The 1948 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Point Cook Aerodrome,[1] a Royal Australian Air Force base at Point Cook, just outside Melbourne in Victoria, Australia on Australia Day, 26 January 1948.

The race was organised by the Light Car Club of Australia and was sanctioned by the Australian Automobile Association.

[3] The race was the thirteenth Australian Grand Prix and the first not to be held on a public road circuit.

[4] Conditions were oppressive, with the temperature topping 100 °F (38 °C) by mid-morning, along with hot winds buffeting the exposed pits on the start/finish straight.

[5] The overpowering heat, plus the bumpy concrete-slab surface of the runways, took a heavy toll on the competing cars.