See also: 1920 in Australia, other events of 1921, 1922 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. [edit] Incumbents [edit] State premiers [edit] State governors [edit] Events [edit] Science and technology [edit] Arts and literature [edit] Births - January 3 – Vasey Houghton, politician and conservationist (d. 2001)
- January 9 – Bunney Brooke, actor (Number 96) (d. 2000)
- February 16 – Bill Knott, NSW politician
- March 4 – Walter Campbell, Governor of Queensland (d. 2004)
- March 12 – Norman Foster, politician (d. 2006)
- March 29 – Sam Loxton, cricketer
- April 1 – Harold James Frith, ornithologist
- April 13 – Max Harris, writer (Angry Penguins) (d. 1995)
- May 13 – George Petersen, Labor politician (d. 2000)
- May 28 – Tom Uren, Labor politician
- June 3 – Forbes Carlile, swimming coach and Olympic pentathlete
- June 19 – Patricia Wrightson, children's author
- July 22 – Ronald N. Bracewell, physicist and radio astronomer (d. 2007)
- July 31 – John Makepeace Bennett, computer scientist
- August 20 – Jack Wilson, cricketer (d. 1985)
- November 21 – Betty Wilson, cricketer
- November 24 – Allan Ashbolt, journalist (d. 2005)
- December 26 – Donald Horne, journalist and writer (d. 2005)
[edit] Deaths - January 14 – Edward Hamersley (b. 1935 or 1936), WA politician
- January 27 – Maurice Vincent Buckley (b. 1891), soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
- March 14 – Gustave Barnes (b. 1877), artist
- May 21 – Oswald Watt (b. 1878), aviator
- June 6 – William Mark Forster (b. 1846), philanthropist
- June 18 – G. H. Gibson (b. 1846), writer and satirist
- July 2 – Edwin Evans (b. 1849), cricketer
- July 12 – Harry Hawker (b. 1889), aviation pioneer
- July 26 – Howard Vernon (b. 1845), actor
- August 1 – T. J. Ryan (b. 1876), Premier of Queensland (1915–1919)
- August 23 – Frank Hann (b. 1846), explorer
- September 13 – James Hebblethwaite (b. 1857), poet
- October 5 – John Storey (b. 1869), Premier of New South Wales (1920–1921)
- October 30 – James Murdoch (b. 1856), Scottish journalist
- November 6 – Robert Logan Jack (b. 1845), geologist
- November 17 – John McLaren (b. 1886), cricketer
- December 24 – William Curran, cricketer
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