Kevin Healy
Australian rules footballer (Collingwood) · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21
Deaths From Australia
Bob Taylor
Australian footballer (Essendon) · 20 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 20
Patsy King
Australian actress (Prisoner · 20 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 20
Dame Marie Bashir
Australian psychiatrist and viceroy · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19 · Bashir · Other
Rob Hirst
Australian musician (Midnight Oil) · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19
Peter Schofield (Australian rules footballer) Australian footballer (Richmond dead at age 93
Peter John Schofield, the Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond, Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League, died on January 13, 2026, aged 93. Born on 12 February 1932, Schofield made his VFL debut for Richmond with… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026
Athol Webb
Australian rules footballer (Melbourne) · 06 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 6
Arthur Stockwin British political scientist dead at age 90
Arthur Stockwin, a British political scientist who specialised in the politics and foreign policy of Japan, died on January 7, 2026. Born in Birmingham on November 28, 1935, he studied philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford and… · Australia · 07 January 2026 · January 2026
Graham McCamley
Australian cattle barron · 03 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 3 · Other
Phoenix Spicer
Australian football league player (North Melbourne) · 02 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 2
Tim Robertson
English-born Australian actor (Chances · 31 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 31
Candy Raymond
Australian actress (Don's Party · 31 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 31
Emma Johnston
Australian marine ecologist and academic · 28 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 28
Meredith Hooper Writer dead at age 86
Meredith Hooper, an Australian historian and writer, died on December 27, 2025, aged 86. Born Meredith Jean Rooney in Adelaide on October 21, 1939, she was raised in the city and later graduated in history from the University of Adelaide.… · 27 December 2025 · December 2025
Stephen Boyden British-Australian scientist and writer dead at age 100
Stephen Boyden, a British-Australian scientist and writer, died on December 26, 2025. He was a professor emeritus at the Australian National University and was widely recognised for pioneering work in immunology and human ecology. Born in Croydon, England, on February… · 26 December 2025 · December 2025
Warwick Gould Australian-born British literary scholar dead at age 78
Warwick Gould, an Australian-born British literary scholar, died on December 25, 2025. Born in Sydney in 1947, he specialized in the Irish Literary Revival, particularly the writings of W. B. Yeats, as well as textual transmission studies and the history… · England · 25 December 2025 · December 2025
Alan Scanlan Australian politician dead at age 94
Alan Scanlan, an Australian politician, died on December 22, 2025. Alan Henry Scanlan was born in Caulfield on 23 June 1931, attended Melbourne High School and Melbourne Teachers' College, and worked as a teacher in London from 1958 to 1959.… · 22 December 2025 · December 2025
Amanda Brotchie
Australian director (Doctor Who · 18 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 18
Kym Ireland
Australian Olympic field hockey player (1984) · 16 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 16
Martin Grelis
Australian actor (The Matrix · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15
Nicholas Hum
Australian Paralympic long jumper (2020 · 15 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 15 · Other
Kerry O’Brien
Australian Olympic long-distance runner (1968 · 14 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 14 · O'Brien
Peter Ryan (police officer) British-born Australian police officer, commissioner of New South Wales…
Peter Ryan, the British-born Australian police officer who served as commissioner of New South Wales police from 1996 to 2002, died on December 15, 2025. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, on 18 May 1944, Ryan joined Lancashire Constabulary as a police… · 15 December 2025 · December 2025
Max Cunningham (rower) Australian Olympic rower dead at age 89
Max Cunningham, the Australian Olympic rower who competed in the men’s eight at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on December 14, 2025, aged 89. Born Alexander Maxwell Cunningham in Western Australia on June 9, 1936, he was a 1960 national… · 14 December 2025 · December 2025
Kris Kalifatidis
Australian soccer player · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13
Stephen Pearton
Australian-American materials scientist · 13 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 13
Keith Suter
Australian social scientist · 10 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 10
Peter McFarlane
Australian rock drummer (Finch · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 8
Bill Hauritz Australian festival director dead at age 73
Bill Hauritz, an Australian festival director, died on December 8, 2025. He directed the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland from its inception in 1994 until his retirement in 2022, when the role passed to Amanda Jackes. He was also instrumental… · 08 December 2025 · December 2025 · Other
Ted Egan
Australian folk singer and civil servant · 03 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 3
Toni Lamond
Australian actress (Number 96 · 28 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 28
Bob “Bongo” Starkie
Australian rock guitarist (Skyhooks) · 28 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 28 · Starkie
Skye Gyngell
Australian chef · 22 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 22 · Other
Ian Lees
Australian bass guitarist (Moving Pictures) · 22 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 22
Fernando Bale
Australian racing greyhound · 20 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 20 · Other
Paige Greco
Australian Paralympic cyclist (2020) · 16 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 16
John Laws
Australian radio and television presenter (2UE · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
John Farragher
Australian rugby league player (Penrith Panthers) · 10 November 2025 · November 2025 · November 10
Jungle Phillips Painting dead at age 69
Peter "Jungle" Phillips, an Australian artist known for painting and outsider art, died on November 1, 2025, aged 69. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, on 27 June 1956, he became a prolific creator of outsider art after a brain injury in… · 01 November 2025 · November 2025
Saxon White
Australian rugby union player (New South Wales Waratahs · 21 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 21
Marcel Weyland
Polish-born Australian translator · 18 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 18 · Other
Michael Pratt
Australian police officer and recipient of George Cross · 11 October 2025 · October 2025 · October 11 · Other
Alison Drower
Australian TV and radio presenter (MTV (Australia and New Zealand) · 28 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 28
Ivan Gaal
Australian filmmaker · 23 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 23 · Other · Iván
Michael Sutherland
Australian funk rock drummer (Skunkhour) · 23 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 23
Chris Doheny
Australian musician (Geisha) and vocalist ("More Than a Game") · 21 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 21
John Kilpatrick
Australian rules footballer (St Kilda) · 20 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 20
Roger Climpson
British-born Australian newsreader (Nine Network · 16 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 16 · Other
Pat Power
Australian Roman Catholic prelate · 14 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 14 · Other
Max Basheer
Australian football administrator (SANFL) · 14 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 14 · Other
Tiana Mangakahia
Australian basketball player (Syracuse Orange) · 11 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 11
Fastnet Rock
Australian racehorse · 07 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 7 · Other
Bill Mather-Brown
Australian wheelchair athlete · 02 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 2
Paul Sproule
Australian rules football player (Essendon · 02 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 2
Garth Welch
Australian ballet dancer and choreographer · 02 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 2 · Other
Sir Eric Neal
Australian academic administrator · 01 September 2025 · September 2025 · September 1 · Neal
Joe Bugner
Hungarian-born British-Australian boxer and actor (I'm for the Hippopotamus · 31 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 31
William Robinson
Australian painter and lithographer · 26 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 26
John Parkinson
Australian rules footballer (Claremont · 25 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 25
Tony Yeldham
Australian businessman · 25 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 25 · Other
Tony Yeldman
Australian businessman · 23 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 23 · Other
Gary Hooper
Australian Paralympian · 17 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 17 · Other