* J. L. Austin ( 1911 – 1960 ), British philosopher

* 1911 – During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti ( Skenderbeg ).

* 1911 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1979 )

* 1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer of the Suez Canal ( d. 1976 )

* 1911 – Kay Walsh, English actress ( d. 2005 )

* 1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress ( d. 1989 )

* 1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer

* 1911 – Constance Heaven, English author ( d. 1995 )

* 1911 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1996 )

* 1911 – Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer ( d. 2001 )

* 1911 – William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founder of DDB Worldwide ( d. 1982 )

The Australian team from the 1911 – 12 tour.

Then England won in 1911 – 12 by four matches to one.

* 1966 – Flann O ' Brien, Irish humorist ( b. 1911 )

Eastern European theorists include Pyotr Stolypin ( 1862 – 1911 ) and Alexander Chayanov ( 1888 – 1939 ) in Russia ; Adolph Wagner ( 1835 – 1917 ), and Karl Oldenberg in Germany, and Bolesław Limanowski ( 1835 – 1935 ) in Poland.

* 1911 – Jackie Ormes, American cartoonist ( d. 1985 )

* 1911 – Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor ( d. 1990 )

* 1844 – Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist ( d. 1911 )

* 1911 – István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician ( d. 1979 )

* 1911 – Nicholas Ray, American director and scenarist ( d. 1979 )

* 1911 – Rosetta LeNoire, American actress ( d. 2002 )

* 1911 – Guy Burgess, English-Soviet spy ( d. 1963 )

Past Australian censuses were conducted in 1911, 1921, 1933, 1947, 1954, and 1961-2011 every five years.

* 1911 – Nora Heysen, Australian artist ( d. 2003 )

* 1911 – Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist ( d. 1983 )

* May 19 – John Gorton, Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia ( b. 1911 )

The 1908 split between the Chicago and Detroit factions in the United States was echoed by internal unrest in the Australian IWW from late 1908, resulting in the formation of a pro-Chicago local in Adelaide in May 1911 and another in Sydney six months later.

The highest mountain is Bimberi Peak ( 1911 m ) which is the highest peak in the Australian Capital Territory.

* William Hart-Smith ( 1911 – 1990 ), New Zealand / Australian poet

The University of Western Australia ( UWA ) was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913.

** 1888-1889 Franz Leopold Sonnenschein ( b. 1857-d. 1897 ); next, as it was since 14 April 1888 administratively part of the ( German ) Marshall Islands, it had mere Bezirksamtleute ( District officers ; 2 October 1888-1906 ), then, being since 1 April 1906 administratively part of German New Guinea, Stationsleiter (' Station Chiefs '; from 1911, subordinated to the administrators of Ponape district ) till 6 November 1914, finally the island was lost ( Australian administration, first by a military Commander, then under League of Nations mandate )

* Jack Ross ( Australian footballer ) ( born 1911 ), Australian rules footballer

By 1911, Tobruk had become an Italian military post, but during World War II, Allied forces, mainly the Australian 6th Division, took Tobruk on 22 January 1941.

Hobbs designed many of the well known public buildings in Perth and Fremantle and was first treasurer of the Western Australian Institute of Architects in 1896, and later president from 1909 to 1911.

*, a River class torpedo boat destroyer commissioned into the Australian Commonwealth Naval Forces in 1910, transferred to the RAN on its foundation in 1911, operated until 1929, and scuttled

* was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser launched in 1911, shortly after the formation of the Royal Australian Navy, and sunk in 1924 in accordance with the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty.

It was founded at Duntroon, in the Australian Capital Territory, in 1911 and is situated on picturesque grounds at the foot of Mount Pleasant near Lake Burley Griffin, close to the Department of Defence headquarters at Russell Hill.

Founded in 1911 by the Australian government, the Commonwealth Bank is one of the ' big four ' Australian banks, with National Australia Bank ( NAB ), ANZ and Westpac.

* 1911: Population of the Australian Capital Territory: 1, 714

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia was founded by an Australian Act of Parliament in 1911.

Australia's first Catholic cardinal, Patrick Francis Moran ( 1830 – 1911 ), had been a proponent of Australian Federation but in 1901 he refused to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Commonwealth of Australia because precedence was given to the Church of England.

Australian states as at 1911

At the age of 25, in 1908, Hurley learned that Australian explorer Douglas Mawson was planning an expedition to Antarctica ; fellow Sydney-sider Henri Mallard in 1911, recommended Hurley for the position of official photographer to Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, ahead of himself.