Events
- 14 February – Women are allowed to stand for parliament in Tasmania.
- 22 March – The Queensland Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Queensland is abolished.
- 10 June – A general election is held in Tasmania, which results in a hung parliament.
- 3 July – Queensland abolishes capital punishment, the first state in Australia to do so.
- 12 August – The Country Party and the Nationalist Party form a coalition government in Tasmania, with John Hayes as Premier.
Read more about this topic: 1922 In Australia
Famous quotes containing the word events:
“Since events are not metaphors, the literal-minded have a certain advantage in dealing with them.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“At all events there is in Brooklyn
something that makes me feel at home.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“When the course of events shall have removed you to distant scenes of action where laurels not nurtured with the blood of my country may be gathered, I shall urge sincere prayers for your obtaining every honor and preferment which may gladden the heart of a soldier.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
Related Phrases
Related Words