Deaths
- 14 May – Frederick Lane (born 1888), swimmer
- 3 August – Alexander Mair (born 1889), Premier of New South Wales (1939–1941)
- 25 August – Robert Cosgrove (born 1894), Premier of Tasmania (1939–1947, 1948–1958)
- 17 November – Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (born 1890), Governor of South Australia (1939–1944)
- 21 November – Norman Lindsay (born 1879), artist
- 27 November – May Gibbs, (born 1877) children's author.
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