* 1933 – Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer ( d. 2009 )

* 1908 – Rica Erickson, Australian artist, historian, and author ( d. 2009 )

In 2009, Lara was made an honorary Member of the Order of Australia ( AM ) for services to West Indian and Australian cricket.

In 2009, " Don't Dream It's Over " was ranked number fifty on the Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, voted by the Australian public.

* 2009 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist ( The Birthday Party ) ( b. 1959 )

Probably the most ambitious and perhaps significant work to date is Ingwe ( 2003 – 2009 ) by Georges Lentz ( written for Australian guitarist Zane Banks ), a 60-minute work for solo electric guitar, exploring that composer's existential struggles and taking the instrument into realms previously unknown in a concert music setting.

The 2009 campaign for Foster's contains two 40-second adverts, " Backpacker " and " Deep Sea "; both end with the slogan, " Foster's – get some Australian in you.

The Australian state of Victoria maintained, until 2009, provisions for a grand jury in the Crimes Act 1958 under section 354 Indictments, which had been used on rare occasions by individuals to bring other persons to court seeking them to be committed for trial on indictable offences.

In May 2009, there were thirteen European, two African, thirty-five North American, one Singaporean and two Australian institutions that kept Komodo dragons.

In a survey conducted by Monash University in December 2009, flybuys was ranked as " most worthwhile joining " among major Australian loyalty programs.

* 1927 – Ray Barrett, Australian actor ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – William Refshauge, Australian soldier and public health administrator ( b. 1913 )

The Academic Ranking of World Universities listed Macquarie as seventh among Australian Universities in its 2009 rankings.

According to the Good Universities Guide to Australian universities, starting salaries for Macquarie graduates have been ranked as the highest in Australia for ten consecutive years ( 1998 – 2007 ) and in 2009, the university received 5 star ratings in six different performance categories including non-government earnings, staff qualifications and toughness of admissions.

* The track " Power " from It's Tomorrow Already was used as bumper music during the 2009 Australian Open tennis tournament.

On 27 May 2009, Caltex Oil Australia Ltd. announced it would be acquiring 302 Mobil service stations in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide, subject to approval of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

The Liberal National Party led by Lawrence Springborg went on to lose the March 2009 election to Anna Bligh's Australian Labor Party.

* 1896 – E. Beatrice Riley, Australian supercentenarian ( d. 2009 )

In the beginning of 2009, Crowe appeared in a series of special edition postage stamps called " Legends of the Screen ", featuring Australian actors.

( Rock in Peace )", a song by AC / DC that originally appeared on the Australian version of Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, but was released internationally in the 2009 box set Backtracks

In 2007, he was inducted in the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the Allan Border Medal award evening and in 2009 he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

On 15 September 2009, the Australian Government announced new plans to structurally separate Telstra into two separate entities ; a retail and wholesale arm.

The film was nominated for a Rose d ' Or, an Irish Film and Television Award, an Australian Film Institute Award and won an IF Award in 2009.

* The Black Saturday bushfires – the deadliest bushfires in Australian history took place across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday February 7, 2009 during extreme bushfire-weather conditions, resulting in 173 people killed and, more than 500 injured and around 7, 500 homeless.

The ' Clash for Cancer ' match against Melbourne has become an annual event, repeated in 2008 and 2009.

And a fourth research building, designed by Rafael Viñoly and named the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building, opened in June 2009.

In October, 2009, 30 scientists from 10 countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC ), a World Health Organization sponsored group, to reassess the carcinogenicity of various agents including areca nut, and mechanisms of carcinogenesis.

In 2009, Gilda's Club merged with another similar institution, The Wellness Community, under the new name of Cancer Support Community, which was legally adopted in 2011.

The two MRC Centres in Transplantation and the Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma in 2008 alone were awarded ' Centre of Excellence ' status by the British Heart Foundation with funding of £ 9 million and a £ 4 million Breakthrough Breast Cancer Unit was opened in 2009.

* Cancer diagnosis in November 2009

It is one of the few Cancer Information Management programs in the nation to currently offer an Associate's Degree which is required to sit for the National Exam to become a Certified Tumor Registrar with the National Cancer Registrars Association starting in 2009.

In 2009, Magnet High School, along with the other UCVTS schools, was named # 1 youth per capita in the entire nation by the American Cancer Society for their Relay For Life program.

In March 2009, The Times in conjunction with iTunes released a selection of live recordings by Noel Gallagher taken from his semi-acoustic performance at the Royal Albert Hall on 27 March 2007 in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust.

The third Coracle Challenge, which raises funds in support of Macmillan Cancer Support took place in Shrewsbury on 19 May 2009, with Terry Kenny participating on behalf of the Society.

Thursday headlined the 2009 Taste of Chaos Tour with support from Bring Me the Horizon, Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil, Cancer Bats and a local act.

In June 2009, Whelan was named Chief Executive Officer for the Ontario division of the Canadian Cancer Society.

On 18 July 2009, Tzuke took part in a Teenage Cancer benefit concert at Kilworth House, Leicestershire alongside Lucie Silvas.

A study published in 2009 by the journal The Breast Cancer Research proposed a link between breast cancer and the application of cosmetic chemicals including phthalates and aluminium salts in the underarm region, because of their oestrogenic and / or genotoxic properties, which provides an evidence-based hypothesis capable of further research.

In October, 2009, 30 scientists from 10 countries met at the International Agency for Research on Cancer ( IARC ), a World Health Organization sponsored group, to reassess the carcinogenicity of various agents including betel leaf quid with areca nut, and mechanisms of carcinogenesis.

The NIH's Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine had the same budget as NCCAM, $ 122 million, for fiscal year 2009.

He ran the London Marathon again in April 2009 in support of Gingerbread ( the charity for lone parents ), Macmillan Cancer Care and United Response ( the learning disability and mental health charity )

In June 2009 Keating received a Special Achievement Award from Cancer Research UK – he was singled out for his work with them since 2006.

Recent charities have included Children's Neuroblastoma, Cancer Foundation ( 2006 ), Hope for Huntingtons ( 2007 ), CURED ( 2008 ), and Foundation for Retinal Research ( 2009 ).

The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2009 about 5, 290 new cases of anal cancer would be diagnosed in the United States ( about 3, 000 in women and 2, 000 in men ).

Dr. Alfred Gilman retired in 2009 to work as Chief Scientific Officer of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas but remains emeritus faculty.

* Uwe Hobohm: Harnessing Infection to Fight Cancer, American Scientist January – February 2009

External recognition has included Queen ’ s Anniversary Prizes for Green Chemistry and the Comprehensive Cancer Centre ( 2006 & 2012 ), Times Higher Education Awards for Innovation in Culture and the Arts ( 2008 ), Entrepreneurial University of the Year ( 2009 ), Engineering Research Team of the Year ( 2010 ), Innovative Teacher of the Year ( 2011 ) and Outstanding Fundraising Team ( 2012 ), and an Athena Swan Institutional Silver Award ( 2012 ).