1953 in Australia

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1953 in Australia
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	William McKell, then William Slim
Prime Minister	Robert Menzies
Population	8,815,362
Elections	Senate, WA, NSW, SA, QLD

Aerial view of the Story Bridge, 1953

Incumbents

20 March – The Television Act is passed by parliament, setting regulations for the broadcast of television in Australia, although television transmission did not commence until 1956.
29 October – British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines Douglas DC-6, registration VH-BPE, en route from Sydney, crashes on approach to San Francisco, killing 19 people.
4 December – Oil is discovered in the Exmouth Gulf off the coast of Western Australia.

Ivor Hele wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Sir Henry Simpson Newland
Michael Kmit loses the Blake Prize for Religious Art with his work The Evangelist John Mark

Winner of the Sun Girl Quest at Suttons Beach, 1953

Athletics
- 26 September – Roland Guy wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:24:48 in Sydney.

Football
- 23 May: Fitzroy go within ten minutes of a team score of 0.0 (0), which would have been a VFL first, against Footscray in appalling conditions. Allan Ruthven kicks a late goal to save them from this ignominy.
- 1 August: Collingwood end Geelong’s record 26-game unbeaten streak, which still stand, when they win 10.15 (75) to 7.13 (55).
- South Australian National Football League premiership: won by West Torrens
- Victorian Football League premiership: Collingwood defeated Geelong 77-65

Rugby
- Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Souths defeated Easts 21-4
- New South Wales Rugby League premiership: South Sydney defeated St. George 31-12

Golf
- Australian Open: won by Norman Von Nida
- Australian PGA Championship: won by Ossie Pickworth

Horse Racing
- My Hero wins the Caulfield Cup
- Hydrogen wins the Cox Plate
- Wodalla wins the Melbourne Cup

Motor Racing
- The Australian Grand Prix was held at Albert Park and won by Doug Whiteford driving a Talbot-Lago

Tennis
- Australian Open men's singles: Ken Rosewall defeats Mervyn Rose 6-0 6-3 6-4
- Australian Open women's singles: Maureen Connolly defeats Julie Sampson Haywood 6-3 6-2
- Davis Cup: Australia defeats the United States 3-2 in the 1953 Davis Cup final
- Wimbledon: Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall win the Men's Doubles

Yachting
- Solveig IV takes line honours and Ripple wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

16 January – Vic Aanensen, Australian Rules football player
5 February – Rod Jones, Australian novelist
14 February – Greg Browning, field hockey player
4 March – Ray Price, rugby league football player
15 March – Randall Goff, water polo player
17 March – Margaret Jackson, businesswoman
16 April – Peter Garrett, singer and politician
21 April – John Brumby, politician
2 May – Chris Anderson – rugby league footballer and coach
20 May – Robert Doyle, politician
24 June – Michael Tuck, Australian Rules football player
1 July – David Gulpilil, actor
17 August – Noni Hazelhurst, actress
26 August – General David Hurley, AC, DSC, Chief of the Defence Force (2011–present)
11 September – Renée Geyer, singer
27 September – Greg Ham, musician (Men at Work)
25 November – Graham Eadie, rugby league footballer
12 December – Martin Ferguson, politician

28 January – James Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia (born 1876)
12 February – Hal Colebatch, Premier of Western Australia (born 1872)
18 February – Denis Lutge, rugby fooballer (born 1879)
2 December – Reginald Baker (69), athlete, sports promoter and film actor (born 1884)

↑ Editors: Graham Aplin, S.G. Foster and Michael McKernan, ed. (1987). "Tasmania". Australians:Events and Places. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates. p. 366. ISBN 0-521-34073-X.

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