Australian Events

Posted in 1922

  • Empire Settlement Act: assisted immigration from Britain is introduced.
  • On Oct 7, Earle Page gave his policy speech at South Grafton in which he spelled out the basic principles of a Nationalist-Country Party coalition which was to work over the next 7 years.
    The Macquarie Book of Events, 1983 p 345.
  • The Queensland Legislative Council is abolished.
  • The first section of the Great Ocean Road in Victoria is opened.