Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race Births 3 January – Kerry Armstrong, actress 5 January – Penny Whetton, climatologist (died 2019) 6 February – Simon Baker, race walker 10 February – Phil Weightman, politician 12 February – Grant McLennan, singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006) 14 February – Grant Thomas, Australian rules footballer 15 February – Steve Bredhauer, politician 22 February – Bill Feldman, politician 28 February – Neil Bennett, politician 16 March – Phillip Wilcher, pianist and composer 20 March – Phil Anderson, cyclist 29 March – Geoff Provest, politician 11 April – Mark Furner, politician 12 April Glenn Patching, swimmer Jim Madden, politician 19 April – Bill Byrne, politician 5 May – Robert DiPierdomenico, footballer and media personality 7 May – Alan John, composer 11 May – Peter Antonie, rower 11 May – Phil Smyth, basketball player 3 July – Gary Buckenara, Australian Rules footballer 6 July – Gary Humphries, politician 13 July – Richard Glover, journalist, author and radio personality 15 July – Phil Gould, rugby league identity 12 August – Grace Grace, politician 22 August – Jo-Ann Miller, politician 30 September – Rod Welford, politician October - Garry Pankhurst, former child actor 13 October – Jim Krakouer, Australian Rules footballer 22 October – Jan Jarratt, politician 3 November – Ted Radke, politician 15 November – Lewis Fitz-Gerald, actor and director 24 November – Alex Douglas, politician 26 November – Terry Rogers, politician 27 November – Linda Lavarch, politician 12 December – Monica Attard, journalist 31 December – Geoff Marsh, cricketer Deaths 24 January – William Roy Hodgson, public servant (b. 1892) 8 April – Ethel Turner, writer (b. 1872) 15 May – Sir John Northmore, Western Australian Supreme Court Chief Justice (b. 1865) 4 August – Ethel Anderson, poet, author, and painter (b. 1883) 13 September – Russell Mockridge (b. 1928), cyclist 14 October – Douglas Mawson, polar explorer (b. 1882) 30 November – Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer (b. 1888) See also List of Australian films of the 1950s References Australia Years of the 20th century in Australia