Australian Timeline

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1920


Incumbents

  • Monarch – King George V
  • Governor-General  Ronald Munro Ferguson (until 6 October), then Henry Forster
  • Prime Minister  Billy Hughes

State premiers

  • Premier of New South Wales  William Holman (until 12 April), then John Storey
  • Premier of Queensland  Ted Theodore
  • Premier of South Australia  Archibald Peake (until 8 April), then Henry Barwell
  • Premier of Tasmania  Walter Lee
  • Premier of Victoria  Harry Lawson
  • Premier of Western Australia  James Mitchell

State governors

  • Governor of New South Wales – Sir Walter Davidson
  • Governor of Queensland – Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams (until 3 February), then Sir Matthew Nathan (from 3 December)
  • Governor of South Australia  Sir Henry Galway (until 30 April), then Sir William Weigall (from 9 June)
  • Governor of Tasmania  Sir Francis Newdegate (until 9 February), then Sir William Allardyce (from 16 April)
  • Governor of Victoria – Sir Arthur Stanley (until 30 January)
  • Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Ellison-Macartney (until 9 April)