1928 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1928 in Australia.
Incumbents
State premiers
State governors
Events
Arts and literature
Film
- 29 December – The Jazz Singer becomes the first sound film screened in Australia. It premieres at the Lyceum Theatre in Sydney [1]
Sport
Births
- 17 January – Ken Archer, cricketer (died 2023)
- 19 January – John Treloar, track and field athlete (died 2012)
- 21 January – James Achurch, javelin thrower (died 2015)
- 29 February – Terry Lewis, police officer and convicted fraudster (died 2023)
- 14 March – June Maston, sprinter and athletics coach (died 2004)
- 2 April – Denis Flannery, rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s (died 2012)
- 30 May – Pro Hart, artist (died 2006)
- June – Mike Williamson, sports commentator (died 2019)
- 3 June – Beryl Kimber, violinist and educator (died 2022)
- 12 June – Bob Davis, Australian rules footballer (died 2011)
- 15 June – Joan Croll, physician and radiologist (died 2022)
- 18 June – Michael Blakemore, actor and director (died 2023)[4]
- 1 July – Robert Wemyss, Australian football (soccer) player
- 7 July – Henry Sommerville, fencer (died 2010)
- 17 July – David Leach, senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (died 2020)
- 18 July – Russell Mockridge, cyclist (died 1958)
- 8 August – Don Burrows, jazz musician (died 2020)
- 12 August – Charles Blackman, painter (died 2018)
- 31 August – A. W. Pryor, physicist (died 2014)
- 8 October – Leonard French, glass artist (died 2017)
- 27 October – Thomas Perrin, cricketer
- 16 November – Patricia Giles, activist (died 2017)
- 17 November – Colin McDonald, cricketer (died 2021)[5]
- 18 November – Bruce Rosier, Anglican bishop (died 2019)
- 30 November – Steele Hall, Premier of South Australia
- 15 December – Peter Coleman, politician and writer (died 2019)
- 26 December – Maureen Brunt, economist (died 2019)
- 27 December – Phillip Bennett, Governor of Tasmania (died 2023)
- date unknown – John Challis, gay rights activist
Deaths
See also
References
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