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The following lists events that happened during 1943 in Australia.
List of events
John Curtin
- 5 January –
Mary Gaudron, High Court judge
- 9 January –
Robert Drewe, journalist and writer
- 29 January –
Molly Meldrum, journalist, critic, and producer
- 8 February –
Malcolm Donnelly, opera singer
- 1 March –
Dyson Heydon, High Court judge
- 12 March –
Philip Ruddock, politician
- 14 March –
Aila Keto, environmentalist
- 19 March –
Vern Schuppan, racing driver
- 22 March –
Brian Austin, politician
- 6 April –
Chris Gallus, politician
- 9 April –
Brian James, rugby league player (died 2020)
- 11 April –
Judith Adams, Liberal Senator for South Australia (died 2012)
- 26 April –
David Combe, political lobbyist (died 2019)
- 29 April –
John Tranter, poet (died 2023)
- 30 April –
Paul Jennings, children's author
- 2 May
- 7 May
- 17 May –
Johnny Warren (died 2004), soccer player and coach
- 19 May –
Bob Graham, NSW politician
- 1 June –
Ian King, cricketer
- 4 June –
John Burgess, TV & radio host (Wheel of Fortune & Burgo's Catch Phrase)
- 11 June –
Ray Warren, rugby league commentator
- 19 June –
Barry Hill, historian and writer
- 3 July –
Judith Durham, singer (
The Seekers) (died 2022)
- 11 July –
Richard Carleton, television journalist (died 2006)
- 25 July –
Desmond Mueller, Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2000–2002)
- 26 July –
Robyn Woodhouse, high jumper
- 18 August –
Jean Roberts, Olympic shot putter and discus thrower
- 5 September –
Jack Charles, actor and Aboriginal elder (died 2022)
- 16 September
- 22 September –
Dale Spender, feminist scholar, teacher, writer and consultant (died 2023)
- 26 September –
Ian Chappell, cricketer
- 4 October –
Owen Davidson, tennis player (died 2023)
- 6 October –
Peter Dowding, Premier of Western Australia (1988–1990)
- 9 October –
Dianne Burge, Olympic sprinter (died 2024)
- 6 November –
Ian Turpie (died 2012), TV host & singer (The New Price Is Right)
- 8 November –
Peter Cook (died 2005), politician
- 23 November –
Tony Bonner, actor
- 25 November –
Jan Andrew, Olympic swimmer
- 29 November –
Janet Holmes à Court, businesswoman
- 19 December –
Jimmy Mackay, soccer player (died 1998)
-
3 January –
Sir Walter James, 5th
Premier of Western Australia (b.
1863)
-
8 January –
Richard Hillary, fighter pilot and author (died in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1919)
-
14 February –
Alice Henry, suffragist, journalist and trade unionist (b.
1857)
-
7 March –
Alma Moodie, violinist and educator (died in
Germany) (b.
1898)
-
28 March –
Keith Truscott, Australian rules footballer (
Melbourne) and fighter pilot (b.
1916)
-
29 March –
William Ellis Newton, soldier and
Victoria Cross recipient (died in
New Guinea) (b.
1919)
-
25 April –
Sir Arthur Cocks, New South Wales politician (b.
1862)
-
19 May –
Billy Sing, soldier (b.
1886)
-
25 May –
Albert Robinson, South Australian politician (b.
1877)
-
14 June –
John McNeill, Victorian politician (b.
1868)
-
28 June –
Pietro Porcelli, sculptor (born in
Italy) (b.
1872)
-
21 July
-
6 August –
Tom Garrett, cricketer (b.
1858)
-
20 August –
Sir William Irvine, 21st
Premier of Victoria and 5th
Chief Justice of Victoria (born in
Ireland) (b.
1858)
-
1 September –
Sir Arthur Streeton, artist (b.
1867)
-
23 September –
John Bradfield, engineer (b.
1867)
-
2 October –
Sir John Evans, 21st
Premier of Tasmania (born in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1855)
-
14 October –
Jimmy Matthews, cricketer (b.
1884)
-
15 October –
Thomas Henry Dodds, soldier (born in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1873)
-
23 October –
Sir George Fairbairn, Victorian politician (b.
1855)
-
6 November –
William Lister Lister, artist (b.
1859)
-
9 November –
Reginald Spencer Browne, soldier, journalist and newspaper editor (b.
1856)
-
22 November –
Thomas Ryan, trade unionist and politician (born in
Ireland) (b.
1870)
-
23 November –
Ernie Jones, cricketer and Australian rules footballer (
Port Adelaide) (b.
1869)
-
27 November –
Louis Esson, poet and playwright (born in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1878)
-
10 December –
Frederick Chapman, palaeontologist (born in the
United Kingdom) (b.
1864)
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