2011 in Australia explained
The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Australia.
Incumbents
State and territory leaders
Governors and administrators
Events
January
February
March
April
- 19 April – Floodwaters inundate around 100 houses in the western Queensland town of Roma.[19]
- 20 April – Asylum seekers at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre riot in protest over delays in processing their applications for asylum, burning down at least three buildings.[20]
May
June
July
August
September
- 1 September – Forensic experts confirm that the remains of a person found on the grounds of the former HM Prison Pentridge are those of bushranger Ned Kelly.[31]
- 28 September – Eatock v Bolt Justice Mordecai Bromberg founds conservative political commentator Andrew Bolt to have contravened section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.[32] [33] [34] The case was controversial. Bolt described the decision as a "terrible day for free speech" in Australia and said it represented "a restriction on the freedom of all Australians to discuss multiculturalism and how people identify themselves. I argued then and I argue now that we should not insist on the differences between us but focus instead on what unites us as human beings."[33]
October
November
December
Arts and literature
See main article: 2011 in Australian literature.
Science and technology
Sport
- 7 January – Cricket: England wins The Ashes series 3–1 over Australia.[52]
- 29 January – Tennis: Kim Clijsters wins the women's singles title at the 2011 Australian Open, defeating Li Na.[53]
- 29 January – Soccer: Australia is defeated 1–0 in extra time by Japan in the final of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.[54]
- 30 January – Tennis: Novak Djokovic wins the men's singles title at the 2011 Australian Open, defeating Andy Murray.[55]
- 7 February – Cricket: Shane Watson wins the Allan Border Medal for the second year in a row.[56]
- 12 February – Rugby League: The 2011 All Stars match is held at Skilled Park, with the NRL All Stars defeating the Indigenous All Stars 28–12. NRL fullback Josh Dugan of the Canberra Raiders wins the Preston Campbell award for Man of the Match. Preceding the game was the inaugural Women's All Stars match, which the NRL team also won 22–6.
- 27 February – Rugby League: 2010 NRL premiers the St. George Illawarra Dragons defeat Super League XV champions the Wigan Warriors 21–15 in the 2011 World Club Challenge, held in Wigan.
- 1 March – Soccer: North Queensland Fury are dropped from the A-League, after being unable to meet the financial requirements of Football Federation Australia.[57]
- 13 March – Basketball: Bulleen Boomers defeat Canberra Capitals 103–78 to win the 2010–11 Women's National Basketball League championship.[58]
- 13 March – Soccer: Brisbane Roar FC defeat Central Coast Mariners FC 4–2 on penalties (2–2 after extra time) to win the 2010–11 A-League Championship. Brisbane win the Premiership/Championship double.[59]
- 21 March – Cricket: Tasmania win their second Sheffield Shield, beating New South Wales by seven wickets at Bellerive Oval.[60]
- 27 March – Motor racing: German driver Sebastian Vettel win the 2011 Australian Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing, finishing 22 seconds ahead of British driver Lewis Hamilton.
- 29 April – Basketball: New Zealand Breakers defeat Cairns Taipans 71–53 in the deciding game of the 2010–11 NBL Grand Final series. The Breakers become the first New Zealand team to win an NBL championship.[61]
- 22 May – Netball: The Queensland Firebirds win the 2011 ANZ Championship defeating the Northern Mystics 57–44 in the Grand Final at Brisbane.[62]
- 6 July – Rugby league: Queensland win a record sixth consecutive Rugby League State of Origin title, defeating New South Wales 34–24 in front of 52,498 fans at Lang Park to win the series by two matches to one.[63]
- 9 July – Rugby union: Queensland win the 2011 Super Rugby championship, defeating the Christchurch-based Crusaders 18–13 in front of 52,116 fans at Lang Park; a record crowd for Australian provincial rugby.[64]
- 10 July – Netball: Australia win the 2011 Netball World Championships held in Singapore, defeating New Zealand 58–57 after extra time.[65]
- 10 July – Soccer: The Matildas—the Australian women's football team—is knocked out of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup at the quarter-final stage, defeated by Sweden 3–1 in Augsburg.[66]
- 24 July – Cycling: Cadel Evans wins the 2011 Tour de France. Evans is the first Australian to win the Tour de France.[67]
- 30 July – Australian rules football: hands the second worst marginal defeat in AFL/VFL history, winning by 186 points.[68] Twenty-four hours after the siren blew at Kardinia Park, Dean Bailey was sacked as Demons coach after three and a half seasons at the helm.[69]
- 3 September – Athletics: Sally Pearson wins the Women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics at Daegu, South Korea.[70]
- 4 September – Rugby League: The Melbourne Storm win their first legitimate minor premiership following the final main round of the 2011 NRL season. The Gold Coast Titans finish in last position, claiming the wooden spoon.
- 12 September – Tennis: Samantha Stosur wins the 2011 US Open, her first Grand Slam singles title.[71]
- 26 September – Australian rules football: Dane Swan (Collingwood) wins the 2011 Brownlow Medal.[72]
- 1 October – Australian rules football: Geelong wins the 2011 AFL Grand Final, defeating Collingwood 18.11 (119) to 12.9 (81).
- 2 October – Rugby league: The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles win the 2011 NRL Grand Final, defeating the New Zealand Warriors 24–10. It is the Sea Eagles' most recent premiership win.[73]
- 9 October – Motor racing: Garth Tander and Nick Percat, driving for the Holden Racing Team, win the 2011 Bathurst 1000.[74]
- 22 October – Horse racing: Pinker Pinker wins the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.
- 1 November – Horse racing: Dunaden, ridden by Christophe Lemaire and trained by Mikel Delzangles, wins the 2011 Melbourne Cup. The French-trained horse won in a photo finish over Red Cadeaux—the narrowest victory in the history of the race.[75]
- 12 November – Commonwealth Games: The Gold Coast is announced as the host of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[76]
- 12 November – Athletics: Sally Pearson was named as the woman IAAF World Athlete of the Year for 2011.[77]
Deaths
- 1 January – Sonia Humphrey, 63, television presenter and journalist
- 2 January – Robert Trumble, 91, writer and musician[78]
- 9 January – Ernest Henry Lee-Steere, 98, businessman[79]
- 9 January – Makinti Napanangka, late 1980s, Australian Papunya Tula artist[80]
- 13 January – Mick Cremin, 87, rugby union player[81]
- 15 January – Harvey James, 58, guitarist with Sherbet[82]
- 17 January – Steve Prestwich, 56, drummer with Cold Chisel[83]
- 18 January – Duncan Hall, 85, rugby league footballer[84]
- 24 January – Peter Gibb, 56, criminal, prison escapee[85]
- 2 February – Darrel Baldock, 72, Australian rules footballer, politician[86]
- 7 February – Frank Roberts, 65, boxer, first Indigenous Olympian[87]
- 12 February – James Elliott, 82, actor (Number 96)[88]
- 21 February – Dick Klugman, 87, politician[89]
- 6 March – Patricia Brennan, 66, advocate for the ordination of women[90]
- 9 March – Des Meagher, 67, Australian rules footballer[91]
- 13 March – Owsley Stanley, 76, counter-cultural figure[92]
- 19 March – Kym Bonython, 90, arts identity[93]
- 20 March – Bob Christo, 72, Bollywood actor[94]
- 28 March – Esben Storm, 60, actor, producer and director[95]
- 31 March – Tony Barrell, 70, broadcaster[96]
- 31 March – Alan Fitzgerald, 75, journalist and satirist[97]
- 8 April – David S. Clarke, 69, businessman and winemaker[98]
- 8 April – Donald Shanks, 70, bass-baritone opera singer[99]
- 11 April – John D'Orazio, 55, politician[100]
- 11 April – Peter Ruehl, 64, columnist[101]
- 13 April – Alan Noonan, 63, Australian rules footballer[102]
- 17 April – Eric Gross, 84, composer[103]
- 17 April – Blair Milan, 29, actor and television presenter[104]
- 23 April – Dutch Tilders, 69, musician[105]
- 5 May – Claude Choules, 110, last surviving combat World War I veteran[106]
- 6 May – Barry Connolly, 72, Australian rules footballer[107]
- 8 May – Lionel Rose, 62, boxer[108]
- 16 May – Bob Davis, 82, Australian rules footballer[109]
- 20 May – Ivan Gibbs, 83, Queensland politician[110]
- 21 May – Bill Hunter, 71, actor[111]
- 22 May – Ralph Hunt, 83, politician[112]
- 23 May – Sam Faust, 26, rugby league player[113]
- 25 May – Terry Jenner, 66, cricketer[114]
- 29 May – Jon Blake, 52, actor[115]
- 29 May – Bill Roycroft, 96, equestrian[116]
- 1 June – Frank Ponta, 75, paralympian[117]
- 17 June – David Brockhoff, 83, rugby union player and coach[118]
- 17 June – Rex Mossop, 83, rugby league and rugby union player and television personality[119]
- 19 June – Tom Hungerford, 96, author and playwright[120]
- 23 June – Len King, 88, politician and judge[121]
- 30 June – Tom Kruse, 96, Outback mailman and documentary subject[122]
- 30 June – Sean Wight, 47, Australian rules footballer (Melbourne)[123]
- 6 July – Carly Hibberd, 26, Australian road racing cyclist[124]
- 12 July – Allan Jeans, 77, Australian rules footballer and coach[125]
- 15 July – Googie Withers, 94, actress[126]
- 17 July – David Ngoombujarra, 44, actor[127]
- 21 July – Ashleigh Connor, 21, soccer player[128]
- 24 July – Ron Davies, 85, Western Australian politician[129]
- 26 July – Margaret Olley, 88, artist[130]
- 31 July – Clyde Holding, 80, politician[131]
- 5 August – Aziz Shavershian, 22, bodybuilder[132]
- 7 August – Nancy Wake, 98, World War II resistance fighter (died in England)[133]
- 11 August – Karen Overington, 59, politician[134]
- 18 August – Paul Lockyer, 61, journalist[135]
- 18 August – John Abley, 80, Australian rules footballer[136]
- 18 August – Brian Harrison, 79, politician[137]
- 19 August – Merv Brooks, 92, Australian rules footballer[138]
- 25 August – Elliott Johnston, 93, judge[139]
- 31 August – Denis Collins, 58, Australian rules footballer[140]
- 7 September – Harold Mair, 92, politician[141]
- 11 September – Andy Whitfield, 39, actor ()[142]
- 13 September – David Jull, 66, politician[143]
- 16 September – Ted Mullighan, 72, South Australian Supreme Court judge[144]
- 17 September – Colin Madigan, 90, architect[145]
- 29 September – Miriam Schmierer, 112, Australia's oldest living person and last known surviving Australian born in the 19th Century[146]
- 1 October – Ruby Langford Ginibi, 77, author and Aboriginal historian[147]
- 7 October – Diane Cilento, 78, actor[148]
- 12 October – Dick Thornett, 71, water polo, rugby league and rugby union player[149]
- 15 October – Sir Donald Dunstan, 88, military officer, Governor of South Australia (1982–1991)[150]
- 17 October – Elaine Nile, 75, politician[151]
- 18 October – George Chaloupka, 79, Aboriginal rock art expert[152]
- 19 October – Keith Williams, 82, tourism property developer
- 20 October – Hunter, 36, rapper[153]
- 24 October – Robert Bropho, 81, Aboriginal rights activist[154]
- 4 November – Sarah Watt, 53, film director[155]
- 10 November – David Boyd, 87, artist[156]
- 13 November – Peter Roebuck, 55, cricketer and journalist (died in South Africa)[157]
- 25 November – John Blades, 51, experimental musician[158]
- 25 November – Dane Searls, 23, BMX rider[159]
- 1 December – Arthur Beetson, 66, Rugby League footballer, first Indigenous Australian to captain a national team in any sport[160]
- 3 December – Sam Loxton, 90, cricketer, footballer and politician[161]
- 4 December – RJ Rosales, 37, actor[162]
- 8 December – Sir Zelman Cowen, 92, 19th Governor-General of Australia[163]
- 11 December – Harold Hopkins, 67, actor[164]
- 15 December – Jason Richards, 35, motor racing driver[165]
- 18 December – Jeremy Doyle, 28, wheelchair basketballer[166]
- 22 December – Bruce Ruxton, 85, former President of the Victorian Returned and Services League.[167]
- 31 December – Murray Barnes, 57, soccer player (Sydney Hakoah), national captain (1980–1981).[168]
- 31 December – Rex Jackson, 83, politician and convicted criminal.[169]
See also
Notes and References
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- News: Overland denies he quit over crime stats. 16 June 2011. ABC News. 16 June 2011.
- News: Gillard takes aim at smugglers through Malaysia deal. 25 July 2011. The Age. 25 July 2011. AAP. 12 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912121744/http://www.theage.com.au/national/gillard-takes-aim-at-smugglers-through-malaysia-deal-20110725-1hwq0.html. live.
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- News: Calligeros. Marissa. Bones are Daniel's, police confirm. 1 September 2011. Sydney Morning Herald. 29 August 2011. 23 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110923054331/http://www.smh.com.au/national/bones-are-daniels-police-confirm-20110828-1jgeo.html. live.
- News: Coorey. Philip. High Court sinks asylum strategy. 1 September 2011. The Age. 1 September 2011. Needham, Kirsty. 12 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912121742/http://www.theage.com.au/national/high-court-sinks-asylum-strategy-20110831-1jm5e.html. live.
- News: Levy. Megan. Ned Kelly's remains found. 1 September 2011. The Age. 1 September 2011. 6 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120806052224/http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ned-kellys-remains-found-20110901-1jmqi.html. live.
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- News: Andrew Bolt – Herald Sun columnist guilty of race discrimination . Melbourne . The Age . 28 September 2011.
- News: Andrew Bolt loses racial vilification court case. 6 September 2015. HERALD Sun columnist Andrew Bolt has lost an action brought in the Federal Court in which the columnist was accused of breaching the Racial Discrimination Act.. The Australian. News Corporation Australia. 28 September 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150606222459/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/andrew-bolt-x-racial-vilification-court-case/story-e6frg996-1226148919092. 6 June 2015.
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- http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/10/24/3346719.htm Occupy Melbourne: Who was in the wrong?
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-29/qantas-locking-out-staff/3608250 Qantas grounds entire fleet
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-31/qantas-action-terminated-fair-work-rules/3609158 Qantas to fly again after Fair Work terminates dispute
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- News: Deal with renegade Liberal boosts Labor's numbers. 24 November 2011. ABC News. 24 November 2011.
- News: WA Premier Colin Barnett admits failures on fire . The Australian. 25 November 2011 . 25 November 2011 . Nicolas . Perpitch . Paige . Taylor.
- News: WA emergency still in place as bushfire takes 34 properties. The Australian. 25 November 2011. 25 November 2011. Debbie. Guest. 25 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111125051029/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/wa-emergency-still-in-place-as-bushfire-takes-34-properties/story-e6frg6nf-1226205662203. live.
- News: Queensland civil unions bill passes . Kym Agius . Brisbane Times. 1 December 2011 . 1 December 2011.
- News: Allard. Tom. 160 asylum seekers feared dead. 18 December 2011. Sydney Morning Herald. 19 December 2011. 7 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120107154943/http://www.smh.com.au/world/160-asylum-seekers-feared-dead-20111218-1p0v8.html. live.
- News: Brodie. Will. Underdog Aussie's Oscar triumph. 13 July 2011. The Age. 28 February 2011. 12 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110712175152/http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/oscars/underdog-aussies-oscar-triumph-20110228-1bb1l.html. live.
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- News: McColl. Gina. Gallery unveils its newest, nearest and dearest. 17 August 2011. The Age. 18 August 2011. 31 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110831051343/http://www.theage.com.au/national/gallery-unveils-its-newest-nearest-and-dearest-20110817-1iy83.html. live.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14921665 New species of dolphin discovered
- News: Smith. Bridie. Local astronomer thanks his lucky stars for physics Nobel prize. 6 October 2011. The Age. 5 October 2011. 6 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006150512/http://www.theage.com.au/national/local-astronomer-thanks-his-lucky-stars-for-physics-nobel-prize-20111004-1l7j6.html. live.
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- News: Briggs. Simon. Kim Clijsters beats Li Na to win Australian Open 2011 final. 18 June 2011. The Daily Telegraph. 29 January 2011. London. 11 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110311040142/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/australianopen/8290185/Kim-Clijsters-beats-Li-Na-to-win-Australian-Open-2011-final.html. live.
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- http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/07/3132431.htm Watson wins Allan Border Medal
- http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/north-queensland-fury-dropped-from-a-league-after-being-unable-to-front-15million-for-licence/story-e6frf4gl-1226014174045 North Queensland Fury dropped from A-League after being found to be 'too big of a financial risk'
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- News: Lynch. Michael. Brisbane roars back from dead to win. 13 March 2011. The Age. 13 March 2011. 16 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110316120000/http://www.theage.com.au/sport/a-league/brisbane-roars-back-from-dead-to-win-20110313-1bt0l.html. live.
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/21/3169583.htm Tasmania takes out Sheffield Shield
- News: NZ Breakers win NBL title. 13 July 2011. Herald Sun. 29 April 2011. AAP.
- News: Murdoch. Alex. Injured Firebirds skipper Lauren Nourse left out of official presentation but included by team. 23 May 2011. Courier Mail. 23 May 2011.
- News: Smith. Wayne. Maroons make it six as Blues banished from Darren Lockyer's party. 11 July 2011. The Australian. 7 July 2011.
- News: Reds' revival capped in crowning Super Rugby glory. 11 July 2011. The Australian. 9 July 2011. AAP. https://web.archive.org/web/20110712180900/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/reds-revival-capped-in-crowning-super-rugby-glory/story-e6frg7o6-1226091452850. 12 July 2011 . live.
- News: Diamonds lift world netball crown by edging New Zealand in a thriller. 11 July 2011. The Australian. 10 July 2011. AAP.
- News: Gatt. Ray. Brave Matildas go down swinging in World Cup quarter-final. 11 July 2011. The Australian. 11 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713002352/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/brave-matildas-go-down-swinging-in-world-cup-quarter-final/story-e6frg7mf-1226091986986. 13 July 2011 . live.
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