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List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1929 in Australia .
Incumbents
State premiers
State governors
Events
Japanese vaudeville performer, singer and comedian Kono San (or Konosan) on board SS Sierra , Sydney 1929.
Arts and literature
What'll we do, when the wattle blooms again? 1929 by Reginald Stoneham
Sport
Births
January - February
Valerie Yule
Peter Porter
2 January –
Valerie Yule , child psychologist (d.
2021 )
5 January –
Veronica Brady , religious sister and academic (d.
2015 )
7 January –
Robert Juniper , artist (d.
2012 )
18 January –
Eric Robinson , Queensland politician (d.
1981 )
27 January –
Barbara York Main , arachnologist (d.
2019 )
30 January –
Maggie Fitzgibbon , actress and singer (d.
2020 )
31 January –
John Stone , Queensland politician
1 February –
R. A. Simpson , poet (d.
2002 )
2 February –
Desmond Ford , theologian (d.
2019 )
7 February –
John Sullivan , New South Wales politician
8 February –
Jack Simpson , Victorian politician (d.
2015 )
9 February –
Clement Meadmore , sculptor (d.
2005 )
10 February –
Sandy McPhie , Queensland politician (d.
2015 )
16 February
26 February –
Donald Metcalf , medical researcher (d.
2014 )
27 February –
Jack Gibson , rugby league footballer and coach (d.
2008 )
March - April
Barbara McAulay
George Mikell
15 March –
Barbara McAulay , Olympic diver (d.
2020 )
18 March –
Ted Robertson , Northern Territory politician (d.
1991 )
19 March –
Olive Zakharov , Victorian politician (d.
1995 )
24 March –
Bryant Burns , Queensland politician (d.
2007 )
28 March
31 March –
Don Candy , tennis player (d.
2020 )
2 April –
Pat Twomey , Australian rules footballer (
Collingwood ) (d.
1969 )
4 April –
George Mikell , actor and writer (born in
Lithuania ) (d.
2020 )
9 April
17 April –
Allen Blanchard , Western Australian politician (born in the
United Kingdom ) (d.
2008 )
25 April –
Don Fish , graphic designer, illustrator, cartoonist, poster designer and writer (d.
2021 )
29 April
30 April
May - June
John Davies
Ian Sinclair
4 May –
Ella Stack , doctor and Lord Mayor of Darwin (d.
2023 )
7 May
10 May –
Geoffrey Burnstock , neurobiologist (born in the
United Kingdom ) (d.
2020 )
11 May –
Alan Daly , Australian rules footballer (
Melbourne ) (d.
2021 )
13 May –
Ivan Lund , fencer (d.
1992 )
15 May –
Kevin Cairns , Queensland politician (d.
1984 )
17 May –
John Davies , Olympic swimmer and judge (d.
2020 )
24 May –
Brian Wenzel , actor
26 May
2 June –
Ken McGregor , tennis player (d.
2007 )
3 June –
Gordon Simpson , Queensland politician (d.
2017 )
9 June –
Tom McNeil , Western Australian politician and Australian rules footballer (
St. Kilda ) (born in the
United Kingdom ) (d.
2020 )
10 June –
Ian Sinclair , 7th
Leader of the National Party
12 June –
Roy Bull , rugby league footballer and coach (d.
2004 )
13 June –
Kevin Harrold , New South Wales politician (d.
2012 )
14 June –
Alan Davidson , cricketer (d.
2021 )
15 June –
Geoffrey Parsons , pianist (d.
1995 )
17 June –
George Brenner , New South Wales politician (born in
Hungary ) (d.
2021 )
23 June –
Herb Barker , athlete (d.
2006 )
26 June –
June Bronhill , opera singer (d.
2005 )
July - August
Hazel Hawke
David Tonkin
Peter Thomson
1 July –
Jack Storey , Australian rules footballer (
Footscray )
4 July –
Max Olding , pianist (d.
2021 )
5 July
6 July –
Russell Middlemiss , Australian rules footballer (
Geelong ) (d.
2019 )
8 July –
Bruce Gyngell , television executive (d.
2000 )
12 July
14 July –
Adam Inglis , Australian rules footballer (
Carlton ) (d.
2023 )
17 July –
Roger Goldsworthy , 3rd
Deputy Premier of South Australia
20 July
21 July –
Jim Bailey , Olympic athlete (d.
2020 )
25 July –
Ron Lord , soccer player
27 July –
Marc Wilkinson , composer and conductor (born in
France ) (d.
2022 )
5 August –
Reg Lindsay , country music singer (d.
2008 )
6 August –
Thomas Ahearn , Queensland politician (d.
2021 )
9 August –
John Wheeldon , Western Australian politician (d.
2006 )
12 August
14 August –
Derek Fielding , librarian and author (born in the
United Kingdom ) (d.
2014 )
16 August –
William Copeland , Test cricket umpire (d.
2011 )
21 August
23 August –
Peter Thomson , golfer (d.
2018 )
25 August –
Seaman Dan , musician (d.
2020 )
30 August –
Gordon Barton , businessman and political activist (born in the
Dutch East Indies ) (d.
2005 )
September - October
Rex Hartwig
Wal Fife
Les Favell
2 September
3 September –
John Vernon , high jumper (d.
2019 )
4 September –
Bruce Murray , Australian rules footballer (
South Melbourne ) and cricketer (d.
2020 )
5 September –
Margaret Loutit , microbiologist (d.
2020 )
8 September –
Neil Robbins , athlete (d.
2020 )
15 September
21 September –
Dick Tooth , rugby union player (d.
2020 )
25 September –
John Rutherford , cricketer (d.
2022 )
26 September –
Brian Oliver , long and triple jumper (d.
2015 )
27 September
1 October –
Ken Arthurson , rugby league footballer, coach and administrator
2 October
6 October –
Les Favell , cricketer (d.
1987 )
8 October –
Gracia Baylor , Victorian politician
12 October –
John Bourchier , Victorian politician (d.
2017 )
13 October –
Kevin Hallett , Olympic swimmer (d.
2021 )
15 October –
John Solomon , rugby union player (d.
2020 )
17 October –
Jack Mundey , New South Wales councillor, trade union leader and environmental activist (d.
2020 )
20 October –
Stroma Buttrose , architect (d.
2020 )
21 October –
Glen Sheil , Queensland politician and tennis player (d.
2008 )
31 October –
Eddie Charlton , snooker and billiards player (d.
2004 )
November - December
Bob Hawke
Doug Anthony
4 November –
Jeannette Patrick , Victorian politician (d.
2011 )
6 November –
Ronald Raines , New South Wales politician
10 November –
Ray Preston , rugby league player (
Newtown Jets ) (d.
2019 )
16 November –
David Arblaster , New South Wales politician (d.
2006 )
17 November –
Andy Thorpe , model and radio personality (d.
2010 )
17 November –
Alan Cameron , rugby union player (d.
2010 )
22 November –
Keith Rayner , Anglican bishop
23 November
4 December
9 December –
Bob Hawke , 23rd
Prime Minister of Australia and
President of the ACTU (d.
2019 )
11 December
18 December –
Bob Jane , racing driver and businessman (d.
2018 )
21 December –
Joyce Evans , photographer (d.
2019 )
31 December –
Doug Anthony , 2nd
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d.
2020 )
Deaths
Sir John Cockburn
13 January –
H. B. Higgins , Victorian politician, lawyer, and
High Court justice (b.
1851 )
16 February –
Thomas Kennedy , Victorian politician (b.
1860 )
20 February –
James McColl , Victorian politician (born in the
United Kingdom ) (b.
1844 )
28 April –
May Jordan McConnel , trade unionist and suffragist (died in the
United States ) (b.
1860 )
17 May –
Edward Harney , Western Australian politician and lawyer (born in
Ireland and died in the
United Kingdom ) (b.
1865 )
7 June –
Alfred Waldron , Australian rules footballer (
Carlton ) (b.
1857 )
26 June –
Samuel Cooke , Victorian politician (died in the
United Kingdom ) (b.
1847 )
14 July –
Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer , evolutionary biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist (born in the
United Kingdom and died in
Chile ) (b.
1860 )
7 August –
Sir Alexander Matheson, 3rd Baronet , Western Australian politician (born and died in the
United Kingdom ) (d.
1929 )
25 August –
Frederick Burton , cricketer (died in
New Zealand ) (b.
1865 )
11 September –
Archibald James Campbell , public servant, ornithologist and naturalist (b.
1853 )
30 October –
Franc Falkiner , New South Wales politician and grazier (b.
1867 )
26 November –
Sir John Cockburn , 18th
Premier of South Australia (b.
1850 )
See also
References
1929 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand