1954 in Australia

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Incumbents

3 February – Elizabeth II arrives in Sydney on her first visit as monarch
13 February – Mawson Station in the Australian Antarctic Territory is established
During February, a cyclone hits the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales, killing 26^[1]
3 April – Vladimir Petrov, a Soviet diplomat, defects to Australia, sparking the Petrov Affair
Shirley Bliss wins the Miss Australia Quest
On 31 October, the first Vickers Viscount aircraft delivered to Australia crashed at Mangalore Airport while on a training flight only days after its arrival in Australia, killing 3 of the 7 people on board.^[2]

Woman modelling streetwear, Australia, 1954. Fashion photo by Gervais Purcell (1919-1999).

Ivor Hele wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Rt Hon R G Menzies, PC, CH, QC, MP
Charles Bannon wins the Blake Prize for Religious Art with his work Judas Iscariot
Overland literary magazine is founded, edited by Stephen Murray-Smith

Cricket
- New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
Football
- Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Wests defeated Brothers 35-18
- New South Wales Rugby League premiership: South Sydney defeated Newtown 23-15
- South Australian National Football League premiership: won by Port Adelaide
- Victorian Football League premiership: Footscray defeated Melbourne 102-51
Golf
- Australian Open: won by Ossie Pickworth
- Australian PGA Championship: won by Kel Nagle
Horse Racing
- Rising Fast wins the Caulfield Cup
- Rising Fast wins the Cox Plate
- Rising Fast wins the Melbourne Cup
Motor Racing
- The Australian Grand Prix was held at Southport and won by Lex Davison driving a HWM Jaguar
Tennis
- Australian Open men's singles: Mervyn Rose defeats Rex Hartwig 6-2 0–6 6-4 6-2
- Australian Open women's singles: Thelma Coyne Long defeats Jenny Staley Hoad 6-3 6-4
- Davis Cup: Australia is defeated by the United States 2–3 in the 1954 Davis Cup final
- Wimbledon: Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose win the Gentlemen's Pairs
- Wimbledon: Jaroslav Drobný defeats Ken Rosewall 13-11 4–6 6-2 9-7 in the Gentlemen's Singles
Yachting
- Kurrewa IV takes line honours and Solveig IV wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

25 January – Kay Cottee, sailor
26 January – Kim Hughes, cricketer
27 April – Mark Holden, singer and media personality
2 May – Don Cameron, water polo player and coach
19 May – Phil Rudd, musician
27 May – Pauline Hanson, politician
30 June – Wayne Swan, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
12 August – Rob Borbidge, Premier of Queensland
2 September - Gai Waterhouse, horse trainer
13 September – Steve Kilbey, musician
20 September - James Moloney, author
15 October – Steve Bracks, Premier of Victoria
12 November – Paul McNamee, tennis player
26 November – Jacki MacDonald, media personality
28 November - John McMartin Pastor, ACC State President NSW, National Executive.
29 November – Steve Rogers (died 2006), Rugby league footballer

↑ Bureau of Meteorology
↑ "Viscount Crashes" The Argus - 1 November 1954, p.1 (National Library of Australia) Retrieved 2012-07-01

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1954 in Oceania

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