Australian Events
Posted in 1937
- Serious epidemic of infantile paralysis (polio). Sister Elizabeth Kenny's new method for treating poliomyelitis did not gain acceptance by the medical profession until late in 1941.
- With the outbreak of Japan's war against China, Australia's Prime Minister Lyons proposes a Pacific Pact of non-aggression.
- The Imperial Airways flying boat Centaurus touches down in Sydney, the forerunner of a thrice-weekly service to England.
- Sir Hubert Opperman cycles across Australia.
- Radio series Dad and Dave begins.