The following lists events that happened during2019 in Australia.

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David Hurley

• Monarch –Elizabeth II
• Governor-General –Sir Peter Cosgrove (until 1 July), thenDavid Hurley
• Prime Minister –Scott Morrison
  • Deputy Prime Minister –Michael McCormack
  • Opposition Leader –Bill Shorten (until 30 May), thenAnthony Albanese
• Chief Justice –Susan Kiefel

• Premier of New South Wales –Gladys Berejiklian
  • Opposition Leader –Michael Daley (until 25 March), thenPenny Sharpe (until 29 June), thenJodi McKay
• Premier of Queensland –Annastacia Palaszczuk
  • Opposition Leader –Deb Frecklington
• Premier of South Australia –Steven Marshall
  • Opposition Leader –Peter Malinauskas
• Premier of Tasmania –Will Hodgman
  • Opposition Leader –Rebecca White
• Premier of Victoria –Daniel Andrews
  • Opposition Leader –Michael O'Brien
• Premier of Western Australia –Mark McGowan
  • Opposition Leader –Mike Nahan (until 13 June), thenLiza Harvey
• Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory –Andrew Barr
  • Opposition Leader –Alistair Coe
• Chief Minister of the Northern Territory –Michael Gunner
  • Opposition Leader –Gary Higgins

• Governor of New South Wales –David Hurley (until 1 May), thenMargaret Beazley
• Governor of Queensland –Paul de Jersey
• Governor of South Australia –Hieu Van Le
• Governor of Tasmania –Kate Warner
• Governor of Victoria –Linda Dessau
• Governor of Western Australia –Kim Beazley
• Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories –Natasha Griggs
• Administrator of Norfolk Island –Eric Hutchinson
• Administrator of the Northern Territory –Vicki O'Halloran

• 3 January – One man is killed and another is injured following a double stabbing at the Asia-Pacific headquarters of theChurch of Scientology in the Sydney suburb ofChatswood.^[1][2]
• 5 January – A far-rightpolitical rally held inMelbourne, marked by scuffles with police and counter-protesters, is attended by Independent SenatorFraser Anning, who admits to using tax-payer funded travel to attend the event.^[3][4][5]
• 7 January – A mass fish die-off occurs on the LowerDarling River atMenindee Lakes. Up to 1 million fish, including endangered species, ultimately die in what is described as possibly the largest fish die-off in Australian history.^[6][7]
• 24 January – ProfessorTanya Monro is appointed Australia's nextChief Defence Scientist, the first woman in the position.^[8][9]
• 29 January – The South Australian Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission report is released. The commission, which commenced in 2018, was critical of the Murray Darling Basin Plan and the Commonwealth Murray Darling Basin Authority.^[10][11]

• Four people are killed and over a thousand people remain evacuated from homes inTownsville asflooding peaks in the city, following a metre of rainfall in the first week of the month. Among the dead were two men on 4 February, and two young boys on 25 February, all from drowning.^[12][13][14]
• 4 February – TheRoyal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry final report is tabled in Parliament. The report makes 76 recommendations.^[15]
• 12 February – TheLiberal-National Coalition government becomes the first Australian federal government to lose a vote on its own legislation in 78 years, after a defeat on the floor of theHouse of Representatives.^[16]
• 13 February – Nineteen homes are destroyed by bushfires in theNew England andNorthern Rivers regions ofNew South Wales.^[17]
• 26 February – Following the lifting of asuppression order, it is revealed thatCardinal George Pell had been convicted in December 2018 of sexually abusing two choirboys in 1996.^[18]

• 13 March – CardinalGeorge Pell is sentenced to six years in prison following his conviction over the sexual abuse of two choirboys.^[19]
• 19 March – a few days prior to thestate election, a video from September 2018 surfaced in which NSW Labor leaderMichael Daley made comments about Asian immigration in Sydney. Daley said "Our young children will flee and who are they being replaced with? They are being replaced by young people from typically Asia with PhDs," and "So there's a transformation happening in Sydney now where our kids are moving out and foreigners are moving in and taking their jobs".^[20][21]
• 23 March –
  • TheLiberal-National Coalition government led byGladys Berejiklian wins the2019 New South Wales state election and returns to office with a reduced majority.^[22]
  • TropicalCyclone Trevor makes landfall in theNorthern Territory.^[23]

• 11 April – ActorGeoffrey Rush is awarded $850,000 in damages after winning a defamation case againstThe Daily Telegraph.^[24]
• 12–14 April – After 25 years, Australia'sDirt n Dust Festival is held for the final time atJulia Creek, Queensland.^[25] Although scheduled for 2020 and 2021, those events were cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[26][27] It was announced in 2021 that the festival had been permanently cancelled due to a lack of volunteers.^[28]

• 16 May –Bob Hawke, Australia's 23rd Prime Minister, dies at the age of 89.
• 18 May –2019 Australian federal election:Scott Morrison'sLiberal/NationalCoalitiongovernment is narrowly re-elected,^[29] defeating theLabor Party led byBill Shorten.
• 26 May – TheSydney Metro is opened fromTallawong to Chatswood.
• 30 May –Anthony Albanese is electedunopposed as leader of theAustralian Labor Party andLeader of the Opposition, replacingBill Shorten.Richard Marles is elected deputy unopposed, succeedingTanya Plibersek^[30]

• 4 June – At least four men are killed and a woman is injured after a 45-year-old gunman allegedly goes ona shooting spree in the city centre ofDarwin, Northern Territory.^[31]
• 4–5 June – TheAustralian Federal Police raid the home ofNews Corp Australia journalistAnnika Smethurst and the headquarters of the ABC over national security and special forces stories.^[32][33]
• 24 June – Parts of the Darwin CBD are evacuated after the city is impacted by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake originating inIndonesia.^[34]

• 1 July –David Hurley is sworn in as the 27thGovernor-General of Australia.
• 8–27 July – A biennial joint Australia-United States military exerciseTalisman Saber 2019 is held.

• 13 August – 2019 Sydney stabbing attack
• 16 August – Pro-Hong Kong protesters clash with pro-China supporters in Melbourne, while police are forced to intervene during similar confrontations in Sydney and Adelaide, following the2019–20 Hong Kong protests.^[35]
• 21 August – The VictorianCourt of Appeal dismissesGeorge Pell's appeal to overturn his conviction for child sex offences.^[36]
• 29 August – An attempt to deport theSri LankanTamilNadesalingam familyasylum seekers was thwarted by a last-minute injunction, forcing the plane carrying the couple and their children out of Australia to land in Darwin.^[37]

• 9 September – Homes and buildings, including the historicBinna Burra Lodge, are destroyed by a bushfire in Queensland'sScenic Rim region.^[38]

• 26 October – ClimbingUluru is banned by authority of theUluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park board.^[39]
• 31 October – TheRoyal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety interim report is published and tabled in Parliament.^[40]

• 8 November – Three people are killed and 150 homes are destroyed by a large number of bushfires burning across New South Wales andSouth East Queensland.^[41][42]
• 11 November – A week-long State of Emergency is declared in New South Wales and theAustralian Defence Force is put on alert amid mounting bushfire warnings.^[43][42]

• 30–31 December – Eight people are killed, hundreds of homes are destroyed and theRoyal Australian Navy is mobilised to assist evacuation efforts following bushfires on theNew South Wales South Coast and in Victoria'sEast Gippsland^[44][45]

• 10 May – Tony Costa wins theArchibald Prize for his portrait of artistLindy Lee.^[46]
• 30 July –Melissa Lucashenko wins theMiles Franklin Award forToo Much Lip^[47]

• 5 January – Tennis: TheSwiss team consisting ofRoger Federer andBelinda Bencic defeatGermany 2–1 in the final of the2018 Hopman Cup.^[48]
• 26 January –
  • Cricket:Brisbane Heat defeatSydney Sixers by 3 wickets atDrummoyne Oval in Sydney in the final of the2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.^[49]
  • Tennis:Naomi Osaka defeatsPetra Kvitová 7–6 (7–2), 5–7, 6–4 atMelbourne Park in the final of the2019 Australian Open women's singles.^[50]
• 27 January – Tennis:Novak Djokovic defeatsRafael Nadal 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 atMelbourne Park in the final of the2019 Australian Open men's singles.^[51]

• 15 February —
  • Rugby league: TheIndigenous All Stars defeat theMāori All Stars 34–14 in the2019 All Stars match. Indigenous halfbackTyrone Roberts, of theGold Coast Titans, wins thePreston Campbell medal for Man of the Match.
  • Rugby league: The Māori Women's All Stars defeat the Indigenous Women's All Stars 8–4 in the 2019 Women's All Stars match.
• 16 February –
  • Association football:Sydney FC defeatsPerth Glory 4–2 atJubilee Oval, Sydney to win the2019 W-League Grand Final.^[52]
  • Basketball:Canberra Capitals defeatAdelaide Lightning 93–73 to win the2018–19 WNBL series in the third game of the grand final series atAIS Arena in Canberra.^[53]
• 17 February –
  • Cricket:Melbourne Renegades defeatMelbourne Stars by 13 runs to win the2018–19 Big Bash League season.^[54]
  • Rugby league:2018 NRL premiersSydney Roosters defeatSuper League XXIII championsWigan Warriors 20–8 in the2019 World Club Challenge, held atDW Stadium inWigan.

• 17 March –
  • Basketball:Perth Wildcats defeatMelbourne United 97–82 to win the2018–19 NBL series in the fourth game of the grand final series atMelbourne Arena.^[55]
  • Motorsport:Mercedes driverValtteri Bottas wins the2019 Australian Grand Prix atAlbert Park in Melbourne from Mercedes teammateLewis Hamilton andRed Bull'sMax Verstappen.^[56]
• 31 March – Australian rules football:Adelaide wins the2019 AFL Women's Grand Final, defeatingCarlton 10.3 (63) to 2.6 (18).^[57]

• 19 May –
  • Association Football:Sydney FC defeatPerth Glory 0(4) to 0 (1) on penalties to claim the2018-19 A-League season at Perth'sOptus Stadium. It's the 4th A League title win forSydney FC.

• 5 June – Rugby league:Queensland defeatNew South Wales 18–14 atSuncorp Stadium in the first match of the2019 State of Origin series. Queensland wingerDane Gagai is awarded man of the match.
• 23 June –
  • Golf:Hannah Green wins the2019 Women's PGA Championship.^[58]
  • Tennis:Ashleigh Barty wins the2019 Birmingham Classic, becoming theNo. 1 ranked WTA tennis player.^[59]
  • Rugby league:New South Wales defeatQueensland 38–6 atOptus Stadium in the second match of the2019 State of Origin series. NSW propJake Trbojevic is awarded man of the match.
• 24 June – Surfing:Sally Fitzgibbons is ranked No. 1 in women's surfing after winning theRio Pro in Brazil.^[60]

• 10 July – Rugby league:New South Wales win the2019 State of Origin series, defeatingQueensland 26–20 atANZ Stadium in the third match. NSW fullbackJames Tedesco is awarded both man of the match and theWally Lewis Medal for player of the series.

• 29 August 2019 - Rugby league: After 25 seasons, the final NRL game is played atWillows Sports Complex inTownsville when more than 15,000 spectators watch theNorth Queensland Cowboys beat theCanterbury Bankstown Bulldogs.^[61]

• 8 September – Rugby league:Melbourne Storm win theminor premiership following the final main round of the2019 NRL season.Gold Coast Titans finish in last position, claiming thewooden spoon.
• 9 September – Cricket: At Old Trafford,Australia defeatsEngland in the fourth Test of the2019 Ashes series thereby retainingThe Ashes.^[62]
• 28 September – Australian rules football:Richmond defeatsGreater Western Sydney 17.12 (114) to 3.7 (25), winning the2019 AFL Grand Final.^[63]
• 29 September – Surfing:Mitch Parkinson wins theSo Sri Lanka Pro 2019 as a part of theWorld Surf League, his first career WSL title.^[64][65]

• 6 October –
  • Rugby league:Sydney Roosters defeatCanberra Raiders 14–8 to win the2019 NRL Grand Final atANZ Stadium, becoming the first team since 1992/1993 to win back to back rugby league titles. Raiders five-eighthJack Wighton is awarded theClive Churchill Medal for Man of the Match. Pre-match entertainment is headlined by American pop rock bandOneRepublic, featuringThandi Phoenix, whileDaryl Braithwaite performs at halftime.
  • Rugby league:Brisbane Broncos defeatSt. George Illawarra Dragons 30–6 in theNRL Women's PremiershipGrand Final, winning the title for the second year in a row.

• 5 November – Horse racing:Vow And Declare wins the2019 Melbourne Cup.^[66]

• 1 January –Paul Neville, Queensland politician (b.1940)
• 2 January –Darius Perkins, actor (b.1964)
• 4 January –John Thornett, rugby union player (b.1935)
• 6 January –Annalise Braakensiek, model (b.1972)
• 7 January –Jimmy Hannan, television presenter (b.1934)
• 8 January –Sir William Cole, public servant (b.1926)
• 16 January –Chris Wilson, blues musician (b.1956)
• 17 January –Tara Simmons, musician (b.1984)
• 19 January –Robert Furlonger, diplomat and public servant (b.1921)
• 20 January –Fred Castledine, Australian rules footballer (b.1937)
• 22 January –Eileen Massey, cricketer (b.1935)
• 24 January –Jim McCabe, Victorian politician (b.1922)
• 29 January –Ian George, Anglican bishop (b.1934)
• 30 January
  • Maureen Brunt, economist (b.1928)
  • Alan Hayes, Australian rules footballer (Richmond) (b.1939)

• 1 February –Andrew McGahan, novelist (b.1966)
• 3 February
  • Carmen Duncan, actor (b.1942)
  • John Sinclair, conservationist (b.1939)
• 9 February –Barney Cooney, Victorian politician (b.1934)
• 11 February –Jeffrey Miles,Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Chief Justice (b.1935)
• 13 February –Leonard Casley, self-proclaimed monarch of thePrincipality of Hutt River (b.1925)
• 21 February –Sir Rupert Myers, metallurgist and university administrator (b.1921)
• 24 February
  • Paul Blackwell, actor (b.1954)
  • Philip Cummins,Victorian Supreme Court judge (b.1939)
  • Dame Margaret Scott, ballet dancer (b.1922)
• 25 February –John Herron, Queensland politician and diplomat (b.1932)
• 27 February
  • Bill Landeryou, Victorian politician and union official (b.1941)
  • Milton Morris, New South Wales politician (b.1924)
• 28 February –Bruce Rosier, Anglican bishop (b.1928)

• 1 March –Mike Willesee, television journalist (b.1942)
• 3 March –Richard Lewis, Western Australian politician (b.1939)
• 4 March –Les Carlyon, newspaper editor (b.1942)
• 10 March –Gordon McIntosh, Western Australian politician (b.1925)
• 11 March –Desmond Ford, theologian (b.1929)
• 13 March –Edmund Capon, art historian (died in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1940)
• 18 March –Giovanni Sgro, Victorian politician (b.1931)
• 19 March
  • Lance Oswald, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda) (b.1937)
  • Ian Thorogood, Australian rules footballer (Carlton) and coach (b.1936)
  • Kenneth To, swimmer (b.1992)
• 20 March –Noel Hush, chemist (b.1924)
• 22 March –Jack Absalom, artist, author and adventurer (b.1927)
• 24 March –Vicky Kippin, Queensland politician (b.1942)
• 25 March –Stylianos Harkianakis, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia (b.1935)
• 27 March –Bruce Yardley, Test cricketer (b.1947)
• 30 March –Geoff Harvey, musician and television personality (b.1935)
• 31 March –Peter Coleman, 30thNew South Wales Leader of the Opposition (b.1928)

• 1 April –Bill Butchart, middle-distance runner (b.1933)
• 4 April –John Winneke,Victorian Supreme Court judge (b.1938)
• 6 April –Lloyd McDermott, barrister and rugby union player (b.1939)
• 7 April
  • Peter Armstrong, rugby league footballer (b.1936)
  • Joe Bertony, spy and engineer (b.1922)
• 9 April –Rod Galt, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda,Carlton) (b.1951)
• 11 April
  • Lewis Cooper, cricketer (b.1937)
  • Peter Smedley, businessman (b.1943)
• 13 April
  • Ron Austin, LGBT rights activist (b.1929)
  • Wally Carr, boxer (b.1954)
  • Michael Coper, legal scholar (b.1946)
• 15 April –Rex Harry, cricketer (b.1936)
• 16 April –Suzanne Twelftree, Paralympic wheelchair tennis player and powerlifter (b.1956)
• 18 April –Andrew Mallard, wrongfully convicted ex-convict (died in theUnited States) (b.1962)
• 20 April –Joyce Evans, photographer (b.1929)
• 23 April –Scott W. Sloan, civil engineer and academic (b.1954)
• 26 April –Eric Kent, Victorian politician (b.1919)
• 29 April –Les Murray, poet (b.1938)
• 30 April –Max Evans, Western Australian politician (b.1930)

• 1 May –Sir Arvi Parbo, businessman (b.1926)
• 2 May –Mike Williamson, sports commentator (b.1928)
• 3 May –Enrico Taglietti, architect (b.1926)
• 4 May –Adam Sky, DJ (b.1976)
• 12 May –Alan Grover, Olympic rowing coxswain (b.1944)
• 14 May –Barbara York Main, arachnologist (b.1929)
• 16 May
  • David Cervinski, soccer player (b.1970)
  • Bob Hawke, 23rdPrime Minister of Australia andPresident of the ACTU (b.1929)
• 19 May –John Millett, poet (b.1921)
• 20 May –Peter Hitchcock, environmentalist (b.1944)
• 21 May
  • Lawrence Carroll, painter (died in theUnited States) (b.1954)
  • Densey Clyne, naturalist (b.1922)
  • Brian Kann, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn) (b.1933)
  • Peter Schulze, Tasmanian politician (b.1935)
• 24 May –Alan Murray, golfer (b.1940)
• 25 May –Jean Burns, aviator (b.1919)
• 26 May –Kath Venn, Tasmanian politician (b.1926)
• 27 May –Judith McKenzie, archaeologist (b.1957)
• 28 May –Nick Yakich, rugby league footballer (b.1940)
• 30 May –Allan Edwards, cricketer (b.1921)

• 1 June –Christobel Mattingley, writer (b.1931)
• 4 June
  • Roger Covell, musicologist (b.1931)
  • Max Kay, entertainer and manager (b.1936)
• 5 June
  • Stan Smith, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood) (b.1925)
  • Peter Toogood, golfer (b.1930)
• 8 June
  • John Causby, cricketer (b.1942)
  • Bob Henderson, Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy) (b.1934)
• 12 June –Don Benson, Australian rules footballer (Richmond) (b.1920)
• 13 June –Anne Hamilton-Byrne, cult leader ofThe Family (b.1921)
• 15 June –John Wilson, Australian rules footballer (Richmond) (b.1940)
• 18 June –Alf Hughes, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn) (b.1930)
• 19 June –Christine Barnetson, swimmer (b.1948)
• 20 June
  • Bill Collins, film critic (b.1934)
  • Noel White, rugby league footballer (b.1923)
• 21 June
  • Lindsay Drake, rugby league footballer (b.1950)
  • John Vernon, Olympic high jumper (b.1929)
• 23 June
  • John Kobelke, Western Australian politician (b.1949)
  • George Strickland, Western Australian politician (b.1942)
• 24 June –Steve Dunleavy, journalist (died in theUnited States) (b.1938)
• 25 June
  • Mack Atkins, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn) (b.1931)
  • Bryan Marshall, actor (b.1938)
• 26 June –Ian Johnson, television executive (b.1949)
• 28 June –Brian Rhodes, cricketer (b.1951)
• 30 June –Doug Ford, cricketer (b.1928)

• 2 July –Bruce Wallrodt, Paralympic athlete (b.1951)
• 5 July
  • Dorothy Buckland-Fuller, sociologist and social activist (b.1922)
  • Neil Davey, public servant (b.1922)
  • Kevin Higgins, Australian rules footballer (Geelong,Fitzroy) (b.1951)
• 6 July
  • Bill Casimaty, farmer (b.1935)
  • Peter Hamilton, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne) (b.1956)
  • John Waddington, Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne) (b.1938)
• 8 July
  • Nick Garratt, rowing coach (b.1947)
  • Neil Oliver, Western Australian politician (b.1933)
• 10 July –Nino Randazzo, journalist and member of theItalian Senate (b.1932)
• 13 July
  • Richard Carter, actor (b.1953)
  • Kerry Reed-Gilbert, poet, author, collector and Aboriginal rights activist (b.1956)
• 15 July –Doug Flett, songwriter (b.1935)
• 19 July –David Hunt,New South Wales Supreme Court judge (b.1935)
• 20 July –Peter McNamara, tennis player and coach (died inGermany) (b.1955)
• 21 July
  • Laurie Hergenhan, literary scholar (b.1931)
  • Ann Moyal, historian (b.1926)
• 24 July –Margaret Fulton, cookbook writer (b.1924)
• 25 July –Bruce Webster, New South Wales politician and broadcaster (b.1927)
• 26 July –Graham Freudenberg, political speechwriter (b.1934)
• 28 July –Ian Drohan, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda) (b.1932)
• 29 July
  • Doris Goddard, cabaret singer and actress (b.1930)
  • Sam Trimble, cricketer (b.1934)
• 31 July
  • Barrington Pheloung, composer (b.1954)
  • John Scarlett, Australian rules footballer (Geelong,South Melbourne) (b.1947)

• 1 August –Barrington Pheloung, composer (b.1954)
• 3 August –Damien Lovelock, musician (b.1954)
• 5 August –Russell Middlemiss, Australian rules footballer (Geelong) (b.1929)
• 6 August
  • Mick Miller, police officer (b.1926)
  • George Whaley, actor and director (b.1934)
• 8 August –Malcolm T. Elliott, radio personality (b.1946)
• 9 August –Hendricus Vogels, Olympic cyclist (b.1942)
• 10 August –Jim Forbes, South Australian politician (b.1923)
• 11 August
  • Bluey Adams, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne) (b.1935)
  • Ningali Lawford, actor (died in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1967)
• 14 August
  • Polly Farmer, Australian rules footballer (Geelong) (b.1935)
  • Ben Unwin, actor (b.1977)
• 15 August –Glenn Tasker, President ofParalympics Australia (b.1951)
• 17 August –Ronald Gray, Olympic athlete (b.1932)
• 19 August
  • John Matthews, New South Wales politician (b.1928)
  • Jan Ruff O'Herne, human rights activist, former "comfort woman" (b.1923)
• 20 August –Colin Beard, Australian rules footballer (South Fremantle,Richmond) (b.1941)
• 21 August –Norma Croker, Olympic athlete (b.1934)
• 22 August –Tim Fischer, 10thDeputy Prime Minister of Australia (b.1946)
• 23 August –Peter Moscatt, rugby league footballer (b.1943)
• 24 August –Tony Nichols, Anglican prelate (b.1938)
• 28 August –Max McDonald, Victorian politician (b.1927)
• 30 August –Elaine Darling, Queensland politician (b.1936)
• 31 August –Jane Mathews, Federal Court judge (b.1940)

• 1 September –Alison Cheek, Episcopal priest (died in theUnited States) (b.1927)
• 3 September
  • David Evans, Western Australian politician (b.1924)
  • Tony Thiessen, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne,Carlton,North Melbourne) (b.1942)
• 6 September –Susan Irvine, author and educator (b.1928)
• 8 September –Paul Lyons, Olympic taekwondo practitioner (b.1969)
• 9 September –Danny Frawley, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda) and coach (Richmond) (b.1963)
• 10 September –Hal Colebatch, author (b.1945)
• 11 September –Penny Whetton, climatologist (b.1958)
• 13 September
  • Paul Cronin, actor (b.1938)
  • Charles Henderson, weightlifter (b.1922)
• 16 September –Peter Lucas, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood) (b.1929)
• 17 September –Robert Oatey, Australian rules footballer (b.1942)
• 20 September –Jim Macken, lawyer, judge and human rights activist (b.1927)
• 21 September –David Combe, political lobbyist (b.1943)
• 23 September –Tauto Sansbury, Indigenous activist (b.1949)
• 26 September –Martin Wesley-Smith, composer (b.1945)
• 29 September –John D'Arcy, Australian rules footballer (Richmond) (b.1935)
• 30 September –Tom Allsop, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn) (b.1929)

• 1 October –Richard Scotton, health economist (b.1930)
• 2 October –Robert Hickman, Australian rules footballer (Richmond) (b.1942)
• 4 October –Bryce Gaudry, New South Wales politician (b.1942)
• 6 October
  • Neale Lavis, equestrian (b.1930)
  • Eddie Lumsden, rugby league footballer (b.1936)
• 8 October
  • John Bennett, Tasmanian politician (b.1942)
  • Louis Waller, legal scholar (b.1935)
  • Reg Watson, television producer and screenwriter (b.1926)
• 9 October –John Williams, Australian rules footballer (Carlton) (b.1940)
• 11 October –Richard Tracey, Federal Court judge and military officer (died in theUnited States) (b.1948)
• 14 October –Patrick Ward, actor (b.1950)
• 21 October –Peter Hobbs, musician (b.1961)
• 22 October –Garry Koehler, singer-songwriter (b.1955)
• 27 October
  • Ivan Milat, convicted serial killer (b.1944)
  • Anne Phelan, actress (b.1948)
• 30 October
  • Beatrice Faust, co-founder ofWomen's Electoral Lobby and author (b.1939)
  • Paul Whelan, New South Wales politician (b.1943)

• 5 November
  • Kevin Hogan, broadcaster and Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne) (b.1934)
  • Robert Smithies, rugby league footballer (Hull Kingston Rovers,Balmain) (b.1934)
• 6 November
  • John Curro, conductor (b.1932)
  • Clive Minton, ornithologist (b.1934)
• 9 November
  • Dwight Ritchie, boxer (b.1992)
  • Mehmet Tillem, Victorian politician (b.1974)
• 13 November
  • Stephen Albert, actor and singer (b.1950)
  • Kieran Modra, Paralympic cyclist (b.1972)
• 15 November
  • Tony Mann, cricketer (b.1945)
  • Ray Preston, rugby league footballer (Newtown Jets) (b.1929)
• 17 November
  • Ben Humphreys, Queenslander politician (b.1934)
  • John Wegner, opera singer (b.1950)
• 19 November
  • John Abel, New South Wales politician (b.1939)
  • Colin Tatz, historian (b.1934)
• 22 November
  • Tony Bull, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne) (b.1930)
  • Bill Waterhouse, bookmaker (b.1922)
• 23 November –Terry Board, Australian rules footballer (Carlton) (b.1945)
• 24 November
  • J. Bruce Jacobs, academic (b.1943)
  • Clive James, writer and broadcaster (died in theUnited Kingdom) (b.1939)
• 25 November –Tsebin Tchen, Victorian politician (b.1941)
• 26 November –Ken Kavanagh, motorcycle racer (died inItaly) (b.1923)
• 27 November
  • Martin Armiger, musician, record producer and composer (b.1949)
  • Sam Watson, activist, politician and writer (b.1952)
• 28 November –Graham Crouch, athlete (died inGermany) (b.1948)
• 30 November –Doug Cox, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda) (b.1957)

• 1 December –Stuart Fraser, musician
• 2 December –Greedy Smith, musician (b.1956)
• 5 December –Don Howell, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda,Collingwood) (b.1935)
• 9 December –Paddy Guinane, Australian rules footballer (Richmond) (b.1939)
• 10 December –Bill Welsh, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood) (b.1924)
• 13 December –Graham Cooper, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn) (b.1938)
• 14 December –Ken Wright, Victorian politician (b.1925)
• 15 December –Alfred Dennis, New South Wales politician (b.1924)
• 18 December –Doug Ricketson, rugby league footballer (b.1930)
• 20 December –Robert Moir, medical researcher (died in theUnited States) (b.1961)
• 21 December –Ron Penny, immunologist (b.1936)
• 23 December –John Cain Jr., 41stPremier of Victoria (b.1931)
• 29 December –M. C. Ricklefs, Indonesianist (b.1943)
• 30 December –Horst Kwech, racecar driver (died in theUnited States) (b.1937)

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