Harry Bruce elected Member for Kennedy. Served 12 May 1923 – 11 June 1932
Catholic primary school opens in Atherton.
Babinda hospital opened.
Brandon's convent school closed.
First edition of Home Hill Observer printed.
Cairns' municipal status was raised to a city.
Tully was approved as a central-mill site.
New machinery was installed at Farleigh mill to help cope with increased cane supplies following the closure of Homebush mill the previous year.
Australian sugar price dropped to £27 a ton and Farleigh Mill's situation worsened due to problems with mineralised water affecting the boilers, diminished crushing rates and disrupting locomotive schedules. The problems of crushing harder varieties of cane grown in the area added to the company's woes.
Catholic primary school opens in Gordonvale.
Silver-lead ore found at Mount Isa by John Campbell Miles.
Home Hill was put on a reticulated electricity supply.
Railway connection from Innisfail to Cardwell and Townsville.
June
2 E.J. Banfield dies. His widow remained on the island for another year before moving to Brisbane where she died, ten years after her husband.
December
1 Railway line linking Mackay to Townsville completed at Proserpine.