Vegemite is first produced

The first Miss Australia contest is held

The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital

Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.

Western Australia celebrates its centenary

Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings

Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia

The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens

Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments

The last Thylacine dies

The radio series Dad and Dave begins

Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games

(April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government

A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin

3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa.

Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese

Service Record Name TREMELLEN, LESLIE GORDON Service Australian Army Service Number VX141677 Date of Birth 7 Feb 1923 Place of Birth SHEPPARTON, VIC Date of Enlistment 18 Jun 1943 Locality on Enlistment SHEPPARTON, VIC Place of Enlistment IN THE FIELD, VIC Next of Kin TREMELLEN, RUBY Date of Death 28 Jul 1943 Rank Private Posting on Death 58/59 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No Roll of Honour SHEPPARTON VIC

Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary.