1992 in Australia
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Incumbents
- Monarch – Elizabeth II
- Governor-GeneralGovernor-General of AustraliaThe Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia at federal/national level of the Australian monarch . He or she exercises the supreme executive power of the Commonwealth...
– Bill HaydenBill HaydenWilliam George "Bill" Hayden AC was the 21st Governor-General of Australia. Prior to this, he represented the Australian Labor Party in parliament; he was a minister in the government of Gough Whitlam, and later became Leader of the Opposition, narrowly losing the 1980 federal election to the... - Prime MinisterPrime Minister of AustraliaThe Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
– Paul KeatingPaul KeatingPaul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1991 to 1996. Keating was elected as the federal Labor member for Blaxland in 1969 and came to prominence as the reformist treasurer of the Hawke Labor government, which came to power at the 1983 election...
Premiers and Chief Ministers
- Premier of New South Wales – Nick GreinerNick GreinerNicholas "Nick" Frank Hugo Greiner AC, is an Australian businessman and former politician. He was the 37th Premier New South Wales from 1988 to 1992. He was Leader of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party from 1983 to 1992 and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 to 1988. He is married...
(until 24 June), then John FaheyJohn Fahey (politician)John Joseph Fahey, AC is a former Premier of New South Wales and Federal Minister for Finance in Australia. John Fahey is currently the President of the World Anti-Doping Agency. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1996 and the federal House of Representatives... - Premier of Queensland – Wayne GossWayne GossWayne Keith Goss was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996.-Early life:He was born at Mundubbera, Queensland and educated at Inala High School and the University of Queensland...
- Premier of South Australia – John BannonJohn BannonJohn Charles Bannon AO is a former Australian politician. He was the 39th Premier of South Australia, leading the Labor Party to government at the 1982 election. The Bannon Labor government was re-elected at the 1985 election and the 1989 election...
(until 4 September), then Lynn ArnoldLynn ArnoldLynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold, AO , former Australian politician, was the Labor Premier of South Australia between 4 September 1992 and 14 December 1993.... - Premier of Tasmania – Michael FieldMichael Field (Australian politician)Michael Walter Field, AC was Tasmanian Labor leader from 1988 until his retirement in 1996, and was the Premier of Tasmania between 1989 and 1992...
(until 17 February), then Ray GroomRay GroomRaymond John "Ray" Groom, AO is a lawyer and former Australian sportsman and politician, representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years... - Premier of Victoria – Joan KirnerJoan KirnerJoan Elizabeth Kirner AM , Australian politician, was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, the first woman to hold the position, which she held for two years prior to a landslide election defeat.-Biography:...
(until 6 October), then Jeff KennettJeff KennettJeffrey Gibb Kennett AC , a former Australian politician, was the Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999. He is currently the President of Hawthorn Football Club. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national depression initiative.- Early life :Kennett was born in Melbourne on 2 March... - Premier of Western AustraliaPremier of Western AustraliaThe Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. The Premier has similar functions in Western Australia to those performed by the Prime Minister of Australia at the national level, subject to the different Constitutions...
– Carmen LawrenceCarmen LawrenceCarmen Mary Lawrence is a retired Australian politician; a former Premier of Western Australia and the first woman to become Premier of a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.... - Chief Minister of the Australian Capital TerritoryChief Minister of the Australian Capital TerritoryThe Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory is the head of government of the Australian Capital Territory. The leader of party with the largest representation of seats in the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly usually takes on the role...
– Rosemary FollettRosemary FollettRosemary Follett AO , Australian politician, was the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. She was the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory.... - Chief Minister of the Northern TerritoryChief Minister of the Northern TerritoryThe Chief Minister of the Northern Territory is appointed by the Administrator, who in normal circumstances will appoint the head of whatever party holds the majority of seats in the legislature of the territory...
– Marshall PerronMarshall PerronMarshall Bruce Perron is a former Australian politician, who was a Country Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly in the Northern Territory from the formation of the Assembly in 1974 until his resignation in 1995. From 1988 to 1995, Perron was the Chief Minister of the Northern...
Governors and Administrators
- Governor of New South Wales – Peter Sinclair
- Governor of Queensland – Sir Walter Campbell (until 29 July), then Leneen Forde
- Governor of South Australia – Dame Roma MitchellRoma MitchellDame Roma Flinders Mitchell, AC, DBE, CVO, QC was an Australian lawyer, judge and state governor. Mitchell was the first Australian woman to be a judge, a Queen's Counsel, a chancellor of an Australian university and the Governor of an Australian state.Roma Mitchell was born in Adelaide in 1913,...
- Governor of Tasmania – Sir Phillip BennettPhillip BennettGeneral Sir Phillip Harvey Bennett AC, KBE, DSO is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army who served as Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 1984 to 1987, and later as Governor of Tasmania from 1987 to 1995....
- Governor of Victoria – Davis McCaugheyDavis McCaugheyJohn Davis McCaughey, AC was a bible scholar, church and university administrator, and was Governor of Victoria from 1986–1992.-Working life:...
(until 26 April), then Richard McGarvieRichard McGarvieRichard Elgin McGarvie, AC, KStJ, QC was a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria and Governor of Victoria from 1992 to 1997.-Early life:... - Governor of Western AustraliaGovernor of Western AustraliaThe Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia's Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The Governor performs important constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including:* presiding over the Executive Council;...
– Sir Francis BurtFrancis BurtSir Francis Theodore Page Burt, AC, KCMG, QC , commonly known as "Red", Australian jurist, served as Chief Justice of Western Australia from 1977 until 1988 and as Governor of Western Australia from 1990 to 1993. He was also Lieutenant Governor of the State from 1977 to 1990... - Administrator of the Northern TerritoryAdministrator of the Northern TerritoryThe Administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the Governor-General of Australia to exercise powers analogous to that of a state governor...
– James MuirheadJames MuirheadJames Henry Muirhead AC KStJ QC was an Administrator of the Northern Territory and a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory.-Pre-Northern Territory:... - Administrator of Norfolk Island – Herbert Bruce MacDonald (until 12 April), then Alan Gardner Kerr
Events
- 2 January – George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. BushGeorge Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
becomes the first President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
to address the Australian Parliament. - 1 February – A general election is held in TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
. - 1 February – One and two cent coinsCoins of the Australian dollarCoins of the Australian dollar were introduced on 14 February 1966, although they did not at that time include a one-dollar coin. The dollar was equivalent in value to 10 shillings in the former currency .- Regular coinage :...
begin to be withdrawn from circulation. - 22 February - after trialling Daylight SavingDaylight saving timeDaylight saving time —also summer time in several countries including in British English and European official terminology —is the practice of temporarily advancing clocks during the summertime so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less...
in Queensland for a total of three years, a referendum was held, with 54.5% of Queenslanders voting against daylight saving. Regional and rural areas strongly opposed daylight saving, while those in the metropolitan south-east voted in favour of it. - 24 February – Elizabeth II visits Australia. Prime Minister Paul KeatingPaul KeatingPaul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1991 to 1996. Keating was elected as the federal Labor member for Blaxland in 1969 and came to prominence as the reformist treasurer of the Hawke Labor government, which came to power at the 1983 election...
breaks royal protocol by placing his hand on the Queen's back, causing an outraged British tabloid newspaper to dub him the "Lizard of Oz". - 15 February – The second ACT Legislative Assembly election is held, re-electing the Labor minority governmentMinority governmentA minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...
of Rosemary FollettRosemary FollettRosemary Follett AO , Australian politician, was the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. She was the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory....
. - 25 May – Lindy ChamberlainLindy ChamberlainAlice Lynne Chamberlain-Creighton was at the centre of one of Australia's most publicised murder trials, in which she was convicted of killing her baby daughter, Azaria. The conviction was later overturned.-Early life:...
receives compensation for wrongful convictionMiscarriage of justiceA miscarriage of justice primarily is the conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit. The term can also apply to errors in the other direction—"errors of impunity", and to civil cases. Most criminal justice systems have some means to overturn, or "quash", a wrongful...
on murder charges. - 3 June – The High Court of AustraliaHigh Court of AustraliaThe High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and...
decides in the case Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a landmark decision recognising native titleNative titleNative title is the Australian version of the common law doctrine of aboriginal title.Native title is "the recognition by Australian law that some Indigenous people have rights and interests to their land that come from their traditional laws and customs"...
in Australia. - 24 June – Nick GreinerNick GreinerNicholas "Nick" Frank Hugo Greiner AC, is an Australian businessman and former politician. He was the 37th Premier New South Wales from 1988 to 1992. He was Leader of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party from 1983 to 1992 and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 to 1988. He is married...
resigns as Premier of New South Wales in the wake of a corruption scandal, and is replaced by John FaheyJohn Fahey (politician)John Joseph Fahey, AC is a former Premier of New South Wales and Federal Minister for Finance in Australia. John Fahey is currently the President of the World Anti-Doping Agency. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1984 to 1996 and the federal House of Representatives...
. - 4 September – Lynn ArnoldLynn ArnoldLynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold, AO , former Australian politician, was the Labor Premier of South Australia between 4 September 1992 and 14 December 1993....
becomes Premier of South Australia after the resignation of John BannonJohn BannonJohn Charles Bannon AO is a former Australian politician. He was the 39th Premier of South Australia, leading the Labor Party to government at the 1982 election. The Bannon Labor government was re-elected at the 1985 election and the 1989 election...
after the near-collapse of the State BankState Bank of South AustraliaThe State Bank of South Australia was a bank owned by the Government of South Australia. Its collapse in 1991 was a major political event in South Australia...
. - 19 September – A state election is held in QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. The Labor government of Wayne GossWayne GossWayne Keith Goss was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996.-Early life:He was born at Mundubbera, Queensland and educated at Inala High School and the University of Queensland...
is returned to power. - 3 October – A state election is held in VictoriaVictoria (Australia)Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. Joan KirnerJoan KirnerJoan Elizabeth Kirner AM , Australian politician, was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, the first woman to hold the position, which she held for two years prior to a landslide election defeat.-Biography:...
's Labor government is defeated by Jeff KennettJeff KennettJeffrey Gibb Kennett AC , a former Australian politician, was the Premier of Victoria between 1992 and 1999. He is currently the President of Hawthorn Football Club. He is the founding Chairman of beyondblue, a national depression initiative.- Early life :Kennett was born in Melbourne on 2 March...
's Liberal party.
Arts and literature
- 26 January – The first Big Day OutBig Day OutThe Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
music festival is held at the Sydney ShowgroundSydney Showground (Moore Park)The former Sydney Showground at Moore Park was the site of the Sydney Royal Easter Show in New South Wales, Australia from 1882 until 1997, when the Show was moved to the new Sydney Showground at Homebush Bay, which was built for the Sydney 2000 Olympics...
, headlined by Violent FemmesViolent FemmesViolent Femmes were an American alternative rock band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, initially active between 1980 and 1987 and again from 1988 to 2009...
and NirvanaNirvana (band)Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
. - Tim WintonTim WintonTimothy John "Tim" Winton , is an Australian novelist and short story writer.-Life:Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the regional city of Albany....
's novel CloudstreetCloudstreetCloudstreet is a novel by Australian writer Tim Winton. It chronicles the lives of two working class Australian families who come to live together at One Cloud Street, in a suburb of Perth, over a period of twenty years, 1943 - 1963...
wins the Miles Franklin AwardMiles Franklin AwardThe Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin , who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ...
Film
- 23 January - SpotswoodSpotswood (film)Spotswood is an Australian comedy film directed by Mark Joffe, made in 1990-1991, released in 1992 in some locations. It is also known as The Efficiency Expert in America....
- 20 August - Strictly BallroomStrictly BallroomStrictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann and produced by M&A Productions. The film is the first installment in The Red Curtain Trilogy, Luhrmann's trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; the follow-ups were Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...
- 12 November - Romper StomperRomper Stomper-Awards:The film was nominated for nine Australian Film Institute Awards. It won Best Achievement in Sound, Best Actor in a Lead Role and Best Original Music Score.-Box office and Reception:Romper Stomper grossed $3,165,034 at the box office in Australia,...
Television
- 1 January - The Victorian television market is aggregated, with VIC TV (now WIN TelevisionWIN TelevisionWIN Television is an Australian television network owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single Wollongong-only station, and has since expanded to 24 owned-and-operated stations with transmissions covering a...
) becoming the Nine NetworkNine NetworkThe Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
affiliate, Prime TelevisionPrime TelevisionPRIME7 is an Australian television network owned by Prime Media Group Limited. Prime Television launched on 17 March 1962 as CBN/CWN in Orange and Dubbo, New South Wales, and has since expanded to cover regional New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as a Seven Network...
taking a Seven NetworkSeven NetworkThe Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
affiliation & Southern Cross Network (now Southern Cross TenSouthern Cross TenSouthern Cross Ten is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia. The channel is owned by the Macquarie Media Group as is affiliated to Network Ten...
) taking the Network TenNetwork TenNetwork Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
affiliation. - 4 September - Kerry PackerKerry PackerKerry Francis Bullmore Packer, AC was an Australian media tycoon. The son of Sir Frank Packer and Gretel Bullmore, the Packer family company owned controlling interest in both the Nine television network and leading Australian publishing company Australian Consolidated Press, which were later...
pulls the plug on Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos mid-air. - Ending this year were:
- November - Fast Forward (program comes back as Full FrontalFull Frontal (TV series)Full Frontal was an Australian sketch comedy series which debuted in 1993. The show first aired on the Seven Network on 13 May 1993, and finished on 18 September 1997....
in 1993) - November - Acropolis NowAcropolis NowAcropolis Now was an Australian sitcom set in a Greek bar of the same name that ran for 63 episodes from 1989 to 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick Giannopoulos, George Kapiniaris and Simon Palomares, who also starred in the series. They were already quite well known for their comedy...
- The Big GigThe Big GigThe Big Gig was a popular Australian television comedy series based on the British TV series Saturday Live. It was produced and broadcast by the ABC in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was produced and directed by Ted Robinson, who started his career as the director of the second series of the...
(1989–1992) on ABCAustralian Broadcasting CorporationThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
- November - Fast Forward (program comes back as Full Frontal
Sport
- 22 February–25 March – The 1992 Cricket World Cup1992 Cricket World Cup-New Zealand:-Round Robin Stage:Co-hosts New Zealand proved the surprise packet of the tournament, winning their first seven games to finish on top of the table after the round robin. The other hosts, Australia, were one of the pre-tournament favourites but lost their first two matches. They...
is held in Australia and New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
defeats EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in the final at the MCG by 22 runs. - 5 March – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 1991-1992 season, which are held at the Olympic Sports Field in Adelaide, South Australia.
- 25 March – Great Southern Stand opened at the MCGMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
by Donald Cordner, then-President of the Melbourne Cricket ClubMelbourne Cricket ClubThe Melbourne Cricket Club is a sporting club based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1838 and is regarded as the oldest sporting club in Australia....
. - 6 April – Peter SterlingPeter SterlingPeter Maxwell John "Sterlo" Sterling OAM is an Australian rugby league commentator and former player. He was one of the all-time great halfbacks and a major contributor to Parramatta Eels' dominance of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in the 1980s. Sterling played nineteen Tests for...
announces his retirement from rugby leagueRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
due to injury - 3 May
- Adelaide CityAdelaide CityAdelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League...
win the NSLNational Soccer LeagueThe National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...
Grand Final on Penalties after a scoreless draw with Melbourne Croatia at Olympic ParkOlympic ParkAn Olympic Park is a sports campus for hosting the Olympic Games. Typically it contains the Olympic Stadium and the International Broadcast Centre. It may also contain the Olympic Village or some of the other sports venues, such as the aquatics complex in the case of the summer games, or the main... - Geelong kick the highest VFL/AFL score against the Brisbane BearsBrisbane BearsThe Brisbane Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Bears was an Australian rules football club and the first Queensland-based club in the Victorian Football League . The club played its first match in 1987, but struggled on and off the field until it made the finals for the first time in 1995...
of 37.17.239
- Adelaide City
- 7 May – Exactly 100 years to the day of their first senior-level match, Collingwood meets Carlton in a rematch of that game at the MCGMelbourne Cricket GroundThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
. CarltonCarlton, VictoriaCarlton is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne...
wins by 33 points. - 18 May – AucklandAucklandThe Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
(now New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) WarriorsNew Zealand WarriorsThe New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...
admitted to 1995 ARLAustralian Rugby LeagueThe Australian Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Australia. It is made up of state bodies, including the New South Wales Rugby League and the Queensland Rugby League...
premiership. North QueenslandNorth Queensland CowboysThe North Queensland Cowboys are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership...
, South QueenslandSouth Queensland CrushersThe South Queensland Crushers were an Australian rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. In 1992 it was decided that the team would be admitted into the New South Wales Rugby League competition, along with three other teams, as part of the League's expansion plans for professional...
& Perth all admitted later, forming 20-team comp. - 12 July – Gerard Barrett wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:16:46 in BrisbaneBrisbaneBrisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, while Jennifer Dowie claims the women's title in 2:40:40. - 29 July – Ad appears in lost & found section of Herald SunHerald SunThe Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
newspaper. "LOST: The plot at Waverley ParkWaverley ParkWaverley Park was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. However, during the 1990s it became the home ground of...
last Saturday. Finder kindly return it to the Hawthorn Football ClubHawthorn Football ClubThe Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
. Before September if possible!" - 26 September – West Coast EaglesWest Coast EaglesThe West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
(16.17.113) defeat GeelongGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
(12.13.85) in the first non-MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
-only Grand Final, to win the 96th AFLAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
premiership. It is the first time that the VFLAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
/AFL premiership has left Victoria. - 27 September – Brisbane BroncosBrisbane BroncosThe Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
(28) defeat St. George DragonsSt. George DragonsThe St George Dragons was an Australian Rugby league football club in St George, Sydney, New South Wales that played in Australia's top-level Rugby league competition from New South Wales Rugby Football League in 1921 until 1998; in 1999 they formed a joint venture with the Illawarra Steelers,...
(8) to win the 84th NSWRLNew South Wales Rugby LeagueThe New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was known as the New South Wales Rugby Football League until 1984 when forward thinking marketing managers decided...
premiership. It is the first time that the NSWRL premiershp has gone to Queensland. - Brownlow MedalBrownlow MedalThe Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
awarded to Scott WyndScott WyndScott Wynd is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League, playing with Footscray.-Footscary/Western Bulldogs :...
(Footscray)
January
- 2 January
- Nicholas FitzgeraldNicholas FitzgeraldNicholas Fitzgerald , is an Australian football player currently playing for Brisbane Roar FC in the Hyundai A-League.-Club career:...
, footballer - Isabella HollandIsabella HollandIsabella Holland is an Australian professional tennis player. Her preferred surfaces are clay and hardcourt....
, tennis player
- Nicholas Fitzgerald
- 9 January - Ben JacobsBen Jacobs (Australian rules footballer)Ben Jacobs is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
, footballer - 18 January - Cheyse BlairCheyse BlairCheyse Blair is an Australian professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League competition.He plays and . He has represented the NSW and Australian Schoolboys teams...
, rugby league player - 20 January
- Ben KantarovskiBen KantarovskiBen Kantarovski is an Australian football player currently playing for the Newcastle Jets.-Newcastle Jets:...
, footballer (soccer) player - Alex KeathAlex KeathAlexander Robert "Alex" Keath is an Australian cricketer who plays for Victoria in the Australian domestic cricket competitions. An all rounder, Keath made his first-class cricket debut against the touring England team in December 2010.Keath was a promising junior Australian rules football player...
, cricketer
- Ben Kantarovski
- 24 January - Luke RussellLuke RussellLuke Russell is an Australian rules footballer who was pick up by Gold Coast as an underage player from Burnie Dockers. He made his debut against Melbourne in round 4 of the 2011 season.-External links:...
, footballer - 25 January - Casey DumontCasey DumontCasey Narelle Dumont is an Australian football player currently playing for Australian W-League team .-Honours:With Brisbane Roar: W-League Premiership: 2008-09 W-League Championship: 2008-09- References :...
, footballer (soccer) player - 28 January - Jennifer BissetJennifer BissetJennifer Bisset is an Australian football player who plays for Canberra United FC in the Australian W-League.-References:...
, football (soccer) player - 31 January – Tahnee AtkinsonTahnee AtkinsonTahnee Atkinson is an Australian model, best known for winning fifth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.-Australia's Next Top Model:...
, model
February
- 8 February - Lee CormieLee CormieLee Cormie is an Australian actor in Melbourne, Australia mostly known for his starring roles in number 1 US Box Office hit Darkness Falls and Australian film December Boys alongside Daniel Radcliffe.-Biography:...
, actor - 9 February - Loren MahoneyLoren MahoneyLoren Mahoney is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Australian W-League team Adelaide United FC W-League.-References:...
, footballer (soccer) player - 12 February - James JeggoJames JeggoJames Jeggo is a Australian football player. He currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Hyundai A-League.-Melbourne Victory:...
, footballer (soccer) player - 13 February - Chris BushChris Bush (footballer)Christopher Bush is an Australian football player currently playing at Brisbane Roar FC in the Hyundai A-League.-Club career:Bush was promoted to the Brisbane Roar senior team after Reinaldo departed the club in order to meet the 20 player minimum imposed on A-League clubs.-Career...
, footballer - 16 February - Danielle CatanzaritiDanielle CatanzaritiDanielle Catanzariti is an Australian actress and stage actress. She is best known for her role as the title character in the 2008 film Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger.-Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger:...
, actress - 21 February - Eli BabaljEli BabaljEli Babalj is an Australian football player currently playing for the Melbourne Heart in the A-League.-Club career:...
, footballer
March
- 2 March - Kerem BulutKerem BulutKerem Bulut is an Australian footballer currently playing for FK Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic's Gambrinus liga and the Australia under-20 national team...
, footballer - 3 March - Jordy LucasJordy LucasJordy Lucas is an Australian actress best known for playing the role of Summer Hoyland in Neighbours.-Personal life:...
, actress - 16 March - Sam GallawaySam GallawaySam Gallaway is an Australian football player currently playing for the Newcastle Jets.-Career:On 22 January 2011, Gallaway made his senior debut for Newcastle against Gold Coast United....
, footballer (soccer) - 22 March - Mitchell MalliaMitchell MalliaMitchell Mallia , is an Australian football player currently playing for the Sydney FC.-Club career:...
, footballer (soccer) - 23 March - Kyrie IrvingKyrie IrvingKyrie Andrew Irving is an Australian-American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association . He starred as point guard for Duke University as a freshman before being selected as the number one pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers...
, basketball player - 24 March - Jenna KingsleyJenna KingsleyJenna Kingsley is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League.Jenna played her junior football in Western Sydney for Emu Plains, Penrith RSL and Penrith SC....
, footballer (soccer)
April
- 7 April - Petar FranjicPetar FranjicPetar Franjic is an Australian football player currently playing for Melbourne Victory.-Personal:He attended St Helena Secondary College, and is the younger brother of Brisbane Roar player Ivan Franjic.-Honours:...
, footballer (soccer) - 16 April - Ursula HughsonUrsula HughsonUrsula Hughson is an Australian football player, who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League.-References:...
, footballer (soccer) - 18 April - Alexandra AdornettoAlexandra AdornettoAlexandra Adornetto is the pseudonym of Alexandra Grace , an Australian author who writes for children and young adults. Her works include The Strangest Adventures series and the Halo trilogy.-Biography:...
, author of three children's books in a trilogy, The Strangest Adventures, and one young adult book, Halo. - 22 April - Angela FimmanoAngela FimmanoAngela Fimmano is an Australian football player currently playing for Australian W-League team .- References :...
, footballer - 27 April - Mitch CreekMitch CreekMitchell Creek is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball League...
, basketballer
May
- 3 May – Melissa Wu, diver
- 4 May - Shannon LivelyShannon LivelyShannon James Lively is an Australian actor who has recently finished producing the second series of The Sleepover Club. He graduated in the class of 2009 from Corpus Christi College, Bateman. He has finished working on a new Australian television series entitled Wormwood...
, actor - 9 May - Will HopoateWill HopoateWilliam "Will" Hopoate also known as Viliami in Tonga is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles of the NRL. A New South Wales State of Origin three-quarter back, he has also represented NSW City...
, rugby league - 11 May - Lawrence ThomasLawrence Thomas (goalkeeper)Lawrence Thomas is an Australian football player who plays for Melbourne Victory in the A-League. He plays as a Goalkeeper...
, footballer - 14 May - Dyson HeppellDyson HeppellDyson Heppell is an Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Junior career:...
, footballer - 15 May - Emily DunnEmily DunnEmily Dunn is an Australian football player currently playing for Australian W-League team Perth Glory.- References :...
, footballer - 16 May - Tom LiberatoreTom LiberatoreTom Liberatore is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays with the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. He is the son of former Bulldogs legend Tony Liberatore....
, footballer - 19 May – Cassi Van Den DungenCassi Van Den DungenCassi Van Den Dungen is an Australian model, best known as the runner-up in the fifth cycle of Australia's Next Top Model.-Early life:Van Den Dungen grew up in the town of Sunbury, in Victoria, Australia...
, model - 20 May - Cate CampbellCate CampbellCate Campbell is an Australian swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Her family moved from Malawi to Australia in 2001 and it was shortly after this Campbell took up competitive swimming...
, swimmer - 27 May - Ruth BlackburnRuth BlackburnRuth Blackburn is an Australian football player currently playing for Australian W-League team .-Honours:With Brisbane Roar: W-League Premiership: 2008-09 W-League Championship: 2008-09- References :...
, footballer
June
- 4 June
- Morgan GriffinMorgan GriffinMorgan Griffin is an Australian actress. From 2006 until 2007 she starred in the second series of the Nickelodeon show The Sleepover Club....
, actress - Karl Thomas Oscar, Future TV presenter, movie actor, rock historian who brought seventies and eighties punk rock back into fashion.
- Morgan Griffin
- 8 June - Alex FasoloAlex FasoloAlex Fasolo is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League...
, footballer - 9 June - Boyd CordnerBoyd CordnerBoyd Cordner is a professional rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He plays in the second-row. He played his junior football with the Taree Red Rovers. He is the younger brother of Newcastle Knights player forward Dane Cordner.-References:1...
, rugby league player - 13 June
- Jack DarlingJack DarlingJack Darling is an Australian rules footballer with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League . He was recruited from West Perth in the WAFL with pick 26 in the 2010 AFL Draft.-Junior career:...
, footballer - Joey GibbsJoey GibbsJoey Gibbs is an Australian football player who currently plays for NSW Premier League club Manly United.- Club career :He was the recipient of the 2008 Lucas Neill scholarship award....
, footballer (soccer)
- Jack Darling
- 14 June - Ben HalloranBen HalloranBen Halloran in an Australian football player currently playing for Gold Coast United in the A-League.-Club career:...
, footballer - 16 June - Andrew GaffAndrew GaffAndrew Gaff is an Australian rules footballer, drafted with the fourth selection in the 2010 AFL Draft by the West Coast Eagles....
, footballer - 29 June - Ryan BattagliaRyan BattagliaRyan John Battaglia nicknamed Boof is an Australian baseball player who plays catcher and is currently with the Brisbane Bandits and the Cleveland Indians organisation....
, baseball player
July
- 14 July - Chris HaroldChris HaroldChris Harold is an Australian football striker currently playing for A-League club Gold Coast United. Originally from Perth, Harold spent most of his childhood in Singapore and Malaysia.-Club career:...
, footballer striker - 17 July - Joe CostaJoe CostaJoe Costa is an Australian football Midfield player who currently plays for Enfield City in the FFSA Premier League.-Club career:...
, footballer (soccer) - 21 July - Marcus HarrisMarcus Harris (cricketer)Marcus Harris is a cricketer who plays as an opening batsman for Western Australia. Harris' maiden first-class century came in just his third match, when he made 157 against Queensland. -References:...
, cricketer - 26 July - Kamal IbrahimKamal IbrahimKamal Said Ibrahim is an Ethiopian Australian football player who currently plays for A-League team...
, footballer
August
- 13 August - Katrina GorryKatrina GorryKatrina Gorry is an Australian football player currently playing for Australian W-League team Adelaide United.- References :...
, footballer (soccer) - 19 August - Cameron GuthrieCameron GuthrieCameron Guthrie is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...
, footballer
September
- 2 September - Valentina BarronValentina BarronValentina Marina Barron is an Australian teen actress, best known for her role as Flees in Stormworld.-Filmography:- Awards/Nominations:-External links:...
, actress - 7 September - Martin HintereggerMartin HintereggerMartin Hinteregger is an Austrian footballplayer currently playing for FC Red Bull Salzburg as defender.-Club career:...
, footballer - 12 September - Bernie Ibini-IseiBernie Ibini-IseiBernie Ibini-Isei is a Nigerian-Australian football player who plays for the A-League club Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:...
, footballer - 18 September - Brendan HamillBrendan Hamill (footballer)Brendan Hamill is a football player currently playing for the Melbourne Heart in the A-League.-Club career:...
, footballer - 28 September - Josh CaddyJosh CaddyJosh Caddy is an Australian rules footballer, drafted by the Gold Coast Football Club with the 7th selection in the 2010 AFL Draft...
, footballer
October
- 2 October - Harley BennellHarley BennellHarley Bennell is an Australian rules footballer, drafted with the second selection in the 2010 AFL Draft by the Gold Coast Football Club...
, footballer - 7 October – Grace BawdenGrace BawdenGrace Bawden is an Australian classical crossover singer, who has been dubbed "Australia's greatest operatic discovery", after becoming the Judge's Choice Grand Finalist on the TV talent show Australia's Got Talent in 2008...
, opera singer - 27 October - Charles CottierCharles CottierCharles Cottier is an Australian actor, known for currently playing the role of Dexter Walker on the Australian soap opera Home and Away.-Early life:...
, actor
November
- 2 November - Katie DalyKatie DalyKatie Daly is an Australian football player .She was rostered on for the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League during the 2008–09 season.Katie had not made her debut for the Mariners....
, footballer (soccer) player - 29 November - Sophie LetcherSophie LetcherSophie Letcher is an Australian tennis player. She started with tennis at the age of three, inspired by her two older brothers and parents, who also played tennis She competed at the 2011 Australian Open in the women's doubles with Viktorija Rajicic, but lost in the opening round.-External links:...
, tennis player
December
- 12 December - Marco DjuricinMarco DjuricinMarco Djuricin is an Austrian footballer who plays as a striker for Hertha BSC.-Club career:Born in Vienna, Djuricin began playing club football for Austria Wien, before joining Rapid Wien in 2006. Two years later, he signed a with Hertha BSC, and joined the Berlin-based club's youth academy...
, footballer - 17 December - Jordan CoulterJordan CoulterJordan Coulter is an Australian male model from Rockhampton, Queensland.-Career:Coulter was discovered when he was 15 years old by model scout Kirk Blake from What Models after leaving a Gold Coast cinema....
, model - 22 December - George Horlin-SmithGeorge Horlin-SmithGeorge Horlin-Smith is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . He went to Pembroke School in Adelaide, South Australia. Horlin-Smith was a promising cricketer, having co-captained the Australian Under 16 Cricket Team to the West Indies in 2008...
, footballer
Deaths
- 3 January - Judith AndersonJudith AndersonDame Judith Anderson, AC, DBE was an Australian-born American-based actress of stage, film and television. She won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award and was also nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award.-Early life:...
(b.1897), actor - 27 March - Lang HancockLang HancockLangley Frederick George "Lang" Hancock was an Australian iron ore magnate from Western Australia who maintained a high profile in the competing spheres of business and politics...
(b.1909), miningMiningMining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
magnate. His death started a row between his widow Rose PorteousRose PorteousRose Porteous , a Filipino-born Australian, is best known for her marriage to Lang Hancock, a West Australian iron ore mining magnate, and the protracted legal battle with her step-daughter, Gina Rinehart, over the circumstances that lead to the death of Hancock, and the distribution of his estate...
& his daughter Gina RinehartGina RinehartGeorgina "Gina" Hope Rinehart is a mining heiress. She is the heiress of Hancock Prospecting and the daughter of the late mining magnate Lang Hancock and Hope Margaret Nicholas...
over the circumstances of his death & his fortune. - 15 June - Brett WhiteleyBrett WhiteleyBrett Whiteley, AO was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize...
(b. 1939), painter - 18 June - Peter AllenPeter AllenPeter Allen was an Australian songwriter and entertainer. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, with one, Arthur's Theme, winning an Academy Award in 1981...
(b. 1944), entertainer - 6 October - Bill O'ReillyBill O'Reilly (cricketer)William Joseph "Bill" O'Reilly , often known as Tiger O'Reilly, was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. Following his retirement from playing, he became a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster.O'Reilly was one of the best spin bowlers to...
(b. 1905), cricketer - 28 November - Sidney NolanSidney NolanSir Sidney Robert Nolan OM, AC was one of Australia's best-known painters and printmakers.-Early life:Nolan was born in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, on 22 April 1917. He was the eldest of four children. His family later moved to St Kilda. Nolan attended the Brighton Road State School and...
(b. 1917), painter