The following lists events that happened during 1926 in Australia .
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7 January – Joe Marston , soccer player (died 2015)
11 January – Baillieu Myer , businessman and philanthropist (died 2022)
3 February – Raymond Martin , chemist (died 2020)
4 February – Dave Sands , boxer (died 1952)
6 February – Bruce Ruxton , former soldier and president of the RSL (died 2011)
8 February – Tony Street , politician (died 2022)
10 February – Arvi Parbo , businessman (died 2019)
16 February – Rayene Stewart Simpson , soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died 1978)
6 March – Ray O'Connor , Premier of Western Australia (1982–1983) (died 2013)
15 March – Thelma Keane , wife of cartoonist Bil Keane and inspiration for the "Mommy" character in The Family Circus
2 April – Jack Brabham , racing driver (died 2014)
13 April – Neil Betts , rugby union player (died 2017)
11 May – Frank Thring , actor (died 1994)
18 June – Shirley McKechnie , dancer, choreographer and dance educator (died 2022)
25 June – Kep Enderby , Esperantist and politician (died 2015)
27 June – Bruce Tozer , cricketer (died 2021)
1 July – Stan Obst , Australian rules footballer (died 2005)
3 July – Laurence Street , jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (died 2018)
4 July – Stuart Thomas Butler , nuclear physicist (died 1982)
9 July – Peter Mullins , decathlete (died 2012)
12 July – Al Grassby , politician, Minister for Immigration (died 2005)
20 July – Russ Gorman , politician (died 2017)
31 July – Jack Pollard , sports writer and cricket historian (died 2002)
5 August – Doug McClelland , politician
15 August – Ted Allsopp , race walker (died 2024)
27 August – Reg Watson , television producer and screenwriter (died 2019)
8 September – Keith Adams , adventurer (died 2012)
16 September – Sir William Cole , public servant (died 2019)
18 September – Deirdre Jordan , academic and educator
30 September – Frank O'Neill , swimmer
11 October – Neville Wran , Premier of New South Wales (1976–1986) (died 2014)
20 October – Peter Durack , politician, Attorney-General (died 2008)
7 November – Joan Sutherland , opera singer (died 2010)
15 November – Ivor Greenwood , politician, Attorney-General (died 1976)
31 December – Sir Billy Snedden , politician, Leader of the Liberal Party (died 1987)
9 January – William Henry Warren , engineer (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1852 )12 January – Sir Austin Chapman , New South Wales politician (b. 1864 )30 April – Sir Tim Coghlan , New South Wales statistician, engineer and diplomat (died in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1856 )11 May – Sir Hugh Dixson , businessman and philanthropist (died in British Ceylon ) (b. 1841 )15 May – Joseph James Fletcher , biologist (born in New Zealand ) (b. 1850 )16 May – Joe Slater , composer and music publisher (b. 1872 )21 May – Hugh Victor McKay , industrialist (b. 1865 )4 June – Fred Spofforth , cricketer (died in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1853 )23 June – Lowther Clarke , Anglican archbishop (born and died in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1850 )28 June – William Archibald , South Australian politician (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1850 )14 July – Sir Charles Mackellar , New South Wales politician and surgeon (b. 1844 )19 July – Ada Cambridge , author (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1844 )14 September – Charles Hedley , naturalist (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1862 )3 October – Samuel James Mitchell , 1st Chief Justice of the Northern Territory (b. 1852 )11 December
13 December – William Spence , trade union leader and politician (born in the United Kingdom ) (b. 1846 ) See also
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