The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Australia .
James Scullin Designer and socialite Hera Roberts on the deck of the HNLMS JAVA , Sydney Harbour, 1930 Arts and literature [ edit ] Mervyn Rose Diane Holland 11 January
12 January – Ewan Cameron , Victorian politician
14 January – Joy McKean , country singer-songwriter (d. 2023 )
19 January – Don Kendell , businessman (d. 2001 )
21 January – Arthur Tonkin , Western Australian politician (d. 2022 )
23 January – Mervyn Rose , tennis player (d. 2017 )
26 January – Richard Killen , New South Wales politician (d. 2012 )
28 January – A. David Buckingham , chemist (d. 2021 )
9 February – Robert Bropho , Indigenous rights activist and convicted sex offender (d. 2011 )
12 February – Jim Ramsay , Victorian politician (d. 2013 )
15 February – Bruce Dawe , poet (d. 2020 )
21 February – Elsa Klensch , journalist and television presenter (d. 2022 )
22 February – Max Smith , New South Wales politician (d. 2020 )
26 February – Les McMahon , New South Wales politician (d. 2015 )
27 February – Joe Riordan , New South Wales politician (d. 2012 )
27 February – Diane Holland , actress (d. 2009 )Rolf Harris John Landy 1 March – Doris Goddard , cabaret singer and actress (d. 2019 )
4 March – John Toohey , High Court justice (d. 2015 )
5 March – John Miles , Victorian politician (d. 2010 )
11 March – Geoffrey Blainey , historian
18 March – Joan Chambers , Victorian politician (d. 2016 )
19 March – Pat Hanlon , Queensland politician (d. 2014 )
23 March – Owen Harries , academic and magazine editor (born in the United Kingdom ) (d. 2020 )
29 March – John Marshall , Olympic swimmer (d. 1957 )
30 March – Rolf Harris , entertainer, musician and convicted sex offender (d. 2023 )
5 April – Bob Fell , Victorian politician (d. 2009 )
11 April
12 April
13 April – Dorothy Isaksen , New South Wales politician (d. 2023 )
14 April – Kevin Humphreys , rugby league player (d. 2010 )
20 April – Gordon Hamilton Fairley , surgeon and oncologist (d. 1975 )
24 April – Ken Muggleston , set decorator (d. 2021 )Malcolm Fraser Jim Burke Dugald Munro 4 May – Colin Hughes , academic and public servant (born in The Bahamas ) (d. 2017 )
7 May – Tom McVeigh , Queensland politician
9 May – Bob Brown , motorcyclist (d. 1960 )
15 May – Haddon Storey , Victorian politician
16 May – Brian Davies , rugby league footballer (d. 2012 )
21 May
24 May
30 May – Sever Sternhell , academic, and organic chemist (born in Poland ) (d. 2022 )
9 June
11 June – Neale Lavis , Olympic equestrian (d. 2019 )
12 June
14 June – Lorna Fejo , member of the stolen generations (d. 2022 )
16 June – Malcolm Brooks , New South Wales politician (d. 2020 )
18 June – Roger Johnston , Victorian politician (d. 2020 )
25 June – Alf Hughes , Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ) (d. 2019 )Bobby Dimond Al Lawrence 1 July – Jack Hedley , Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne ) (d. 2021 )
2 July – Ron Grey , senior army officer and commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (d. 2022 )
6 July
10 July
14 July
17 July – Sir William Heseltine , Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
18 July – Judy Gamin , Queensland politician (d. 2022 )
20 July – Bryan Conquest , Queensland politician (d. 2018 )
26 July – Johno Johnson , New South Wales politician (d. 2017 )
30 July
31 July – John Freebairn , South Australian politician (d. 2016 )
2 August – Vali Myers , visionary artist, dancer, bohemian and muse (d. 2003 )
2 August – Peter Lehmann , wine producer (d. 2013 )
22 August – Brian Bannon , New South Wales politician (d. 2017 )
24 August – Paul Mooney , rugby union player (d. 2006 )September - October [ edit ] Richie Benaud 9 September
11 September – Clifford Grant , operatic singer (d. 2021 )
22 September – Donald MacMillan , rugby union player (d. 1982 )
29 September – Richard Bonynge , conductor and pianist
4 October – Keith Batchelor , Australian rules footballer (Collingwood and North Melbourne ) (d. 2009 )
6 October – Richie Benaud , cricketer and commentator (d. 2015 )
11 October – Ian Foreman , Australian rules footballer (Footscray ) (d. 2021 )
22 October – Sir Frank Lowy , businessman (born in Czechoslovakia )
26 October – Shirley Abicair , actress, musician and author
31 October – Bill Hewitt , Queensland politician (d. 2016 )November - December [ edit ] Marie Bashir 14 November – Ray Land , Olympic sprinter (d. 2020 )
15 November – Ray Thorburn , New South Wales politician (d. 1986 )
18 November – Geoff Williams , Australian rules footballer (Geelong ) (d. 2020 )
21 November – Eddie Stapleton , rugby union player (d. 2005 )
27 November – Dick Poole , rugby league player
28 November – Kate Baxter , fencer (d. 2019 )
29 November – Max Evans , Western Australian politician (d. 2019 )
30 November – John Newham , 16th Chief of the Air Staff (d. 2022 )
1 December – Dame Marie Bashir , 37th Governor of New South Wales
3 December
4 December – Sir Donald Trescowthick , businessman (d. 2024 )
5 December
8 December
17 December – Dorothy Rowe , psychologist
19 December – Richard Scotton , health economist (d. 2019 )
20 December – Noel Ferrier , actor (d. 1997 )
29 December – Lilliane Brady , Mayor of Cobar (d. 2021 )
31 December – Phil O'Brien , Australian rules footballer (Hawthorn ) (d. 2020 )Sir Henry Lefroy Sir James McCay 14 January – John Bisdee , military officer and Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1869 )
18 January – Brailsford Robertson , physiologist and biochemist (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1884 )
3 March – Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore , 12th Governor of South Australia (born and died in the United Kingdom ) (d. 1852 )
19 March – Sir Henry Lefroy , 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854 )
22 April – John Russell , impressionist painter (b. 1858 )
21 May – Robert Cook , Victorian politician (b. 1867 )
27 May – Jethro Brown , jurist and professor of law (b. 1868 )
6 July – Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville , sculptor, water colourist, and educator (b. 1861 )
27 July – George James Coates , artist (died in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1869 )
20 August
2 September – Archibald Strong , scholar and poet (b. 1876 )
11 September – William Carpenter , Western Australian politician (b. 1863 )
19 September – Sir Neville Howse , New South Wales politician, military officer and first Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (born and died in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1863 )
1 October
30 October – John Creed , New South Wales politician and doctor (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1842 )
13 November – Thomas Bulch , musician and composer (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1862 )
14 November – Sandy Pearce , rugby league player (b. 1883 )
16 December – Octavius Beale , piano manufacturer and philanthropist (born in Ireland ) (b. 1850 )
1930 in Oceania
Sovereign states
Australia
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Associated states of New Zealand