– Billy Sing, soldier (b. 1886) 25 May – Albert Robinson, South Australian politician (b. 1877) 14 June – John McNeill, Victorian politician (b. 1868) 28 June – Pietro Porcelli, sculptor (born in Italy) (b. 1872) 21 July Edward Riley, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1859) David O'Keefe, Tasmanian politician (b. 1864) 6 August – Tom Garrett, cricketer (b. 1858) 20 August – Sir William Irvine, 21st Premier of Victoria and 5th Chief Justice of Victoria (born in Ireland) (b. 1858) 1 September – Sir Arthur Streeton, artist (b. 1867) 23 September – John Bradfield, engineer (b. 1867) 2 October – Sir John Evans, 21st Premier of Tasmania (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1855) 14 October – Jimmy Matthews, cricketer (b. 1884) 15 October – Thomas Henry Dodds, soldier (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1873) 23 October – Sir George Fairbairn, Victorian politician (b. 1855) 6 November – William Lister Lister, artist (b. 1859) 9 November – Reginald Spencer Browne, soldier, journalist and newspaper editor (b. 1856) 22 November – Thomas Ryan, trade unionist and politician (born in Ireland) (b. 1870) 23 November – Ernie Jones, cricketer and Australian rules footballer (Port Adelaide) (b. 1869) 27 November – Louis Esson, poet and playwright (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1878) 10 December – Frederick Chapman, palaeontologist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1864) See also List of Australian films of the 1940s References Australia Years of the 20th century in Australia