The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Australia.
Incumbents
State premiers
State governors
Events
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
January - February
- 11 January
- Ron Mulock, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
- Rod Taylor, actor (d. 2015)
- 12 January â Ewan Cameron, Victorian politician
- 14 January â Joy McKean, country singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
- 19 January â Don Kendell, businessman (d. 2001)
- 21 January â Arthur Tonkin, Western Australian politician (d. 2022)
- 23 January â Mervyn Rose, tennis player (d. 2017)
- 26 January â Richard Killen, New South Wales politician (d. 2012)
- 28 January â A. David Buckingham, chemist (d. 2021)
- 9 February â Robert Bropho, Indigenous rights activist and convicted sex offender (d. 2011)
- 12 February â Jim Ramsay, Victorian politician (d. 2013)
- 15 February â Bruce Dawe, poet (d. 2020)
- 21 February â Elsa Klensch, journalist and television presenter (d. 2022)
- 22 February â Max Smith, New South Wales politician (d. 2020)
- 26 February â Les McMahon, New South Wales politician (d. 2015)
- 27 February â Joe Riordan, New South Wales politician (d. 2012)
- 27 February â Diane Holland, actress (d. 2009)
March - April
- 1 March â Doris Goddard, cabaret singer and actress (d. 2019)
- 4 March â John Toohey, High Court justice (d. 2015)
- 5 March â John Miles, Victorian politician (d. 2010)
- 11 March â Geoffrey Blainey, historian
- 14 March â Ray Flockton, cricketer (d. 2011)
- 18 March â Joan Chambers, Victorian politician (d. 2016)
- 19 March â Pat Hanlon, Queensland politician (d. 2014)
- 23 March â Owen Harries, academic and magazine editor (born in the United Kingdom) (d. 2020)
- 29 March â John Marshall, Olympic swimmer (d. 1957)
- 30 March â Rolf Harris, entertainer, musician and convicted sex offender (d. 2023)
- 5 April â Bob Fell, Victorian politician (d. 2009)
- 11 April
- John Hyde, Australian rules footballer (Geelong) (d. 2020)
- Peter Toogood, golfer (d. 2019)
- 12 April
- John Landy, 26th Governor of Victoria and Olympic athlete (d. 2022)
- Nancy Lyons, Olympic swimmer
- 13 April â Dorothy Isaksen, New South Wales politician (d. 2023)
- 14 April â Kevin Humphreys, rugby league player (d. 2010)
- 20 April â Gordon Hamilton Fairley, surgeon and oncologist (d. 1975)
- 24 April â Ken Muggleston, set decorator (d. 2021)
May - June
- 4 May â Colin Hughes, academic and public servant (born in The Bahamas) (d. 2017)
- 7 May â Tom McVeigh, Queensland politician
- 9 May â Bob Brown, motorcyclist (d. 1960)
- 15 May â Haddon Storey, Victorian politician
- 16 May â Brian Davies, rugby league footballer (d. 2012)
- 21 May
- Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2015)
- Syd Slocomb, Australian rules footballer (St Kilda) (d. 2021)
- 24 May
- Tony Bull, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne) (d. 2019)
- Barry Downs, Olympic sports shooter (d. 2020)
- 30 May â Sever Sternhell, academic, and organic chemist (born in Poland) (d. 2022)
- 9 June
- Terry Norris, Victorian politician and actor (d. 2023)
- David Wordsworth, Western Australian politician (born in India) (d. 2024)
- 11 June â Neale Lavis, Olympic equestrian (d. 2019)
- 12 June
- Jim Burke, cricketer (d. 1979)
- Dugald Munro, New South Wales politician (d. 1973)
- 14 June â Lorna Fejo, member of the stolen generations (d. 2022)
- 16 June â Malcolm Brooks, New South Wales politician (d. 2020)
- 18 June â Roger Johnston, Victorian politician (d. 2020)
- 25 June â Alf Hughes, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn) (d. 2019)
July - August
- 1 July â Jack Hedley, Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne) (d. 2021)
- 2 July â Ron Grey, senior army officer and commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (d. 2022)
- 6 July
- Michael Baume, New South Wales politician
- Tom Hynd, Queensland politician (d. 2011)
- 10 July
- Harold Allison, South Australian politician (d. 2025)
- John Green, botanist
- 14 July
- Stan Evans, South Australian politician (d. 2025)
- Ray Martini, Australian rules footballer
- 17 July â Sir William Heseltine, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
- 18 July â Judy Gamin, Queensland politician (d. 2022)
- 20 July â Bryan Conquest, Queensland politician (d. 2018)
- 26 July â Johno Johnson, New South Wales politician (d. 2017)
- 30 July
- Bobby Dimond, rugby league footballer (d. 2020)
- Al Lawrence, Olympic runner (d. 2017)
- 31 July â John Freebairn, South Australian politician (d. 2016)
- 2 August â Vali Myers, visionary artist, dancer, bohemian and muse (d. 2003)
- 2 August â Peter Lehmann, wine producer (d. 2013)
- 22 August â Brian Bannon, New South Wales politician (d. 2017)
- 24 August â Paul Mooney, rugby union player (d. 2006)
September - October
- 9 September
- Francis Carroll, archbishop (d. 2024)
- Lon Hatherell, rugby union player (d. 1986)
- Jack Lihou, cricketer (d. 2021)
- 11 September â Clifford Grant, operatic singer (d. 2021)
- 22 September â Donald MacMillan, rugby union player (d. 1982)
- 29 September â Richard Bonynge, conductor and pianist
- 4 October â Keith Batchelor, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood and North Melbourne) (d. 2009)
- 6 October â Richie Benaud, cricketer and commentator (d. 2015)
- 11 October â Ian Foreman, Australian rules footballer (Footscray) (d. 2021)
- 22 October â Sir Frank Lowy, businessman (born in Czechoslovakia)
- 31 October â Bill Hewitt, Queensland politician (d. 2016)
November - December
- 14 November â Ray Land, Olympic sprinter (d. 2020)
- 15 November â Ray Thorburn, New South Wales politician (d. 1986)
- 18 November â Geoff Williams, Australian rules footballer (Geelong) (d. 2020)
- 21 November â Eddie Stapleton, rugby union player (d. 2005)
- 27 November â Dick Poole, rugby league player (d. 2025)
- 28 November â Kate Baxter, fencer (d. 2019)
- 29 November â Max Evans, Western Australian politician (d. 2019)
- 30 November â John Newham, 16th Chief of the Air Staff (d. 2022)
- 1 December â Dame Marie Bashir, 37th Governor of New South Wales (d. 2026)
- 3 December
- John Coulter, South Australian politician (d. 2024)
- Daryl E. Hooper, electronic engineer (d. 1985)
- 4 December â Sir Donald Trescowthick, businessman (d. 2024)
- 5 December
- Lionel Cox, Olympic track cyclist (d. 2010)
- Brian Tobin, tennis player and executive (d. 2024)
- 8 December
- June Craig, Western Australian politician
- Doug Ricketson, rugby league player (d. 2019)
- 17 December â Dorothy Rowe, psychologist (d. 2019)
- 19 December â Richard Scotton, health economist (d. 2019)
- 20 December â Noel Ferrier, actor (d. 1997)
- 29 December â Lilliane Brady, Mayor of Cobar (d. 2021)
- 31 December â Phil O'Brien, Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn) (d. 2020)
Deaths
- 14 January â John Bisdee, military officer and Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1869)
- 18 January â Brailsford Robertson, physiologist and biochemist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1884)
- 3 March â Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, 12th Governor of South Australia (born and died in the United Kingdom) (d. 1852)
- 19 March â Sir Henry Lefroy, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
- 22 April â John Russell, impressionist painter (b. 1858)
- 21 May â Robert Cook, Victorian politician (b. 1867)
- 27 May â Jethro Brown, jurist and professor of law (b. 1868)
- 6 July â Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville, sculptor, water colourist, and educator (b. 1861)
- 27 July â George James Coates, artist (died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1869)
- 20 August
- Charles Bannerman, cricketer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1851)
- John Brazier, malacologist (b. 1842)
- 2 September â Archibald Strong, scholar and poet (b. 1876)
- 11 September â William Carpenter, Western Australian politician (b. 1863)
- 19 September â Sir Neville Howse, New South Wales politician, military officer and first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (born and died in the United Kingdom) (b. 1863)
- 1 October
- Albert Henry Fullwood, artist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1863)
- Sir James McCay, Victorian politician and soldier (born in Ireland) (b. 1864)
- 30 October â John Creed, New South Wales politician and doctor (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1842)
- 13 November â Thomas Bulch, musician and composer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1862)
- 14 November â Sandy Pearce, rugby league player (b. 1883)
- 16 December â Octavius Beale, piano manufacturer and philanthropist (born in Ireland) (b. 1850)
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