1929 in Australia

Incumbents

• Monarch – George V
• Governor-General – John Baird, Baronet of Stonehaven
• Prime Minister – Stanley Bruce, then James Scullin
• Chief Justice – Adrian Knox

  State premiers

• Premier of New South Wales – Thomas Bavin
• Premier of Queensland – William McCormack, then Arthur Edward Moore
• Premier of South Australia – Richard Layton Butler
• Premier of Tasmania – John McPhee
• Premier of Victoria – William Murray McPherson, then Edmond Hogan
• Premier of Western Australia – Philip Collier

  State governors

• Governor of New South Wales – Sir Dudley de Chair
• Governor of Queensland – Sir John Goodwin
• Governor of South Australia – Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
• Governor of Tasmania – Sir James O'Grady
• Governor of Victoria – Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers
• Governor of Western Australia – Sir William Campion

  Events

• Centenary of Western Australia
• 4 April – 1929 Tasmanian floods: A dam on the Cascade River in Tasmania collapses. The subsequent torrent floods the town of Derby, killing fourteen people.
• 3 June – Fremantle, Western Australia is proclaimed a city.
• 12 October – A federal election is held. James Scullin leads the Australian Labor Party to victory over the incumbent government of Stanley Bruce. Bruce becomes the first Prime Minister to lose his seat in an election.
• 30 November – A state election is held in Victoria.
• 12 December – Premier of Victoria William Murray McPherson refuses to resign after the election, but is defeated by a no confidence motion in the first meeting of parliament. He retires, with Edmond Hogan assuming the premiership.
• 16 December – Rothbury Riot in which police shoot at locked out miners, killing Norman Brown.

  Arts and literature

• 18 January – Sir John Longstaff wins the 1928 Archibald Prize for his portrait of Alexander Leeper.

  Sport

• 3 January – Don Bradman makes 112 for Australia v England in the third Test match at Melbourne, his first Test Century.
• 5 November – Nightmarch wins the Melbourne Cup.
• The Australia national rugby league team embarked on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
• New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
• England defeats Australia 4–1 in The Ashes series
• South Sydney win the 1929 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership.
• Collingwood football club win their third consecutive AFL Priemiership flag, after an undefeated home and away season..

  Births

• 5 January – Veronica Brady, religious sister and academic
• 7 January – Robert Juniper, artist
• 2 February – Desmond Ford, theologian
• 27 February – Jack Arthur Gibson, rugby league footballer and coach
• 31 January – John Stone, politician
• 1 February – R. A. Simpson, poet
• 7 February – John Sullivan, politician
• 16 February – Peter Porter, poet
• 29 April – Peter Sculthorpe, composer
• 7 May – Len Fitzgerald, Australian rules footballer
• 15 May – Kevin Cairns, politician
• 24 May – Brian Wenzel, actor
• 26 May – Ernie Carroll, television personality
• 10 June – Ian Sinclair, politician and former leader of the National Party
• 12 June – Roy Bull, rugby league footballer and coach
• 23 June – Herb Barker, athlete
• 26 June – June Bronhill, opera singer
• 1 July – Jack Storey, Australian rules footballer
• 5 July –
• *Jimmy Carruthers, boxer
• *Ron Casey, sports journalist and radio personality
• 6 July – Russell Middlemiss, Australian rules footballer
• 8 July – Bruce Gyngell, television executive
• 12 July
• *Barry Griffiths, Australian rules footballer
• * Bill Nolan, Australian rules footballer
• 14 July – Adam Inglis, Australian rules footballer
• 20 July – David Tonkin, Premier of South Australia
• 5 August – Reg Lindsay, country music singer
• 9 August – John Wheeldon, politician
• 14 August – Derek Fielding, librarian and author
• 16 August – William Copeland, Test cricket umpire
• 21 August – Jack Gaffney, footballer and lawyer
• 23 August – Peter Thomson, golfer
• 25 August – Ron Lord, soccer player
• 2 September – Tom Allsop, Australian rules football player
• 5 September – Margaret Loutit, microbiologist
• 25 September – Jack Rutherford, cricketer
• 1 October – Ken Arthurson, rugby league footballer, coach and administrator
• 2 October – Wal Fife, politician and businessman
• 17 October – Jack Mundey, trade union leader and environmental activist
• 21 October – Glen Sheil, tennis player and politician
• 31 October – Eddie Charlton, snooker and billiards player
• 15 November – Eric Robinson, politician
• 4 December 4 – Noel Power, Hong Kong judge
• 9 December – Bob Hawke, trade union leader and Prime Minister of Australia
• 18 December – Bob Jane, racing driver and businessman
• 31 December – Doug Anthony, politician

  Deaths

• 26 June – Samuel Cooke, politician
• 14 July – Walter Baldwin Spencer, anthropologist
• 26 November – John Cockburn, Premier of South Australia