April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 256 days remain until the end of the year.
Arthur Phillip was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales.
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. By virtue of holding the confidence of the House of Representatives, they chair the Cabinet and thus head the federal executive government. The prime minister and their party also generally hold predominant legislative influence through their numbers in Parliament.
The premier of Western Australia is the head of government of the state of Western Australia. The role of premier at a state level is similar to the role of the prime minister of Australia at a federal level. The premier leads the executive branch of the Government of Western Australia and is accountable to the Parliament of Western Australia. The premier is appointed by the governor of Western Australia. By convention, the governor appoints as premier whoever has the support of the majority of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia. In practice, this means that the premier is the leader of the political party or group of parties with a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly. Since Western Australia achieved self-governance in 1890, there have been 31 premiers. Roger Cook is the current premier, having been appointed to the position on 8 June 2023.
Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, was an Australian lawyer, politician, and judge who served as the ninth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1931 to 1936. He had previously served on the High Court of Australia from 1906 to 1931, including as Chief Justice from 1930.
The history of Jews in Australia traces the history of Australian Jews from the British settlement of Australia commencing in 1788. Though Europeans had visited Australia before 1788, there is no evidence of any Jewish sailors among the crew. The first Jews known to have come to Australia came as convicts transported to Botany Bay in 1788 aboard the First Fleet that established the first European settlement on the continent, on the site of present-day Sydney.
The following lists events that happened during 1935 in Australia.
Religion in Australia is diverse. In the 2021 national census, 43.9% of Australians identified with Christianity and 38.9% declared "no religion".
The following lists events that happened during 1891 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1927 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1801 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1838 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1886 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1883 in Australia.
The following lists events that happened during 1862 in Australia.
The Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, or Toorak Shule, is the oldest Jewish congregation in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Formed in 1841, the congregation was originally located on Bourke Street before moving in 1930 to Toorak Road, South Yarra.
Vaiben Solomon was a London Jew who, with his brother Emanuel Solomon, was transported for larceny to New South Wales in 1818. He had further brushes with the law but seized business opportunities and became quite prosperous. He and his brother were then joined by a contingent of brothers and sisters who made their mark in New South Wales and South Australian business and politics.
Hilary L. Rubinstein is an Australian historian and author. She researches and writes on British naval history and modern Jewish history.
