Margaret Scott, author and poet (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1934) 8 September – Donald Horne, journalist and academic (b. 1921) 9 September – John Wayne Glover, convicted serial killer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1932) 12 October – Frank Galbally, criminal defence lawyer and Australian rules footballer (Collingwood) (b. 1922) 14 October – Winifred Curtis, botanist and author (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1905) 18 October – William Evan Allan, soldier; last surviving dual Australian veteran of the First and Second World War (b. 1899) 24 October – Frank Wilson, actor (b. 1924) 1 November – Michael Thwaites, academic, poet, and intelligence officer (b. 1915) 5 November – Hugh Alexander Dunn, diplomat (b. 1923) 10 November – Kristian Fredrikson, stage and costume designer (born in New Zealand) (b. 1940) 2 December – Peter Menegazzo, cattle baron (b. 1944) 3 December Peter Cook, Western Australian politician (b. 1943) Lance Dossor, concert pianist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1916) 5 December – Kevin McQuay, entrepreneur (b. 1950) 12 December – Eric D'Arcy, Catholic archbishop (b. 1924) 26 December – Kerry Packer, billionaire and media tycoon (b. 1937) See also 2005 in Australian television List of Australian films of 2005 References External links Years of the 21st century in Australia