Births
- 14 January – Graham Marsh, golfer
- 18 January – Paul Keating, Prime Minister of Australia (1991–1996)
- 19 January – Paul Gibson, NSW politician
- 3 February – Trisha Noble, singer and actress
- 9 February – Derryn Hinch, media personality
- 10 February – Peter Allen, entertainer (died 1992)
- 17 February – Robert Dessaix, writer
- 18 March – Dick Smith, businessman
- 22 April – Damien Broderick, science fiction author
- 22 May – John Flanagan, author
- 23 May – John Newcombe, tennis player
- 26 May – Andrew Jones, politician
- 28 May – Paul D. Scully-Power, oceanographer and astronaut
- 6 June – Matt Carroll, film and television producer
- 6 June – Rene Rivkin, businessman (died 2005)
- 4 July – Ray Meagher, actor
- 23 July – Alex Buzo, playwright and author (died 2006)
- 17 August – Nicholas John Vine-Hall, genealogist
- 21 August – Peter Weir, film director
- 2 September – Ray Groom, Premier of Tasmania (1992–1996)
- 8 September – Terry Jenner, cricketer
- 5 September – Gareth Evans, politician
- 11 September – Alan Gilbert, academic and university Vice-Chancellor
- 13 September – Midget Farrelly, surfer
- 19 September – Colin Dibley, tennis player
- 25 October - Ron Coote, rugby league footballer
- 21 November – Kay Patterson, Liberal Senator for Victoria
- 4 December – Lawrence Peckham, high jumper
- 20 December – Ray Martin, television presenter (60 Minutes – 1979–1985, A Current Affair – 1994–1998 & 2003–3005, Midday – 1985–1993)
- 27 December – Bob Brown, 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)