The following lists events that happened during 1928 in Australia.
Incumbents
State premiers
State governors
Events
Arts and literature
Film
Sport
Births
- 17 January â Ken Archer, cricketer (died 2023)
- 19 January â John Treloar, track and field athlete (died 2012)
- 21 January â James Achurch, javelin thrower (died 2015)
- 29 February â Terry Lewis, police officer and convicted fraudster (died 2023)
- 14 March â June Maston, sprinter and athletics coach (died 2004)
- 2 April â Denis Flannery, rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s (died 2012)
- 30 May â Pro Hart, artist (died 2006)
- June â Mike Williamson, sports commentator (died 2019)
- 3 June â Beryl Kimber, violinist and educator (died 2022)
- 12 June â Bob Davis, Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
- 15 June â Joan Croll, physician and radiologist (died 2022)
- 18 June â Michael Blakemore, actor and director (died 2023)
- 1 July â Robert Wemyss, Australian football (soccer) player
- 7 July â Henry Sommerville, fencer (died 2010)
- 17 July â David Leach, senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (died 2020)
- 18 July â Russell Mockridge, cyclist (died 1958)
- 8 August â Don Burrows, jazz musician (died 2020)
- 12 August â Charles Blackman, painter (died 2018)
- 31 August â A. W. Pryor, physicist (died 2014)
- 8 October â Leonard French, glass artist (died 2017)
- 26 October â Shirley Abicair, actress, musician and author (died 2025 in UK)
- 27 October â Thomas Perrin, cricketer
- 16 November â Patricia Giles, activist (died 2017)
- 17 November â Colin McDonald, cricketer (died 2021)
- 18 November â Bruce Rosier, Anglican bishop (died 2019)
- 30 November â Steele Hall, Premier of South Australia (died 2024)
- 15 December â Peter Coleman, politician and writer (died 2019)
- 26 December â Maureen Brunt, economist (died 2019)
- 27 December â Phillip Bennett, Governor of Tasmania (died 2023)
- date unknown â John Challis, gay rights activist
Deaths
See also
References