player 18 September – Melanie Gibbons, politician 20 September – Scott Minto, rugby league player 22 September – Harry Kewell, soccer player 20 October – Michael Johns, Australian singer (d. 2014) 25 October – Matt Shirvington, track and field athlete November – Allyson McConnell, convicted killer who drowned her two children in Alberta, Canada 22 November – Steven King, plays with Geelong Football Club 2 December – Peter Moylan, baseball player Fiona McFarlane - author Deaths 9 January – Eddie Gilbert, (born 1905), Queensland cricketer 5 February – Frank McIver, (born 1904), soccer player and administrator 14 May – Robert Menzies, (born 1894), Prime Minister of Australia 27 July – Robert Heffron, (born 1890), Premier of New South Wales 6 October – Johnny O'Keefe, (born 1935), Australian rock and roll singer See also 1978 in Australian television List of Australian films of 1978 References Australia Years of the 20th century in Australia