Sir Hubert Opperman cycles across Australia.
