See also: 1925 in Australia, other events of 1926, 1927 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 7 – Joe Marston, soccer player
- February 4 – Dave Sands, boxer
- February 6 – Bruce Ruxton, former soldier and president of the RSL
- February 8 – Tony Street, politician
- February 16 – Rayene Stewart Simpson, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient
- March 6 – Ray O'Connor, Premier of Western Australia (1982–1983)
- March 15 – Thelma Keane, wife of cartoonist Bil Keane and inspiration for the "Mommy" character in The Family Circus (d. 2008)
- April 2 – Jack Brabham, racing driver
- May 11 – Frank Thring, actor (d. 1994)
- June 25 – Kep Enderby, Esperantist and politician
- July 4 – Stuart Thomas Butler, nuclear physicist (d. 1982)
- July 12 – Al Grassby, politician, Minister for Immigration
- July 31 – Jack Pollard, sports writer and cricket historian (d. 2002)
- August 5 – Doug McClelland, politician
- August 15 — Ted Allsopp, race walker
- September 8 – Keith Adams, adventurer
- September 18 – Deirdre Jordan, academic and educator
- October 11 – Neville Wran, Premier of New South Wales (1976–1986)
- October 20 – Peter Durack, politician, Attorney-General
- November 7 – Joan Sutherland, opera singer
- November 15 – Ivor Greenwood, politician, Attorney-General (d. 1976)
- November 26 – Tom Hughes, politician, Attorney-General
- December 31 – Billy Snedden, politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (d. 1987)
[edit] Deaths - January 9 – William Henry Warren (b. 1852), engineer
- January 12 – Sir Austin Chapman (b. 1864), politician
- April 27 – Ada Cambridge (b. 1844), author
- April 30 – Sir Tim Coghlan (b. 1856), NSW state statistician
- May 11 – Hugh Dixson (b. 1841), businessman and philanthropist
- May 15 – Joseph James Fletcher (b. 1850), biologist
- May 21 – H. V. McKay (b. 1865), inventor of the Sunshine harvester
- June 4 – Fred Spofforth (b. 1853), cricketer
- June 23 – Henry Lowther Clarke (b. 1850), Anglican archbishop of Melbourne
- June 28 – William Archibald (b. 1850), South Australian politician
- September 14 – Charles Hedley (b. 1862), naturalist
- October 3 – Samuel James Mitchell (b. 1852), first Supreme Court of NT judge
- December 11 – Sir William McMillan (b. 1850), politician
- December 11 – Gottlieb Schuler (b. 1854), journalist
- December 13 – William Spence (b. 1846), trade union leader and politician
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