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1926 in Australia

The following lists events that happened during 1926 in Australia.

Incumbents

State premiers

State governors

Events

Science and technology

Arts and literature

Sport

Births

  • 7 January – Joe Marston, soccer player (died 2015)
  • 11 January – Baillieu Myer, businessman and philanthropist (died 2022)
  • 3 February – Raymond Martin, chemist (died 2020)
  • 4 February – Dave Sands, boxer (died 1952)
  • 6 February – Bruce Ruxton, former soldier and president of the RSL (died 2011)
  • 8 February – Tony Street, politician (died 2022)
  • 10 February – Arvi Parbo, businessman (died 2019)
  • 16 February – Rayene Stewart Simpson, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1978)
  • 6 March – Ray O'Connor, Premier of Western Australia (1982–1983) (died 2013)
  • 15 March – Thelma Keane, wife of cartoonist Bil Keane and inspiration for the "Mommy" character in The Family Circus (died 2008)
  • 2 April – Jack Brabham, racing driver (died 2014)
  • 13 April – Neil Betts, rugby union player (died 2017)
  • 11 May – Frank Thring, actor (died 1994)
  • 9 June – Don Ritchie, anti-suicide campaigner (died 2012)
  • 18 June – Shirley McKechnie, dancer, choreographer and dance educator (died 2022)
  • 25 June – Kep Enderby, Esperantist and politician (died 2015)
  • 27 June – Bruce Tozer, cricketer (died 2021)
  • 1 July – Stan Obst, Australian rules footballer (died 2005)
  • 3 July – Laurence Street, jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (died 2018)
  • 4 July – Stuart Thomas Butler, nuclear physicist (died 1982)
  • 9 July – Peter Mullins, decathlete (died 2012)
  • 12 July – Al Grassby, politician, Minister for Immigration (died 2005)
  • 20 July – Russ Gorman, politician (died 2017)
  • 31 July – Jack Pollard, sports writer and cricket historian (died 2002)
  • 5 August – Doug McClelland, politician
  • 15 August – Ted Allsopp, race walker (died 2024)
  • 27 August – Reg Watson, television producer and screenwriter (died 2019)
  • 8 September – Keith Adams, adventurer (died 2012)
  • 16 September – Sir William Cole, public servant (died 2019)
  • 18 September – Deirdre Jordan, academic and educator (died 2026)
  • 30 September – Frank O'Neill, swimmer (died 2024)
  • 11 October – Neville Wran, Premier of New South Wales (1976–1986) (died 2014)
  • 20 October – Peter Durack, politician, Attorney-General (died 2008)
  • 7 November – Joan Sutherland, opera singer (died 2010)
  • 15 November – Ivor Greenwood, politician, Attorney-General (died 1976)
  • 31 December – Sir Billy Snedden, politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (died 1987)

Deaths

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