Births
- 8 January – Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, scientist and life peer of the United Kingdom
- 22 January – Noel Kelly, professional rugby league footballer and coach
- 23 January – Brian Howe, politician
- 2 February – John Hyde, politician
- 13 February – Judith Rodriguez, poet
- 17 February – Barry Jarman, cricketer
- 24 February – John Baker, soldier and Chief of the Defence Force (died 2007)
- 27 February – Ron Barassi, Australian rules football player and coach
- 27 February – Ian Tomlinson, triple and long jumper (died 1995)
- 28 February – Robin Klein, author
- 16 June – Charles Perkins, Aboriginal activist (died 2000)
- 29 June – Eddie Mabo, indigenous land rights campaigner (died 1992)
- 10 August – Frank Ford, politician
- 16 August – Lindsay Gaze, basketballer
- 13 October – Robert Ingpen, graphic designer and illustrator
- 4 November – Brian Gibson, Senator for Tasmania
- 5 November – Robert J. O'Neill, military historian
- 16 November – John Moore, Minister for Defence (1998–2001)
- 11 December – Maggie Tabberer, fashion model and media personality
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“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)