The following lists events that happened during 1933 in Australia.
- 2 January – Ed Casey (died 2006), banker and politician
- 19 January – Leslie Dayman (died 2023), actor
- 23 January – Bill Hayden (died 2023), Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996)
- 29 January – Rosemary Adey, softball player (died 2013)
- 12 February – Brian Carlson (died 1987), rugby league footballer
- 22 February – Faith Thomas (died 2023), cricketer and hockey player[3]
- 20 March – Ian Walsh (died 2013), rugby league footballer and coach
- 15 April – David Martin (died 1990), Governor of New South Wales (1989–1990)
- 27 May – Michael Crouch (died 2018), investor, water boiler manufacturer
- 13 July – Kel O'Shea (died 2015), rugby league footballer
- 25 July – Owen Abrahams (died 2006), Australian rules footballer
- 27 July – Ted Whitten (died 1995), Australian rules footballer
- 19 August – Patricia Kailis (died 2020), businesswoman, neurologist and geneticist
- 30 August – Keith Payne, soldier
- 14 September – Zoe Caldwell (died 2020), actress
- 15 September – Monica Maughan (died 2010), actress[4]
- 3 October – Neale Fraser, tennis player
- 6 October – Diane Cilento (died 2011), actress
- 11 October – Gary O'Callaghan (died 2017), radio personality
- 19 October – Brian Booth (died 2023), cricketer
- 29 October – John Andrews (died 2022), architect
- 1 December – James Wolfensohn (died 2020), President of the World Bank
- 5 December – Harry Holgate (died 1997), Premier of Tasmania (1991–1992)
- 20 December – Ted Mack (died 2018), politician
- 26 December – Ugly Dave Gray, television personality
- 7 January – Bert Hinkler, aviation pioneer (died in Italy) (b. 1892)
- 9 January – Daphne Akhurst, tennis player (b. 1903)
- 10 January – Richard Buzacott, Western Australian politician (b. 1867)
- 17 January – John Hodges, cricketer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1855)
- 5 February – Josiah Thomas, New South Wales politician (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1863)
- 16 February – Archie Jackson, cricketer (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1909)
- 21 March – James Edmond, journalist (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1859)
- 15 April – Alfred Stephens, writer and literary critic (b. 1865)
- 20 April – Sir William Rooke Creswell, 1st Naval Officer Commanding the Commonwealth Naval Forces (born in Gibraltar) (b. 1852)
- 30 April – Robert Hamilton Russell, surgeon (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1860)
- 4 June – Herbert Basedow, South Australian politician, anthropologist, geologist and explorer (b. 1881)
- 22 June – Harold Desbrowe-Annear, architect (b. 1865)
- 20 July – William Lowrie, agricultural educationist (b. 1857)
- 26 July – Sir Joseph Verco, physician and conchologist (b. 1851)
- 10 August – Alf Morgans, 4th Premier of Western Australia (born in the United Kingdom) (b. 1850)
- 7 October – Sir Alexander Peacock, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
- 15 November – Affie Jarvis, cricketer (b. 1860)
- 19 November – Hugo Throssell, soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1884)
