Births
- 17 January – Ita Buttrose, journalist
- 19 February – David Williamson, playwright
- 24 February – Colin Bond, racing driver
- 13 March – George Negus, journalist
- 13 May – Richard Butler, diplomat and Governor of Tasmania (2003–2004)
- 15 May – Doug Lowe, Premier of Tasmania (1977–1981)
- 16 May – Margaret Court, tennis player
- 21 May – John Konrads, swimmer
- 2 June – Mike Ahern, Premier of Queensland (1987–1989)
- 18 June – Nick Tate, actor
- 30 June – Gerry Hand, politician
- 2 July – John Farrington, long-distance runner
- 7 July – Carmen Duncan, actress
- 12 July – Billy Smith, rugby league footballer
- 23 July – Sallyanne Atkinson, Lord Mayor of Brisbane
- 25 July – Bruce Woodley, musician
- 28 July – John Sattler, rugby league footballer
- 19 October – Bronwyn Bishop, politician
- 17 November – Derek Clayton, long-distance runner
- 23 December – Quentin Bryce, Governor of Queensland (2003–2008), Governor-General of Australia (2008-Incumbent)
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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.”
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