2009 in Australia - Deaths

Deaths

• 3 January – John Grindrod, 89, Anglican Primate of Australia (1982–1989) and Archbishop of Brisbane (1980–1989)
• 8 January – Deborah Riedel, 50, operatic soprano
• 13 January – Nancy-Bird Walton, 93, aviation pioneer
• 18 January - Luke Borusiewicz, 2, murder victim (born 2006)
• 21 January – Ernie Bourne, 82, actor
• 21 January – Pat Crawford, 75, Test cricketer
• 31 January – Sir John Fuller, 91, NSW government minister
• 1 February – Anna Donald, 42, epidemiologist
• 1 February – Peter Howson, 89, politician
• 7 February – Reg Evans, 80, actor
• 7 February – Brian Naylor, 78, newsreader
• 8 February – Neil McNeill, 87, politician
• 11 February – Penny Ramsey, actress
• 13 February – Julius Patching, 92, Olympic administrator
• 20 February – Fine Cotton, 31, racehorse
• 9 March – Vince Cervi, 45, boxer
• 23 March – Peter Wherrett, 72, motoring journalist
• 24 March – Laurie Short, 93, trade union leader
• 1 April – Margreta Elkins, 78, mezzo-soprano opera singer
• 5 April – George Tribe, 88, Test cricketer
• 6 April – Shawn Mackay, 26, rugby union footballer (died in South Africa)
• 7 April – Jobie Dajka, 27, track cyclist
• 8 April – James Allen Keast, 86, ornithologist (died in Canada)
• 11 April – Rob Dickson, 45, film-maker and Australian rules footballer (died in South Africa)
• 13 April – John Armitage, 88, politician
• 13 April – Frank Costigan, 78, lawyer and royal commissioner
• 14 April – Max Lake, 84, winemaker and surgeon
• 14 April – Sir Marcus Loane, 97, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Primate of Australia
• 24 April – Michael Parsons, 48, Australian rules footballer
• 28 April – Richard Pratt, 74, businessman
• 1 May – George Hannan, 98, politician
• 1 May – Sunline, 13, racehorse
• 13 May – Don Cordner, 87, Australian rules footballer
• 15 May – E. Beatrice Riley, 112, oldest person in Australia
• 15 May – Bud Tingwell, 86, actor
• 17 May – Dame Patricia Mackinnon, 97, President of the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
• 18 May – Jerzy Zubrzycki, 89, sociologist
• 20 May – Paul Vinar, 69, Australian rules footballer
• 4 June – Chris O'Brien, 57, oncologist and surgeon
• 19 June – Stan Sismey, 92, cricketer
• 3 July – Victor Smorgon, 96, industrialist
• 3 July – Frank Devine, 77, newspaper editor
• 8 July – Edward Kenna, 90, recipient of the Victoria Cross
• 11 July – Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, 68(?), convicted sex offender
• 6 August – Sam, koala made famous in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires
• 7 August – John Harber Phillips, 75, Chief Justice of Victoria (1991–2003)
• 21 August – Dean Turner, 37, bass player in rock group Magic Dirt.
• 29 August – Frank Gardner, 78, racing driver and driving safety advocate
• 8 September – Ray Barrett, 82, actor
• 14 September – Mike Leyland, 68, one of the Leyland Brothers
• 17 September – Virginia Chadwick, 64, politician
• 20 September – Ken Hough, 80, Australian-born New Zealand cricket and football international
• 22 September – Bruce McPhee, 82, racing driver and Bathurst winner
• 27 September – John Youl, 77, racing driver and prominent grazier
• 2 October – Jack Evans, 80, former Senator
• 6 October – Jimmy Bates, 99, oldest living VFL/AFL footballer (Essendon)
• 8 October – Gordon Boyd, 86, television personality
• 13 October – Leo Williams, 68, rugby union official
• 14 October – Fred Cress, 71, artist
• 22 October – Don Lane, 75, television presenter and entertainer
• 22 October – Paul Andrews, 53, West Australian politician
• 27 October – Alex Harris, 34, paralympic swimmer
• 31 October – Peter Hollinger, 76, racing driver and automotive engineer
• 9 November – Clen Denning, 98, oldest living VFL/AFL footballer (Carlton, Fitzroy)
• 16 November – Jack Wong Sue, 84, RAAF officer and war hero
• 19 November – Pat Mackie, 95, miner and trade unionist
• 23 November – Richard Meale, 77, composer
• 30 November – Brent Green, 33, Australian rules footballer
• 14 December – Jack Denham, 85, horse trainer
• 22 December – Mick Cocks, rock guitarist (Rose Tattoo)
• 30 December – Rowland S. Howard, musician (The Birthday Party)