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The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Australia .
List of events
Incumbents
State Premiers
State Governors
Events
Science and technology
Arts and literature
Film
Sport
Births
1 January –
Peter Duncan , politician
2 January
8 January –
Jeannie Lewis , musician
10 January –
John Fahey , 38th Premier of New South Wales (1992–1995) (died 2020)
15 January –
John Peard , rugby league player and coach
19 January –
Judith Clingan , composer and musician
22 January –
Arthur Beetson , rugby league player and coach (died 2011)
22 January –
Ken Ticehurst , politician
26 January –
John Coates , mathematician (died 2022)
28 January –
Peter Cochran , politician
11 February
23 February –
Robert Gray , poet
26 February –
Peter Brock , racing driver (died 2006)
3 March –
George Miller , film director and producer
16 March –
Michael Cobb , politician
28 March –
Johnny Famechon , boxer (died 2022)
10 April –
Kevin Berry , butterfly swimmer (died 2006)
13 April –
Judy Nunn , actress, author
8 May –
Janine Haines , politician (died 2004)
17 May –
Tony Roche , tennis player
22 May –
Bob Katter , politician
27 May –
George Thompson , politician
29 May –
Chris Barrie , Chief of the Defence Force
1 June –
Kerry Vincent , chef and author (died 2021)
2 June –
Michael Leunig ,
cartoonist
10 June –
Martin Wesley-Smith , composer (died 2019)
13 July –
Ashley Mallett , cricketer (died 2021)
17 July –
Athena Starwoman , astrologer (died 2004)
18 July
21 July –
Geoff Dymock , cricketer
1 August –
Ken Aldred , politician (died 2016)
2 August –
Alex Jesaulenko , Australian rules football player
6 August –
Tony Dell , cricketer
7 August
12 August –
Mal Washer , politician
18 August –
Gillian Bouras , writer
23 August –
Ian McManus , politician
27 August –
Kerry O'Brien , television journalist
22 October –
Clover Moore , politician, 82nd Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney (2004–present)
25 October –
Peter Ledger , illustrator (died 1994)
26 October –
John Romeril , playwright
1 November –
John Williamson , singer
15 November –
Roger Donaldson , New Zealand film director
19 November –
Barry Haase , politician
26 November –
Roger Price , politician
28 November –
John Hargreaves , actor (died 1996)
5 December –
Joanne Burns , poet
7 December –
Bob Martin , politician
15 December –
Thaao Penghlis , actor
22 December –
Sam Newman , Australian rules football player and media personality
31 December –
Vernon Wells , actor
Deaths
28 January –
Samuel Dennis , Victorian politician (b.
1870 )
4 March –
Sir Harry Chauvel , 11th
Chief of the General Staff (b.
1865 )
5 March –
Rupert Downes , soldier (b.
1885 )
6 April –
Paddy Stokes , New South Wales politician (b.
1884 )
15 April –
Thomas Collins , New South Wales politician (b.
1884 )
1 June –
Walter Frederick Gale , banker and astronomer (b.
1865 )
5 June –
Albert Piddington , New South Wales politician and High Court judge (b.
1862 )
5 July –
John Curtin , Prime Minister of Australia (b.
1885 )
10 July –
Jack Moses , bush poet (b.
1861 )
11 July –
Frank Hill , New South Wales politician (b.
1883 )
29 July –
Henry Burrell , naturalist (b.
1873 )
5 August –
Alfred Reid , New South Wales politician (b.
1867 )
20 August –
Sir Macpherson Robertson , confectioner (b.
1859 )
6 September –
David Hall , New South Wales politician and barrister (b.
1874 )
15 September –
William Calman Grahame , New South Wales politician (b.
1863 )
15 October –
Tom Swiney , New South Wales politician (b.
1875 )
12 November –
Reginald Weaver , New South Wales politician (b.
1876 )
6 December –
Sir Edmund Dwyer-Gray , Premier of Tasmania (b.
1870 )
See also
References
1945 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand