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*March – [[Group Settlement Scheme]] begins at [[Manjimup, Western Australia]]. |
*March – [[Group Settlement Scheme]] begins at [[Manjimup, Western Australia]]. |
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*7 March – The [[Department of Health |
*7 March – The [[Department of Health (1921–87)|Commonwealth Department of Health]] is formed. |
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*12 March – [[Edith Cowan]] becomes the first female parliamentarian in Australia, when she is elected to the [[Western Australian Legislative Council]]. |
*12 March – [[Edith Cowan]] becomes the first female parliamentarian in Australia, when she is elected to the [[Western Australian Legislative Council]]. |
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*22 March – [[Parliament of New South Wales|New South Wales MP]] [[Percy Brookfield]] is shot and killed when he tackles a crazed gunman at the train station in [[Riverton, South Australia]]. |
*22 March – [[Parliament of New South Wales|New South Wales MP]] [[Percy Brookfield]] is shot and killed when he tackles a crazed gunman at the train station in [[Riverton, South Australia]]. |
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The following lists events that happened during 1921inAustralia.
1921 in Australia | |
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Monarch | George V |
Governor-General | Henry Forster |
Prime minister | Billy Hughes |
Population | 5,455,136 |
Elections | Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia |
The first silent film