The following lists events that happened during 1930 in Australia .
Designer and socialite Hera Roberts on the deck of the HNLMS JAVA , Sydney Harbour, 1930
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 )
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 )
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 )