21 January – Ernestine Hill, travel writer (died 1972) 22 February – Ian Clunies Ross, scientist (died 1959) 7 March – Eddie Ward, politician (died 1963) 3 September – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, biologist and Nobel Prize winner (died 1985) 24 September – William Dobell, artist, sculptor and painter (died 1970) 21 October – Herb Steinohrt, rugby league footballer (died 1985) 14 December – Frank McMillan, rugby league footballer and coach (died 1966) Date unknown Olga Agnew, child actress (died 1987) Deaths 21 February - George Bowen (born 1821), Governor of Queensland 13 April - James Service (born 1823), former Premier of Victoria 25 September - Elizabeth Tripp (born 1809), educator References Australia Years of the 19th century in Australia