This is a list of notable people born in Australia.

See also the list of 100 Australian Living Treasures. Australian Living Treasures are people who have been nominated by the National Trust of Australia. ...

Academia

• Glyn Davis - Vice Chancellor of the University of Melbourne
• Jan Groenveld - writer and activist on the subject of cults
• Keith Windschuttle - historian
• Henry A. Reynolds - historian
• Christian Reus-Smit - international relations scholar

Glyn Davis (born 1959) is an Australian academic who is currently the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. ... Jan Groenveld (1945 - October 22, 2002) was a former member of the Mormon Church and the Jehovahs Witnesses[1]. She spent a total of fifteen years in these organizations before leaving them in 1975[1][2]. After her negative experiences in these organizations, she resolved to make more information... This article does not discuss cult in its original sense of religious practice; for that usage see Cult (religious practice). ... Keith Windschuttle (born 1942) is an Australian writer who is the author of several books, including Unemployment (1979) which analyses the economic causes and social consequences of unemployment in Australia, The Media: a New Analysis of the Press, Television, Radio and Advertising in Australia (1984) on the political economy and... Henry A. Reynolds, (born March 1, 1938), is an eminent Australian historian whose primary work has focused on the frontier conflict between European settlement of Australia and indigenous Australians. ... Chris Reus-Smit (b. ...

Architecture

See Also: List of Australian architects

• James Barnet
• Nahum Barnet
• Robin Boyd
• Charles D'Ebro
• Charles Bruce Dellit
• Phillip Gibbs
• Romaldo Giurgola
• Francis Greenway
• Roy Grounds
• Talbot Hobbs
• John Horbury Hunt
• Richard Roach Jewell
• Ross and Macdonald
• Glenn Murcutt
• Barry Patten
• William Pitt (architect)
• Harry Seidler
• Florence Taylor - First woman architect, structural engineer and civil engineer in Australia. Appointed an Officer of the British Empire and a Commander of the British Empire
• Jørn Utzon

Return to top of page Return to top of page Return to top of page Return to top of page Return to top of page Return to top of page Return to top of page Return to top of page Return to top of page Return to top of page... James Barnet James Johnstone Barnet (1827 – 1904) was the Colonial Architect for New South Wales from 1862 - 1890. ... Nahum Barnet (1855-1931) was an architect working in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. ... Robin Boyd (1917 - 1971) was an influential Australian architect, writer, teacher and social commentator, the foremost Australian proponent for the International Modern Movement in architecture. ... Charles Abraham DEbro was a London-born architect who designed many important buildings in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia during the late Victorian and early Edwardian periods. ... Charles Bruce Dellit was a prominent Australian architect in the Art Deco style. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Romaldo (Aldo) Giurgola (September 2, 1920, Rome, Italy – ) is an Italian-American academic architect, professor, and author. ... Francis Greenway, as shown on the 1966 Australian $10 note. ... Sir Roy Burman Grounds (18 December, 1905 - 7 March, 1981) was one of Australias leading architects of the modern movement. ... Sir Joseph John Talbot Hobbs (born London, August 24, 1864, died at sea en route to France April 21, 1938) was an Australian architect. ... John Horbury Hunt (1838-1904) was a Canadian born, Boston-trained architect who worked in Sydney, Australia and rural New South Wales from 1863. ... Richard Roach Jewell (born 1810 in Devon, England - died 1891 in Perth, Western Australia) was an architect who designed many of the important public buildings in Perth during the latter half of the nineteenth century. ... Ross and Macdonald was one of Canadas most notable architecture firms in the early 20th century. ... Glenn Murcutt (born 25 July 1936, London, England) is an Australian Architect. ... Barry Patten (died 2003) was an Australian architect. ... William Pitt (1855-1918) was an architect working in Melbourne, Australia in the later part of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. ... Harry Seidler (born 1923) is an Austrian-born architect who works in Australia and is considered to be one of the leading architects of the modern movement there and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia. ... Jørn Utzon (April 9, 1918-) is a Danish architect best known for his groundbreaking design for the Sydney Opera House. ...

Aviators (pioneer)

• Nancy Bird-Walton - (born 1915)
• Lawrence Hargrave -(1850-1915)
• Harry Hawker - (1889-1921)
• Bert Hinkler - (1892-1933)
• Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - (1897-1935)

Nancy Bird-Walton A.O, O.B.E. (born October 16, 1915) is a pioneering female Australian aviator, and is the patron of the Australian Women Pilots Association 1933 - at the age of 17, she was a pupil of Charles Kingsford Smith 1935 - obtained her commercial pilots license. ... Lawrence Hargrave (1850 - 1915) was an engineer, explorer, astronomer, and aeronautical pioneer. ... Harry George Hawker (22 January 1889–12 July 1921) was an Australian aviation pioneer and co-founder of Hawker Aviation, the firm responsible a long series of successful military aircraft, including the Fury, Hurricane, Hunter and Harrier. ... Herbert John Louis Hinkler (December 8, 1892 - January 7, 1933) - better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator. ... Kingsford Smith in his flying gear Air Commodore Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith MC, (February 9, 1897 - November 8, 1935), often called Charles Kingsford-Smith, or by his nickname Smithy, was the best-known early Australian aviator. ...

Business

• Alan Bond (also listed in crime)
• Daragh Kan - Businessman and Socialite
• Sir Lawrence Hartnett - businessman
• Lindsay Fox
• Rupert Murdoch - Media Mogul
• James Packer
• Frank Austin Pallin - Environmentalist and business man
• Richard Pratt
• Dick Smith - businessman
• Kerry Stokes
• Evan Thornley
• Malcolm Turnbull (also listed in politics)

Alan Bond (born 22 April 1938) is an Australian business man. ... Sir Lawrence Hartnett had been very involved in the development of the first mass-produced Holden which was launched in the late 1940s. ... Lindsay Fox is a succesful businessman and one of the wealthier Australians. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... James Douglas Packer (born September 8, 1967) is an Australian businessman and Australias richest man. ... Frank Austin Pallin or Paddy Pallin (1900 – 1991). ... Richard J. Pratt (born 1934) is a prominent Australian businessman, chairman of the privately owned cardboard company,Visy Industries, and a leading figure of Melbourne society. ... Dick Smith AO (born Richard Harold Smith on 1944-03-18) is an Australian businessman and aviator. ... Kerry Stokes is the chairman of Seven Network, one of the largest broadcasting corporations in Australia, and a recipient of the Order of Australia recognising his contributions to Australian business. ... Evan Thornley (born 1965), Australian businessman, was a founder (with his wife, Tracey Ellery) and former Chairman and CEO of internet company Looksmart Ltd. ... Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954), Australian politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in October 2004 for the Division of Wentworth, New South Wales, representing the Liberal Party. ...

Crime

See also: List of Australian criminals and List of Australians in international prisons This is a list of Australian people who have been convicted of serious crimes, or are notable for their criminal activities or allegations against them. ... (Clockwise from top left) Nguyen Tuong Van, Michelle Leslie, Renae Lawrence and Schapelle Corby. ...

• Rodney Ansell
• Bali Nine
• Alan Bond (Also listed in business)
• Kenneth Brown - explorer and pastoralist hung for murdering his wife
• Martin Bryant - Port Arthur massacre
• William Buckley, convict living on the Bellarine Peninsula, famous for escaping and living among the aborigines when transported to the colony of New South Wales
• Captain Thunderbolt
• Mahmoud Chami - serial gang rapist
• Eric Edgar Cooke
• Schapelle Corby
• Garry David
• Edward Eagar
• Warren Fellows
• Wade Frankum - Strathfield massacre
• Alphonse Gangitano, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
• Andrew Garforth
• Mohammed Ghanem - serial gang rapist
• John Wayne Glover
• Sef Gonzales
• Belal Hajeid - serial gang rapist
• Sven Huebner
• Brian Keith Jones - aka Mr Baldy
• Ned Kelly - (c. 1854-1880) bushranger
• Graham Kinniburgh - Melbourne underworld criminal figure
• Julian Knight - Hoddle Street massacre
• Maria Korp - 'body in the boot' victim
• Ivan Milat - Backpacker murderer
• Jason Moran - Melbourne underworld criminal figure
• Lewis Moran - Melbourne underworld criminal figure
• Bradley John Murdoch
• Mark Brandon Read, aka Chopper Read, Melbourne underworld criminal figure
• Jack Roche
• Michael Dennis Rohan
• Ronald Ryan
• Mahmoud Sanoussi - serial gang rapist
• Mohammed Sanoussi - serial gang rapist
• Tayaab Sheikh - serial gang rapist
• Bilal Skaf - Lebanese Australian gang rape ring leader
• Mohammed Skaf - serial gang rapist
• Christopher Skase - failed businessman and fugitive who escaped to Majorca.
• Squizzy Taylor - Melbourne gangster
• Stan Taylor
• John Travers - ringleader of the Anita Cobby murder
• Robert Trimbole - International felon and drug lord
• Andrew Veniamin
• Frank Vitkovic - Queen Street Massacre
• John Wren - Melbourne businessman and gangster

Rodney William Ansell (c. ... Michael Czugaj, shown during an interview on the Nine Networks current affairs television program, A Current Affair. ... Alan Bond (born 22 April 1938) is an Australian business man. ... Ken Brown is president of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (AdTI), a think tank based in Arlington, Virginia. ... Martin Bryant (born 7 May 1967) murdered 35 people and injured 37 others in the Port Arthur Massacre in a killing spree in Tasmania in 1996. ... He was a man who liked to water his garden! yes indeed The Port Arthur massacre, a killing spree claiming 35 lives and causing 37 serious injuries, occurred on 28 April 1996 at the ruins of the Port Arthur prison colony, a popular historic tourist site in south-eastern Tasmania... William Buckley William Buckley (1780 - January 1, 1856), was an English convict who was transported to Australia, escaped, was given up for dead and lived in an Aboriginal community for many years. ... The Bellarine Peninsula is a peninsula located south-west of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, surrounded by Port Phillip, Corio Bay and Bass Strait. ... Frederick Ward Frederick Wordsworth Ward (aka Captain Thunderbolt) (1836–25 May 1870) was an Australian bushranger renowned for escaping from Cockatoo Island with the help of his partner Mary Ann Bugg, and for committing over 200 crimes over six and a half years across the northern section of the state... Bilal Skaf: Orchestrated gang rape attacks. ... Rape is the act of making someone partake involuntarily in sexual acts through violence, force, threat of injury, other duress, or where the victim is unable to decline due to the effects of drugs or alcohol. ... Eric Edgar Cooke (25 February 1931–26 October 1964) was the last person to be hanged in Western Australia. ... Schapelle Corby in prison in Bali, Indonesia Schapelle Leigh Corby (born 10 July 1977) is an Australian who is serving a 20 year sentence for the importation of 4. ... Garry David, also known as Garry Webb, was an Australian criminal. ... Edward Eagar was born in Killarney, Ireland, in 1787. ... Warren Fellows was an Australian sentenced to life in a Thai prison for his participation in a drug smuggling operation. ... Wade Frankum was a 33 year old mass murderer who killed seven people in Australia in 1991 in what is known as the Strathfield Massacre. ... On August 17, 1991, around 1pm, 33-year-old Wade Frankum went to the Strathfield Plaza, a shopping mall in Sydney, Australia. ... Alphonse John Gangitano (March 24, 1957 - January 16, 1998) was an Australian criminal from Templestowe, Victoria, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne. ... Andrew Garforth Andrew Garforth was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 9 year old Ebony Simpson in Bargo, New South Wales, Australia. ... Bilal Skaf: Orchestrated gang rape attacks. ... Rape is the act of making someone partake involuntarily in sexual acts through violence, force, threat of injury, other duress, or where the victim is unable to decline due to the effects of drugs or alcohol. ... John Wayne Glover; police mugshot John Wayne Glover (1932-2005) was a serial killer responsible for the North Shore Granny Murders in Australia. ... Sef Gonzales (born September 16, 1980) is an Australian who was convicted and sentenced in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to life imprisonment for the murder of his father, Teddy, 46, mother Mary Loiva Josephine, 43, and sister Clodine, 18. ... Bilal Skaf: Orchestrated gang rape attacks. ... Rape is the act of making someone partake involuntarily in sexual acts through violence, force, threat of injury, other duress, or where the victim is unable to decline due to the effects of drugs or alcohol. ... Sven Huebner is an Australian citizen who was convicted in 2005 of killing a female friend, Linda Roberts during a botched sex game. ... Brian Keith Jones, Mr Baldy, police mugshot Brian Keith Jones, formerly known as Brendan John Megson, is an Australian who was convicted of the abduction and sexual assault of six children between 1979 and 1980. ... Ned Kelly the day before his execution Edward Ned Kelly (c. ... Graham The Munster Kinniburgh Graham The Munster Allen Kinniburgh (1943 - 2003) was an Australian criminal from Kew, Victoria, Australia, a suburb of Melbourne. ... Julian Knight Julian Knight, born March 4, 1968 is the spree killer who on August 9, 1987, murdered 7 people and injured 19 during a shooting spree in Clifton Hill, Victoria, in what became known in Australian history as the Hoddle Street Massacre. ... The Hoddle Street massacre is the name given to a tragedy that occurred on the evening of Sunday, August 9, 1987 in Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. ... Maria Korp (b 1955?, d. ... Ivan Robert Marko Milat (born December 27, 1944 in Newcastle) is a serial killer who murdered several tourists and hitchhikers in the 1990s in New South Wales, Australia. ... The Backpacker Murders is a name given to a serial killing case that occurred in New South Wales, Australia during the 1990s. ... Jason Moran, 36, (1967 - 2003) was an Australian criminal from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and a member of the infamous Moran family, notable for its involvement in the Melbourne underground war. ... Lewis Moran (? - 2003) was an Australian criminal from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Bradley Murdoch, police mugshot. ... Mark Brandon Chopper Read Chopper Read, real name Mark Brandon Read (born November 17, 1954), is a former Australian criminal and author. ... Jack Roche Jack Roche is an Australian terrorist. ... Michael Dennis Rohan is an Australian citizen who gained worldwide infamy on August 21, 1969, when he attempted to set fire to the Al-Aqsa mosque, located atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. ... Ronald Joseph Ryan (c. ... Bilal Skaf: Orchestrated gang rape attacks. ... Rape is the act of making someone partake involuntarily in sexual acts through violence, force, threat of injury, other duress, or where the victim is unable to decline due to the effects of drugs or alcohol. ... Bilal Skaf: Orchestrated gang rape attacks. ... Rape is the act of making someone partake involuntarily in sexual acts through violence, force, threat of injury, other duress, or where the victim is unable to decline due to the effects of drugs or alcohol. ... Bilal Skaf: Orchestrated gang rape attacks. ... Rape is the act of making someone partake involuntarily in sexual acts through violence, force, threat of injury, other duress, or where the victim is unable to decline due to the effects of drugs or alcohol. ... Bilal Skaf, jailed for leading gang rapes in Sydney in 2000. ... Lebanese Australians are the ninth largest ethnic group in Australia, numbering 162,239 or 0. ... Rape is the act of making someone partake involuntarily in sexual acts through violence, force, threat of injury, other duress, or where the victim is unable to decline due to the effects of drugs or alcohol. ... Mohammed Skaf (born May 7, 1983) is a serial gang rapist. ... Rape is the act of making someone partake involuntarily in sexual acts through violence, force, threat of injury, other duress, or where the victim is unable to decline due to the effects of drugs or alcohol. ... Christopher Charles Skase (September 18, 1948 - August 5, 2001) was a noted Australian businessman who later became one of his countrys most wanted fugitives, after his business empire crashed spectacularly and he fled to Majorca in Spain. ... Majorca (Mallorca in Catalan and Spanish, sometimes also encountered in English),: from Latin insula maior, later Maiorica, (major island) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Islas Baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are a part of Spain. ... Joseph Leslie Theodore Taylor, known as Squizzy Taylor, due to a droop in his left eye. ... Stan Taylor is an Australian criminal, currently sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of involvement in the 1987 bombing of the Russell Street Police Headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. ... John Raymond Travers John Raymond Travers was sentenced to life imprisonment for the Anita Cobby murder. ... Anita wins Miss Western Suburbs Charity Queen. ... Robert Trimbole was an Australian businessman, alleged drug baron and organized crime boss whose alleged involvement in the disappearance of anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay and involvement in drug trafficking in the Griffith, New South Wales area, led to a Royal Commission, a Coroners inquest and an international chase... Andrew Benji Veniamin was a suspected hitman involved in the Melbourne underworld killings. ... Queen Street, facing north from Flinders St The Queen Street massacre was a tragedy that resulted in the deaths of 8 people, and serious injury to 5 more, as well as severely traumatising many many more individuals, on the afternoon of December 8, 1987. ... John Wren, outside the Law Courts in 1951. ...

Film and television

Main article: List of Australians in film and television

• Eric Bana - actor
• Jacinda Barrett - actress
• Cate Blanchett - actress (won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Elizabeth and (won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator
• Peta Brady - actress
• Louisa Brammall - actress (won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Elizabeth and (won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Aviator
• John Clarke - (born New Zealand) actor, comedian
• Barry Crocker - actor/singer

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• Russell Crowe - (born in New Zealand) actor
• Judy Davis - actress
• Ernie Dingo - actor
• Jon English - (born in England) actor/singer
• Errol Flynn - (1909-1959) actor
• Colin Friels - actor
• Mel Gibson - (born 1956) - actor American born, Australian raised
• Posie Graeme-Evans - (born UK, resides Sydney) television producer
• Germaine Greer - (born 1939) writer, feminist and TV personality
• Rachel Griffiths - actress, Six Feet Under (HBO)
• David Gulpilil - actor & dancer
• Rolf Harris - artist, singer and TV personality
• Paul Hogan - (born 1939) actor/comedian
• P. J. Hogan - film director (Muriel's Wedding, My Best Friend's Wedding, Peter Pan)
• John Howard - actor
• Steph Hunt - film director, famous actress and singer (to be)
• Barry Humphries - actor/comedian
• Steve Irwin - (1962-2006) The Crocodile Hunter
• Hugh Jackman - actor
• Clive James - TV presenter / personality (was President of the Cambridge University Footlights club)
• Graham Kennedy - comedian and television host
• Nicole Kidman - (born 1967) actress American born, Australian raised
• George Lazenby - actor who played James Bond
• Heath Ledger - (born 1979) actor
• Baz Luhrmann - filmmaker
• Lex Marinos - actor
• Ray Martin - Journalist
• Garry McDonald - actor/comedian
• Darren McMullen - TV presenter / personality
• Bert Newton - television great
• Olivia Newton-John - (born in England) singer/actress
• Guy Pearce - (born 1967), actor
• Margaret Pomeranz AM - Film critic, former host of SBS's The Movie Show, host of ABC TV's At the Movies.
• Geoffrey Rush - actor, (won 2005 Emmy Award for Best Actor for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers)
• Yahoo Serious - comedian, filmmaker

• Magda Szubanski - (born in England) actress
• Charles 'Bud' Tingwell - actor
• Sigrid Thornton - actress
• Steve Vizard - actor/presenter
• Naomi Watts - (born in England) actress
• Hugo Weaving - (born in South Africa) - actor
• Peter Weir - (born 1944) filmmaker
• David Wenham - actor
• Kate Elise McGee - (born 1990) actress/singer
• Essie Davis - (Born in Tasmania) actress

This is a list of Australians who have been involved in film and television. ... Eric Bana in 2002s The Nugget. ... Jacinda Barrett (born August 2, 1972, in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian model turned actress. ... Cate Blanchett (born Catherine Élise Blanchett on May 14, 1969 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning Australian actress. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Elizabeth or Elisabeth is the Greek form Ελισ(σ)άβετ Elis(s)avet of the Hebrew Elisheva, meaning my God is an oath or perhaps my God is abundance. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ... Peta Brady (born 17 July 1972) is an Australian actress. ... The Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Elizabeth or Elisabeth is the Greek form Ελισ(σ)άβετ Elis(s)avet of the Hebrew Elisheva, meaning my God is an oath or perhaps my God is abundance. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ... John Morrison Clarke (born July 29, 1948) is a comedian and writer. ... Barry Crocker is an Australian singer who has been performing for decades. ... Image File history File links Circle-question-red. ... Russell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is an Oscar-winning New Zealand-born, Australian film actor. ... Judy Davis (born April 23, 1955) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress. ... Ernie Dingo (born 31 July 1956) is a Pedercina from the Maheleny region of Western Australia. ... Jon English. ... Errol Flynn Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 – October 14, 1959) was an Australian film actor, most famous for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. ... Colin Friels (b. ... Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, director, and producer. ... Posie Graeme-Evans was born in England, the daughter of a novelist and an RAF pilot. ... Germaine Greer (born January 29, 1939) is an Australian academic, writer, and broadcaster, who is widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of the 20th century. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... Rachel Griffiths Rachel Griffiths (born June 4, 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a film and television actress. ... David Gulpilil (sometimes credited as David Gumpilil) (b. ... Rolf Harris. ... Paul Hogan starring as Crocodile Dundee. ... P. J. Hogan (born 1962) is an Australian film director. ... Muriels Wedding is a 1994 Australian movie written and directed by P. J. Hogan and starring Toni Collette as Muriel, and Rachel Griffiths as her sensible and down to earth friend Rhonda. ... My Best Friends Wedding is a 1997 romantic comedy film directed by P. J. Hogan. ... For other uses, see Peter Pan (disambiguation). ... John Howard (born October 22, 1952) is an Australian stage and screen actor. ... John Barry Humphries AO (b. ... Stephen Robert Irwin (February 22, 1962 – September 4, 2006), nicknamed The Crocodile Hunter, was an Australian wildlife expert and television personality. ... The Crocodile Hunter is a wildlife documentary television series which was hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife Terri. ... Hugh Michael Jackman (born October 12, 1968) is an Australian film producer, film and stage actor, known for playing Wolverine in X-Men and its sequels, and his Tony Award-winning performance in The Boy from Oz. ... Clive James in 1976 Clive James AM (born Vivian James October 10, 1939) in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is an expatriate Australian writer, poet, essayist, critic, and commentator on popular culture. ... The ADC Theatre is the home of the Footlights. ... Graham Cyril Kennedy AO (15 February 1934-25 May 2005) was an Australian radio, television and film performer. ... Nicole Mary Kidman, AC, born June 20, 1967, is an Australian actress,[2][3] who has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, among several other prominent awards. ... George Robert Lazenby (born September 5, 1939) is an Australian actor best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 James Bond film, On Her Majestys Secret Service. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond 007 is a fictional English agent[1], created in 1952 by writer Ian Fleming, featured in several novels and short stories. ... Heathcliff Andrew Ledger (born April 4, 1979) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actor. ... Baz Luhrmann (born Mark Anthony Luhrmann on September 17, 1962) is an Oscar-nominated Australian film director. ... Lex Marinos is an Australian television actor and director, born February 1, 1949. ... Ray Martin (born 20 December 1944, in Richmond, New South Wales) is the Australian Nine Networks Senior Correspondent. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Image:Darrenmcmullen. ... Albert Watson Bert Newton, AM MBE (born 23 July 1938), is an iconic Australian television performer. ... Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (born September 26, 1948) is an English-born Australian pop singer and actress. ... Guy Pearce in Memento (2000). ... Margaret Pomeranz is an Australian film critic and television personality. ... Geoffrey Rush as Captain Barbossa, as depicted in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Geoffrey Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian Academy Award and Emmy Award winning actor. ... An Emmy Award. ... The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (DVD) The Life and Death of Peter Sellers was a 2004 film about the life of Peter Sellers, based on Roger Lewiss book of the same name. ... For other uses, see Yahoo. ... Magda Szubanski Magda Szubanski (born April 12, 1961 in Liverpool, England) is an Australian actress, comedian and writer. ... Charles Bud Tingwell (born January 3, 1923 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian film and theatre actor. ... Sigrid Thornton (born 12 February 1959) in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, is an Australian actress who is noted for her roles in the films The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Return to Snowy River (1988) (original Australian title is The Man From Snowy River II). ... this page is a load of crap! Steve William Vizard, born 1956 in Richmond, Victoria and educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School is an Australian media personality and businessman. ... Naomi Watts (born September 28, 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated English-Australian actress. ... Hugo Wallace Weaving (born April 4, 1960) is a Nigerian-born English-Australian film and stage actor. ... Peter Lindsay Weir (born August 21, 1944) is an Australian film director. ... David Wenham as Faramir David Wenham, sometimes known as Daisy, (born September 21, 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions. ... Essie Davis is an Australian actress. ...

Journalism

• Richard Ackland
• Phillip Adams
• Monica Attard
• Paul Barry
• Charles Bean
• Paul Kelly
• Christian Kerr
• Keith Dunstan
• Michelle Grattan
• Liz Jackson
• Margo Kingston
• Phillip Knightley
• Stuart Littlemore
• Mungo Wentworth MacCallum
• David Marr (journalist)
• Chris Masters
• Stephen Mayne
• Alan Moorehead
• Keith Murdoch
• Rupert Murdoch ch - News Corporation
• Lachlan Murdoch
• George Negus
• Kerry O'Brien
• Andrew Olle
• John Pilger
• Jessica Rowe
• B.A. Santamaria (1915 - 1998) political activist and journalist
• Sue Smith - Television and radio journalist, first female reporter on the Nine Networks 'A Current Affair', and Logie Award winner.
• Sandra Sully
• Jana Wendt
• Marian Wilkinson

Phillip Adams AO (born 1939) is an Australian broadcaster on the Radio National network of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), filmmaker, author, archaeologist, controversialist, Humanist, social commentator and satirist. ... Monica Attard is an award-winning Australian journalist, whose career began at Channel Seven. ... Paul Barry reporting for Four Corners in 1993 Paul Barry (1952 - ) is a British-born, Australian-based journalist, who has won many awards for his investigative reporting. ... portrait by George Lambert, 1924. ... Three famous Australians share the name Paul Kelly Paul Kelly (musician) Paul Kelly (journalist) Paul Kelly (footballer) The three, all with extraordinary achievements in their respective fields of endeavour, were the subject of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in 1999. ... Christian Kerr, who has previously written as Hillary Bray, is an Australian political journalist writing for the email news service Crikey. ... Keith Dunstan (born 3 February 1925) is an Australian journalist and author born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of William Dunstan VC and Marjorie Dunstan. ... Michelle Grattan AO is one of the most respected journalists in Australia. ... Liz Jackson during the 2005 season of Media Watch. ... Margo Kingston (born 1959) is an Australian political journalist who formerly worked for The Sydney Morning Herald. ... Phillip Knightley (born January 23, 1929) is a multi-award winning journalist, critic, and non-fiction author, visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Lincoln, England, and media commentator on the intelligence services and propaganda. ... Littlemore hosting Media Watch Stuart Littlemore QC is best-known as the former host of the ABCs Media Watch program. ... Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (born 1941), Australian journalist, is a political journalist and commentator. ... David Marr (born in Sydney 1947) is an Australian journalist and author. ... Chris Masters is a Journalist on Four Corners on the ABC in Australia. ... Stephen Mayne (born July 23, 1969) is an Australian journalist and self-described shareholder activist. ... Alan Moorehead (1910-1983), born in Melbourne, Australia, went to England in 1937 and became a foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express. ... Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch with Rupert Murdoch and one of his sisters in 1937, departing Melbourne by sea for Britain Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (August 12, 1886 - October 4, 1952) was an Australian journalist and the father of Rupert Murdoch. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Lachlan Keith Murdoch (born 1971) is the elder son of media mogul, Rupert Murdoch and the former Anna Torv. ... George Negus is an Australian author, journalist, and television presenter who as of 2005 is hosting the Dateline current affairs programme for the SBS network. ... Kerry OBrien is an Australian TV journalist. ... Andrew Olle (1947 – 12 December 1995) was a presenter on Australias ABC, beginning his career in 1967 as a news cadet and, until his death, working in a wide variety of programs, including but not limited to: The 7. ... John Pilger John Pilger (born October 9, 1939) is an Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker from Sydney, primarily based in London, UK. // Life and career Pilgers career in journalism began in 1958, and he has developed his reputation through both his reporting and the various books and documentary films... Jessica Rowe (born 1971) is an Australian television journalist and presenter. ... Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria (14 August 1915 - 25 February 1998), (known in public as B.A. Santamaria and in private as Bob), Australian political activist and journalist, was one of the most influential political figures in recent Australian history, but never held public office or joined a political party. ... The Honourable Sue Lynette Smith is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Montgomery. ... Sandra Sully (born February 1965 in Brisbane) to an Irish father and a Lebanese mother is an Australian national Anchor for Network Tens Late News. ... Jana Wendt was born on May 9, 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, to Czech parents who emigrated to Australia in 1949. ... Marian Wilkinson is an Australian journalist and author. ...

Law

• Marie Byles- First practicing female solicitor in NSW, Mountaineer, Explorer, Author and Feminist.
• Elizabeth Evatt AC - First Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia

Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900-1979) is known as a committed conservationist, the first practicing female solicitor in New South Wales, mountaineer, explorer and avid bushwalker, feminist, author and an original member of the Buddhist Society in New South Wales. ... Elizabeth Andreas Evatt AC (1933 – ), Australian lawyer and judge, was the first Chief Judge of the Family Court of Australia, and the first female judge of an Australian federal court. ...

Literature

• Patsy Adam-Smith - (1924-2001) Author, Historian and Servicewoman
• David Atkins - director of the 2000 Sydney Olympics Opening Ceremony, The Man From Snowy River: Arena Spectacular
• C.E.W. Bean - (1879-1968) journalist, World War I war correspondent and historian
• John Bell - stage actor
• Ric Birch - director of the 1982 Commonwealth Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Opening Ceremony, and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics Opening Ceremony
• Damien Broderick - (born 1944) science fiction author and critic, futurist
• Vincent Buckley - (1927-1988) poet, teacher, editor, critic
• Wilfred Burchett - (1911-1983) journalist
• Peter Carey - novelist, twice winner of the Booker Prize
• C. J. Dennis - author, playwright and poet
• Robert Drewe
• Nick Earls - novelist
• Greg Egan - science fiction writer
• Nick Enright - (1950-2003) playwright
• Miles Franklin - (1879-1954) author of My Brilliant Career
• Dame Mary Gilmore - poet
• James Halliday - wine author and critic
• Nicholas Hammond (born in the United States) - author and actor
• Dorothy Hewett - poet, playwright and novelist
• A. D. Hope - (1907-2000) poet
• Steph Hunt - invented the longest word - antifaeliarticrosticracylostinaholambongaz - which means procrastination.
• Paul Jennings - children's author
• Ignatius Jones - director of the Sydney Harbour Spectacular at the 2000 Sydney Olympics Closing Ceremony, The Man From Snowy River: Arena Spectacular
• Rod Jones - (b. 1953) novelist
• Henry Lawson - prose and poetry
• Kathy Lette - novelist (Puberty Blues)
• Norman Lindsay (Also listed in Creative Art)
• Lennie Lower- (1903-1947) novelist and journalist
• Chris Mansell (poet)
• John Marsden (writer) - most popular Australian author for young adults, and writer of the Tomorrow series.
• Alan Moorehead - journalist and author
• Sally Morgan - biographer
• Les Murray - (born 1938) poet
• D'Arcy Niland - (1919-1967) author (The Shiralee)
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal (aka Kath Walker)
• Dennis Olsen - theatre director/actor
• Ruth Park - (born in New Zealand) author
• Banjo Paterson - (1864-1941) writer, author of Waltzing Matilda and The Man from Snowy River
• Brett Peterson - Author and media critic
• Steele Rudd - Author
• Nevil Shute - Author (A Town Like Alice)
• Kenneth Slessor - (1901-1971) poet
• Christina Stead - novelist (The Man Who Loved Children)
• George Turner - novelist and critic
• Alan Villiers - (1903-1982) author, adventurer, master mariner
• Patrick White - (1912-1990) winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
• David Williamson - playwright
• Tim Winton - Western Australian author of books such as Cloudstreet
• Judith Wright - (1915-2000) poet (South of My Days)
• Benjamin Grant - Famous novelist and poet

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Peter Philip Carey (born May 7, 1943) is an Australian novelist. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... C. J. Dennis (7 September 1876 - 22 June 1938) was an Australian poet famous for his humorous poems, especially The Sentimental Bloke, published in the early 20th century. ... Robert Drewe is an Australian Novelist who was born in Melbourne, Victoria, but moved with his family to Perth, Western Australia at the age of 6. ... Nick Earls (born 1963) is an award-winning novelist from Brisbane, Australia. ... Greg Egan (August 20, 1961, Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian computer programmer and science fiction author. ... Nick Enright (22 December 1950-30 March 2003) was an Australian playwright. ... Portrait of Franklin, circa 1940s. ... My Brilliant Career is a 1901 novel by Miles Franklin. ... Mary Gilmore on the Australian $10 note. ... James Halliday, born in 1938, is a respected Australian wine writer and critic, vigneron, and senior judge in wine competitions. ... Nicholas Hammond (born May 15, 1950) is an American actor. ... Dorothy Coade Hewett, (May 21, 1923 – August 25, 2002), was an Australian feminist poet, novelist, librettist, and playwright. ... Alec Derwent Hope (July 21, 1907 - July 13, 2000) was an Australian poet and essayist, known for his satirical slant, who was also a critic, teacher and academic. ... Paul Jennings (born April 30, 1943) is a best-selling Australian childrens book writer. ... Ignatius Jones is an Australian actor and former lead singer of punk cabaret band Jimmy And The Boys. ... 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Alan Moorehead (1910-1983), born in Melbourne, Australia, went to England in 1937 and became a foreign correspondent for the London Daily Express. ... Sally Jane Morgan (née Milroy, born 18 January 1951 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian Aborigine author, scriptwriter and artist. ... Leslie Allan Murray (b. ... DArcy Niland (1919 - 1967) was the Australian author of several novels and short stories. ... One of the films made by the British Ealing studios and directed by Leslie Norman, The Shiralee tells the story of the itinerant rural worker Macauley (Peter Finch)—sometimes described as a “swagman” or “swaggie”—who suddenly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. ... Oodgeroo Noonuccal (Kath Walker) (November 3, 1920 - September 16, 1993) was an Australian poet, actress, writer, teacher, artist and a campaigner for Aboriginal rights. ... Dennis Olsen (born February 28, 1938 in Adelaide, South Australia), is an accomplished pianist, actor, director and is Australias leading exponent of Gilbert and Sullivan operas. ... Ruth Park is an author born in New Zealand who spent most of her life in Australia. ... Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson (February 17, 1864 - February 5, 1941) was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. ... Waltzing Matilda is usually sung in informal settings, but it was played with a 90 piece orchestra and the 100 voice Melbourne Chorale at the 2005 Classical Spectacular Waltzing Matilda is Australias most widely known folk song, and one that has been popularly suggested as a potential national anthem... The Man From Snowy River is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. ... Steele Rudd was the pseudonym of Arthur Hoey Davis, an Australian author. ... Nevil Shute (London, January 17, 1899 – Melbourne, January 12, 1960) (full name Nevil Shute Norway) was one of the most popular novelists of the mid-20th century. ... A Town Like Alice is a novel by the English author Nevil Shute. ... Kenneth Slessor (March 27, 1901–July 30, 1971) was born in Orange, New South Wales, in 1901. ... Christina Stead (1902 - 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer noted for her satirical wit and psychological penetration. ... The Man Who Loved Children is a 1940 novel by Australian writer Christina Stead. ... George Turner (1916-1997) was an Australian science fiction writer known for the solemnity of his stories and for being a late bloomer by science fiction standards. ... Captain Alan John Murray Villiers (1903-1982); Author, Adventurer, Photographer and Master Mariner. ... Patrick White (May 28, 1912 – September 30, 1990) was an Australian author. ... 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Medicine

• Percival Bazeley - Public health hero, brought medicine and vaccine to an entire population
• Dr John F. Cade - discovered usefulness of lithium for treating bipolar disorder
• Dr Victor Chang - heart surgeon
• Dr Kathleen Cuningham - Pioneer of Breast Cancer treatment in Australia
• Professor Susan Dorsch- Pioneer of transplantation immunology. First woman appointed to a Professorship in the faculty of Medicine (USYD). Pro-Vice Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sydney
• Reverend John Flynn - founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
• Dr Fred Hollows - (born New Zealand) eye doctor
• Dr Barry Marshall - joint 2005 Nobel prize in Medicine with Dr Robin Warren for the discovery that a strain of bacteria, not lifestyle, causes stomach ulcers and gastritis
• Dr William G. McBride - gynaecologist and obstetrician (alerted the world to the dangers of pregnant women taking "Thalidomide", which caused deformities in the unborn child)
• Dr Robin Warren - joint 2005 Nobel prize in Medicine with Dr Barry Marshall for the discovery that a strain of bacteria, not lifestyle, causes stomach ulcers and gastritis
• Dr Fiona Wood- inventor of spray on skin for burns victims and named Australian of the Year for 2005.
• Dr Kobie Olsen - Advanced Dentistry
• Dr Alexander Fleming - invented penicillin, possibly the most famous medical discovery ever

Percival Landon Bazeley was a world-class scientist and one of the overlooked heroes of Australian biotechnology and public health. ... Dr John Frederick Joseph Cade AO (January 18, 1912-November 16, 1980) was an Australian psychiatrist credited with discovering (in 1948) the effects of lithium carbonate as a mood stabilizer in the treatment of Bipolar Disorder (then known as Maniac Depression). ... Dr. Victor Peter Chang AC (Chang Yam Him 張任謙; pinyin: Zhāng Rènqiān; 21 November 1936–4 July 1991) was an Australian heart surgeon, and one of the pioneers of modern heart transplantation. ... Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ... The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. ... Portrait of Flynn in his early 20s. ... The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (RFDS, informally known as The Flying Doctors) is an air ambulance service for those living in the remote inland areas of Australia. ... Fred Hollows Frederick Cossom (Fred) Hollows, AC (April 9, 1929 – February 10, 1993) was an ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for countless thousands of people in Australia and many other countries. ... Barry James Marshall, FRS FAA (born 30 September 1951 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia) is an Australian physician and Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Western Australia. ... Dr. William McBride, gynaecologist and obstetrictrician, is the Australian doctor who discovered the teratogenicity of thalidomide which ended the practice of prescribing it during pregnancy. ... J. Robin Warren (born June 11, 1937 in Adelaide) is an Australian pathologist and researcher who is credited with the 1979 discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. ... Fiona Wood is a plastic surgeon working in Perth, Western Australia. ... Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. ...

Military

• Admiral Chris Barrie AC - Chief of Defence Force 1998–2002
• Percival Bazeley - Brought penicillin to Australians and allies in WWII
• Don Bennett - Aviation pioneer, commander of the Royal Air Force Pathfinders
• Henry Gordon Bennett - (1887-1962) WWI & WWII general
• Sir Thomas Blamey - WWII general and Australia's only Field Marshal
• Clive Caldwell - Top-scoring fighter ace of WWII
• Sir Henry George Chauvel - (1865-1945) WWI general
• General Peter Cosgrove - Chief of Defence Force 2002–2005
• Sir Roden Cutler - WWII Victoria Cross recipient, diplomat and Governor of New South Wales
• Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop - (1907-1993) WWII Surgeon
• Sir Hughie Edwards - (1914-1982) Victoria Cross recipient, senior Bomber Command Officer during WWII, Governor of Western Australia
• Air Chief Marshal Allan (Angus) Houston - Chief of the Defence Force 2005–
• Albert Jacka - First Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross in WWI
• James Whiteside M'Cay - (1864-1930) WWI general
• Rawdon Hume "Ron" Middleton VC - (1916-1942) Posthumous Victoria Cross recipient
• Sir John Monash - (1865-1931) WWI general
• Sir Leslie Morshead - (1889-1959) WWII General and Commander during the Siege of Tobruk
• Keith Payne - Victoria Cross recipient
• Arnold Potts - WWII Brigadier, esp. during decisive Kokoda Trail battles
• Keith William "Bluey" Truscott - WWII ace
• Nancy Wake - (born NZ 1912) operative with WWII French resistance
• Sir Richard Williams - First Chief of Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force

Admiral Barries official portrait Admiral Chris Barrie AC (born May 1945) was an Admiral in the Royal Australian Navy and the Chief of the Australian Defence Force from July 4, 1998 to July 3, 2002. ... The Australian Defence Force numbers about 53,000 full-time active duty personnel plus another 20,700 reservists. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Percival Landon Bazeley was a world-class scientist and one of the overlooked heroes of Australian biotechnology and public health. ... Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett (September 14, 1910–September 15, 1986) was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber pilot who rose to be the youngest Air Vice-Marshal in the history of the Royal Air Force and led the Pathfinder Force (No. ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... For other meanings see Pathfinder. ... Henry Gordon Bennett (April 16, 1887 – August 1, 1962) was an Australian soldier who served in both World War I and World War II. Despite highly decorated achievements during World War I, including at Gallipoli, Bennett is best remembered for his role in the Fall of Singapore in the Pacific... Memorial statue of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey in Kings Domain, Melbourne. ... Clive Robertson Caldwell, DSO, DFC and bar, Polish Cross of Valour (b July 28, 1910 in Sydney, d August 5, 1994), Australian fighter ace of World War II. Caldwell is officially credited with 28. ... General Sir Henry George Harry Chauvel GCMG KCB (April 16, 1865 - March 4, 1945) was a general officer of the First Australian Imperial Force that fought during World War I. He is less well known than a contemporary, General John Monash, because he served in the Middle East theatre and... General Peter Cosgrove AC, MC General Peter John Cosgrove AC MC CNZM (born 28 July 1947) was an Australian general. ... The Australian Defence Force numbers about 53,000 full-time active duty personnel plus another 20,700 reservists. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Arthur Roden Cutler VC Sir Arthur Roden Cutler, VC, AK, KCMG, KCVO, CBE (May 24, 1916 – February 22, 2002) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... List of Governors of New South Wales See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... Brass relief of Dunlop in uniform kyle was here Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ernest Edward Weary Dunlop, KStJ, CMG, AC, OBE, MS, FRACS, FACS, SSc Punjabi (HON.), (Honourary Colonel), (July 12, 1907 - July 2, 1993) was an Australian surgeon who was renowned for his leadership whilst being held prisoner by the... Hughie Idwal Edwards, VC, DSO, DFC, (1914- 1982)) was a highly decorated Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF), and the Governor of Western Australia during 1974-1975. ... Bomber Command badge RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAFs bomber forces. ... Flag of the Governor of Western Australia The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II. The Governor performs important constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including: presiding over the Executive Council; proroguing and dissolving the Legislative Assembly and the... Air Chief Marshal Allan (Angus) Grant Houston, AO, AFC, is the Chief of the Australian Defence Forces as of 4 July 2005. ... Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, current CDF The Chief of the Defence Force (CDF) is the most senior appointment in the Australian Defence Force (ADF). ... Captain Albert Jacka VC, MC and bar Albert Jacka (VC, MC and bar) (10 January 1893–17 January 1932) was the first Australian to receive the Victoria Cross during the First World War. ... Portrait of MCay, circa 1901. ... Rawdon Hume Ron Middleton (22 July 1916 - 29 November 1942) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Sir John Monash General Sir John Monash, GCMG, KCB, VD (27 June 1865 – 8 October 1931), Australian military commander of the First World War, was born in Melbourne, Victoria, to parents of Prussian-Jewish origin (the family name was originally spelled Monasch). ... Sir Leslie James Morshead (September 18, 1889 - September 26, 1959) was an Australian soldier with a distinguished career in both world wars. ... Combatants Australia United Kingdom Poland Czechoslovakia Germany Italy Commanders Leslie Morshead Erwin Rommel Strength 14,000 9,000 Casualties Britain: 9009 killed 941 captured estimated 12,000 total 8,000 The Siege of Tobruk was a lengthy confrontation between Axis and Allied forces, mostly Australian, in the North African Campaign... Keith Payne VC (right) and Edward Kenna VC (left) Keith Payne (1933 - ) is an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... Brigadier Arnold William Potts DSO MC (16 September 1896 - 1 January 1968) was an Australian grazier, served in World War I, and led 21st Brigade of the Second AIF during its desperate, heroic and ultimately successful defence of the Kokoda Trail duringWorld War II. First World War Second World War... Kokoda Track Conflict World War II, Pacific War Date July 1942 – January 1943 Place New Guinea Result Australian victory The Kokoda Track or Kokoda Trail campaign was part of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought from July 1942 to... Keith William Bluey Truscott DFC 17 May 1916 - 28 March 1943 was a World War II ace fighter pilot and Australian rules footballer with the Melbourne Football Club. ... Nancy Wake in Paris, 1932 Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM, Légion dhonneur, Croix de Guerre(x3), (born August 30, 1912), was the Allies most decorated servicewoman of World War II who fought alongside the maquis groups of the French Resistance. ... Air Marshal Sir Richard Williams, KBE, CB, DSO (1890-1980) is widely considered to be the father of the Royal Australian Air Force. ... The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the air force branch of the Australian Defence Force. ...

Music

Main article: List of Australians in music

See Also: List of Australian musicians.

• Christine Anu - singer
• Tina Arena - singer
• Michael Balzary (a.k.a. Flea) - bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Jimmy Barnes - Scottish born singer
• Eric Bogle - Australian folk musician
• Daryl Braithwaite - singer
• John Butler - musician
• Nick Cave - rock singer, songwriter
• Kasey Chambers - singer
• Jason Donovan- (born 1968), pop/rock singer, actor
• Slim Dusty - singer, guitarist
• Tim Freedman - singer, songwriter (The Whitlams)
• Peter Garrett - (also listed in politics) former lead singer and songwriter of Midnight Oil
• Delta Goodrem - singer, pianist, actress
• Joshua Green- singer, pianist
• Athol Guy - singer, double bass player, a member of The Seekers
• Dame Joan Hammond - (born NZ) (1912-1996) violinist, opera singer
• Sir Bernard Heinze - conductor
• Missy Higgins - singer-songwriter
• Roxanne Hislop - Opera singer
• Michael Hutchence - (1960-1997) frontman for INXS
• Natalie Imbruglia - singer, wife of Daniel Johns
• Mick Jagger (of Australian descent) - lead singer of The Rolling Stones
• Daniel Johns - singer, songwriter, guitarist (most notably for fronting the band Silverchair
• Sir Charles Mackerras - conductor
• Dame Nellie Melba - opera singer
• Dannii Minogue - (born 1971) dance music singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and fashion designer
• Kylie Minogue - (born 1968) pop music singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer
• James Morrison - Jazz musician, plays everything
• Lachlan Neal - Electric and upright bassist
• Olivia Newton-John - (born United Kingdom 1948) singer
• Johnny O'Keefe - singer 'The Wild One'
• Lisa Origliasso & Jessica Origliasso - The Veronicas
• Keith Potger - singer, guitarist, a member of The Seekers
• Bon Scott, Malcolm & Angus Young - members of hard rock band AC/DC
• Dame Joan Sutherland - opera singer (known as 'La Stupenda')
• Deniz Tek - of the punk rock band Radio Birdman
• Rai Thistlethwayte - singer, songwriter, guitarist (Thirsty Merc)
• Keith Urban - (born NZ 1967) country musician
• Mitchell Venn-Brown - Singer
• Oliver Witt - Double bassist (The MOB)
• George Young - songwriter, guitarist
• Rob Younger - of the punk rock band Radio Birdman

This is a list of Australians who have been involved in music. ... This is a list of Australian musicians (musical artists and bands) from all genres. ... Christine Anu (born 1970) is an Australian pop singer from Cairns, Queensland. ... Tina Arena (born Filippina Lydia Arena on November 1, 1967, in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Australia) is a pop singer. ... Michael Balzary aka Flea Flea (born Michael Peter Balzary on October 16, 1962 in Burwood, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia) is the bassist for the alternative funk band Red Hot Chili Peppers. ... Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. ... Two Fires (1990) Jimmy Barnes (born April 28, 1956 as James Dixon Swan) is a popular Australian rock singer. ... Eric Bogle (born September 23, 1944) is a Scottish-born Australian singer and songwriter. ... Daryl Braithwaite (born January 11, 1949) is an Australian singer who rose to fame as the lead singer of successful band Sherbet in the 1970s, and went on to have a number of solo hits in the 80s and 90s. ... John Butler (born 1 April 1975 in Torrance, California) is an Australian musician having moved to Australia on 26 January 1986 with his Australian father and American mother. ... Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 2005. ... Kasey Chambers (born: June 4, 1976) is a popular Australian country music performer with three successive albums reaching number one on the Australian album charts in 2002, 2004 and 2006. ... Donovan on the cover of the Especially For You single with Kylie Minogue Jason Sean Donovan (born June 1, 1968) is an Australian actor and singer, with world-wide record sales of over 30 million copies (singles, albums, compilation inclusions, etc. ... David Gordon Slim Dusty Kirkpatrick (June 13, 1927-September 19, 2003 in Kempsey, NSW)was an Australian country music singer and songwriter. ... Tim Freedman (b. ... The Whitlams is an Australian band famous for songs such as No Aphrodisiacand Blow up the Pokies. The Whitlams sound can best be described as Piano rock founded in lyrics of charming cynicism. The bands name is a tribute to former Australian Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. ... Peter Garrett campaigning in Melbourne for the 9 October 2004 Australian election Peter Garrett, MP, AM (born 16 April 1953), Australian musician and politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October 2004. ... Midnight Oil was an Australian rock band active from the early 1970s until 2002. ... Delta Lea Goodrem (born November 9, 1984) is a multi-ARIA Award winning Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and actress. ... Joshua Green Joshua Green is a senior editor of The Atlantic Monthly and a contributing editor of The Washington Monthly who writes primarily about U.S. politics. ... Athol Guy (born January 5, 1940, in Colac, Victoria, Australia), is one of the members of the Australian pop music-folk music group The Seekers. ... The Seekers in the 1960s The Seekers are a group of Australian folk-influenced popular musicians which was formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1963. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Sir Bernard Thomas Heinze (born in Shepparton, Victoria on July 1, 1894, died June 10, 1982) was an Australian Professor of Music and conductor. ... Missy Higgins Missy Higgins (born Melissa Morrison Higgins on August 19, 1983) is an Australian singer-songwriter living in Melbourne. ... Michael Hutchence (January 22, 1960 – November 22, 1997) was the lead singer of the Australian rock band, INXS. // Michael Kelland John Hutchence was born in Sydney, son of Kelland (Kell) and Patricia Hutchence, but was subsequently raised in Hong Kong. ... INXS (pronounced In Excess) is an Australian rock group. ... Natalie Jane Imbruglia (pronounced im-broo-lyah) (born February 4, 1975) is an Australian singer, songwriter, model and actress. ... Daniel Paul Johns (born April 22, 1979) is an Australian vocalist, composer, pianist and guitarist, best known for his work in the successful rock band Silverchair. ... Sir Michael Philip Mick Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer, and businessman. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Daniel Paul Johns (born April 22, 1979) is an Australian vocalist, composer, pianist and guitarist, best known for his work in the successful rock band Silverchair. ... For the C. S. Lewis novel, see The Silver Chair. ... Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE (born November 17, 1925) is an Australian conductor. ... Dame Nelly Melba in role of Rosina from the Barber of Seville Dame Nellie Melba (May 19, 1861 - February 23, 1931), born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian opera soprano, the first Australian to achieve international recognition in the form. ... Danielle Jane Minogue (born October 20, 1971), known as Dannii Minogue, is an Australian singer, songwriter and occasional actress and fashion designer. ... Dance music is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations and shows and raves. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (born May 28, 1968) is a Grammy Award winning Australian singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... James Morrison AM (born 11 November 1962 in Boorowa, New South Wales) is an Australian jazz musician who plays numerous instruments, but is best known for his trumpet playing. ... Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (born September 26, 1948) is an English-born Australian pop singer and actress. ... Johnny OKeefe (1935-1978) was an early Australian rock and roll singer of the 1950s. ... The Veronicas Lisa and Jessica Origliasso The Veronicas, is a duo of twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso (born December 25, 1984 in Brisbane). ... The Veronicas Lisa and Jessica Origliasso The Veronicas, is a duo of twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso (born December 25, 1984 in Brisbane). ... The Veronicas are an Australian pop rock award winning singer/songwriter duo composed of identical twin sisters Lisa Marie and Jessica Louise Origliasso (born 25 December 1984 in Brisbane). ... Keith Potger (born March 2, 1941) at Columbo in Sri Lanka, is one of the members of the Australian pop-folk group The Seekers. ... The Seekers in the 1960s The Seekers are a group of Australian folk-influenced popular musicians which was formed in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1963. ... Ronald Belford Bon Scott (9 July 1946 – 19 February 1980) was a Scottish-born Australian rock musician. ... Malcolm Mitchell Young (born January 6, 1953 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a founding member of, rhythm guitarist and co-songwriter for, the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. // Youngs parents William and Margaret emigrated from Glasgow to Sydney, Australia in 1963 with their children George, Margaret, Malcolm and Angus... Angus McKinnon Young, born March 31, 1955 in Glasgow, Scotland, is a guitarist and songwriter who has been the lead guitarist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC since the group was formed in 1973. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the band. ... Joan Sutherland as Norma Dame Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE (born November 7, 1926) is an Australian opera singer noted for her contribution to the bel canto revival of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Deniz Tek Deniz Tek is a guitarist/songwriter who is currently a member of Australian group Radio Birdman. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia. ... Rai Thistlethwayte is the lead singer of the band Thirsty Merc. ... Thirsty Merc is an Australian band. ... Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967), is a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised country music singer. ... George Young could be Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, the Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom George Young of The Easybeats, and of songwriting, record producing duo Vanda and Young (with Harry Vanda). ... Rob Younger is an Australian rock musician, vocalist and songwriter. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia. ...

Performing arts

See Also: List of Australian dancers.

• David Atkins
• Deanne Berry
• Leigh Bowery
• Nathan Foley
• David Gulpilil
• Tim Harding
• Sir Robert Helpmann - dancer, choreographer
• Rebecca Jackson Mendoza
• Sonia Kruger
• Charles Lisner
• David McAllister
• Paul Mercurio
• Tara Morice
• Graeme Murphy
• Stelarc
• Stephen Page
• Rodney Rude - standup comedian
• Craig Revel Horwood
• Frances Rings
• Mandy Ritchie
• Wade Robson
• Will Sabin
• Ross Stretton
• Meryl Tankard
• Leigh Warren of Leigh Warren & Dancers

List of Australian dancers. ... David Atkins is an Australian Performing arts actor and dancer. ... Deanne Berry is an Australian dancer and choreographer best known for her appearance in the music video for the single Call On Me by Eric Prydz. ... Leigh Bowery (March 26, 1961, in Sunshine, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia – December 31, 1994, in London, United Kingdom) was a performance artist, club creature, and clothing designer. ... Image:Nathan Foley. ... David Gulpilil (sometimes credited as David Gumpilil) (b. ... Harding performing with Hi-5, January 2006. ... Sir Robert Helpmann (April 9, 1909 – September 28, 1986), Australian dancer, actor, director and choreographer, was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia. ... Rebecca Jackson Mendoza is an Australian actress, singer and dancer, born in Melbourne, Australia of a Filipino father and German Australian mother. ... Sonia Kruger is an Australian television presenter. ... Charles Lisner is the Australian founder of the Queensland Ballet. ... David McAllister, born in Western Australia, was a principal dancer with the Australian Ballet until he was appointed Artistic Director of the company in 2001. ... Paul Joseph Mercurio (born March 31, 1963) is an Australian actor and dancer who was the star of Baz Luhrmanns, Strictly Ballroom (1992). ... Tara Morice (born in Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian actress, singer, and dancer. ... Graeme Murphy (born November 1950) is one of Australias most well known dance choreographers and formed the Sydney Dance Company in 1976 with fellow dancer and collaborator Janet Vernon. ... Stelarc (born Stelios Arcadiou on June 19, 1946) to Greek Cypriot parents is an Australian performance artist whose works focus heavily on futurism and extending the capabilities of the human body. ... Stephen Page was born in 1965, in Brisbane. ... Rodney Rude (born Rodney Keft in Bathurst) is an Australian blue stand-up comedian, poet and writer. ... Craig Revel Horwood (born 1967 in Ballarat, Australia) is an Australian dancer, choreographer and theatre director in the United Kingdom. ... Frances Rings is a dancer, choreographer and television presenter. ... Mandy Ritchie on Berts Family Feud Mandy Ritchie is an Australian professional dancer, best known for her role as one of Bert Newtons on-screen assistants on Berts Family Feud. ... Wade Jeremy Robson (born September 17, 1982) was born in Australia and has become one of the most successful pop choreographers and producers. ... Will is not worth this! ... Ross Stretton (6 June 1952 - 16 June 2005) was an Australian ballet dancer and artistic director. ... Leigh Warren & Dancers is a contemporary dance company based in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. ...

Politics

Main article: List of Australians in politics

• Sir Edmund Barton - (1849-1920) first Prime Minister of Australia
• Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen - (born in New Zealand) Premier of Queensland
• Neville Bonner - First Indigenous member of Federal Parliament
• Bob Brown - Green Senator and lead spokesperson
• Jim Cairns - Treaurer and Deputy PM to Gough Whitlam
• Bob Carr - former Premier of NSW
• Ben Chifley - Labour Prime Minister 1945-49
• Don Chipp - Founder of the Australian Democrats
• Peter Costello - Treasurer in John Howard's government since 1996
• John Curtin - Australia's Prime Minister during World War II
• Edith Dircksey Cowan - first female elected representative to an Australian parliament
• Don Dunstan - Flamboyant SA premier
• Dr H.V. Evatt - Labour politician, Opposition Leader to Menzies
• Sir Arthur Fadden - Treasurer under Menzies
• Tim Fischer - Deputy Prime Minister 1996-1999
• Peter Garrett (Also listed in Music)
• Rupert Hamer - Liberal Premier of Victoria
• Pauline Hanson - former QLD Senator, founder of the One Nation Party
• Paul Hasluck
• Bob Hawke - ALP Prime Minister 1983-91
• Harold Holt - (1908-1967) Prime Minister
• John Howard - (born 1939) Prime Minister
• Paul Keating - ALP Prime Minister 1991-96
• Jeff Kennett - Former Premier of Victoria
• Sir William McMahon - Liberal Prime Minister 1971-72
• Eddie Mabo - political activist
• Malcolm Mackerras - psephologist and author of Mackerras Pendulum
• Clare Martin - first female and first ALP Chief Minister of the NT
• Sir Robert Menzies - (1894-1978) Prime Minister
• Sir Henry Parkes - "father of Federation"
• Aden Ridgeway - Australian Democrats senator and second ever indigenous member of Parliament
• B. A. Santamaria (also listed in journalism)
• Natasha Stott Despoja - Former leader of the Australian Democrats
• Malcolm Turnbull (also listed in business)
• Gough Whitlam - (1916-) Prime Minister

This is a list of Australians who have been involved in politics. ... Rt Hon Edmund Barton Sir Edmund Barton (January 18, 1849 - January 7, 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen (born January 13, 1911), Australian politician, was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1968 to 1987, and one of the most successful politicians in Australian history. ... Neville Bonner (28 March 1922 - 5 February 1999), Australian politician, was the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the Parliament of Australia. ... Bob Brown Robert James Brown (born December 27, 1944), is an Australian Senator, the inaugural Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia. ... Jim Cairns in 1981 James Ford Cairns (4 October 1914 - 12 October 2003), Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government. ... For other people of the same name, see Bob Carr (disambiguation). ... Chicken nuggets are sold at McDonalds (September 22, 1885–June 13, 1951), Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australias most influential Prime Ministers. ... Donald Leslie Chipp (21 August 1925 - 28 August 2006) was an Australian politician. ... Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957), Australian politician, has been Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party since 1994, and Treasurer in the Australian government since 1996. ... John Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945), Australian politician and 14th Prime Minister of Australia, led Australia through the darkest period of its history: when the Australian mainland came under direct military threat during the Japanese advance in World War II. Many Australians regard him as the countrys... Edith Cowan in the 1920s Edith Dircksey Cowan, OBE (August 2, 1861 - June 9, 1932) was an Australian politician, social campaigner and the first woman elected as a representative in an Australian parliament. ... Donald Allan Dunstan AC QC (September 21, 1926 - 6 February 1999), Australian politician, was Premier of South Australia between June 1, 1967 and April 17, 1968 and then subsequently between June 2, 1970 and February 15, 1979. ... Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt Dr Herbert Vere Evatt (April 30, 1894 - November 2, 1965), Australian jurist, politician and writer (generally known in his lifetime as Dr H.V. Evatt and popularly known as Doc) was born in Maitland, New South Wales, to a working-class family of Anglo... Sir Arthur William Fadden (April 13, 1894 – April 21, 1973), Australian politician and 13th Prime Minister of Australia, born at Ingham, Queensland, the son of a Presbyterian police officer. ... Timothy Andrew Fischer, AC (born 3 May 1946), Australian politician, was born in Lockhart, in the Riverina district of New South Wales, son of a farmer of German descent. ... Peter Garrett campaigning in Melbourne for the 9 October 2004 Australian election Peter Garrett, MP, AM (born 16 April 1953), Australian musician and politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October 2004. ... Image:Ac. ... Pauline Hanson delivers her maiden speech to the Australian Federal Parliament (10 September 1996) Pauline Lee Hanson (born 27 May 1954) is a controversial Australian politician who was the leader of One Nation Party, a party with a staunch anti-immigration, nativist platform. ... One Nation is a nationalist and protectionist political group in Australia. ... Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck (1 April 1905 - 9 January 1993), Australian historian, public servant and politician, and 17th Governor-General of Australia, was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, into a family of Salvationists, whose values he retained throughout his career. ... Robert James Lee Bob Hawke AC (born 9 December 1929) is a former Australian trade union leader turned politician who became the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. ... Harold Edward Holt CH (5 August 1908–17 December 1967) was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime Minister of Australia, now best remembered for the bizarre circumstances of his death and for his controversial role in maintaining and expanding Australias role in the Vietnam War. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939), Australian politician, is the Prime Minister of Australia. ... Paul John Keating (born January 18, 1944), was an Australian politician and the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving as Prime Minister from 1991 to 1996. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Sir William McMahon, GCMG, CH, PC (23 February 1908 – 31 March 1988), Australian politician and 20th Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Sydney, New South Wales, where his father was a lawyer. ... Eddie Koiki Mabo (c. ... Malcolm Hugh Mackerras AO (1939 - ) is an academic (psephologist) and commentator on Australian and American politics. ... The Mackerras Pendulum was invented by Australian psephologist Malcolm Mackerras as a way of measuring the swings to and from political parties in a legislature such as the Australian House of Representatives which is comprised of single-member electorates. ... Clare Majella Martin (born June 15, 1952) is an Australian politician. ... Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 14 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving eighteen and a half years. ... Sir Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896), Australian politician, is sometimes called the Father of Federation and is at least considered the most prominent among the Australian Founding Fathers. ... Aden Ridgeway Aden Derek Ridgeway (born 18 September 1962), Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for New South Wales, from 1999 to 2005, representing the Australian Democrats. ... Bartholomew Augustine Santamaria (14 August, 1915 - 25 February, 1998), (known in public as B.A. Santamaria and in private as Bob), Australian political activist and journalist, was one of the most influential political figures in recent Australian history, but never held public office or joined a political party. ... Natasha Stott Despoja Natasha Jessica Stott Despoja (born 9 September 1969), Australian politician, has been an Australian Democrats member of the Australian Senate for South Australia since November 1995. ... Malcolm Turnbull Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954), Australian politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in October 2004 for the Division of Wentworth, New South Wales, representing the Liberal Party. ... Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ...

Science and technology

• Sir William Lawrence Bragg - physicist, Nobel Prize winner
• Professor Graeme Clarke - with his group, researched the development of the Cochlea ear implant for the profoundly deaf
• John Cornforth - chemist (born 1917) Nobel Prize winner
• Peter Doherty - immunologist, Nobel Prize winner
• Sir John Eccles (born 1903) - Nobel prize physiologist
• Lord Howard Walter Florey of Adelaide and Marston - lead development of mass-production of penicillin
• James Harrison - pioneer of mechanical refrigeration, (1816 - 1893)
• Professor Rodney Leonard Jory - (1938) physicist
• Sir Gustav Nossal - immunologist
• Clarence Herbert Smith - co-inventor, with his brother, of the Stump-jump plough
• Richard Bowyer Smith - co-inventor, with his brother, of the Stump-jump plough
• Professor Fiona Stanley - epidemiologist
• Nathaniel Szymczak - chemist
• Alfred Traeger - (1895 - 1980) inventor of pedal radio
• Dr. David Warren - inventor of the Flight data recorder
• David Walker - Games Designer (Team Fortress) Now working for Valve Corporation
• Tim Wilkins - Robotics/Cybernetics Designer
• The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists:
  • Prof Peter Cullen - Director, Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, University of Canberra;
    President, Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
  • Prof Tim Flannery - zoologist and author (The Future Eaters)
  • Assoc Prof Ronnie Harding - Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales
  • Dr Steve Morton - Chief of CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
  • Prof Hugh Possingham - Director, Ecology Centre, University of Queensland
  • Dr Denis Saunders - Conservation biologist and former CSIRO chief research scientist
  • Prof Bruce Thom - Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney - former Chair Australian State of the Environment Committee
  • Dr John Williams - former Chief of CSIRO Land and Water
  • Prof Mike Young - Director Policy and Economic Research Unit, CSIRO Land and Water
  • Peter Cosier - Policy Officer with the World Wide Fund for Nature.
  • Leith Boully - Board Member, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and former Chair of the Community Advisory Committee of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission
• Benjamin Ting- Human Cyborgs Association Queensland

Sir William Lawrence Bragg CH, FRS, (31 March 1890 – 1 July 1971) was an Australian physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1915 with his father Sir William Henry Bragg. ... ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... Cross section of the cochlea. ... The word deaf can have very different meanings depending on the background of the person speaking or the context in which the word is used. ... Sir John Kappa Cornforth was born in Australia, and has been profoundly deaf since his teens. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to 2006. ... Peter Doherty on a stamp released by Australia Post Dr. Peter C. Doherty (born October 15, 1940) is an Australian researcher in the field of medicine. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to the present day. ... Sir John Carew Eccles (January 27, 1903 – May 2, 1997) was an Australian neurophysiologist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the synapse. ... Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston, OM, FRS, (September 24, 1898 – February 21, 1968) was a pharmacologist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his role in the extraction of penicillin. ... Penicillin nucleus Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN) refers to a group of β-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. ... James Harrison (1816 - September 3, 1893) was an Australian pioneer in the field of mechanical refrigeration. ... It has been suggested that Refrigerator be merged into this article or section. ... Professor Rodney Leonard Jory AM (November 26, 1938 – ) is an Australian physicist noted for establishing and running the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) and for his contributions to Australian teams which have competed at the International Physics Olympiad. ... ... Sir Gustav Joseph Victor Nossal Kt, AC, CBE, FRS, FAA (born June 4, 1931 in Vienna, Austria) is a distinguished Australian research biologist. ... Plan of the original single-furrow plough The stump-jump plough is a historical kind of plough invented in South Australia in the late nineteenth century to solve the particular problem of preparing mallee lands for cultivation. ... Professor Fiona Stanley (born August 1, 1946) is an Australian epidemiologist noted inter alia for her work on cerebral palsy. ... Alfred Hermann Traeger (August 2, 1895 – July 31, 1980) was an Australian inventor, chiefly known for the development of the pedal radio. ... An example of a FDR (Flight Data Recorder). ... An example of a Flight Data Recorder The flight data recorder (FDR) is a flight recorder used to record specific aircraft performance parameters. ... Valve Corporation is an American video game developer based in Bellevue, Washington, USA, made famous by its first product, Half-Life, which was released in November 1998. ... Seven of Nine, a Borg in Star Trek: Voyager The term cyborg, a portmanteau of cybernetic organism, is used to designate an organism which is a mixture of organic and mechanical (synthetic) parts. ... The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists (in short, the Wentworth Group) is a group of Australian scientists concerned with the environment, that in November 2002 released a statement, Blueprint for a Living Continent. ... The University of Canberra, is primarily located in the suburb of Bruce in Canberra, the capital of Australia, near the Belconnen Town Centre. ... Timothy Fridtjof Flannery (born 28 January 1956) is a well-known Australian mammalogist, biologist, writer, Humanist and paleontologist. ... The University of New South Wales or UNSW is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the national government body for scientific research in Australia. ... The University of Queensland (UQ) is the longest-established university in the state of Queensland, Australia, and a member of Australias Group of Eight. ... The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the national government body for scientific research in Australia. ... The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. ... Dr John Williams is an Australian scientist whose life work has been in the study of hydrology and the use of water in the landscape and farming. ... The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the national government body for scientific research in Australia. ... Michael James (Mike) Young was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Guy Pearce from 1986 until 1989. ... The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the national government body for scientific research in Australia. ... WWF redirects here. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC (formerly the Australian Broadcasting Commission) is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ...

Sport

Main article: List of Australians in sport

• David Brabham Former Formula One racing driver
• Mark Webber - Formula One racing driver for Red Bull Racing
• Gary Ablett - Australian rules football
• Andrew Bogut - (born 1984) basketball player
• Matt Burke - (born 1973) rugby union player
• Margaret Smith Court - (born 1942) tennis player
• Betty Cuthbert - (born 1938) athlete
• Jade Edmistone - Swimmer
• Herb Elliott - middle distance runner
• Dawn Fraser - swimmer
• Elizabeth Fraser - Olympic Medallist (Melbourne 1956- Swimming)
• Johnny Warren - Football (soccer) player
• Cathy Freeman - (born 1973) athlete
• Andrew Gaze - (born 1965) basketball player
• Evonne Goolagong - tennis player
• George Gregan - (born 1973) rugby union player
• Lleyton Hewitt - (born 1981) former world number 1 tennis player
• Kat Hunt - Won the regional and state for 60 hurdles will be going to Hobart to compete in the nationals!
• Lauren Jackson - (born 1981) basketball player
• Emma Johnson - Olympic Medallist (Atlanta 1996- Swimming)
• Ricky Ponting - cricketer
• Sir Donald Bradman - (1908-2001) cricketer
• Allan Border - cricketer
• Greg Chappell - (born 1948) cricketer
• Shane Warne - cricketer
• Mark Waugh - cricketer
• Steve Waugh - cricketer
• Andrew Symonds - cricketer
• Patrick Johnson - athlete, first Australian to run 100m in under 10 seconds
• Alan Jones - racing car driver and 1980 Formula One World Champion
• Chris Judd - AFL footballer
• John Landy - athlete, second person to run a mile in under 4 minutes; later Governor of Victoria
• Rod Laver - (born 1938) tennis player
• Luc Longley - basketball player
• Leigh Matthews - Australian rules football player
• Mal Meninga - Rugby League icon
• Anthony Mundine - Rugby League, then boxer
• Tim McCartney-Snape - First Australian to Climb Everest
• Greg Norman - (born 1955) golfer
• Kieren Perkins - swimmer
• Mark Philippoussis - tennis player
• Patrick Rafter - tennis player
• Ian Thorpe - (born 1982) swimmer
• Kostya Tszyu - (born 1969) world boxing champion, Russian born but Australian citizen.
• Ted Whitten - Australian rules football player
• Todd Woodbridge - (born 1971) tennis player
• Mark Woodforde - tennis player

This is a list of Australians who have been involved in sport. ... David Brabham (born 5 September 1965 in Wimbledon, London, England) is an Australian Formula One driver who raced for the Brabham and Simtek teams. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Mark Alan Webber (born August 27, 1976) is an Australian Formula One driver. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... For the sons of this AFL football player, see Gary Ablett Jr. ... The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy... Andrew Michael Bogut (born November 28, 1984) is an Australian professional basketball player. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Date of Birth: 26 March 1973 Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Height: 1. ... A rugby union scrum. ... Margaret Smith Court (nee Margaret Jean Smith) (born July 16, 1942) is a retired Australian professional tennis player, who was one of the most successful players in the history of the sport. ... Elizabeth (Betty) Cuthbert (born April 20, 1938 in Ermington, a suburb of Sydney) is Australian athlete, and a four-fold Olympic champion. ... Jade Edmistone (born 6 February 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who is the current world-record holder in the 50m breaststroke at both short and long course formats of the event. ... Herbert James Herb Elliott (February 25, 1938) was an Australian athlete, one of the worlds greatest middle distance runners. ... Dawn Lorraine Fraser, AO, MBE, (born September 4, 1937) is an Australian champion swimmer. ... Elizabeth Davidson Fraser (born August 29, 1963 in Grangemouth, Falkirk) is a Scottish singer, best known for her highly unorthodox vocal work as the Cocteau Twins lead singer. ... a young Johhny Warren John Johnny Warren (born May 17, 1943 in Sydney, Australia; died November 6, 2004 in Sydney) was a football (soccer) player, coach, administrator, writer and promoter of the game in Australia. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian athlete who is particularly associated with the 400 m race. ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... Andrew Gaze (born July 24, 1965 in Melbourne, Australia) is Australias best known basketball player, and possibly its best ever. ... Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley AO MBE (born July 31, 1951, in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia) was one of the worlds leading female tennis players in the 1970s and early-1980s. ... George Musarurwa Gregan AM (born 19 April 1973 in Lusaka, Zambia) is an Australian rugby union scrum-half who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sports history. ... A rugby union scrum. ... Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born February 24, 1981, Adelaide, Australia), is a former World No. ... Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born May 11, 1981 in Albury, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional basketball player. ... Emma Johnson may refer to Emma Johnson (musician), an award winning clarinet player from the United Kingdom Emma Johnson (swimmer), an Australian swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category: ... Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australian cricket team (for both One-day International and Test cricket). ... Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (August 27, 1908 — February 25, 2001), often called The Don, was an Australian cricketer who is universally regarded as the greatest batsman of all time,[1] and is one of Australias most popular sporting heroes. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Beyond Ten Thousand — an autobiographical book about Allan Border (book cover) Allan Robert Border (born July 27, 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricket captain. ... Gregory Stephen Chappell (born August 7, 1948) is a former Australian cricketer. ... Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969 in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian cricketer and the the current captain of Hampshire. ... Mark Edward Waugh AM (born June 2, 1965 in Sydney) is a former Australian cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, and made his one-day international debut in 1988. ... Stephen Rodger Waugh (born June 2, 1965 in Canterbury, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer and was the captain of the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004. ... Andrew Symonds (born 9 June 1975, Birmingham, England) is an Australian cricketer, of West Indian heritage. ... Patrick Johnson is an Indigenous Australian athlete who trains at the Australian Institute of Sport. ... Alan Jones MBE (born November 2, 1946) is an Australian former Formula One racer. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is the premiership captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League and is considered as one the best players in the game today. ... John Landy in 1985. ... Rodney George (Rod) Laver (born August 9, 1938, in Rockhampton, Australia) is a former tennis player from Australia who was the World No. ... Luc Longley Luc Longley headshot Lucien James Luc Longley (born January 19, 1969 in Melbourne, Australia, ) was the first Australian to play in the NBA. He attended college at the University of New Mexico. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Leigh R. Matthews (born March 1, 1952) is widely regarded as one of the greatest Australian Rules footballers of all time, playing for Hawthorn in the VFL from 1969 to 1985. ... The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy... Mal Meninga (July 8, 1960) was a legendary Australian rugby league centre. ... Anthony The Man Mundine (born 21 May 1975) is a boxer and former Australian rugby league player. ... Tim McCartney-Snape is a world renowned mountain climber & adventurer. ... The cover of Shark (1998), a biography of Greg Norman. ... Kieren Perkins Kieren Perkins (born August 14, 1973), was one of the worlds best-ever long-distance swimmers, winning two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000. ... Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born November 7, 1976 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian tennis player. ... Country: Australia Residence: Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia Height: 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) Weight: 86 kg (190 lb) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1991 Retired: 2002 Highest singles ranking: 1 (1999-07-26) Singles titles: 11 Career Prize Money: US$11,127,058 Grand Slam Record Titles: 2 Australian Open... Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe OAM (born October 13, 1982), also known as the Thorpedo or Thorpey, is a former Australian freestyle swimmer who is regarded as one of the greatest freestyle swimmers of all time. ... Konstantin Kostya Tszyu (Russian: Константин (Костя) Цзю, pronounced in Australian English) (born September 19, 1969) is a Russian- born boxer of mixed Russian, Korean and Mongol descent. ... Edward James Ted Whitten (born July 27, 1933, died August 17, 1995) was an Australian rules football player, considered by many as being one of the greatest players of all time: in 1966, he was the first inductee to the Australian Football Hall of Fame and given Legend status. ... The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy... Woodbridge (back) with partner Jonas Björkman in the mens double final, Wimbledon 2004. ... Mark Woodforde (born 23 September 1965) was a professional tennis player from Australia. ...

Visual Art

• Howard Arkley - painter
• Charles Bannon - printmaker
• Charles Billich - painter
• Kat Black - video and digital artist
• Charles Blackman - painter
• Peter Booth - painter
• Arthur Boyd - painter
• Noel Counihan - social realist painter
• Helen Daniels - painter
• Frank Darcy - painter
• Sir William Dobell - painter
• Ken Done - painter
• Sir Russell Drysdale - painter
• Donald Friend - painter
• Joy Hester - painter
• Sir Hans Heysen - painter
• Nora Heysen - (died 2003) painter
• Robert Hughes - art critic
• Charles Kerry - photographer
• Norman Lindsay - painter, author
• Michael Leunig - cartoonist
• Lewis Miller - painter
• Tracey Moffatt - film and video maker, photographer
• Reg Mombassa - Pop artist, cartoonist and businessman
• Albert Namatjira - (1902-1959) painter
• Sir Sidney Nolan - painter
• Frank Plicka - photographer
• Margaret Preston - (1875-1963) modernist painter and woodblock artist
• Tom Roberts - painter
• Martin Sharp - pop artist
• Heather Shimmen - painter, printmaker
• Jeffrey Smart - painter
• Sir Arthur Streeton - painter
• Les Tanner-(1927-2001) cartoonist
• Albert Tucker - painter
• Brett Whiteley - painter
• Shaun Wilson - video artist

Howard Arkley (1951-1999), Australian artist, born in Melbourne. ... Official art of The 2001 Centenary Nobel Prize for Pease, by Charles Billich Charles Billich (born 1934, in Lovran, Croatia) He was named Official Artist of the 1996 Summer Olympics. ... Charles Blackmans The Cigarette shop (Running home) (1934) Charles Blackman (born 12 August 1928) is an Australian artist. ... Peter Booth (Sheffield, England, 1940 – ) is an Australian figurative and abstract painter, and one of the key late-20th century Auatralian artists. ... A tapestry which is a greatly enlarged version of Arthur Boyds painting hangs in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra Arthur Boyd AC OBE (20 July 1920-24 April 1999) was a member of the prominent Boyd artistic dynasty in Australia, with many relatives being painters, sculptors, architects... Noel Counihan (October 4, 1913 - July 5, 1986) was an Australian social realist painter. ... Helen Daniels (nee Simpson) was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. ... Sir William Dobell (24 September 1899 - 13 May 1970) was an Australian artist (sculptor and painter). ... Ken Done, AM (born 29 June 1940) is an Australian artist probably best known for his design work; his simple, brightly coloured images of Australian landmarks have adorned a very popular range of clothing and homewares sold under the Done Design brand. ... Drysdale Sir George Russell Drysdale (7 February 1912-29 June 1981) was an Australian artist. ... Donald Stuart Leslie Friend (6 February 1915 - 16 August 1989) was an Australian artist, writer and diarist. ... Joy Hester (1920-1960) was an Australian artist who lived a tumultuous, uncompromising and tragic life. ... Cattle Drinking 1915 Sir Hans Heysen (October 8, 1877–July 2, 1968) was a well-known Australian artist. ... Nora Heysen AM (January 11, 1911 - December 30, 2003) was an Australian artist, the first woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize for portraiture and the first Australian women appointed as an official war artist. ... Robert Studley Forrest Hughes (born July 28, 1938), usually known simply as Robert Hughes, OA is an Australian art critic, writer, documentary broadcaster and republican (anti-monarchist). ... Charles Henry Kerry (3 April 1858 - 26 May 1928) was an Australian photographer noted for his photographs that contributed to the development of the Australian national pysche and romance of the Bush. ... A concrete and steel sculpture by Norman Lindsay depicting a female nude in an erotic pose Norman Alfred William Lindsay (February 22, 1879 – November 21, 1969) was a prolific artist, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist, and scale modeler. ... Michael Leunig (born 2 June 1945), often referred to as Leunig, is a noted Australian cartoonist. ... Lewis Miller was an Ohio businessman who made a fortune in the late 19th century as inventor of the first combine (harvester-reaper machine) with the blade mounted efficiently in front of the horse rather than pulled behind it. ... Tracey Moffatt (1960- ), Australian artist using primarily photography and video. ... Reg Mombassa is the pseudonym of Chris ODoherty, a musician for Australian band Mental As Anything, and probably better known as a whose irreverent T-shirt graphics for surfwear company Mambo Graphics made the brand a household name. ... Namatjira outside Government House, Sydney, circa 1947. ... Nolans Painting of Ned Kelly on trial Icon based on Ned Kelly painting series Sir Sidney Robert Nolan (April 22, 1917 - 28 November 1992) was one of Australias most well-known painters. ... Cover of Plickas first and only published book, Streets of Sydney Frank Plicka (born June 11, 1926) is a Czech-born Australian photographer, best known for his book Streets of Sydney, an extraordinary tour of Sydney, documented in black & white photographs taken over the last 30 years. ... Australia Day Stamp featuring the art of Margaret Preston released by Australia Post in 1996. ... Thomas William Roberts (8 March 1856 - 14 September 1931), usually known simply as Tom, was a famous Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School. ... Martin Sharp (born 1944) is an Australian artist, cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker. ... Heather Shimmen is a contemporary Australian visual artist whose paintings, prints and collages often use sinister historical imagery from 16th to 19th century. ... The flea market, Rome (1966) Jeffrey Smart (1921 - ) is an expatriate Australian painter, who is known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes. ... Arthur Streeton by George Lambert (1917). ... Les Tanner (1927 - 2001) was an Australian Cartoonist. ... Mans head (1946) by Albert Tucker Albert Tucker (December 29, 1914- October 23, 1999) was an Australian artist, pivotal in the development of 20th century Australian Expressionist painting. ... Front of the Brett Whiteley gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney For other uses, see Brett Whiteley (disambiguation). ... Shaun Wilson (born Melbourne,1972) is an Australian artist, academic and curator working with themes of memory, place and scale through miniatures and video art. ...

Other

• Tilly Aston - Disability activist and founder of Association for the Advancement of the Blind
• Daisy Bates - self-proclaimed anthropologist
• James Busby - "Father of Australian wine"
• Alex Brawn - "Industrialist and Publican"
• Mary Elizabeth Donaldson - Crown Princess of Denmark, wife of HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
• Len Evans - winemaking pioneer
• Megan Gale - model and actress
• Alan J. Gow - motorsport executive
• Eve van Grafhorst - AIDS patient and activist (moved to New Zealand)
• William Guilfoyle - (1840-1912) - landscape designer
• Mamdouh Habib - former Guantanamo Bay inmate
• David Hicks - Guantanamo Bay inmate
• Clement Hodgkinson - (1818-1893) explorer, surveyor, landscape designer of Melbourne parks and gardens
• Frank Hurley - photographer on Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctica expedition
• Sir Sidney Kidman - (1857 - 1935) pastoralist
• Marcia Langton Professor and Aboriginal scholar
• Elle MacPherson - model
• Michael Mansell - Aboriginal activist
• John Marsden (lawyer) - Sydney solicitor
• Sir Douglas Mawson - explorer
• John Rudder - linguist (Australian Aboriginal languages)
• Max Schubert - winemaker Penfolds Grange
• Peter Singer - philosopher, major influence on animal rights movement.
• Paul Stoddart - former owner of Minardi F1 team
• Olegas Truchanas - conservationist and wildlife photographer
• Trugernanna or Truganini - called last of the Tasmanian Aborigines
• Wayne Sievers - former Australian police officer, trade union official, social justice campaigner and political figure

Tilly Aston (1873-1947), blind Australian writer and teacher. ... Daisy May (ODwyer) Bates (1863-1951) was an Irish-Australian journalist, welfare worker and lifelong student of Australian Aboriginal culture and society. ... James Busby (February 7, 1801 - July 15, 1871) was an author of the Treaty of Waitangi and is widely regarded as the father of the Australian wine industry, as he took the first collection of vine stock from Spain and France to Australia. ... The monogram of Mary and Frederik Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, formerly Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (b. ... A Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. ... Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Crown Prince Frederik in soldier uniform HRH Crown Prince Frederik André Henrik Christian of Denmark (born May 26, 1968) is the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Prince Henrik. ... Leonard Salisbury Evans (born August 19, 1929) is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... Megan Gale (born 7 August 1975) is an Australian model who has achieved considerable fame, first in Italy but now equally so in her native Australia. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Eve Van Grafhorst was a toddler when she contracted HIV via a blood transfusion. ... For information on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , see AIDS For the cues given by riders to their horse, see riding aids. ... William Robert Guilfoyle (December 8, 1840 - June 25, 1912) was a landscape gardener and botanist in Victoria, Australia, acknowledged as the architect of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne and was responsible for the design of many parks and gardens in Melbourne and regional Victoria. ... A landscape architect is primarily a designer of spaces, mostly landscapes, and sometimes gardens, in the field of landscape architecture. ... Mamdouh Habib was born in Egypt, moved to Australia in 1980, became a citizen there, married Maha, had four children, and taught Islam. ... David Hicks outside his family home in Adelaide David Matthew Hicks (born 7 August, 1975), also known as Abu Muslim al-Austraili and Mohammed Dawood, is an Australian citizen being held prisoner by the United States Government at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba after allegedly having served with the Taliban and... Clement Hodgkinson, 1818 - 1893, was born in England, and became a notable Australian naturalist, explorer and surveyor. ... A landscape architect is primarily a designer of spaces, mostly landscapes, and sometimes gardens, in the field of landscape architecture. ... Chateau Wood, Ypres, 1917 by Frank Hurley James Francis Frank Hurley (1885 - 1962) was an official photographer with the Australian Imperial Force during World War I. Hurley travelled on a number of expedititions to the Antarctic including Douglas Mawsons 1911 expedition. ... Portrait of Ernest Henry Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO, OBE (February 15, 1874 – January 5, 1922) was an Anglo-Irish explorer, now chiefly remembered for his Antarctic expedition of 1914–1916 in the ship Endurance. ... Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 1857 - 2 September 1935) was a pastoralist in Australia. ... Pastoralists are people whose main source of livelihood is livestock with which they move seasonally in search of fresh pasture and water. ... Marcia Langton Marcia Langton holds the Foundation Chair in Australian Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia. ... Macphersons last name is often printed as MacPherson,Elle Macpherson and sometimes as McPherson, but these appear to be incorrect. ... John Marsden, AM, is a prominent Sydney-based Australian solicitor and former President of the Law Society of New South Wales. ... 1914 portrait Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS (May 5, 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian Antarctic explorer and geologist. ... John Rudder, Ph. ... The Australian Aboriginal languages comprise several language families and isolates native to Australia and a few nearby islands, but by convention excluding Tasmania. ... As the creator of Penfolds Grange Hermitage, Max Schubert is arguably the most important and influential figure in the modern Australian wine industry. ... Penfolds Grange (until the 1989 vintage labelled Penfolds Grange Hermitage) is a famous, prestigious and expensive Australian wine, made predominantly from the Shiraz grape and usually a small percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon. ... For other persons named Peter Singer, see Peter Singer (disambiguation). ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... A civet, or sea fox, photographed in the Zigong Peoples Zoo, Sichuan, 2001. ... Stoddart at the 2005 Australian Grand Prix Paul Stoddart Born May 26th, 1955, is an Australian millionaire and owner of the Minardi Formula One racing team. ... Minardi was an automobile racing team and constructor founded in 1979 by Giancarlo Minardi. ... Olegas Truchanas (1923 - January 6, 1972) was a Lithuanian-Australian conservationist and nature photographer. ... Truganini (ca. ... Truganini; this photograph was probably taken around 1870. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• List of people by nationality
• Australian Catholics
• List of Australian Jews
• List of VFL/AFL players by ethnicity