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The following lists events that happened during 1950 in Australia .
List of events
Incumbents Robert Menzies State Premiers State Governors Events Arts and literature Unknown dates Sport Cricket
Cycling
Sid Patterson wins the world amateur pursuit cycling title in BelgiumFootball
Golf
Horse Racing
Motor Racing
Tennis
Yachting
Births 1 January – Wayne Bennett , rugby league footballer and coach
11 February – John Cobb , politician
14 February – Phil Dent , tennis player
16 February – Malcolm Blight , Australian Rules football player
20 February – Gary Manuel , football (soccer) player
1 March – Estelle Blackburn , journalist
11 March – Sam Kekovich , Australian Rules football player
18 March – Larry Perkins , ATCC/V8 Supercars racing driver
30 March – Warren Snowdon , politician
10 April – Mick Dodson , indigenous leader
15 April – Peter Cochrane , historian
21 April – Bruce Duperouzel , footballer and cricketer
29 April – Phillip Noyce , film director
11 May – Gary Foley , indigenous activist
15 May – Jim Bacon , Premier of Tasmania (2001–2004, died 2004)
26 May – Paul Omodei , WA politician
29 May – Lesley Hunt , tennis player
31 May – Warren Entsch , politician
13 June - Belinda Bauer , actress
13 July – Kevin McQuay , businessman (died 2005)
15 July – Colin Barnett , WA politician
15 July – Alan Hurst , cricketer
15 July – Peter Reith , politician
17 July – Nick Bolkus , politician
21 July – Allan Maher , football (soccer) goalkeeper
8 August – Philip Salom , poet and novelist
16 August – Jeff Thomson , cricketer
6 September – Robyn Davidson , writer
11 September – Bruce Doull , Australian Rules football player
27 September – John Marsden , writer
14 October – Kate Grenville , novelist
30 October - Tim Sheens , rugby league footballer and coach
2 November – Graeme Murphy , choreographer
7 November – John Lang , rugby league footballer and coach
25 November – Alexis Wright , writer
1 December – Ross Hannaford , guitarist (Daddy Cool) (died 2016)
10 December – Robert Cusack , swimmer
12 December
18 December – Gillian Armstrong , film director
22 December – Nick Enright , playwright, director (died 2003) Deaths 2 January – James Dooley (born 1877), Premier of New South Wales (1921–1922)
2 January – Beaumont Smith (born 1885), film director and producer
20 January – Ray Duggan (born 1913), speedway motorcycle racer
25 January – Chummy Fleming (born 1863), trade unionist
23 February – Henry Willis (born 1860), politician
28 February – Ted Theodore (born 1884), Premier of Queensland (1919–1925)
19 March – Harry Wright (born 1870), Australian rules footballer (Essendon )
14 April – Sir Albert Dunstan (born 1882), Premier of Victoria (1935–1943, 1943–1945)
6 May – Lancelot De Mole (born 1880), engineer and inventor
15 May – Jack Hickey (born 1887), dual-code rugby international
11 June – Ernest Henshaw (born 1870), WA politician
20 June – Claude Jennings (born 1884), cricketer
14 July – Bill Howell (born 1869), cricketer
31 July – George Wise (born 1853), politician and solicitor
6 August – Edwin Corboy (born 1896), politician
8 August – Fergus McMaster (born 1879), co-founder of Qantas
3 September – Michael Durack (born 1865), pastoralist and WA pioneer
22 September – Edward Fowell Martin (born 1875), soldier
24 September – Dame Mary Turner Cook (born 1863), wife of Prime Minister Sir Joseph Cook
6 November – Frank Brennan (born 1873), politician
20 November – Erle Cox (born 1873), journalist and science fiction author
16 December – James Fenton (born 1864), politician
29 December – Albert Lane (born 1873), politician See also External links
1950 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states
