Cook Highway from Cairns to Port Douglas opened.
Catholic church built in Garbutt.
Edwin Embury, a schoolteacher and amateur scientist established a biological research laboratory on Hayman Island.
Joseph Busuttin's sons, James Arthur, Victor John (Mick) and Joseph Vincent (Pidge) began building tourist facilities on Brampton Island.
July
22 Foundation stone for the Mackay Intermediate School unveiled by Premier and Mackay MLA William Forgan Smith. Later becomes the Mackay Central State School.
December
Two of Joseph Busuttin's sons welcomed passengers from the SS Canberra to Brampton Island. Visitors were off-loaded into launches and ferried ashore.