1943 in Australia
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See also: 1942 in Australia, other events of 1943, 1944 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.

Incumbents

• Monarch – King George VI
• Governor-General – Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie
• Prime Minister – John Curtin

State Premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – William McKell
• Premier of Queensland – Frank Cooper
• Premier of South Australia – Thomas Playford IV
• Premier of Tasmania – Robert Cosgrove
• Premier of Victoria – Albert Dunstan (until September 14), then John Cain I (until September 18), then Albert Dunstan
• Premier of Western Australia – John Willcock

State Governors

• Governor of New South Wales – John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst
• Governor of Queensland – Sir Leslie Orme Wilson
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir Ernest Clark
• Governor of Victoria – Sir Winston Dugan
• Governor of Western Australia – none appointed

Events

• March 3 – A Soviet embassy is established in Canberra, and an Australian diplomat is posted to Moscow as ambassador.
• May 14 – The hospital ship AHS Centaur is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine off North Stradbroke Island in Queensland, killing 268 persons.
• June 12 – A general election is held in Victoria.
• August 21 – A federal election is held. The incumbent Australian Labor Party government lead by John Curtin is returned to power.
• September 23 – Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney become the first women to win seats in the Parliament of Australia. Lyons represents the Tasmanian electorate of Darwin in the House of Representatives, and Tangney is a Senator for Western Australia.

Science & Technology

Arts and literature

• William Dobell wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Joshua Smith

Film

• March 4 – Damien Parer wins Australia's first Academy Award (Best Documentary Feature) for the film Kokoda Front Line.

Sport

• Dark Felt wins the Melbourne Cup

Births

• January 5 – Mary Gaudron, High Court judge
• January 9 – Robert Drewe, journalist and writer
• February 8 – Malcolm Donnelly, opera singer
• March 1 – Dyson Heydon, High Court judge
• March 12 – Philip Ruddock, politician
• March 14 – Aila Keto, environmentalist
• March 19 – Vern Schuppan, racing driver
• April 6 – Christine Gallus, politician
• April 9 – Brian James, rugby league player
• April 11 – Judith Adams, Liberal Senator for South Australia
• April 13 – Alan Jones, radio personality
• April 29 – John Tranter, poet
• April 30 – Paul Jennings, children's author
• May 2 – John Goss, racing driver
• May 7 – John Bannon, Premier of South Australia (1982–1992)
• May 7 – Peter Carey, novelist
• May 17 – Johnny Warren (d. 2004), soccer player and coach
• May 19 – Bob Graham, NSW politician
• June 1 – Ian King, cricketer
• June 4 – John Burgess, TV & radio host (Wheel Of Fortune & Burgo's Catch Phrase)
• June 19 – Barry Hill, historian and writer
• July 3 – Judith Durham, singer (The Seekers)
• July 11 – Richard Carleton, television journalist (d. 2006)
• July 25 – Desmond Mueller, Vice Chief of the Defence Force (2000–2002)
• July 26 – Robyn Woodhouse, high jumper
• August 18 – Jean Roberts, Olympic shot putter and discus thrower
• September 16 – Bob Debus, politician
• September 16 – Alan Ferguson, Liberal Senator for South Australia
• September 26 – Ian Chappell, cricketer
• October 4 – Owen Davidson, tennis player
• October 6 – Peter Dowding, Premier of Western Australia (1988–1990)
• October 9 – Dianne Burge, Olympic sprinter
• November 6 – Ian Turpie, TV host & singer (The New Price Is Right)
• November 8 – Peter Cook (d. 2005), politician
• November 23 – Tony Bonner, actor
• November 25 – Jan Andrew, Olympic swimmer
• November 29 – Janet Holmes à Court, businesswoman
• December 19 – Jimmy Mackay, soccer player
• December 20 – Roger Woodward, pianist

Deaths

• January 3 – Sir Walter James (b. 1863), Premier of Western Australia (1902–1904)
• February 14 – Alice Henry (b. 1857), suffragist, journalist and trade unionist
• March 28 – Keith Truscott (b. 1916), fighter pilot
• March 29 – William Ellis Newton (b. 1919), soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (died in New Guinea)
• April 25 – Sir Arthur Cocks (b. 1862), NSW politician
• May 19 – Billy Sing (b. 1886), soldier
• May 25 – Albert Robinson, (b. 1877), politician
• June 14 – John McNeill (b. 1868), politician
• June 28 – Pietro Porcelli (b. 1872), sculptor
• July 21 – Edward Riley (b. 1859), politician
• August 6 – Tom Garrett (b. 1858), cricketer
• August 24 – Sir William Irvine (b. 1858), Premier of Victoria (1902–1904)
• September 1 – Arthur Streeton (b. 1867), artist
• September 23 – John Bradfield (b. 1867), engineer
• October 2 – John Evans (b. 1855), Premier of Tasmania (1904–1909)
• October 14 Jimmy Matthews (b. 1884), cricketer
• October 15 – Thomas Henry Dodds (b. 1873), soldier
• October 23 – Sir George Fairbairn (b. 1855), politician
• November 6 – William Lister Lister (b. 1859), artist
• November 9 – Reginald Spencer Browne (b. 1856), soldier
• November 22 – Thomas Ryan (b. 1870), Victorian politician
• November 23 – Ernie Jones (b. 1869), cricketer and Australian rules footballer
• December 10 – Frederick Chapman (b. 1864), palaeontologist

See also

• 1943
• 1940s