The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Australia .
Incumbents
State premiers
Events Designer and socialite Hera Roberts on the deck of the HNLMS JAVA , Sydney Harbour, 1930
Arts and literature
Sport
Births
January - February Mervyn Rose Diane Holland 11 January 12 January – Ewan Cameron , Victorian politician14 January – Joy McKean , country singer-songwriter (d. 2023 )19 January – Don Kendell , businessman (d. 2001 )21 January – Arthur Tonkin , Western Australian politician (d. 2022 )23 January – Mervyn Rose , tennis player (d. 2017 )26 January – Richard Killen , New South Wales politician (d. 2012 )28 January – A. David Buckingham , chemist (d. 2021 )9 February – Robert Bropho , Indigenous rights activist and convicted sex offender (d. 2011 )12 February – Jim Ramsay , Victorian politician (d. 2013 )15 February – Bruce Dawe , poet (d. 2020 )21 February – Elsa Klensch , journalist and television presenter (d. 2022 )22 February – Max Smith , New South Wales politician (d. 2020 )26 February – Les McMahon , New South Wales politician (d. 2015 )27 February – Joe Riordan , New South Wales politician (d. 2012 )27 February – Diane Holland , actress (d. 2009 )
March - April Rolf Harris John Landy 1 March – Doris Goddard , cabaret singer and actress (d. 2019 )4 March – John Toohey , High Court justice (d. 2015 )5 March – John Miles , Victorian politician (d. 2010 )11 March – Geoffrey Blainey , historian18 March – Joan Chambers , Victorian politician (d. 2016 )19 March – Pat Hanlon , Queensland politician (d. 2014 )23 March – Owen Harries , academic and magazine editor (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 2020 )29 March – John Marshall , Olympic swimmer (d. 1957 )30 March – Rolf Harris , entertainer, musician and convicted sex offender (d. 2023 )5 April – Bob Fell , Victorian politician (d. 2009 )11 April 12 April 13 April – Dorothy Isaksen , New South Wales politician (d. 2023 )14 April – Kevin Humphreys , rugby league player (d. 2010 )20 April – Gordon Hamilton Fairley , surgeon and oncologist (d. 1975 )24 April – Ken Muggleston , set decorator (d. 2021 )
May - June Malcolm Fraser Jim Burke Dugald Munro 4 May – Colin Hughes , academic and public servant (born in The Bahamas ) (d. 2017 )7 May – Tom McVeigh , Queensland politician9 May – Bob Brown , motorcyclist (d. 1960 )15 May – Haddon Storey , Victorian politician16 May – Brian Davies , rugby league footballer (d. 2012 )21 May 24 May 30 May – Sever Sternhell , academic, and organic chemist (born in Poland ) (d. 2022 )9 June 11 June – Neale Lavis , Olympic equestrian (d. 2019 )12 June 14 June – Lorna Fejo , member of the stolen generations (d. 2022 )16 June – Malcolm Brooks , New South Wales politician (d. 2020 )18 June – Roger Johnston , Victorian politician (d. 2020 )25 June – Alf Hughes , Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ) (d. 2019 )
July - August Bobby Dimond Al Lawrence 1 July – Jack Hedley , Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne ) (d. 2021 )2 July – Ron Grey , senior army officer and commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (d. 2022 )6 July 10 July 14 July 17 July – Sir William Heseltine , Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II 18 July – Judy Gamin , Queensland politician (d. 2022 )20 July – Bryan Conquest , Queensland politician (d. 2018 )26 July – Johno Johnson , New South Wales politician (d. 2017 )30 July 31 July – John Freebairn , South Australian politician (d. 2016 )2 August – Vali Myers , visionary artist, dancer, bohemian and muse (d. 2003 )2 August – Peter Lehmann , wine producer (d. 2013 )22 August – Brian Bannon , New South Wales politician (d. 2017 )24 August – Paul Mooney , rugby union player (d. 2006 )
September - October Richie Benaud 9 September 11 September – Clifford Grant , operatic singer (d. 2021 )22 September – Donald MacMillan , rugby union player (d. 1982 )29 September – Richard Bonynge , conductor and pianist4 October – Keith Batchelor , Australian rules footballer (Collingwood and North Melbourne ) (d. 2009 )6 October – Richie Benaud , cricketer and commentator (d. 2015 )11 October – Ian Foreman , Australian rules footballer (Footscray ) (d. 2021 )22 October – Sir Frank Lowy , businessman (born in Czechoslovakia )26 October – Shirley Abicair , actress, musician and author31 October – Bill Hewitt , Queensland politician (d. 2016 )
November - December Marie Bashir 14 November – Ray Land , Olympic sprinter (d. 2020 )15 November – Ray Thorburn , New South Wales politician (d. 1986 )18 November – Geoff Williams , Australian rules footballer (Geelong ) (d. 2020 )21 November – Eddie Stapleton , rugby union player (d. 2005 )27 November – Dick Poole , rugby league player28 November – Kate Baxter , fencer (d. 2019 )29 November – Max Evans , Western Australian politician (d. 2019 )30 November – John Newham , 16th Chief of the Air Staff (d. 2022 )1 December – Dame Marie Bashir , 37th Governor of New South Wales 3 December 4 December – Sir Donald Trescowthick , businessman5 December 8 December 17 December – Dorothy Rowe , psychologist19 December – Richard Scotton , health economist (d. 2019 )20 December – Noel Ferrier , actor (d. 1997 )29 December – Lilliane Brady , Mayor of Cobar (d. 2021 )31 December – Phil O'Brien , Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ) (d. 2020 )
Deaths Sir Henry Lefroy Sir James McCay 14 January – John Bisdee , military officer and Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1869 )18 January – Brailsford Robertson , physiologist and biochemist (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1884 )3 March – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore , 12th Governor of South Australia (born and died in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1852 )19 March – Sir Henry Lefroy , 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854 )22 April – John Russell , impressionist painter (b. 1858 )21 May – Robert Cook , Victorian politician (b. 1867 )27 May – Jethro Brown , jurist and professor of law (b. 1868 )6 July – Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville , sculptor, water colourist, and educator (b. 1861 )27 July – George James Coates , artist (died in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1869 )20 August 2 September – Archibald Strong , scholar and poet (b. 1876 )11 September – William Carpenter , Western Australian politician (b. 1863 )19 September – 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 30 October – John Creed , New South Wales politician and doctor (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1842 )13 November – Thomas Bulch , musician and composer (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1862 )14 November – Sandy Pearce , rugby league player (b. 1883 )16 December – Octavius Beale , piano manufacturer and philanthropist (born in Ireland ) (b. 1850 )
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