1930 in Australia
Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s See also:
The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Australia .
Incumbents James Scullin
State premiers
State governors
Events Designer and socialite Hera Roberts on the deck of the HNLMS JAVA , Sydney Harbour, 1930
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
January - February Mervyn Rose Diane Holland 11 January 12 January – Ewan Cameron, Victorian politician 14 January – Joy McKean , country singer-songwriter (d. 2023 ) 19 January – Don Kendell , businessman (d. 2001 ) 21 January – Arthur Tonkin, Western Australian politician (d. 2022 ) 23 January – Mervyn Rose , tennis player (d. 2017 ) 26 January – Richard Killen , New South Wales politician (d. 2012 ) 28 January – A. David Buckingham , chemist (d. 2021 ) 9 February – Robert Bropho , Indigenous rights activist and convicted sex offender (d. 2011 ) 12 February – Jim Ramsay , Victorian politician (d. 2013 ) 15 February – Bruce Dawe , poet (d. 2020 ) 21 February – Elsa Klensch , journalist and television presenter (d. 2022 ) 22 February – Max Smith , New South Wales politician (d. 2020 ) 26 February – Les McMahon , New South Wales politician (d. 2015 ) 27 February – Joe Riordan , New South Wales politician (d. 2012 ) 27 February – Diane Holland , actress (d. 2009 )
March - April Rolf Harris John Landy 1 March – Doris Goddard , cabaret singer and actress (d. 2019 ) 4 March – John Toohey, High Court justice (d. 2015 ) 5 March – John Miles, Victorian politician (d. 2010 ) 11 March – Geoffrey Blainey , historian 18 March – Joan Chambers , Victorian politician (d. 2016 ) 19 March – Pat Hanlon , Queensland politician (d. 2014 ) 23 March – Owen Harries , academic and magazine editor (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 2020 ) 29 March – John Marshall, Olympic swimmer (d. 1957 ) 30 March – Rolf Harris , entertainer, musician and convicted sex offender (d. 2023 ) 5 April – Bob Fell , Victorian politician (d. 2009 ) 11 April 12 April 13 April – Dorothy Isaksen , New South Wales politician (d. 2023 ) 14 April – Kevin Humphreys, rugby league player (d. 2010 ) 20 April – Gordon Hamilton Fairley , surgeon and oncologist (d. 1975 ) 24 April – Ken Muggleston , set decorator (d. 2021 )
May - June Malcolm Fraser Jim Burke Dugald Munro 4 May – Colin Hughes , academic and public servant (born in The Bahamas ) (d. 2017 ) 7 May – Tom McVeigh , Queensland politician 9 May – Bob Brown, motorcyclist (d. 1960 ) 15 May – Haddon Storey , Victorian politician 16 May – Brian Davies, rugby league footballer (d. 2012 ) 21 May 24 May 30 May – Sever Sternhell , academic, and organic chemist (born in Poland ) (d. 2022 ) 9 June 11 June – Neale Lavis , Olympic equestrian (d. 2019 ) 12 June 14 June – Lorna Fejo , member of the stolen generations (d. 2022 ) 16 June – Malcolm Brooks , New South Wales politician (d. 2020 ) 18 June – Roger Johnston , Victorian politician (d. 2020 ) 25 June – Alf Hughes , Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ) (d. 2019 )
July - August Bobby Dimond Al Lawrence 1 July – Jack Hedley, Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne ) (d. 2021 ) 2 July – Ron Grey , senior army officer and commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (d. 2022 ) 6 July 10 July 14 July 17 July – Sir William Heseltine , Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II 18 July – Judy Gamin , Queensland politician (d. 2022 ) 20 July – Bryan Conquest , Queensland politician (d. 2018 ) 26 July – Johno Johnson , New South Wales politician (d. 2017 ) 30 July 31 July – John Freebairn , South Australian politician (d. 2016 ) 2 August – Vali Myers , visionary artist, dancer, bohemian and muse (d. 2003 ) 2 August – Peter Lehmann, wine producer (d. 2013 ) 22 August – Brian Bannon , New South Wales politician (d. 2017 ) 24 August – Paul Mooney, rugby union player (d. 2006 )
September - October Richie Benaud 9 September 11 September – Clifford Grant , operatic singer (d. 2021 ) 22 September – Donald MacMillan, rugby union player (d. 1982 ) 29 September – Richard Bonynge , conductor and pianist 4 October – Keith Batchelor , Australian rules footballer (Collingwood and North Melbourne ) (d. 2009 ) 6 October – Richie Benaud , cricketer and commentator (d. 2015 ) 11 October – Ian Foreman , Australian rules footballer (Footscray ) (d. 2021 ) 22 October – Sir Frank Lowy , businessman (born in Czechoslovakia ) 26 October – Shirley Abicair , actress, musician and author 31 October – Bill Hewitt, Queensland politician (d. 2016 )
November - December Marie Bashir 14 November – Ray Land , Olympic sprinter (d. 2020 ) 15 November – Ray Thorburn , New South Wales politician (d. 1986 ) 18 November – Geoff Williams, Australian rules footballer (Geelong ) (d. 2020 ) 21 November – Eddie Stapleton , rugby union player (d. 2005 ) 27 November – Dick Poole, rugby league player 28 November – Kate Baxter , fencer (d. 2019 ) 29 November – Max Evans, Western Australian politician (d. 2019 ) 30 November – John Newham , 16th Chief of the Air Staff (d. 2022 ) 1 December – Dame Marie Bashir , 37th Governor of New South Wales 3 December 4 December – Sir Donald Trescowthick , businessman (d. 2024 ) 5 December Lionel Cox, Olympic track cyclist (d. 2010 ) Brian Tobin, tennis player and executive (d. 2024 ) 8 December 17 December – Dorothy Rowe , psychologist 19 December – Richard Scotton , health economist (d. 2019 ) 20 December – Noel Ferrier , actor (d. 1997 ) 29 December – Lilliane Brady , Mayor of Cobar (d. 2021 ) 31 December – Phil O'Brien, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ) (d. 2020 )
Deaths Sir Henry Lefroy Sir James McCay 14 January – John Bisdee , military officer and Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1869 ) 18 January – Brailsford Robertson , physiologist and biochemist (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1884 ) 3 March – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore , 12th Governor of South Australia (born and died in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1852 ) 19 March – Sir Henry Lefroy , 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854 ) 22 April – John Russell, impressionist painter (b. 1858 ) 21 May – Robert Cook, Victorian politician (b. 1867 ) 27 May – Jethro Brown , jurist and professor of law (b. 1868 ) 6 July – Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville , sculptor, water colourist, and educator (b. 1861 ) 27 July – George James Coates , artist (died in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1869 ) 20 August 2 September – Archibald Strong , scholar and poet (b. 1876 ) 11 September – William Carpenter, Western Australian politician (b. 1863 ) 19 September – Sir Neville Howse , New South Wales politician, military officer and first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (born and died in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1863 ) 1 October 30 October – John Creed, New South Wales politician and doctor (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1842 ) 13 November – Thomas Bulch , musician and composer (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1862 ) 14 November – Sandy Pearce , rugby league player (b. 1883 ) 16 December – Octavius Beale , piano manufacturer and philanthropist (born in Ireland ) (b. 1850 )
See also
References ^ Addresses at Brisbane's Shrine of Remembrance, The Advertiser , 13 November 1930. ^ Brilliant Bradman—World's Batting Record—Compiles 452 Runs Not Out, The Canberra Times , 7 January 1930. ^ "1930 - COLLINGWOODFC.com.au". www.collingwoodfc.com.au . Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022 . ^ Hedge, Mike (25 February 2022). "Athletics great John Landy dies, aged 91". The Canberra Times . Retrieved 25 February 2022 . 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century
1930 in Oceania
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