6 June – Ross Stretton (died 2005), ballet dancer 11 June – Tony Barnett, basketball player 15 June – Clare Martin, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory 25 June – Peter Farmer, hammer thrower 28 June – Ken Gillespie, Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2005–2008), Chief of Army (2008–2011) 28 July – Glenn A. Baker, music historian 7 October – Graham Yallop, cricketer 2 September – Pru Goward, politician 4 September – Tom Maher, basketball coach 12 October – Trevor Chappell, cricketer 22 October – John Howard (Australian actor), stage and screen actor 18 November – Peter Beattie, Premier of Queensland 18 December – Frank Holden, entertainer 19 December – Andrew Fraser, politician Deaths 12 June – Sir Harry Lawson, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875) 24 June – Sir George Pearce, Western Australian politician (b. 1870) 22 July – James Vinton Smith, Victorian politician (b. 1897) 27 July – Roland Pope, cricketer, ophthalmologist and philanthropist (b. 1864) 14 September – Sir John McPhee, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1878) 4 October – Sir Keith Murdoch, journalist, businessman and news proprietor (b. 1885) 12 October – Madge Connor, police officer (born in Ireland) (b. 1874) 28 October – Billy Hughes, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1862) 30 November – Elizabeth Kenny, nurse (b. 1880) 14 December – Colin William Wright, cattle breeder, grazier, local government councillor and local government head (b. 1867) See also List of Australian films of the 1950s References Australia Years of the 20th century in Australia