Births
- 7 January – Robert Juniper, artist
- 28 January - Claes Oldenburg, artist
- 27 February – Jack Arthur Gibson (died 2008), rugby league footballer and coach
- 31 January – John Stone, politician
- 1 February – R. A. Simpson, poet (died 2002)
- 7 February – John Sullivan, politician
- 16 February – Peter Porter, poet
- 29 April – Peter Sculthorpe, composer
- 7 May – Len Fitzgerald, Australian rules footballer
- 15 May – Kevin Cairns, politician (died 1984)
- 24 May – Brian Wenzel, actor
- 26 May – Ernie Carroll, television personality
- 10 June – Ian Sinclair, politician and former leader of the National Party
- 12 June – Roy Bull (died 2004), rugby league footballer and coach
- 23 June – Herb Barker, athlete (died 2006)
- 26 June – June Bronhill, opera singer (died 2005)
- 5 July – Jimmy Carruthers, boxer (died 1990)
- 8 July – Bruce Gyngell, television executive (died 2000)
- 20 July – David Tonkin, Premier of South Australia (1979–1982)
- 5 August – Reg Lindsay, country music singer (died 2008)
- 9 August – John Wheeldon, politician
- 23 August – Peter Thomson, golfer
- 25 August – Ron Lord, soccer player
- 25 September – Jack Rutherford, cricketer
- 1 October – Ken Arthurson, rugby league footballer, coach and administrator.
- 31 October – Eddie Charlton, snooker and billiards player (died 2004)
- 15 November – Eric Robinson, politician
- 9 December – Bob Hawke, trade union leader and Prime Minister of Australia (1983–1991)
- 31 December – Doug Anthony, politician
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“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)