Australian Events
- 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.