Australia - Notable Historical Events
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Australia - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1616-10-25 |
VOC-ship "The Eendracht" discovers Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia |
1697-02-04 |
Three Dutch East India Company ships anchor at Dirk-Hartogeiland, Australia |
1770-04-19 |
British explorer Captain James Cook 1st sights Australia |
1770-04-28 |
Capt James Cook aboad Endeavour lands at Botany Bay in Australia |
1770-06-11 |
Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia |
1770-08-22 |
James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia. |
1787-05-13 |
Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay, Australia |
1788-01-18 |
The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia arrives at Botany Bay to set up a penal colony |
1788-01-26 |
Captain Arthur Phillip and British colonists hoist the English flag at Sydney Cove, New South Wales, now celebrated as Australia Day |
1804-03-04 |
The Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland's Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony's only significant convict uprising. |
1808-01-26 |
Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia. |
1813-05-11 |
In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth, lead an expedition westwards from Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century. |
1813-05-31 |
In Australia, Lawson, Blaxland and Wentworth reached Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains. |
1815-05-24 |
George Evans discovers Lachlan River, Australia |
1829-04-25 |
Charles Fremantle arrives in the HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom. |
1829-05-02 |
After anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of the HMS Challenger, declares the Swan River Colony in Australia. |
1834-03-18 |
Six farm labourers from Tolpuddle, Dorset, England are sentenced to be transported to Australia for forming a trade union. |
1834-10-28 |
The Battle of Pinjarra occurs in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists. |
1835-08-30 |
Melbourne, Australia is founded. |
1836-01-12 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia |
1836-03-06 |
HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach King George's Sound, Australia |
1836-03-14 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Australia |
1836-07-27 |
Adelaide, South Australia, founded |
1837-11-21 |
Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times |
1838-01-01 |
1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide |
1838-06-10 |
Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered. |
1844-10-01 |
German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt departs Jimbour, the farthest outpost of settlement on the Queensland Darling Downs, to begin his exploration of Australia's Northern Territory from Moreton Bay to Port Essington |
1845-12-17 |
German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt arrives in Port Essington after a nearly 4,800 km (3,000 mi) overland journey to explore Australia's Northern Territory |
1846-03-25 |
German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt arrives in Sydney to a hero's welcome after completing his exploration of Australia's Northern Territory |
1847-05-24 |
German explorer Ludwig Leichhardt is awarded the Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical Society, London in recognition of 'the increased knowledge of the great continent of Australia' gained by his Moreton Bay-Port Essington journey |
1850-07-07 |
Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia |
1851-02-11 |
1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston |
1851-08-22 |
Gold fields discovered in Australia |
1852-10-11 |
The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney. |
1854-12-03 |
Eureka Stockade: In what is claimed by many to be the birth of Australian democracy, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences. |
1856-10-24 |
Constitution of South Australia adopted |
1859-06-06 |
Australia: Queensland is established as a separate colony from New South Wales (Queensland Day). |
1861-05-13 |
The Great Comet of 1861 is discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. |
1863-07-06 |
Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia |
1865-01-25 |
CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia |
1865-07-31 |
The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia. |
1874-09-01 |
Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia |
1877-03-15 |
Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia v England at MCG |
1877-03-19 |
Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match |
1879-09-23 |
Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia |
1879-09-28 |
Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route |
1880-09-06 |
Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval |
1882-08-29 |
Australia beat England by 7 runs - "Death of English cricket" |
1884-09-04 |
Britain ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia. |
1886-11-22 |
Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia |
1890-02-14 |
1st NSW v South Australia 1st-class cricket game |
1890-07-23 |
Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67) |
1890-08-25 |
Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford washed out |
1892-06-11 |
The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia. |
1893-07-18 |
Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's |
1894-12-20 |
England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket, Australia needed 177 to win, all out at 166 on 6th day |
1895-03-06 |
England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2 |
1896-02-24 |
Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27 |
1898-03-02 |
Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England |
1899-02-02 |
The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne. |
1899-06-30 |
Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick Eng v Australia at Headingley |
1900-07-09 |
The Commonwealth of Australia is established by the British House of Commons |
1900-09-17 |
Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed |
1900-12-18 |
The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook Narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in or 762 mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic. |
1901-01-01 |
Australia declares independence from federation of UK colonies |
1901-01-08 |
New South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes |
1901-01-09 |
NSW (918) defeat S Australia (157 & 156) by innings & 605 |
1901-03-29 |
Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia's first election of its parliament |
1902-05-31 |
Australia Cricket all out 36 v England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever |
1902-07-05 |
Australia won the one & only Test Cricket played at Sheffield |
1902-07-16 |
Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji v Australia, at Old Trafford |
1902-07-17 |
Lord Tennyson, son of the poet, is named to succeed Lord Hopetown, first governor general of Australia |
1902-07-24 |
Victor Trumper scores a century for Australia before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England |
1902-07-26 |
Australia beat England by 3 runs at Old Trafford |
1902-08-01 |
Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia (100 die) |
1902-08-13 |
England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory |
1902-09-07 |
In Australia, the whole nation observes a 'day of humiliation' and prays for rain, as a terrible drought kills livestock and threatens crops; rain begins to appear on 10 September |
1902-10-11 |
Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa & Australia |
1903-08-15 |
The New Zealand All Blacks play their first Rugby Test Match against Australia's Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; New Zealand wins, 22-3 |
1903-09-24 |
Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Barton as Australia premier |
1903-10-05 |
Sir Samuel Griffith is appointed the first Chief Justice of Australia and Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor are appointed as foundation justices. |
1903-10-06 |
The High Court of Australia sits for the first time. |
1903-12-14 |
Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut |
1904-01-05 |
England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68 |
1904-03-01 |
England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia |
1904-08-17 |
George H Reid succeeds John Watson as Prime Minister of Australia |
1904-08-18 |
Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by George Reid. |
1905-07-06 |
Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time. |
1905-09-05 |
50 prominent men meet in Sydney's Australia Hotel to found the National Defense League fueled by fear of Japan after it's victory over Russia |
1907-03-16 |
1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia |
1907-11-08 |
In a landmark decision for Australia, the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration rules that the Sunshine Harvester Work must pay 'fair and reasonable wages' |
1907-12-13 |
George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG |
1908-01-07 |
England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG |
1908-02-11 |
Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England |
1908-08-20 |
America's Great White Fleet arrives in Sydney, Australia, to be greeted with a tremendous welcome; 221 American sailors desert to remain in Australia |
1908-11-12 |
Andrew Fisher assumes the position of prime minister for what turns out to be a short-lived second Labour government, Australia |
1909-06-02 |
Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. |
1909-06-15 |
Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. |
1911-01-01 |
South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government |
1911-01-13 |
South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide |
1911-06-22 |
King George V crowned king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and all his realms and territories beyond the sea. |
1912-08-22 |
England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament |
1914-09-11 |
Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there. |
1914-09-17 |
Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time. |
1915-07-01 |
Australia begins Commonwealth Lighthouse Service |
1916-11-13 |
Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription. |
1917-02-17 |
In Australia, Nationalist Party takes over a coalition government |
1918-03-23 |
Alick Wickham dives 200' into Australia's Yarra River |
1919-08-06 |
1st air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) |
1919-11-12 |
Ross & Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia |
1919-12-13 |
Ross & Smith land in Australia from a flight from London |
1920-10-30 |
The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney. |
1920-11-16 |
Australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited |
1920-12-07 |
NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81 |
1921-03-01 |
Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England |
1922-09-11 |
One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded. |
1922-12-16 |
NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket |
1923-09-01 |
18th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1), for their 4th straight Davis Cup |
1923-10-31 |
160 consecutive days of 100 degrees F begin at Marble Bar, Australia |
1924-09-13 |
19th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (5-0) |
1927-05-09 |
Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia |
1927-12-16 |
Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia |
1928-02-07 |
1st solo England to Australia flight takes off (Bert Hinkler) |
1928-02-22 |
1st solo England to Australia flight lands (Bert Hinkler) |
1928-06-08 |
1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford) |
1928-12-05 |
England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane |
1928-12-14 |
2nd Test Cricket Australia v England starts with Bradman 12th man |
1929-10-22 |
James H Scullin forms Australia government |
1930-04-29 |
Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service |
1930-05-05 |
Amy Johnson takes off - first woman to fly solo from England to Australia |
1930-05-24 |
1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson) |
1930-05-24 |
Bradman scores 252* Australia v Surrey, 290 mins, 29 fours |
1930-06-01 |
Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia v Hampshire, 240 mins, 26 fours |
1930-06-30 |
Don Bradman scores 254 for Australia at Lord's v England, 320 mins, 25 fours |
1930-08-22 |
Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test |
1930-10-11 |
Collingwood Football Club in Melbourne, Australia, won the VFL premiership for the fourth consecutive year. |
1930-12-12 |
Start of the 1st Australia v West Indies Test (at Adelaide) |
1931-01-07 |
Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast. |
1931-01-16 |
Bradman scores 223 Australia v WI, 297 mins, 26 fours |
1931-01-22 |
Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. |
1931-03-04 |
West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG |
1931-07-23 |
Ashmore & Cartier Is in Indian Ocean transferred to Australia |
1931-12-11 |
Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, NZ, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd |
1931-12-19 |
Bradman scores 112 Australia v South Africa at cricket SCG |
1931-12-19 |
Joseph A Lyons (C) becomes premier of Australia |
1932-01-04 |
Bradman scores 167 for Australia v South Africa at the MCG |
1934-06-25 |
Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets v Australia (7-61 & 8-43) |
1934-08-22 |
Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes |
1935-12-18 |
Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia |
1936-12-09 |
Australia all out 58 v England, Bradman out for a duck |
1936-12-21 |
Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80 |
1937-03-03 |
Australia snatch series against England 3-2 after being 2-0 down |
1937-12-20 |
Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia |
1938-01-08 |
Bradman scores 107 for South Australia v Qld (1st innings) |
1938-01-18 |
Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG |
1938-06-10 |
Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch v Australia at Trent Bridge |
1938-06-11 |
England declare at 8 for 658 v Australia at Trent Bridge |
1938-06-21 |
Bradman scores 101* in 77 minutes, Australia v Lancashire |
1938-07-08 |
Would be start of England v Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout |
1938-08-05 |
33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2) |
1938-08-23 |
England score 7-903 decl v Australia Hutton 364 |
1938-08-24 |
England beat Australia by an innings & 579 runs at The Oval |
1939-01-01 |
Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city. |
1939-01-13 |
The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people. |
1939-09-03 |
WWII: Britain declares war on Germany after invasion of Poland. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada |
1939-09-05 |
34th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Haverford (3-2) |
1939-12-20 |
Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service |
1939-12-22 |
Bradman scores 138 in South Australia's 7-821 v Queensland |
1939-12-23 |
South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland |
1940-02-17 |
Bradman scores 135 in a non-Shield match for SA v West Australia |
1940-07-01 |
Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees |
1940-12-09 |
South Australia all out for 47 v NSW, O'Reilly 5-11 |
1941-11-20 |
German Q/pirate ship Kormoran sinks near Australia |
1941-12-01 |
Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years |
1942-03-11 |
Gen MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia |
1942-03-17 |
Gen Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander |
1942-11-23 |
Japans bombing of Port Darwin, Australia |
1942-12-11 |
Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia |
1943-02-06 |
1st Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down |
1945-08-31 |
The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies. |
1946-03-29 |
1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ |
1946-03-30 |
Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day |
1946-11-19 |
Bradman scores 119 South Australia v Victoria, 183 mins, 8 fours |
1946-12-01 |
Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187) |
1946-12-26 |
35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0) |
1947-11-01 |
UN trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, NZ & UK |
1947-12-01 |
India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 |
1947-12-26 |
British transfer Heard & McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia |
1947-12-30 |
36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) |
1948-01-24 |
Australia all out 674 v India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*) |
1948-02-06 |
Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia |
1948-03-15 |
Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia |
1948-05-15 |
Australia scores 721 runs in one day v Essex, world record |
1948-06-15 |
Bradman is out for a duck, but Australia win test match anyway |
1948-07-01 |
Bradman scores 128 Australia v Surrey, 141 mins, 15 fours |
1948-07-27 |
Australia set 404 to win v England at Headingley |
1948-08-14 |
England all out for 52 v Australia at Cricket Oval |
1948-09-06 |
37th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (5-0) |
1949-08-28 |
38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) |
1950-02-14 |
Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg |
1950-08-26 |
39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1) |
1951-09-01 |
US, Australia & New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty |
1951-09-02 |
Australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact |
1951-12-22 |
Australia cricket all out 82 v West Indies at Adelaide |
1951-12-25 |
West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket |
1951-12-27 |
40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2) |
1952-01-03 |
Australia beat W Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38 |
1952-10-03 |
1st British nuclear test at Monte Bello Island in Australia |
1952-12-31 |
41st Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (4-1) |
1953-06-13 |
Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 & 7-44) v Australia |
1953-10-14 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field, Australia |
1953-10-26 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia |
1953-12-31 |
42nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Melbourne (3-2) |
1954-03-08 |
Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia |
1954-04-24 |
Australia & USSR break diplomatic relations |
1954-11-26 |
Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba |
1954-12-28 |
43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2) |
1955-05-19 |
Atkinson & Depeiaza make 347 stand for 7th wkt WI v Australia |
1955-06-15 |
Australia score 8-758 v West Indies at Kingston, their best ever |
1955-11-03 |
Australia takes control of Cocos Islands |
1955-11-23 |
British transfer Cocos (Keeling) Is in Indian Ocean to Australia |
1955-12-28 |
44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0) |
1956-05-16 |
Great Britain performs nuclear Test at Monte Bello Is Australia |
1956-07-27 |
Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings at Manchester |
1956-07-31 |
Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings, 19-90 for match |
1956-09-10 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia |
1956-09-17 |
Television is first broadcast in Australia. |
1956-10-04 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia |
1956-10-11 |
1st Pakistan v Australia Test 95 runs scored on 1st day |
1956-10-11 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia |
1956-10-17 |
Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt |
1956-10-22 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia |
1956-12-08 |
16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia |
1956-12-27 |
45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0) |
1957-09-14 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia |
1957-09-25 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia |
1957-10-09 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia |
1957-12-28 |
46th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Melbourne (3-2) |
1958-10-01 |
Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia |
1958-12-31 |
47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2) |
1959-01-30 |
Australia 1-200 1st day 4th Test v England, Adelaide Oval |
1959-02-05 |
Australia regain the Ashes with a 10 wicket victory at Adelaide |
1959-03-17 |
Australia & USSR restore diplomatic relations |
1959-08-31 |
48th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (3-2) |
1959-09-23 |
1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia's first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait. |
1959-12-20 |
Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India v Australia at Kanpur |
1960-12-14 |
Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie |
1960-12-28 |
49th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Sydney (4-1) |
1961-02-15 |
Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever |
1961-12-28 |
50th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Melbourne (5-0) |
1962-09-15 |
Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) |
1962-09-28 |
Paddington tram depot fire destroys 65 trams in Brisbane, Australia. |
1962-12-28 |
51st Davis Cup: Australia beats Mexico in Brisbane (5-0) |
1963-01-12 |
Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia v England |
1963-09-18 |
USSR orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia |
1963-12-29 |
52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2) |
1964-04-03 |
Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts |
1964-05-30 |
Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia |
1964-06-04 |
Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48 |
1964-07-28 |
England all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw |
1964-09-28 |
53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2) |
1964-10-24 |
Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut v Australia |
1964-10-26 |
Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed. |
1965-03-01 |
Australia suspends champ swimmer Dawn Fraser for 10-yrs for misconduct |
1965-12-29 |
54th Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Sydney (4-1) |
1966-01-26 |
The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach near Adelaide, South Australia. |
1966-03-27 |
Anti Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe & Australia |
1966-10-15 |
Australia bans Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself" as "terribly obscene" |
1966-12-28 |
55th Davis Cup: Australia beats India in Melbourne (4-1) |
1967-02-03 |
Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. |
1967-12-17 |
Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, vanishes in mysterious circumstances while swimming near Melbourne. |
1967-12-19 |
Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead. |
1967-12-28 |
56th Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Brisbane (4-1) |
1968-01-31 |
Nauru (formerly Pleasant Island) declares independence from Australia |
1968-06-24 |
Australia all out for 78 v England at Lord's |
1968-12-28 |
57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1) |
1969-01-29 |
Sheahan & Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia v West Indies |
1969-06-30 |
Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34 |
1969-11-20 |
Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur |
1969-12-14 |
Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta |
1970-01-22 |
Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa v Australia, Cape Town |
1970-01-23 |
Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (California) |
1970-02-05 |
Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban |
1970-02-06 |
Graeme Pollock completes 274 v Australia at Durban |
1970-03-10 |
South Africa complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia |
1970-04-21 |
The Principality of Hutt River (previously Hutt River Province) secedes from Australia - it remains unrecognised by Australia or other nations |
1970-09-03 |
Bill Halley & Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia |
1971-01-05 |
1st one-day international, Australia v England at the MCG |
1971-01-14 |
John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs |
1972-06-08 |
Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, v Australia at Old Trafford (57/62) |
1972-08-24 |
Dennis Amiss scores 1st one-day int century, 103 v Australia |
1972-12-05 |
Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election |
1973-02-16 |
WI v Australia at Kingston, 1st time since 1955 without Sobers |
1973-12-01 |
Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea |
1973-12-02 |
62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0) |
1974-12-25 |
Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin, Australia |
1975-01-09 |
Australia beat England by 171 runs in 4th Test to regain Ashes |
1975-01-19 |
Triple J begins broadcasting in Sydney, Australia. |
1975-03-01 |
Colour television transmissions begin in Australia. |
1975-06-21 |
West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup |
1975-07-10 |
Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, v Australia, out for a pair |
1975-09-16 |
Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) |
1975-11-28 |
Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane |
1976-01-27 |
Viv Richards scores his 1st Test century against Australia |
1976-02-05 |
Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies |
1976-05-19 |
Gold ownership legalized in Australia |
1977-03-15 |
First official test cricket match is played between Australia and England at Melbourne |
1977-03-17 |
Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877 |
1977-09-18 |
Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup |
1977-12-04 |
66th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Sydney (3-1) |
1977-12-17 |
Bobby Simpson scores 176 Australia v India at the WACA, aged 41 |
1978-02-03 |
Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test |
1978-02-03 |
India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445 |
1978-03-03 |
1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI v Australia) |
1978-07-01 |
Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing |
1979-02-10 |
Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed |
1979-02-15 |
Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hrs 40 mins |
1979-03-15 |
Sarfraz takes 9-86 at MCG as Australia lose 7-5 to lose the Test |
1979-07-11 |
US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates |
1979-11-27 |
1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia v WI at SCG |
1980-09-02 |
John Arlott commentates on his last game, England v Australia at Lord's |
1981-01-08 |
India all out 63 in one-day international v Australia |
1981-01-26 |
Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 v Australia at Adelaide Oval |
1981-02-03 |
Australia beats NZ 3-1 to win World Series Cup |
1981-02-11 |
Australia all out 83 v India at MCG chasing 143 to win |
1981-07-21 |
Australia set 130 to win, all out 111 at Headingley Willis 8-43 |
1981-08-02 |
Australia set 151 to win, all out 121, Botham 5-11 in 14 overs |
1981-08-15 |
Ian Botham scores a century in 86 balls v Australia at Old Trafford |
1981-11-14 |
Pakistan all out 62 v Australia at WACA, Lillee 5-18 |
1981-12-06 |
Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18 |
1982-01-27 |
West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup |
1982-02-26 |
Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, v Australia Wellington, run out 9 |
1982-06-23 |
Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) |
1982-09-20 |
Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan v Australia |
1982-12-30 |
England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG |
1983-01-07 |
Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win v England |
1983-02-13 |
Australia beats NZ 2-0 to win World Series Cup |
1983-02-16 |
The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75 people in Australia's worst ever fires. |
1983-03-05 |
NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield |
1983-04-22 |
Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) |
1983-06-09 |
Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia |
1983-06-12 |
Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match v Australia |
1983-09-26 |
Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner) |
1983-10-31 |
Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia |
1983-12-28 |
72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2) |
1984-02-12 |
West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality & gold medal |
1984-06-08 |
Homosexuality is declared legal in the state of New South Wales, Australia. |
1984-07-22 |
22nd Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1) |
1984-09-28 |
1st floodlit ODI outside of Australia (India v Aust, New Delhi) |
1984-11-10 |
Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21 |
1984-12-02 |
Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG |
1985-01-02 |
Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts |
1985-02-12 |
West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup |
1985-02-17 |
1st day/night game at the MCG, Australia v England |
1985-04-19 |
Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours. |
1985-08-20 |
Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle |
1985-09-03 |
England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval |
1985-10-04 |
Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia |
1985-10-06 |
Marita Koch of Germany sets 400m woman's record (47.6) in Australia |
1985-10-15 |
Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds |
1985-11-09 |
Richard Hadlee takes 9-52 v Australia at the Gabba |
1985-11-12 |
R Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match v Australia at Brisbane |
1986-02-11 |
Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup |
1986-04-21 |
90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51 |
1986-09-22 |
India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie |
1986-12-28 |
75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2), helped by Pat Davis ranked 412th in the world |
1987-02-04 |
Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup |
1987-02-11 |
England beat Australia 2-0 to win the World Series Cup |
1987-11-08 |
Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup |
1987-12-14 |
Allan Border scores 205 v NZ to become Australia's top rungetter |
1987-12-30 |
Australia hang on for draw v NZ at MCG, 1 wkt left 17 runs short |
1988-01-24 |
Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win Cricket's World Series Cup |
1988-04-30 |
World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane Australia |
1988-05-09 |
Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Canberra |
1988-08-22 |
Australia unveils 1st platinum coin (Koala) |
1988-09-16 |
Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, v Australia |
1988-12-06 |
Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets v WI at the WACA but Australia lose |
1988-12-29 |
Victorian Post Office Museum in Australia closes |
1989-01-18 |
West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup |
1989-01-26 |
Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia v West Indies, Sydney |
1989-02-16 |
William Hayden becomes governor-general of Australia |
1989-08-01 |
Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes |
1989-08-10 |
Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge |
1989-08-13 |
2 hot-air balloons crash at Alice Springs, Australia, 13 killed |
1989-12-16 |
Geoff Marsh completes 355* for WA against South Australia |
1989-12-28 |
Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die |
1990-01-19 |
Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, v Australia at Adelaide |
1990-02-25 |
Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup |
1990-07-01 |
In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal |
1990-12-02 |
79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St Petersburg (3-2) |
1991-01-15 |
Australia beat NZ 2-0 to win the World Series Cup |
1991-08-13 |
Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney for Australia versus England at Old Trafford |
1991-11-29 |
Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba |
1991-12-20 |
Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia |
1992-01-06 |
Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG |
1992-01-20 |
Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup |
1992-08-19 |
Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL v Australia) |
1992-08-19 |
Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 v Australia |
1992-08-22 |
Matthews & Warne spin Australia to a famous win v Sri Lanka |
1992-08-28 |
Test cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo |
1993-01-05 |
Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG |
1993-01-18 |
West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0 |
1993-01-26 |
West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide |
1993-02-16 |
Western Australia's and Australia's first woman Premier, Carmen Lawrence, is voted out of office. |
1993-05-21 |
Robin Smith scores 167 in England Texaco Trophy loss v Australia |
1993-06-07 |
Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Australia, Old Trafford |
1993-07-06 |
Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England v Australia |
1993-07-25 |
31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0) |
1993-10-06 |
Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time |
1993-12-05 |
82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1) |
1994-01-07 |
South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs |
1994-01-25 |
Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup |
1994-10-02 |
Pakistan defeat Australia by one wicket in Karachi Test |
1995-01-17 |
Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup |
1995-01-18 |
Pope John Paul II begins visit to Australia |
1995-02-04 |
Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia |
1995-03-12 |
Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain |
1995-05-01 |
Steve Waugh scores 200 for Australia v WI at Sabina Park |
1995-05-03 |
Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy |
1996-01-20 |
Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup |
1996-03-11 |
Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side v Australia, World Cup |
1996-03-11 |
John Winston Howard becomes the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. His term in office is the second longest in Australian history, ending on December 3, 2007. |
1996-03-14 |
Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi |
1996-03-17 |
Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup |
1996-04-03 |
South Australia grab exciting draw vs W A to win Sheffield Shield |
1996-04-10 |
Fastest wind speed ever recorded (not a tornado) 408 km/h (220 kn; 253 mph; 113 m/s) during tropical cyclone Olivia on Barrow Island, Australia |
1996-09-08 |
Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo |
1997-05-01 |
Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia to decriminalize homosexuality. |
1997-05-12 |
Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida |
1997-07-30 |
Eighteen lives are lost in the Thredbo Landslide in New South Wales, Australia. |
1999-04-14 |
A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$1.7 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history. |
1999-12-05 |
88th Davis Cup: Australia beats France in Nice (3-2) |
2000-09-11 |
Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia. |
2000-09-15 |
Opening ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Sydney, Australia |
2000-10-01 |
Closing ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Sydney, Australia |
2000-10-01 |
United States wins the most medals (97), and the most gold medals (40) in Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia |
2000-12-10 |
89th Davis Cup: Spain beats Australia in Barcelona (3-1) |
2001-07-05 |
Australia and East Timor sign an agreement to share royalties from oil and natural gas production in the Timor Sea, which separates the two countries |
2001-09-12 |
Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry leaving 10000 people unemployed. |
2001-12-20 |
90th Davis Cup: France beats Australia in Melbourne (3-2) |
2002-05-14 |
Ten members of the Darwin-based Network Against Prohibition invade the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia. |
2003-01-18 |
A bushfire kills 4 people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia. |
2003-01-31 |
The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia. |
2003-05-28 |
Peter Hollingworth becomes the first Governor-General of Australia to resign his office as a result of criticism of his conduct. |
2003-11-30 |
92nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Melbourne (3-1) |
2006-01-01 |
Sydney, Australia swelters through its hottest New Years Day on record. The thermometre peaked at 45 degrees celsius, sparking bushfires and power outages. |
2006-03-20 |
Cyclone Larry makes landfall in eastern Australia, destroying most of the country's banana crop. |
2007-03-23 |
Burnley Tunnel catastrophe occurs in Melbourne, Australia. |
2007-03-31 |
In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour. |
2007-06-08 |
Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker. |
2007-07-01 |
Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces: with the ban already in force in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, this means it is illegal to smoke in indoor public places anywhere in the UK. Australia implements a similar ban. |
2007-10-25 |
The first Airbus A380 passenger flight, operating for Singapore Airlines, with flight number SQ 380, flying scheduled service between Singapore and Sydney, Australia. |
2008-08-06 |
Access 31 TV stops broadcasting in Perth, Western Australia. |
2008-10-27 |
The banking group BNP Paribas states that Australia is in a risky position with regards to the global financial crisis as foreign liabilities accounted for 60% of the nation's GDP |
2009-02-07 |
Bushfires in Victoria left 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history. |
2009-04-03 |
Australia formally adopts the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. |
2012-03-06 |
9,000 residents are evacuated from Wagga Wagga, Australia, as the Murrimbidgee River threatens to overflow |
2012-03-22 |
Australia's most wanted man, Malcolm Naden, is captured after seven years on the run in Gloucester, New South Wales |
2012-06-21 |
A boat of 200 asylum seekers headed to Australia capsizes and 110 survivors are rescued |
2013-01-08 |
130 wildfires across Australia's east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes |
2013-01-25 |
Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding |
2013-02-17 |
Australia defeat the West Indies to win the women's 2013 Cricket World Cup |
2013-07-06 |
The British Lions defeat Australia 41-16 to win their first rugby Test series since 1997 |
2013-09-07 |
Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after a Liberal-National Coalitions wins the election |
2013-11-30 |
Australia defeats New Zealand to win the Rugby League World Cup |
2013-12-17 |
Australia wins the 3rd test to take win the 2013-14 Ashes test cricket series |
2014-01-28 |
Peter Cosgrove is named the next Governor-General of Australia |
2016-02-15 |
$1 billion drug bust in Australia |
2016-04-25 |
Australia teen charged with Anzac day terror plot |
2016-06-06 |
Australia storm kills three people, with more missing |
2016-12-19 |
Australia's Projected Annual Deficits Worsen by $7.5 Billion |
2017-02-21 |
Five die as light plane crashes into mall in Australia |
2017-08-06 |
US suspends search for missing Marines after crash off Australia |
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Australia - Notable Birthdays
Australia - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1774-03-16 |
Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) |
1774-06-02 |
William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850) |
1795-04-28 |
Charles Sturt, England, explorer (Australia) |
1815-05-27 |
Henry Parkes, British journalist/premier of Australia |
1818-03-22 |
John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846) |
1826-06-24 |
George Goyder, surveyor-general of South Australia (d. 1898) |
1834-01-05 |
William John Wills, English explorer of Australia, member of the Burke and Wills expedition (d. 1861) |
1839-04-18 |
Henry Clarence Kendall, New South Wales Australia, poet (Bell Birds) |
1844-03-15 |
Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test) |
1845-04-15 |
Dave Gregory, cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captain) |
1849-01-18 |
Edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03) |
1853-09-09 |
Frederick R Spofforth, Australia, cricketer (Demon) |
1854-03-21 |
Alick A C Bannerman, cricketer (bro of Charles, Australia 1878-1893) |
1854-05-11 |
John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) |
1856-08-03 |
Alfred Deakin, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1919) |
1859-01-15 |
Archibald Peake, Premier of South Australia (d. 1920) |
1859-03-13 |
Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83) |
1859-03-27 |
George Giffen, cricketer (one of Australia's greatest all-rounders) |
1860-12-07 |
Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947) |
1862-08-29 |
Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) |
1862-09-25 |
Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952) |
1864-02-17 |
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, NSW Australia, poet (Waltzing Matilda) |
1864-02-17 |
A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson, Australia |
1867-04-09 |
Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1941) |
1870-01-03 |
Henry Handel Richardson, Australia, novelist (Richard Mahoney) |
1874-04-26 |
J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer (one Test South Africa v Australia 1902) |
1875-01-01 |
N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98) |
1876-09-18 |
James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953) |
1877-11-02 |
Victor Trumper, cricketer (Australia batsman 1899-1912) |
1879-09-15 |
Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939) |
1879-12-27 |
Robert Greig, Australia, actor (Horse Feathers) |
1882-03-23 |
C Montague Shaw, Adelaide Australia |
1882-08-22 |
Harry Makepeace, cricketer (4 Tests for England v Australia 1920-21) |
1883-04-15 |
Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967) |
1884-10-10 |
C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11) |
1885-09-22 |
Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951) |
1887-09-29 |
Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor (White Sin) |
1888-07-06 |
Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid) |
1889-11-09 |
Snub Pollard, Melbourne Australia, actor (Don't Shove, Arizona Days) |
1890-07-18 |
Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983) |
1890-07-28 |
Marie Lohr, Sydney Australia, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel) |
1893-04-01 |
Cicely Courtneidge, Sydney Australia, actress (Double Exposure) |
1893-05-21 |
Arthur Carr, cricket captain (England v Australia 1926) |
1893-07-11 |
Jack Durston, cricketer (England fast bowler against Australia 1921) |
1893-07-15 |
Enid Bennett, Australia, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins) |
1893-08-10 |
Viscount Dunrossil, Scotland, Gov Gen of Australia (1959-61) |
1893-09-18 |
Arthur Benjamin, Sydney Australia, composer (Jamaican Rumba) |
1894-12-20 |
Robert Menzies, Jeparit, Victoria, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (1939-41, 1949-66) and its longest-serving |
1895-04-13 |
Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973) |
1895-09-29 |
Louise Granville, Sydney Australia, entertainer |
1897-03-13 |
William Herald, Australia, swimmer (Olympic-1920) |
1897-05-25 |
Alan Kippax, cricketer (22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat) |
1898-12-01 |
Cyril Ritchard, Sydney Australia, actor (Peter Pan, Hans Brinker) |
1899-08-09 |
Pamela Lyndon Travers, Queensland, Australia, writer (Mary Poppins), (d. 1996) |
1900-03-29 |
John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980) |
1900-08-01 |
Otto Nothling, cricketer (Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26) |
1902-07-17 |
Christina Stead, Australia, novelist (Man Who Loved Children) |
1904-05-13 |
Tim Wall, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia 1928-34) |
1906-11-03 |
Sydney John Kay, Cavalcade of Australia 1901-1951 |
1908-02-23 |
William McMahon, PM of Australia (Liberal) (1971-72) |
1908-08-05 |
Harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam |
1908-08-26 |
Bill Hunt, cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933) |
1909-02-17 |
Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannhäuser) |
1909-03-26 |
Chips Rafferty, Broken Hill Australia, actor (Desert Rats) |
1909-04-09 |
Robert Helpmann, Mount Gambier, Australia, actor/dancer (Second Time Lucky, The Red Shoes) |
1909-09-15 |
Jean Batten, NZ air pioneer (1st woman to fly solo Australia- |
1909-12-06 |
Alan McGilvray, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1910-05-02 |
Laurie Nash, cricketer (Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia) |
1911-02-16 |
Hal Porter, Australia, writer (Tilted Cross, Paper Chase) |
1911-09-16 |
Wilfred Burchett, Australia, communist/writer (Catapult to Freedom) |
1912-05-28 |
Patrick White, Australia, novelist (Happy Valley, Nobel 1973) |
1912-12-25 |
Donald McRae, cricketer (Test for NZ, the 1946 debacle vs Australia) |
1912-12-29 |
Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad) |
1914-03-22 |
Cec Burke, cricketer (NZ leg-spinner v Australia 1946, 1 & 3, 2-30) |
1914-07-26 |
Erskine Hawkins, Australia |
1914-09-24 |
Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991) |
1915-12-08 |
Bob Peters, Wild Australia: The Edge |
1916-02-17 |
Don Tallon, cricketer (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper) |
1916-04-09 |
Julian Dash, Australia |
1916-04-26 |
Morris L West, Australia, novelist (Shoes of the Fisherman) |
1916-06-08 |
Geoffrey Saulez, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1916-06-23 |
Len Hutton, cricketer (England opener, 364 v Australia The Oval 1938) |
1916-07-11 |
Gough Whitlam, (ALP) Australia, PM (1972-75) |
1916-08-18 |
Kitty Bluett, A Yank in Australia |
1917-04-22 |
Sidney Nolan, Australia, painter/illustrator (Ned Kelly) |
1917-06-27 |
K M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48) |
1918-01-16 |
Clem Jones, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia (d. 2007) |
1918-04-29 |
Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia) |
1918-10-08 |
Ron Randell, Sydney Australia, actor (Loves of Carmen, I am a Camera) |
1919-03-28 |
Tom Brooks, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1919-11-28 |
Keith Miller, cricketer (one of Australia's best ever all-rounders) |
1920-07-29 |
Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007) |
1921-08-20 |
Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956) |
1923-06-24 |
Margaret Olley, Lismore Australia, painter |
1923-06-25 |
Doug Everingham, Fire Water: Australia's Industrial Fluoridation Disgrace |
1925-05-02 |
Lou Rowan, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1925-07-18 |
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Australia, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948) |
1926-05-11 |
Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur) |
1926-08-09 |
Denis Atkinson, cricketer (WI all-rounder, 219 v Australia 1955) |
1926-10-24 |
Corrado Olmi, A Girl in Australia |
1926-11-07 |
Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano (Met Opera) |
1926-12-01 |
Keith Michell, Adelaide Australia, actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII) |
1926-12-24 |
Ronald Draper, cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1949-50) |
1927-05-02 |
Ray Barrett, Australia |
1928-11-17 |
Colin McDonald, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1928-11-20 |
Norma Redpath, Sculpture Australia '69 |
1929-09-25 |
John Rutherford, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1956) |
1929-12-09 |
Bob Hawke, Bordertown, South Australia, 23rd Australian Prime Minister (1983-91) and Leader of the Labor Party |
1929-12-09 |
Robert J L Hawke, (Lab), PM Australia (1983-91) |
1930-04-20 |
Alan Oakman, cricketer (England batsman against Australia 1956) |
1930-05-16 |
Brian Davies, Brisbane, Australia, Rugby League player, (d. 2012) |
1930-05-21 |
Malcolm Fraser, PM of Australia (Liberal, 1975-83) |
1930-06-06 |
Frank Tyson, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1930-09-29 |
Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor (Aust Orch Sydney-1976) |
1931-01-04 |
Sir William Deane, Governor-General of Australia 1996-2001 |
1931-01-11 |
Betty Churcher, director of the National Gallery of Australia |
1931-03-05 |
Barry Tuckwell, Melbourne Australia, horn player (London Symph Orch 1955-68) |
1931-03-11 |
Rupert Murdoch, Australia, publisher (NY Post)/CEO (FOX-TV) |
1931-07-23 |
Richard Searby, deputy-chairman (News Corp Ltd-Australia) |
1931-09-13 |
Marjorie Jackson, Australia, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1952) [or Feb 13] |
1933-08-10 |
Richard Taylor, Australia Will Be There |
1933-09-14 |
Zoe Caldwell, Australia, actress (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) |
1934-02-14 |
Marlene Matthews, Australia, sprinter (Oly-2 bronze-1956) |
1934-02-17 |
Barry Humphries, Australia TV host (Dame Edna Everage) |
1934-03-08 |
Ron Taylor, Sydney Australia, cinematographer (Those Amazing Animals), (d. 2012) |
1934-06-20 |
Brian Barder, British high commissar (Australia) |
1934-11-02 |
Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star (US Open 1956) |
1934-11-23 |
Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Sydney Australia, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56) |
1935-03-05 |
Philip K Chapman, Melbourne Australia, astronaut (Apollo 14 support) |
1935-05-15 |
Bill Peach, Australia Felix |
1935-07-12 |
Chris Burger, cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1957-58) |
1935-07-24 |
Pat Oliphant, Australia, cartoonist (7 Pres: The Art of Oliphant) |
1935-08-08 |
John Laws, Australia radio personality |
1935-09-28 |
Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer (1961 Milwaukee Open) |
1935-12-31 |
Peter Allan, cricketer (1 Test Australia v England 1965, 2-58 & 0-25) |
1936-03-12 |
Keith Slater, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1958-59 series) |
1936-11-03 |
Roy Emerson, Blackbutt Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61) |
1936-11-03 |
Roy Emerson, The Fifth Set: Australia and the Davis Cup |
1937-02-04 |
John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1960) |
1937-02-21 |
Ron Clarke, Australia, runner (held 19 world records) |
1937-06-21 |
John Edrich, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1937-09-04 |
Dawn Fraser, NSW Australia, 100m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64) |
1937-10-10 |
Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer (1964 St Petersburg Open) |
1938-02-25 |
Herb Elliott, Australia, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1960) |
1938-03-14 |
Johnny Gleeson, cricketer (mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72) |
1938-03-14 |
John Gleeson, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1938-04-20 |
Betty Cuthbert, Australia 100m/200m/400m dash (Olympic-gold-1956, 64) |
1938-06-28 |
Robert Hughes, Sydney, Australia, art critic, (d. 2012) |
1938-07-28 |
Robert Hughes, [Studley Forrest], Australia, writer/critic (Barcelona) |
1938-08-07 |
Helen Caldicott, Melbourne Australia, physician/anti-war activist |
1938-08-09 |
Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace (1962, 1969 Grand Slam) |
1938-11-20 |
Tony White, cricketer (2 Tests WI v Australia 1965) |
1939-01-29 |
Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich) |
1939-03-01 |
Alan Thorne, Australia |
1939-03-29 |
Ivor Bowen, Made in Australia |
1939-06-29 |
Alan Connolly, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1939-07-26 |
J W Howard, Prime Minister of Australia |
1939-08-12 |
Pam Ryan-Kilborn, Australia, hurdler (Olympic-silver-1968) |
1939-09-05 |
George Lazenby, Goulburn Australia, actor (OHMSS-James Bond) |
1939-10-08 |
Paul Hogan, Australia, actor (Crocodile Dundee, Lightning Jack) |
1940-02-17 |
Dennis Gamsy, cricketer (South African bat in 2 Tests v Australia 1970) |
1940-05-02 |
Bryan Davis, cricketer (bro of Charlie WI batsman v Australia 1965) |
1940-06-23 |
Diana Trask, Australia, singer (Sing Along With Mitch) |
1940-9-17 |
Peter Lever, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1941-02-10 |
John Hampshire, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1941-04-24 |
John Williams, Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Acad Award) |
1941-05-11 |
Ian Redpath, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1941-06-24 |
Graham McKenzie, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1941-10-25 |
Helen Reddy, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (I Am Woman) |
1942-07-16 |
Margaret Smith Court, Perth Australia, tennis pro (1970 Grand Slam, 24 Grand Slam wins) |
1943-05-23 |
John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71) |
1943-08-07 |
Lana Cantrell, Sydney, Australia, singer (Those Were the Days) |
1943-10-04 |
Owen Keir Davidson, Australia, 4 time Wimbledon mix double champ |
1944-01-14 |
Graham Vivian Marsh, Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer (1977 Heritage) |
1944-01-18 |
Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia |
1944-02-10 |
Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist (I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond) |
1944-03-25 |
Ross Duncan, cricketer (one Test Australia v England 1971, 0-30) |
1944-05-20 |
Keith Fletcher, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1944-06-01 |
Jean-Jacques Andrien, Australia |
1944-06-30 |
Glenn Shorrock, Sydney Australia, rock vocalist (Little River Band) |
1944-11-13 |
Ken Shuttleworth, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1945-03-03 |
Farooq Hamid, cricketer (1-107 in Test, Pakistan v Australia 1964) |
1945-04-04 |
Bryan Andrews, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74) |
1945-06-17 |
Tony Roche, Wagga Wagga Australia, tennis player and coach |
1945-07-13 |
Ashley Mallett, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1945-12-02 |
Alan Thomson, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1945-12-21 |
Doug Walters, Benson & Hedges World Series Cup 3rd Final: Australia vs West Indies |
1946-04-09 |
Alan Knott, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
1946-06-03 |
Tristan Rogers, Australia, actor (Robert Scorpio-General Hospital) |
1946-11-02 |
Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer (1980 World Champion) |
1946-9-20 |
Joseph Rosendo, Victoria, Australia |
1947-03-11 |
Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player |
1947-03-15 |
David Colley, cricketer (NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972) |
1947-05-15 |
Graham Goble, Adelaide, Australia, rock guitarist (Little River Band) |
1947-06-29 |
Jeff Moss, cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979) |
1947-12-13 |
Les Joslin, cricketer (Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 & 2) |
1948-06-05 |
Frank Estersmith, Australia, rocker (Air Supply) |
1949-03-22 |
Fanny Ardant, Monte Carlo, actress (Australia, Confidentially Yours) |
1949-06-15 |
Russell Hitchcock, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply) |
1949-08-23 |
Rick Springfield, Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl) |
1949-10-30 |
David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (Air Supply) |
1949-12-14 |
Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) |
1949-12-23 |
Wally Edwards, cricketer (three Tests Australia v England 1974) |
1950-06-11 |
Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply) |
1950-06-28 |
Sandy Gore, Australia |
1951-04-06 |
Ralph Cooper, Australia, drummer (Air Supply-All Out of Love) |
1951-06-03 |
David Ogilvie, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1977-78) |
1951-06-24 |
Raelene Boyle, Australia, sprinter (Oly-Silver-72) |
1951-11-03 |
Azmat Rana, cricketer (one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980) |
1951-12-18 |
Andrew S Thomas, Adelaide Australia, PhD/astronaut (STS 77, STS 89/91) |
1951-12-22 |
Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer (LPGA Rookie of Year-1974) |
1952-11-26 |
Wendy Turnbell, Australia, tennis player (1979,82 US Opens Double) |
1953-05-24 |
Nell Campbell, [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress (Rocky Horror) |
1953-05-25 |
Jane Priest, Perth Australia, Prince Charles' lover |
1953-09-07 |
Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist (Men At Work) |
1953-11-23 |
Martin Kent, cricketer (Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981) |
1954-07-26 |
Vitas Gerulaitis, Brooklyn NY, tennis star (Australia 1987) |
1954-11-12 |
Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star |
1955-02-10 |
Greg Norman, Queensland, Australia, PGA golfer (1984 Kemper) |
1955-02-15 |
Bev Francis, Australia, world women's power-lifting champion |
1955-03-18 |
Graham Porter, cricketer (1 day intl for Australia 1979) |
1955-04-23 |
Judy Davis, Perth Australia, actress (Husbands & Wives) |
1955-05-02 |
Ian Callen, cricketer (one Test Australia v India 1978, six wickets) |
1955-07-27 |
Allan Border, cricket captain (Australia) |
1955-12-14 |
Jane Crafter, Perth Australia, golfer (1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams) |
1956-01-15 |
Paul Parker, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1981) |
1956-03-02 |
Mark Evans, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC) |
1956-08-10 |
Dianne Fromhottz, Balestrat Australia, tennis star |
1957-06-22 |
Garry Beers, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) |
1957-07-26 |
Wayne Grady, Brisbane, Australia, PGA golfer (1990 PGA Champion) |
1957-08-18 |
Ron Strykert, Australia, rock guitarist (Men At Work-Who Can it Be) |
1957-09-14 |
Kepler Wessels, Bloemfontein South Africa, South African cricketer who played for both Australia and South Africa, the latter as captain. |
1957-11-05 |
David Moyse, Adelaide Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply) |
1957-12-28 |
Ian Smith, Second Vodafone Test: Australia vs New Zealand: Day 4 |
1957-9-29 |
Mark Nicholas, First Vodafone Test: Australia vs India: Day 3 |
1958-03-01 |
Wayne B Phillips, cricket wicket-keeper (Australia) |
1958-07-04 |
Kirk Pengilly, Sydney Australia, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) |
1958-11-03 |
Sue Daniels, Adelaide Australia, golfer (1983 Victorian Amateur Champ) |
1958-11-14 |
Lynda Lehmann, Karoonda Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1959-02-12 |
Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise) |
1959-03-02 |
Andrew Farriss, Australia, rock keyboardist (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) |
1959-10-07 |
Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer (1990 6th Vic Open) |
1959-12-01 |
Wally Lewis, Final: New Zealand v Australia |
1960-01-22 |
Michael Hutchence, Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Dogs in Space) |
1960-02-25 |
Glen Bishop, cricketer (S Aussie bat, 2 ODI's for Australia 1987) |
1960-03-14 |
Helen Hopkins, Donneybrook Australia, golfer (Australian Intl 1983) |
1960-05-12 |
Lisa Martin, Gawler, South Australia, Australian marathoner (Olympic-silver 1988) |
1960-12-05 |
John Felton, Kyogle Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1960-12-20 |
John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star |
1960-12-28 |
John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star |
1960-12-31 |
Broderick Dyke, Australia, tennis star |
1961-05-02 |
Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star |
1961-06-16 |
Robbie Kerr, cricketer (Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985) |
1962-02-17 |
David McComb, Australia, vocalist/songwriter (Triffids) |
1962-03-13 |
Liane Tooth, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96) |
1962-07-29 |
Corinne Dibnah, Brisbane Australia, LPGA golfer (1988 Brit Open) |
1962-10-30 |
Courtney Walsh, South Africa vs Australia: 5th One Day International |
1962-11-28 |
Karen Marsden, Perth Australia, field hockey goalie (Olympics-96) |
1962-12-08 |
Stephen John Elkington, Inverell Australia, PGA golfer (1990 Kmart) |
1962-12-12 |
Nadeem Ghauri, cricketer (bowled in Test for Pak v Australia 1990) |
1963-01-01 |
Glenn Trimble, cricketer (son of Sam Two ODI's for Australia 1986) |
1963-02-04 |
Jane Leary, Sydney Australia, golfer (1992 Australian Amateur Champ) |
1963-03-04 |
Anne Minter, Australia, tennis star |
1963-03-20 |
Ramon Andersson, Middle Swan Australia, canoeist (Olympics-br-92, 96) |
1963-04-11 |
Elizabeth Smylie, Perth Australia, tennis star (1987 Oklahoma City) |
1963-04-20 |
Brett Edward Garsed, Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson) |
1963-06-07 |
Steven David Rintoul, Bowral Australia, PGA golfer (1994 Buick-2nd) |
1964-02-06 |
Colin Miller, Australia's Brainiest Cricketer |
1964-02-12 |
Milton Small, cricket pace bowler (WI v Australia 1984) |
1964-02-23 |
Jeff Green, Jeff Green Live! An Englishman in Australia |
1964-04-30 |
Ian Healy, KFC Twenty20 International: Australia vs New Zealand |
1964-06-25 |
Phil Emery, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994) |
1964-08-01 |
Andrew Wilson, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-16-92, 96) |
1964-10-27 |
Mark Taylor, All-Star Twenty20: All*Stars vs Australia |
1964-10-29 |
Jackie Pereira, Perth Australia, field hockey center/forward (Oly-96) |
1964-11-04 |
Fiona Pike, Adelaide Australia, golfer (S Aust State champ 1993/94) |
1964-12-25 |
Janet Soulsby, Corbridge Australia, golfer (Curtis Cup 1982) |
1965-03-07 |
Cameron Daddo, Melbourne Australia, actor (Brian Petersen-Models Inc) |
1965-03-20 |
Danielle Woodward, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1965-05-27 |
Pat Cash, Melbourne Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon 1987) |
1965-06-02 |
Mark Waugh, cricketer (twin of Steve mighty batsman for Australia) |
1965-06-02 |
Steve Waugh, cricketer (twin of Mark mighty batsman for Australia) |
1965-07-04 |
John Frawley, Australia, tennis star |
1965-07-04 |
Shelley Oates, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1965-09-23 |
Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star (1993 Wimbledon mixed) |
1965-10-02 |
Darren Cahill, Australia, tennis star |
1965-10-18 |
Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer (NSW State Rep 1987-88) |
1965-10-21 |
Alison Munt, Cairns Australia, LPGA golfer (1992 Jamie Farr-21st) |
1966-03-21 |
Karen Lunn, Cowra Australia, LPGA golfer (1993 Women's British Open) |
1966-04-19 |
Paul Reiffel, Australia's Brainiest Cricketer |
1966-04-30 |
Sharna West, Big Brother: Australia |
1966-05-03 |
Paul Stevenson, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96) |
1966-05-17 |
Mark Kratzmann, Australia, tennis star |
1966-06-15 |
Jimmy Hall, Deadly Dozen: Australia |
1966-08-23 |
Rhonda Cator, Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96) |
1966-10-03 |
Damian Wyvill, Australia |
1967-02-03 |
Natalie Hunter, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1967-02-25 |
Jenny Byrne, Perth Australia, tennis star (1984 Futures-Wyong-AUS) |
1967-03-11 |
Andrew Zesers, cricketer (played for Australia in 1987 World Cup) |
1967-04-09 |
Graeme Lloyd, Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers) |
1967-11-05 |
Grant Leury, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1967-12-28 |
Paul Lynch, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1968-01-09 |
Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Sydney Australia, golfer (1991 Thailand Open) |
1968-03-06 |
Russell Butler, Dandenong Victoria Australia, diver (Oly-28th-88, 96) |
1968-03-25 |
Peter Blackburn, Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96) |
1968-04-14 |
Andrew Trim, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1968-04-22 |
Jo Angel, cricketer (big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993-) |
1968-05-01 |
Lisa Campbell, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96) |
1968-09-01 |
Mardi Lunn, Liverpool Australia, LPGA golfer (1994 McDonald's-17th) |
1968-10-18 |
Stuart Law, cricketer (prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995) |
1968-12-16 |
Wendy Doolan, Sydney Australia, LPGA golfer (1991 Brit Amat Champ-2nd) |
1968-9-25 |
Eddie Baroo, Australia |
1969-01-31 |
Mathew Pallister, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1969-02-11 |
Shannon Long, Gladstone Australia, playmate (Oct, 1988) |
1969-03-10 |
Stephen Leaney, Australia, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Infinit TPC-7th) |
1969-03-21 |
Mark Allen, Australia, Australasia golfer |
1969-05-31 |
Juliet Haslam, Adelaide SA Australia, field hockey midfielder (Oly-96) |
1969-09-13 |
Shane Warne, Melbourne Australia, cricketer (leg spin bowler) |
1969-09-22 |
Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star (1995 Auckland) |
1969-10-10 |
Scott Anthony Murray Nelson, Geelong Australia, NZ 20k walker (Oly-96) |
1969-10-12 |
Alison Peek, Australia, field hockey halfback/midfielder (Olympics-96) |
1969-12-14 |
Craig Jones, Nambour Australia, Canadian Tour golfer (NZ Open-1994) |
1969-12-14 |
Dave Nilsson, Brisbane Australia, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers) |
1970-01-01 |
Brian Morton, Wollongong Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1970-02-06 |
Mark Hutton, Adelaide Australia, pitcher (NY Yankees) |
1970-03-03 |
Kristine Radford, Sydney Australia, tennis star (1996 ITF/Lyneham) |
1970-04-04 |
Jason Stoltenberg, Australia, tennis star |
1970-04-28 |
Richard Fromberg, Australia, tennis star |
1970-05-17 |
Jodie Rogers, Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics-96) |
1970-05-25 |
Danni Roche, Melbourne VIC Australia, field hockey midfielder (Oly-96) |
1970-07-05 |
Maureen Lee, Melbourne Australia, golfer |
1970-07-08 |
Lisa Powell, Sydney NSW Australia, field hockey forward (Olympics-96) |
1970-09-12 |
Rebecca Joyce, Australia, rower (Olympics-96) |
1970-10-07 |
Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1970-11-19 |
Ashley Hames, Opal Mining in Lightning Ridge, Australia |
1970-12-08 |
Shannon Cleary, Good Morning Australia |
1970-12-19 |
Wendy Miles, Australia, golfer (1993 T77 Alpine Aust Ladies Masters) |
1970-12-24 |
John Cass, Big Brother: Australia |
1971-02-06 |
Brad Hogg, cricketer (WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia v India 1996) |
1971-02-15 |
Nova Peris, Australia's Brainiest Olympian |
1971-02-25 |
Nova Peris, Darwin Australia, field hockey left halfback (Olympics-96) |
1971-03-15 |
Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96) |
1971-03-26 |
Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star |
1971-04-02 |
Todd Woodbridge, Sydney Australia, tennis star ('95 doubles Wimbledon) |
1971-05-01 |
Stuart Appleby, Cohuna Australia, Nike golfer (1994 Victorian PGA) |
1971-05-07 |
Cameron McFadzean, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1971-05-10 |
Andrei Kravtsov, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1971-05-21 |
Alex Christie, Big Brother: Australia |
1971-05-31 |
Murray Hocking, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96) |
1971-06-08 |
Jamie Morgan, Australia, tennis star |
1971-06-13 |
Broderick nonuplets, Sydney Australia |
1971-06-21 |
Nicole Stevenson, Melbourne Australia, backstroker (Oly-bronze-92, 96) |
1971-07-03 |
Julian Assange, Queensland, Australia, Wikileaks founder |
1971-07-12 |
Matt Westmore, The Biggest Loser Australia |
1971-08-12 |
Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1971-09-18 |
Kate Starre, Armadale Australia, field hockey utility (Olympics-96) |
1971-09-22 |
Ian Van Der Wal, Darwin Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1971-10-20 |
Dannii Minogue, Melbourne Australia, singer, sister of Kylie Minogue |
1971-10-29 |
Greg Blewett, Australia vs England: 1st Twenty20 International |
1971-12-10 |
Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96) |
1971-12-26 |
Mark Lathwell, cricketer (England opening batsman v Australia 1993) |
1972-01-07 |
Shane Kelly, Australia's Brainiest Olympian |
1972-01-17 |
Rozz Switzer, Australia's Most Wanted |
1972-02-17 |
Richard MacQuire, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1972-02-17 |
Tony Lawson, NSA Australia, diver (Olympics-96) |
1972-03-29 |
Paul Michael Kent, Australia, NZ breastroker (Olympics-96) |
1972-04-08 |
Katrina Powell, Canberra Australia, field hockey striker (Olympics-96) |
1972-05-08 |
Darren Hayes, Savage Garden: Superstars and Cannonballs: Live and on Tour in Australia |
1972-05-25 |
Tony Ronaldson, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96) |
1972-05-26 |
Peter Timbs, Big Brother: Australia |
1972-07-27 |
Clint Robinson, Brisbane QLD Australia, K-1 1k canoeist (Oly-bron-96) |
1972-09-20 |
Jenny Morris, Maryborough Australia, field hockey fullback (Oly-96) |
1972-10-31 |
Gordon Sloan, Big Brother: Australia |
1972-11-08 |
Chris Fydler, Sydney NSW NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1973-03-05 |
Nicole Pratt, Mackay Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures Australia) |
1973-04-17 |
Brett Maher, Adelaide SA Australia, basketball guard (Olympics-96) |
1973-05-11 |
Dean Pullar, Cobram Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics-96) |
1973-05-29 |
Emma Johnson, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1973-05-29 |
Malcolm Allen, Wauchope NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1973-06-30 |
Kit McDee, The Biggest Loser Australia |
1973-07-21 |
Catherine Tremolada, Big Brother: Australia |
1973-09-02 |
Matthew Dunn, Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1973-09-09 |
Peter Scott, Newcastle Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1973-10-02 |
Bret Hudson, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1973-11-05 |
Karl Lewis, Savage Garden: Superstars and Cannonballs: Live and on Tour in Australia |
1973-11-13 |
Samantha Riley, Brisbane Australia, breastroker (Oly-2 bronze-92, 96) |
1973-11-22 |
Michael Murphy, Brisbane QLD Queensland Australia, diver (Olympics-96) |
1973-12-01 |
Mia Farrance, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1974-01-05 |
Michelle Scerri, Melbourne Australia, golfer (1995 Tasmanian) |
1974-01-18 |
Todd James, Big Brother: Australia |
1974-02-15 |
Jodie McMullen, Miss Universe-Australia/Miss Congeniality (1996) |
1974-03-25 |
Vyninka Arlow, Australia, diver (Olympics-96) |
1974-04-07 |
Christina Davis, Big Brother: Australia |
1974-05-31 |
Bindi Mansfield, Mooerbank NSW Australia, diver (Olympics-96) |
1974-06-12 |
Vanessa Baker, Australia, diver (Olympics-96) |
1974-08-27 |
Mohammad Yousuf, Commonwealth Bank Series: Australia vs Pakistan: Game 5 |
1974-11-20 |
Brad Williams, cricketer (Victoria & Young Australia fast bowler) |
1974-11-30 |
Alex Katz, The Biggest Loser Australia |
1974-12-08 |
Paul Staight, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96) |
1974-12-19 |
Ricky Ponting, cricketer (prodigious Tasmania batsman, Australia 1995) |
1974-12-22 |
Jemma Gawned, Big Brother: Australia |
1975-01-10 |
Ben Carey, Savage Garden: Superstars and Cannonballs: Live and on Tour in Australia |
1975-02-21 |
Scott Miller, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-silver-96) |
1975-04-19 |
Jason Gillespie, Australian cricketer (fast bowler, Australia 1996) |
1975-04-24 |
Justin Boocock, Launceston Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1975-06-12 |
Scott Ferrier, Australia, high jumper/decathlete (Olympics-96) |
1975-08-25 |
Petria Thomas, Lismore NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-silver-96) |
1975-10-27 |
Milli Howson, Australia |
1975-12-03 |
Nadine Neumann, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1976-01-27 |
Andy Silva, Big Brother: Australia |
1976-02-02 |
Steven Dewick, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1976-02-28 |
Angie Kennedy, Nambour QLD Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1976-04-06 |
Simon Coombes, Melbourne VIC Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1976-05-17 |
Anna Windsor, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1976-05-26 |
Paul Collingwood, Australia vs England: 1st Twenty20 International |
1976-06-19 |
Nathan Morris, Big Brother: Australia |
1976-07-24 |
Scott Logan, Brisbane QLD Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1976-08-21 |
Lee Novak, Savage Garden: Superstars and Cannonballs: Live and on Tour in Australia |
1976-08-25 |
Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96) |
1976-09-04 |
Helen Denman, Perth Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1976-10-24 |
Yanda Nossiter, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1976-11-07 |
Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star (140 MPH serve) |
1976-11-09 |
Laura Csortan, Miss Universe-Congeniality (Australia, 1997) |
1976-12-19 |
Lisa Standing, Big Brother: Australia |
1977-01-06 |
Stacey Gartrell, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1977-01-14 |
Renee Intlekofer, Brisbane, Australia |
1977-02-20 |
Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1977-04-24 |
Ryan Mitchell, Port Augusta SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1977-05-04 |
Keiran Tanner, Big Brother: Australia |
1977-05-05 |
Justin Griffiths, Australia |
1977-05-06 |
Trent Steed, Sydney NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1977-07-15 |
David Hussey, Commonwealth Bank Series: Australia vs England: Game 3 |
1977-09-20 |
Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1977-10-09 |
Alice Borrelli, Jamie's Kitchen Australia |
1977-10-09 |
Jade Rawlings, Australia's Brainiest Footballer |
1977-11-25 |
Aaron Benton, Big Brother: Australia |
1977-12-22 |
Joanna Hughes, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1978-02-02 |
Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star (1995 Futures NC) |
1978-06-21 |
Anita Bloomfield, Big Brother: Australia |
1978-08-18 |
Sara-Marie Fedele, Big Brother: Australia |
1978-10-20 |
Virender Sehwag, KFC Twenty20: Australia vs India |
1978-10-24 |
James Hopes, Commonwealth Bank Series: Australia vs West Indies: Game 5 |
1978-9-10 |
Krista Bean, Head Down and Hold On: Australia |
1979-01-07 |
Sarah Kearney, Big Brother: Australia |
1979-02-10 |
Amanda Scott, The Biggest Loser Australia |
1979-02-18 |
Julia Greville, Perth Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1979-03-29 |
Nicole Dickmann, Big Brother: Australia |
1979-04-04 |
Rebecca Stoyel, South Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1979-04-27 |
Natasha Chokljat, Australia Unites: The Victorian Bushfire Appeal |
1979-10-11 |
Ryan Harris, Commonwealth Bank Series: Australia vs Pakistan: Game 5 |
1979-11-16 |
Salli Wills, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1979-12-10 |
Shaina Fewell, Brisbane, Australia |
1979-9-21 |
Ben Williams, Big Brother: Australia |
1979-9-26 |
Cameron Mooney, Australia Unites: The Victorian Bushfire Appeal |
1980-01-11 |
Josh Hannay, Australia's Brainiest Footballer |
1980-03-31 |
Jenny Smith, Western Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1980-04-02 |
Merlin Luck, Big Brother: Australia |
1980-06-16 |
Michael McCoy, Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate |
1980-10-23 |
Jade Davidson, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1981-02-17 |
Lisa Skinner, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1981-03-19 |
Mirabai Peart, Big Brother: Australia |
1981-03-19 |
Damian Hoo, Big Brother: Australia |
1981-04-08 |
Rebecca Wilson, Queensland Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1981-06-22 |
Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1981-07-06 |
Nicole Kantek, NSW Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1981-07-31 |
Emily Selby, MasterChef Australia |
1981-11-02 |
Mitchell Johnson, Commonwealth Bank Series: Australia vs Sri Lanka: Game 3 |
1981-11-13 |
Kirsty-Leigh Brown, Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96) |
1982-02-01 |
Shoaib Malik, KFC Twenty20 International: Australia vs Pakistan |
1982-02-06 |
Nathan Martin, Big Brother: Australia |
1982-05-05 |
Corey Parker, Final: New Zealand v Australia |
1982-08-30 |
Will Davison, Australia Unites: The Victorian Bushfire Appeal |
1982-11-08 |
Anouska Golebiewski, Big Brother: Australia |
1983-02-20 |
Clint McKay, Commonwealth Bank Series: Australia vs Pakistan: Game 5 |
1983-04-09 |
Dino Delic, Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate |
1983-06-17 |
Claire Madden, Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate |
1983-07-09 |
Shaun Marsh, Commonwealth Bank Series: Australia vs England: Game 2 |
1983-10-26 |
Kane Dignum, Big Brother: Australia |
1984-03-08 |
Ross Taylor, Second Vodafone Test: Australia vs New Zealand: Day 4 |
1984-04-10 |
Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child |
1984-10-15 |
Matthew Floyd, Australia |
1984-12-09 |
Steve O'Keefe, KFC Twenty20 International: Australia vs England: Game 2 |
1985-01-30 |
Suraj Randiv, KFC Twenty20 International: Australia vs Sri Lanka |
1985-08-03 |
Sonny Bill Williams, Final: New Zealand v Australia |
1985-9-16 |
Anna Lind-Hansen, Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate |
1986-02-19 |
Marta, Brazil vs. Australia |
1986-05-23 |
Katie Hastings, Australia's Brainiest BB06 Housemate |
1986-10-27 |
David Warner, Second Vodafone Test: Australia vs New Zealand: Day 4 |
1986-10-27 |
Kenneth Berg-Paulsen, Second Vodafone Test: Australia vs New Zealand: Day 4 |
1989-03-02 |
Chris Woakes, Commonwealth Bank Series: Australia vs England: Game 5 - Flood Relief Appeal |
1989-03-11 |
David Brooks, Australia |
1989-06-02 |
Steve Smith, KFC Twenty20 International: Australia vs England: Game 2 |
1989-06-29 |
Rebecca Jobson, MTV Australia Awards 2009 |
Australia - Notable Weddings
Australia - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1920-09-27 |
Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies (25) weds Pattie Maie Leckie (21) at Kew Presbyterian Church in Melbourne, Australia |
1956-03-03 |
Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke (26) weds first wife Hazel Masterson (26) at Perth Trinity Church in Australia |
1956-10-06 |
Tennis player champ Ken Rosewall (21) weds Wilma McIver at St John's Church of England Cathedral in Brisbane, Australia |
1976-07-11 |
Singer Andy Gibb (18) weds Kim Reeder in Australia |
1984-02-14 |
Singer Elton John marries Renate Blauel in Sydney Australia |
1984-10-27 |
"Jessie's Girl" singer Rick Springfield (35) weds Barbara Porter in Australia |
1990-05-05 |
"Crocodile Dundee" actors Paul Hogan (50) weds Linda Kozlowski (32) at their newly built $3 million mansion at Faraway Possum Creek in New South Wales, Australia |
1991-05-31 |
Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia |
1996-11-14 |
King of Pop Michael Jackson (38) weds Debbie Rowe (38) in Sydney, Australia |
1997-12-29 |
Actress Cate Blanchett (28) weds screenwriter Andrew Upton (31) at Blue Mountains National Park in New South Wales, Australia |
2002-12-31 |
Actress Rachel Griffiths (34) weds Australian artist Andrew Taylor (35) at Star of the Sea Chapel in Gardenvale, Australia |
2003-01-01 |
"Lord of The Rings" actress Miranda Otto (35) weds actor Peter O'Brien (44) at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia |
2003-01-11 |
"The Sixth Sense" actress-singer Toni Collette (30) weds musician Dave Galafassi in a Buddhist ceremony near Sydney, Australia |
2003-04-07 |
Academy Award "Gladiator" actor Russell Crowe (39) weds singer Danielle Spencer (32) at his 560-acre cattle farm in Nana Glen, New South Wales, Australia |
2003-12-31 |
"Torn" singer and actress Natalie Imbruglia (28) weds "Silverchair" singer Daniel Johns (24) at Thala Beach Lodge in Port Douglas, Australia |
2004-12-31 |
Australian pop diva Natalie Imbruglia (28) weds "Silverchair" frontman Daniel Johns (24) on a beach ceremony in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia |
2005-07-21 |
Tennis star player Lleyton Hewitt (24) weds "Home and Away" TV actress Bec Cartwright (22) at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia |
2005-08-20 |
"24" actress Sarah Wynter (32) weds "Details" magazine editor-in-chief Dan Peres in Sydney, Australia |
2006-01-28 |
London Broncos rugby football player Craig Gower (27) weds TV personality and model Amanda Flynn (24) in Sydney, Australia |
2006-03-31 |
Long jumper gold medalist Bronwyn Thompson (28) weds Jason Chipperfield at Roma Street Parkland in Brisbane, Australia |
2006-03-31 |
2006 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Jana Pittman (23) weds track and field athlete Chris Rawlinson (33) at Morning Star Estate on Mornington Peninsula in Australia |
2006-06-19 |
"Lost" actress Emilie de Ravin (24) weds actor Josh Janowicz (24) in Melbourne, Australia |
2006-06-25 |
Actress Nicole Kidman (45) weds country music singer-songwriter Keith Urban (44) at Cardinal Ceretti Memorial Chapel in Manly, Australia |
2007-02-17 |
"Home and Away" actress Ada Nicodemou (29) weds Chrys Xipolitas at St. Andrew's Greek church in Redfern, Australia |
Australia - Notable Deaths
Australia - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1814-07-19 |
Matthew Flinders, English cartographer (Australia coast), dies at 40 |
1820-06-19 |
Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies |
1846-09-23 |
John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818) |
1848-04-04 |
Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer of northern and central Australia, dies on an expedition at 34 |
1850-06-16 |
William Lawson explorer of New South Wales, Australia (b. 1774) |
1880-09-22 |
G F Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia), dies |
1883-10-22 |
George Coulthard, cricketer (Test for Australia 1882), dies |
1890-12-03 |
Bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies |
1893-07-20 |
Tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies |
1898-11-02 |
George Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826) |
1907-01-14 |
Sir James Fergusson, British politician, and governor of South Australia, New Zealand and Bombay (b. 1832) |
1908-02-29 |
John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, first Governor-General of Australia (as Lord Hopetoun) |
1911-02-07 |
Harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies |
1911-05-20 |
E M Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia 1880, 36 & 0), dies |
1911-12-13 |
Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies |
1914-08-07 |
B B (Bransby) Cooper, cricketer (Test for Australia), dies |
1915-01-06 |
Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies |
1915-06-28 |
Victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies |
1916-02-09 |
Jack Barrett, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies |
1916-12-26 |
Frank Penn, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1880), dies |
1917-10-31 |
Tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies |
1918-09-12 |
George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845) |
1918-11-26 |
Charlie McLeod, cricketer (all-rounder for Australia 1894-1905), dies |
1919-10-07 |
Alfred Deakin, second Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856) |
1920-01-07 |
Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849) |
1921-02-12 |
Charles Leslie, cricketer (4 Tests England v Australia 1882-83), dies |
1921-07-02 |
Edwin Evans, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia), dies |
1922-06-01 |
Frank Walters, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 7 & 5), dies |
1922-09-21 |
Tom Armitage, cricketer (England lob bowler v Australia 1877), dies |
1923-11-25 |
Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies |
1924-08-17 |
Tom Kendall, cricketer (14 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies |
1924-09-19 |
Alick Bannerman, cricketer (28 Tests for Australia, 1108 runs), dies |
1925-08-03 |
William Bruce, cricketer (drowns 14 Tests for Australia 1885-95), dies |
1927-07-21 |
J J Lyons, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies |
1927-08-05 |
Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies |
1928-10-22 |
Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862) |
1929-05-21 |
V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies |
1930-06-11 |
George Alexander, cricketer (two early Tests for Australia), dies |
1930-08-20 |
Charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies |
1930-12-09 |
Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies |
1931-04-30 |
Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies |
1931-11-02 |
Harry Musgrove, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies |
1933-01-17 |
John Hodges, cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies |
1933-11-15 |
Affie Jarvis, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia, 9 catches), dies |
1936-01-02 |
Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862) |
1936-01-15 |
Henry Forster, cricket (Hants & Oxford U, Gov-Gen of Australia), dies |
1937-07-22 |
Ted McDonald, cricketer (43 wickets for Australia), dies in car crash |
1937-12-18 |
S S Schultz, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies |
1938-06-17 |
H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies |
1938-06-24 |
"Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies |
1938-07-05 |
John McIlwraith, cricketer (Tests for Australia), dies |
1938-08-14 |
Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies |
1938-10-12 |
Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies |
1938-12-07 |
Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies |
1939-04-05 |
William Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies |
1939-04-07 |
Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879) |
1939-06-13 |
Arthur Coningham, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1894), dies |
1939-08-16 |
Ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies |
1939-08-24 |
W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies |
1940-02-07 |
Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1894-95), dies |
1940-03-15 |
Alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies |
1941-02-05 |
A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson, Australia |
1941-11-18 |
Chris Watson, third Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867) |
1943-01-03 |
Sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863) |
1945-05-09 |
Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies |
1945-07-05 |
John Curtin, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885) |
1947-07-30 |
Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860) |
1948-03-31 |
Lawson Harris, A Daughter of Australia |
1951-01-02 |
Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870) |
1952-07-27 |
Roland Pope, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies |
1952-10-28 |
Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862) |
1953-01-28 |
James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876) |
1953-06-25 |
Algy Gehrs, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies |
1954-01-20 |
Warren Bardsley, cricketer (41 Tests for Australia, 2469 runs), dies |
1954-09-30 |
Percie Charlton, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies |
1955-04-18 |
Don Blackie, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46 |
1955-05-17 |
Alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies |
1956-08-13 |
Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies |
1958-03-19 |
Vernon Ransford, cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies |
1958-10-15 |
Jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies |
1961-02-03 |
Viscount Dunrossil, Gov-Gen of Australia (1959-61), dies at 67 |
1961-10-26 |
Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies |
1961-12-20 |
Earle Page, eleventh Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880) |
1965-08-11 |
Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies |
1967-02-01 |
Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies |
1967-08-25 |
Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883) |
1968-05-20 |
Albert Hartkopf, cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies |
1968-08-25 |
Stan McCabe, cricketer (39 Tests for Australia 1930-38), dies |
1969-07-22 |
Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies |
1973-04-21 |
Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894) |
1973-08-07 |
Jack Gregory, cricketer (scorer of fastest ton Australia 1921), dies |
1973-12-16 |
Syd Barnes, cricketer (13 Tests for Australia 1938-48), dies |
1974-05-25 |
Frank Ward, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1936-38), dies |
1974-08-11 |
Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies |
1975-12-03 |
Hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies |
1977-04-20 |
Len Johnson, cricketer (one Test for Australia, 3-66 & 3-8), dies |
1978-01-25 |
Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse |
1978-05-15 |
Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (1939-41, 1949-66) and its longest-serving, dies of a heart attack at 83 |
1979-02-21 |
Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies |
1979-06-29 |
Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies |
1980-05-02 |
Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies |
1981-11-22 |
Jack Fingleton, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 1189 runs), dies |
1982-09-29 |
H C Slinger Nitschke, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies |
1983-01-28 |
Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890) |
1985-01-11 |
Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891) |
1985-10-13 |
Jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 & 1-25, DNB), dies |
1986-04-05 |
Colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies |
1986-07-24 |
Laurie Nash, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1932-36), dies |
1987-06-14 |
Les Favell, cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies |
1987-07-29 |
Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies |
1988-03-17 |
Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies |
1988-03-31 |
William McMahon, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908) |
1988-12-16 |
H "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies |
1990-02-14 |
Graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies |
1991-06-28 |
Ernie McCormick, cricketer (12 Tests for Australia), dies |
1993-01-09 |
Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905) |
1993-11-11 |
Erskine Hawkins, Australia |
1994-03-08 |
John Ewart, Sydney Australia, dies of cancer at 55 |
1995-02-28 |
Keith Rigg, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies |
1996-06-22 |
Ray Lindwall, cricketer (228 wkts 61 Tests for Australia), dies at 74 |
1996-07-17 |
Alan McGilvray, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
2000-06-03 |
Bob Peters, Wild Australia: The Edge |
2002-05-19 |
John Gorton, nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1911) |
2004-01-03 |
Des Corcoran, Premier of South Australia (b. 1928) |
2004-12-23 |
Geoffrey Saulez, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
2007-05-09 |
Jimmy Hall, Deadly Dozen: Australia |
2007-07-16 |
Tom Brooks, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
2007-09-12 |
Gordon Sloan, Big Brother: Australia |
2009-09-08 |
Ray Barrett, Australia |
2012-05-21 |
Alan Thorne, Australia |
2012-11-14 |
Brian Davies, Australia Rugby League player, dies at 82 |
2013-01-12 |
Norma Redpath, Sculpture Australia '69 |
2013-08-27 |
Bill Peach, Australia Felix |
2015-02-24 |
Richard Taylor, Australia Will Be There |
2015-09-27 |
Frank Tyson, International Knock Out Match: M.C.C. vs. Australia |
2016-08-08 |
Australia's first world surfing champion, Bernard 'Midget' Farrelly, dies aged 71 |
2016-10-09 |
Australia's 'mystery' spinner John Gleeson dies aged 78 |
2017-01-27 |
Australia's oldest person, Mary Whitehurst, dies aged 111 |
2017-08-07 |
Betty Cuthbert, Australia's four-time Olympic gold medallist, dies aged 79 |
