defeats Jenny Staley Hoad 6-3 6-4 Davis Cup: Australia is defeated by the United States 2–3 in the 1954 Davis Cup final Wimbledon: Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose win the Gentlemen's Pairs Wimbledon: Jaroslav Drobný defeats Ken Rosewall 13–11 4–6 6–2 9–7 in the Gentlemen's Singles Yachting Kurrewa IV takes line honours and Solveig IV wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Births 10 January – Greg Towns, footballer 25 January – Kay Cottee, sailor 26 January – Kim Hughes, cricketer 27 April – Mark Holden, singer and media personality 1 May – Garry Who, actor and comedian 2 May – Don Cameron, water polo player and coach 19 May – Phil Rudd, musician 27 May – Pauline Hanson, politician 30 June – Wayne Swan, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia 2 July – Scott W. Sloan, professor of civil engineering (died 2019) 11 July – Paul Blackwell, actor (died 2019) 11 August – Wally Carr, boxer (died 2019) 12 August – Rob Borbidge, Premier of Queensland 2 September – Gai Waterhouse, horse trainer 13 September – Steve Kilbey, musician 20 September – James Moloney, author 27 September – Ray Hadley, 2GB radio announcer 13 October – Banduk Marika, Indigenous artist and printmaker (died 2021) 15 October – Steve Bracks, 44th Premier of Victoria 24 October – Malcolm Turnbull, 29th Prime Minister of Australia 12 November – Paul McNamee, tennis player 22 November – Carol Tomcala, sports shooter 26 November – Jacki MacDonald, media personality 28 November – John McMartin, Pastor, ACC State President NSW, National Executive 29 November – Steve Rogers (died 2006), Rugby league footballer Deaths 10 January – Chester Wilmot, war correspondent (b. 1911) 19 September – Miles Franklin, writer and feminist (b. 1879) 14 November – Inigo Owen Jones, meteorologist and farmer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1872) 22 November – Roy Rene, comedian (b. 1891) See also List of Australian films of the 1950s References Australia Years of the 20th century in Australia