Australian Timeline

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1919


Incumbents

  • Monarch  King George V
  • Governor-General  Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson
  • Prime Minister  Billy Hughes
  • Chief Justice  Samuel Griffith (until 17 October) then Adrian Knox (from 18 October)

State premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales  William Holman
  • Premier of Queensland  T. J. Ryan (until 22 October), then Ted Theodore
  • Premier of South Australia  Archibald Peake
  • Premier of Tasmania  Walter Lee
  • Premier of Victoria  Harry Lawson
  • Premier of Western Australia  Sir Henry Lefroy (until 17 April), then Sir Hal Colebatch (until 17 May), then James Mitchell

State governors

  • Governor of New South Wales  Walter Davidson
  • Governor of Queensland  Hamilton Goold-Adams
  • Governor of South Australia  Sir Henry Galway
  • Governor of Tasmania  Francis Newdegate
  • Governor of Victoria  Sir Arthur Stanley
  • Governor of Western Australia  William Ellison-Macartney