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1922January 6Sydney's Daily Mail was first published. September 2 Writer, Henry Lawson, died aged 55. He was given a state funeral and the prime minister W.M. Hughes said "the nation has lost one of its foremost poets and short story writers; a man of imagination, perception and literary genius". November 2 Qantas establishes first regular passenger air service between Charleville and Cloncurry. 1923April 28Construction started on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The bridge was first suggested in 1815 and was brought before Parliament four times until finally being approved. October 11 A new telephone trunk line was officially opened which made it possible to speak from Sydney to Brisbane for the first time. The line was 651 miles long and used 218 tonnes of copper wire costing 26,000 pound. November 24 Station 2SB broadcast the first Australian wireless programme. The programme featured classical and popular music, stock exchange and market reports, news items, a weather report, a women's fashion segment, and bedtime stories for children. 1926September 3The first issue of the Canberra Times was published. 1928February 25Bert Hinkler arrived in Darwin to become the first person to fly solo from the UK to Australia. Hinkler made the trip in 16 days, almost halving the previous record of 28 days set by Ross and Keith Smith. December 31 The first motion picture with sound screened at Sydney's Lyceum Theatre. The film was 'The Jazz Singer' starring Al Jolson. |
