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The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Australia .
List of events
Sir Paul Hasluck
State and territory leaders
Governors and administrators
Shane Gould, Australian of the Year
2 January –
Adam Elliot , animator and screenwriter
7 January –
Shane Kelly , cyclist
16 January
21 January –
Brett Mullins , rugby league player
1 February –
Taryn Fiebig , opera and
musical theatre soprano (died 2021)
5 February
6 February –
Mark Ladbrook , track and field sprinter
7 March –
Simon Pryce , current member of
The Wiggles
9 March –
Spencer Howson , radio announcer
11 March –
Adam Bandt , politician
25 March –
Nina Bonner , field hockey goalkeeper
8 April –
Katrina Powell , field hockey player
15 April –
Glenn Butcher , politician
16 May –
Adam Crouch , politician
20 May –
Michael Diamond , professional target shooter
30 May -
Simon Holmes à Court , entrepreneur and founder of
Climate 200
30 May –
Renita Farrell , field hockey player
31 May –
Sarah Murdoch , model, actress and television presenter
19 June –
Poppy Montgomery , actress
22 June –
Damien Oliver , jockey
24 June –
Robbie McEwen , cyclist
24 June –
Ian Rutledge , field hockey coach
30 June –
Stuart Rendell , hammer thrower
6 July –
Daniel Andrews , Premier of Victoria
14 July –
Deborah Mailman , actress and singer
26 July –
Nathan Buckley , Australian rules footballer
2 August –
Jacinda Barrett , Australian actress
12 August –
Allison Tranquilli , basketball player
1 September –
Louise Dobson , field hockey player
19 September
20 September –
Jenn Morris , field hockey player
11 October –
Claudia Black , actress
1 November –
Toni Collette , actress
[4]
7 November –
Melissa Bell , actress
8 November –
Kylie Shadbolt , artistic gymnast
[5]
13 November –
Samantha Riley , swimmer
9 December –
Annalise Braakensiek , model, actress, television presenter, businesswoman and activist (died 2019)
11 December –
Del Kathryn Barton , artist
12 December –
Quan Yeomans , musician; lead singer of
Regurgitator
13 December –
Chris Grant , Australian rules footballer
22 December –
Anthony Edwards , rower
28 December –
Patrick Rafter , tennis player
6 January –
Olegas Truchanas (born 1923), conservationist and nature photographer
22 January –
Jack Cummings (born 1901), tennis player
2 February –
Matt Goggin (born 1936), Australian rules footballer (Geelong)
15 February –
Sir Kenneth Street (born 1890), Chief Justice of New South Wales
29 February –
Ernie Barber (born 1895), Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne)
9 March –
Roy Kendall (born 1899), politician and MI6 officer
19 March –
16 April –
Frank O'Connor (born 1894), public servant
2 May –
Arthur Trebilcock (born 1907), Tasmanian cricketer
7 July – Sir
Owen Dixon (born 1886),
Chief Justice of Australia
21 August –
Ernestine Hill (born 1899), author
23 September –
Peter O'Sullivan (born 1932), Australian rules footballer (Essendon, North Melbourne)
4 November –
Harry Rigby (born 1896), World War I flying ace
24 November – Sir
Daniel McVey (born 1892), public servant
1972 in Oceania
Sovereign states Associated states of New Zealand