The following lists events that happened during1950 in Australia.

← 1949 1948 1947 1950 in Australia → 1951 1952 1953
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	1950 in Australian literature Other events of 1950 Timeline of Australian history

• Monarch –George VI
• Governor-General –William McKell
• Prime Minister –Robert Menzies
• Chief Justice –Sir John Latham

• Premier of New South Wales –James McGirr
• Premier of Queensland –Ned Hanlon
• Premier of South Australia –Thomas Playford IV
• Premier of Tasmania –Robert Cosgrove
• Premier of Victoria –Thomas Hollway (until 27 June), thenJohn McDonald
• Premier of Western Australia –Ross McLarty

• Governor of New South Wales –Sir John Northcott
• Governor of Queensland –Sir John Lavarack
• Governor of South Australia –Sir Charles Norrie
• Governor of Tasmania –Sir Hugh Binney
• Governor of Victoria –Sir Dallas Brooks
• Governor of Western Australia –Sir James Mitchell

• 25 January – The Tank Landing ShipHMASTarakan explodes atGarden Island inSydney, killing 8 people.
• 8 February –Petrolrationing ends, nearly ten years after it was introduced duringWorld War II.
• 6 May – Astate election is held inTasmania. The result is ahung parliament, butRobert Cosgrove'sLabor Party remains in power with independent support.
• 13 May – Astate election is held inVictoria.
• 23 June – TheParliament of Australia passes theCommunist Party Dissolution Bill, effectively banning the operation of theCommunist Party of Australia.
• 26 June –Douglas DC-4Amana crashes nearPerth, Western Australia, killing all 29 people on board.
• 26 July – The government announces that Australia will send troops to fight in theKorean War. The first Australian forces land in Korea on 17 September.
• 28 October – TheSmith's Weekly newspaper, founded in 1919, is published for the last time.
• New South Wales andQueensland receiveextraordinary annual rainfall.

• 11 December –A Town Like Alice byNevil Shute is published.

• William Dargie wins theArchibald Prize with his portrait of Sir Leslie McConnan
• The novelPower Without Glory byFrank Hardy is published.
• The BalletCorroboree, byJohn Antill, is first performed

• General
  • Australia wins 34 gold medals at the4th British Empire Games, held inAuckland, New Zealand

• Cricket
  • New South Wales wins theSheffield Shield
• Cycling
  • Sid Patterson wins the world amateur pursuit cycling title in Belgium
• Football
  • Brisbane Rugby League premiership:Easts defeatedWests 14-10
  • New South Wales Rugby League premiership:South Sydney defeatedWestern Suburbs 21-15
  • South Australian National Football League premiership: won byNorwood
  • Victorian Football League premiership:Essendon defeatedNorth Melbourne 92-54
• Golf
  • Australian Open: won byNorman Von Nida
  • Australian PGA Championship: won by Norman Von Nida
• Horse racing
  • Grey Boots wins theCaulfield Cup
  • Alister wins theCox Plate
  • Comic Court wins theMelbourne Cup
• Motor racing
  • TheAustralian Grand Prix was held atNuriootpa and won byDoug Whiteford driving aFord
• Tennis
  • Australian Open men's singles:Frank Sedgman defeatsKen McGregor 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-1
  • Australian Open women's singles:Louise Brough defeatsDoris Hart 6-4 3-6 6-4
  • Davis Cup:Australia defeats theUnited States 4–1 in the1950 Davis Cup final
  • US Open:John Bromwich andFrank Sedgman win theMen's Doubles
  • Wimbledon:John Bromwich andAdrian Quist win theMen's Doubles
• Yachting
  • Margaret Rintoul takes line honours andNerida wins on handicap in theSydney to Hobart Yacht Race

• 1 January –Wayne Bennett, rugby league footballer and coach
• 26 January –Barry Round, Australian rules footballer (died 2022)
• 30 January –Jack Newton, golfer (died 2022)
• 11 February –John Cobb, politician
• 14 February –Phil Dent, tennis player
• 16 February –Malcolm Blight, Australian Rules football player
• 20 February –Garry Manuel, football (soccer) player
• 1 March –Estelle Blackburn, journalist
• 11 March –Sam Kekovich, Australian Rules football player
• 18 March –Larry Perkins, ATCC/V8 Supercars racing driver
• 20 March –Warren Snowdon, politician
• 10 April –Mick Dodson, indigenous leader
• 11 April –Jim Molan, politician and army officer (died 2023)
• 13 April –Tommy Raudonikis, rugby league player and coach (died 2021)
• 15 April –Peter Cochrane, historian
• 21 April –Bruce Duperouzel, footballer and cricketer
• 29 April –Phillip Noyce, film director
• 11 May –Gary Foley, indigenous activist
• 15 May –Jim Bacon, Premier of Tasmania (2001–2004, died 2004)
• 26 May –Paul Omodei, WA politician
• 29 May –Lesley Hunt, tennis player
• 31 May –Warren Entsch, politician
• 13 June –Belinda Bauer, actress
• 13 July –Kevin McQuay, businessman (died 2005)
• 15 July
  • Colin Barnett, WA politician
  • Alan Hurst, cricketer
  • Peter Reith, politician (died 2022)
• 17 July –Nick Bolkus, politician
• 21 July –Allan Maher, football (soccer) goalkeeper
• 28 July –Jim Maxwell, cricket commentator
• 8 August –Philip Salom, poet and novelist
• 16 August –Jeff Thomson, cricketer
• 19 August –Graeme Beard, cricketer
• 6 September –Robyn Davidson, writer
• 8 September –Mark Gable, singer-songwriter
• 11 September –Bruce Doull, Australian Rules football player
• 27 September –John Marsden, writer (died 2024)
• 14 October –Kate Grenville, novelist
• 30 October –Tim Sheens, rugby league footballer and coach
• 2 November –Graeme Murphy, choreographer
• 7 November –John Lang, rugby league footballer and coach
• 25 November –Alexis Wright, writer
• 1 December –Ross Hannaford, guitarist (Daddy Cool) (died 2016)
• 10 December –Robert Cusack, swimmer
• 12 December
  • Louis Nowra, writer and playwright
  • Judy Wajcman, sociologist
• 18 December –Gillian Armstrong, film director
• 22 December –Nick Enright, playwright, director (died 2003)

• 2 January
  • James Dooley, 21stPremier of New South Wales (born inIreland) (b.1877)
  • Beaumont Smith, film director and producer (b.1885)
• 20 January –Ray Duggan, speedway racer (b.1913)
• 25 January –Chummy Fleming, trade unionist (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1863)
• 9 February –Ted Theodore, 20thPremier of Queensland (b.1884)
• 23 February –Henry Willis, New South Wales politician (b.1860)
• 19 March –Harry Wright, Australian rules footballer (Essendon) (b.1870)
• 14 April –Sir Albert Dunstan, 33rdPremier of Victoria (b.1882)
• 6 May –Lancelot De Mole, engineer and inventor (b.1880)
• 15 May –Jack Hickey, Olympic rugby union and league player (b.1887)
• 11 June –Ernest Henshaw, Western Australian politician (b.1870)
• 20 June –Claude Jennings, cricketer (b.1884)
• 14 July –Bill Howell, cricketer (b.1869)
• 31 July –George Wise, Victorian politician and solicitor (b.1853)
• 6 August –Edwin Corboy, Western Australian politician (b.1896)
• 8 August –Sir Fergus McMaster, businessman and aviation pioneer (b.1879)
• 3 September –Michael Durack, Western Australian politician and pastoralist (b.1865)
• 22 September –Edward Fowell Martin, public servant and soldier (b.1875)
• 24 September –Dame Mary Cook, 6thSpouse of the Prime Minister of Australia (born in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1863)
• 6 November –Frank Brennan, Victorian politician (b.1873)
• 20 November –Erle Cox, journalist and science fiction author (b.1873)
• 2 December –James Fenton, Victorian politician (b.1864)
• 29 December –Albert Lane, New South Wales politician (b.1873)

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