1953 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1953 in Australia .
Incumbents
Robert Menzies
State Premiers
State Governors
Events
Aerial view of the Story Bridge , 1953
Science and technology
The first town to fluoridate the water supply in Australia was Beaconsfield, Tasmania .[ 1]
Arts and literature
Sport
Winner of the Sun Girl Quest at Suttons Beach, 1953
Athletics
26 September – Roland Guy wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:24:48 in Sydney .
Cricket
Football
Rugby league
Golf
Horse racing
Motor racing
Tennis
Yachting
Births
16 January – Vic Aanensen , Australian rules football player
4 February – Pam Allan , politician
5 February – Rod Jones , Australian novelist
14 February – Greg Browning , field hockey player
4 March
7 March – Peter Webb , politician
15 March – Randall Goff , water polo player
17 March
12 April – Mike Munro , journalist
16 April – Peter Garrett , singer and politician
21 April
30 April – Craig Baumann , politician
2 May – Chris Anderson , rugby league footballer and coach
8 May
20 May – Robert Doyle , politician
16 June – Sandra Nori , politician
24 June – Michael Tuck , Australian Rules football player
1 July
5 July – David Morrow , sports commentator (died 2024)
13 July – Andrew Tink , politician
21 July – Jeff Fatt , musician (The Cockroaches and The Wiggles )
23 July – Geoff Corrigan , politician
27 July – Yahoo Serious , filmmaker
17 August – Noni Hazlehurst , actress
26 August – General David Hurley, AC, DSC , Chief of the Defence Force (2011–2014)
9 September – Janet Fielding , actress
11 September – Renée Geyer , singer (died 2023)
27 September – Greg Ham , musician (Men at Work ) (died 2012)
13 November – Bob Brett , tennis coach (died 2021)
25 November – Graham Eadie , rugby league footballer
12 December – Martin Ferguson , politician
Deaths
28 January – James Scullin , 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876 )
12 February – Sir Hal Colebatch , 12th Premier of Western Australia (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1872 )
18 February – Denis Lutge , rugby league and union footballer (b. 1879 )
6 March – Stephen Moreno , composer (born in Spain and died in France ) (b. 1889 )
2 May – Trevor Oldham , 13th Deputy Premier of Victoria (died in India ) (b. 1900 )
22 May – Louis Lavater , composer (b. 1867 )
25 August – Jessie Aspinall , doctor, first female junior medical resident at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (b. 1880 )[ 2]
1 September – Bernard O'Dowd , journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866 )[ 3]
2 December – Reginald Baker , athlete, sports promoter and film actor (died in the United States ) (b. 1884 )
20 December – King O'Malley , Tasmanian politician (born in the United States ) (b. 1858 )
See also
References
1953 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand