Portal:Australia/Anniversaries/January/January 6
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- 1930 - Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings.
- 1932 - Joseph Lyons becomes the tenth Prime Minister of Australia.
- 1939 - Swimming champion Murray Rose is born in Nairn, Scotland.
- 1980 - Guillermo Vilas defeats John Sadri to win the Australian Open tennis Championship.
- 2004 - Australian captain Steve Waugh retires from Test cricket, playing his last match against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.