Sport
- Athletics
- 26 September – Roland Guy wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:24:48 in Sydney.
- Cricket
- South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield
- Football
- 23 May: Fitzroy go within ten minutes of a team score of 0.0 (0), which would have been a VFL first, against Footscray in appalling conditions. Allan Ruthven kicks a late goal to save them from this ignominy.
- 1 August: Collingwood end Geelong’s record 26-game unbeaten streak, which still stand, when they win 10.15 (75) to 7.13 (55).
- South Australian National Football League premiership: won by West Torrens
- Victorian Football League premiership: Collingwood defeated Geelong 77-65
- Rugby
- Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Souths defeated Easts 21-4
- New South Wales Rugby League premiership: South Sydney defeated St. George 31-12
- Golf
- Australian Open: won by Norman Von Nida
- Australian PGA Championship: won by Ossie Pickworth
- Horse Racing
- My Hero wins the Caulfield Cup
- Hydrogen wins the Cox Plate
- Wodalla wins the Melbourne Cup
- Motor Racing
- The Australian Grand Prix was held at Albert Park and won by Doug Whiteford driving a Talbot-Lago
- Tennis
- Australian Open men's singles: Ken Rosewall defeats Mervyn Rose 6-0 6-3 6-4
- Australian Open women's singles: Maureen Connolly defeats Julie Sampson Haywood 6-3 6-2
- Davis Cup: Australia defeats the United States 3-2 in the 1953 Davis Cup final
- Wimbledon: Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall win the Men's Doubles
- Yachting
- Solveig IV takes line honours and Ripple wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
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