1915 in Australia explained
The following lists events that happened during 1915 in Australia.
Incumbents
State premiers
State governors
Events
Science and technology
Arts and literature
See main article: 1915 in Australian literature.
Sport
Births
- 6 February – Donald Friend (died 1989), artist, writer and diarist
- 2 March – John Wear Burton (died 2010), public servant and diplomat
- 3 March – Manning Clark (died 1991), historian
- 6 March – Mary Ward (died 2021), actress
- 22 March – Charlotte Anderson (died 2002), professor of paediatrics
- 9 April – Bob Quinn (died 2008), SANFL footballer (Port Adelaide)
- 30 May – Michael Thwaites (died 2005), poet, academic and intelligence officer
- 31 May – Judith Wright (died 2000), poet
- 3 June – Jim McClelland (died 1999), senator and government minister
- 20 June – Dick Reynolds (died 2002), VFL footballer (Essendon)
- 16 July – David Campbell (died 1979), poet
- 3 August – Arthur John Birch (died 1995), organic chemist
- 26 October – Lindsay Pryor (died 1998), botanist
- 2 November – May Campbell (died 1981), field hockey player
- 25 November – Ron Hamence (died 2010), cricketer
- 29 November – Bob Cotton (died 2006), senator and government minister
- 31 December – John Murray (died 2009), politician
Deaths
- 11 January – James Wilkinson, Queensland politician (b. 1854)
- 11 March – Thomas Alexander Browne, author (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1826)
- 4 April – Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor, New South Wales politician and pastoralist (b. 1839)
- 19 April – Thomas Playford II, 17th Premier of South Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1837)[2]
- 25 April - William Henry Strahan, writer and soldier (b. 1869)
- 2 June – George Randell, Western Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1830)
- 25 June – Frederick Manson Bailey, botanist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1827)
- 28 June – Victor Trumper, cricketer (b. 1877)
- 18 July – George Marshall-Hall, composer and poet (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1862)
- 2 August – Sir John Downer, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
- 8 October – E. Phillips Fox, impressionist painter (b. 1865)
- 29 October – Richard Edwards, Queensland politician (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 1915)
- 20 November – Robert Barr Smith, businessman and philanthropist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1824)
- 4 December – George Richards, New South Wales politician (b. 1865)
- 21 December – Thomas Sergeant Hall, geologist and biologist (b. 1858)
Notes and References
- Book: Myer, Harold. Power Supply and Distribution. 1925.
- Book: Playford, Thomas (1837–1915) . Australian Dictionary of Biography . John Playford . 1988 . Geoff Serle . 11. Melbourne University Press . 3 January 2022.