2008 in Australia

Deaths

5 January – Clinton Grybas, 32, sports commentator
8 January – George T. D. Moore, 84, former jockey and horse trainer
9 January – Tim Willoughby, 53, Olympic rower
11 January – Nancy Phelan, 94, writer
12 January – Isobel Bennett, 98, marine biologist
19 January – Creighton Burns, 82, editor of The Age newspaper (1981–1989)
22 January – Heath Ledger, 28, actor (died in New York City)
25 January – Roc Kirby, 89, founder of Village Roadshow Limited
26 January – Padraic McGuinness, 69, journalist
3 February – Jackie Orszaczky, 59, Hungarian-born musician and record producer
14 February – Smoky Dawson, 94, country music performer
19 February – Peter Pianto, 78, VFL player and coach for Geelong
21 February – Geoff Leek, 76, VFL player for Essendon
25 February – Ashley Cooper, 27, V8 Supercar race driver
28 February – Val Plumwood, 67, ecologist and feminist
1 March – Sid Spindler, 76, Democrats senator
3 March – Norm O'Neill, 71, cricketer
14 March – Clyde Cameron, 95, Whitlam government minister
16 March – Bill Brown, 95, cricketer and member of the 1948 Invincibles
19 March – John Dowie, 93, sculptor
6 April – Tony Davies, 68, New Zealand rugby union player
7 April – Sir Frank Little, 82, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne
8 April – John Button, 74, ALP senator and Hawke government minister
10 April – Kim Santow, 67, NSW Supreme Court judge, university chancellor
24 April – Tristram Cary, 82, British composer
30 April – John Cargher, 89, ABC Radio presenter
9 May – Jack Gibson, 79, rugby league coach and player
10 May – Jessie Jacobs, 17, actress (The Saddle Club)
22 May – Charlie Booth, 104, athlete and inventor of the starting block
26 May – Alan Renouf, 89, head of DFAT and ambassador
27 May – Mick Nolan, 58, Australian rules footballer.
3 June – Trevor Kaine, 80, Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (1989–1991)
11 June – Sir Francis Hassett, 90, soldier and head of the Australian Defence Force
22 June – Jane McGrath, 42, cancer support campaigner and wife of cricketer Glenn McGrath
6 July – Jack C. Collins, 78, Australian rules footballer (Footscray)
7 July – Yitzchok Dovid Groner, 83, chief rabbi of Melbourne’s Chabad-Lubavitch community
12 July – Olive Riley, 108, believed to have been the world's oldest blogger
13 July – Peter Durack, 81, Liberal Party senator and Fraser government minister
16 July – Lindsay Thompson, 84, Premier of Victoria (1981–1982)
18 July – Peter Welsh, 54, Australian rules footballer
25 July – Jeff Fehring, 52, Australian rules footballer
5 August – Reg Lindsay, 79, country music singer
12 August – Christie Allen, 53, pop music singer
28 August – Mark Priestley, 32, television actor (All Saints)
1 September – Michael Pate, 88, actor and writer
1 September – Kevin Heinze, 81, ABC television and radio presenter
4 September – Colin Egar, 80, cricket umpire and administrator
12 September – Bob Quinn, 88, SANFL footballer
23 September – Peter Leonard, 66, journalist and television presenter
24 September – Sir Peter Derham, 83, businessman and philanthropist
25 September – Roger Vanderfield, 80, rugby union referee and administrator
2 October – Rob Guest, 58, stage actor and singer
4 October – Levi Kereama, 27, R&B Singer
27 November – Paul Hibbert, 56, cricketer
2 December – Frank Crean, 92, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer in the Whitlam government
6 December – Richard Marsland, 32, actor, comedian and radio announcer
8 December – Kerryn McCann, 41, athlete
10 December – Dorothy Porter, 54, poet
29 December – William Ellis Green, 85, cartoonist