Deaths
- 8 January – Monica Maughan, 76, stage, film and television actor.
- 10 January – Bill Patterson, 86, racing driver and businessman.
- 12 January – Ken Colbung, 78, Aboriginal elder
- 18 January – Cyril Burke, 84, rugby union player
- 22 January – Betty Wilson, 88, cricketer
- 25 January – Lynn Bayonas, 66, writer and producer
- 27 January – George Hanlon, 92, racehorse trainer
- 2 February – Nelli Shkolnikova, 83, violinist
- 3 February – John McCallum, 91, actor and television producer
- 13 February – Ken Emerson, 79, cartoonist
- 13 February – Jock Ferguson, 64, union leader and politician
- 15 February – Ian Gray, 46, soccer player
- 18 February – Ruby Hunter, 55, singer
- 21 February – Robert Woodward, 86, architect and fountain designer
- 26 February – Tom Bass, 93, sculptor
- 28 February – Phillip Law, 97, scientist and explorer
- 9 March – Lionel Cox, 80, cyclist
- 20 March – Chicka Dixon, 81, Aboriginal activist
- 24 March – Ron Hamence, 94, cricketer, member of The Invincibles
- 26 March – Rocco Pantaleo, 53, restaurateur (La Porchetta)
- 2 April – Lady Sonia McMahon, 77, socialite and wife of William McMahon
- 13 April – Bernie Kilgariff, 86, Northern Territory politician
- 15 April – Sir Edward Woodward, 81, judge
- 18 April – Viewed, 6, racehorse, winner of the 2008 Melbourne Cup
- 18 April – William Yates, 88, politician
- 19 April – Carl Williams, 39, murderer
- 21 April – Sir Laurence Muir, 85, businessman and philanthropist
- 23 April – Georgia Lee, 89, jazz and blues singer
- 23 April – Peter Porter, 81, poet
- 29 April – Kevin Humphreys, 80, rugby league administrator
- 2 May – Andrew McFarlane, 33, motocross racer
- 2 May – Murray Nicoll, 66, journalist and broadcaster, Ash Wednesday fires commentator
- 3 May – Merv McIntosh, 87, Australian rules footballer
- 10 May – Jeff Shaw, 60, New South Wales Attorney-General and Supreme Court judge
- 13 May – Peter Provan, 73, rugby league footballer
- 18 May – Don Day, 86, politician
- 21 May – Adrian Cruickshank, 73, politician
- 25 May – Alan Hickinbotham, 84, Australian rules footballer and businessman
- 30 May – Dame Pat Evison, 86, television actress
- 2 June – Michael Schildberger, 72, journalist
- 7 June – Adriana Xenides, 54, television personality
- 18 June – John Whitelaw, 89, soldier
- 20 June – Ken Talbot, 59, businessman
- 28 June – Peter Bowers, 80, journalist
- 4 July – Alf Howard, 104, explorer
- 7 July – Brian O'Shaughnessy, 84, philosopher
- 9 July – Jessica Anderson, 93, writer
- 14 July – Charles Mackerras, 84, conductor
- 19 July – Jon Cleary, 92, novelist
- 19 July – David Warren, 85, inventor of the flight data recorder
- 26 July – Sir Brian Bell, 82, businessman in Papua New Guinea
- 27 July – Alan Gilbert, 65, historian and education administrator
- 30 July – Roy Smith, New South Wales politician
- 2 August – Ian Castles, 75, statistician, economist and public servant
- 4 August – Jim Kennan, 64, lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Victoria (1990–1992)
- 4 August – Frank Latta, 63, surfer and surfboard shaper
- 5 August – Sue Napier, 62, politician, Deputy Premier of Tasmania (1996–1998)
- 6 August – Jeff McLean, 63, rugby union footballer
- 13 September – Gus Williams, 73, musician
- 23 September – Malcolm Douglas, 69, bushman and documentary maker
- 10 October – Dame Joan Sutherland, 83, opera singer (died in Switzerland)
- 17 October – Ken Wriedt, 83, politician
- 21 October – Sir Leslie Froggatt, 90, businessman
- 4 November – James Freud, 51, musician (Models)
- 14 November – Bobbi Sykes, 67, Aboriginal rights activist
- 22 November – Frank Fenner, 95, scientist
- 26 November – Kevin Parry, 77, businessman
- 6 December – Norman Hetherington, 89, cartoonist and creator of Mr. Squiggle
- 7 December – Gus Mercurio, 82, actor
- 8 December – John James, 76, Australian rules footballer
- 13 December – James Dibble, 87, television presenter
- 14 December – Ruth Park, 93, author
- 15 December – Stan "Pops" Heal, 90, Australian rules footballer
- 16 December – Reg Hope, 83, Tasmanian politician
- 25 December – Gavin Brown, 68, academic
- 25 December – Maurice Rioli, 53, Australian rules footballer
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