Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter M

An Australian author and playwright. She is the author of three novels, Coldwater (2001), The Snow Q

An Australian author and playwright. She is the author of three novels, Coldwater (2001), The Snow Queen (2003), Fivestar (2005), several plays and two books for children, Melissa, Queen of Evil (2006) and Dangerous Games (2007).McConnochie's novels, which have been praised for their vigorous plotting, vivid characterisation and humour, have consistently grappled with questions about celebrity and the possibilities open to women and women artists. The first, Coldwater, which was one of The Washington Post's Books of the Year and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (SE Asia and Pacific Region) transplants the Brontë sisters to a penal colony off the New South Wales Coast, using the plight of the three to explore different approaches to art, life and love. The second, The Snow Queen is set in Adelaide and tells the story of a former Russian ballerina stranded in post-war Australia,

Is a New Zealand horsewoman who won a Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Knighton, r

Is a New Zealand horsewoman who won a Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Knighton, riding Enterprise was in the New Zealand Three Day Event Team which finished third, along with Andrew Bennie, Tinks Pottinger and Mark Todd. Knighton has si

Was an Australian Labor Party Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Macquarie f

Was an Australian Labor Party Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Macquarie from 1993 until her defeat at the 1996 general election.

Is a former Australian politician. She represented the electoral division of Barkly for the Australi

Is a former Australian politician. She represented the electoral division of Barkly for the Australian Labor Party in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2001. In April 1996, she became leader of the ALP in the Northern Territory, and

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, she finished ninth in the K-2 500 m event while being eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event.

Is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 1970, she became the first woman du

Is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 1970, she became the first woman during the open era and the second woman in history to win all four Grand Slam tournament singles titles in the same calendar year. Court won a record 24 of

Was an Australian poet, editor, and journalist.Curran was educated at the Ipswich Convent. She worke

Was an Australian poet, editor, and journalist.Curran was educated at the Ipswich Convent. She worked as a journalist and editor for the Queensland magazine The Steering Wheel and Society and Home, was a sub-editor for the Toowoomba Chronicle, and later edited the Country Woman and Producer's Review until her retirement. [1]

Was an Australia cricketer who played six women's test matches for the Australia in the 1930's.

Was an Australia cricketer who played six women's test matches for the Australia in the 1930's.

A British-born Australian Senator

A British-born Australian Senator

Is an Australian food and cooking 'guru', writer, journalist, author, and commentator. She was the f

Is an Australian food and cooking 'guru', writer, journalist, author, and commentator. She was the first of this genre of writers in Australia.Her early recipes encouraged Australian housewives to vary the Australian staples of "meat and three vegetables" and to be creative with food. She 'discovered' food from exotic places such as Spain, Italy, India and China and as Cookery Editor, brought these into Australian homes through her articles in the Women's Day magazine.

S an Australian corporate executive

S an Australian corporate executive

Is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 1970, she became the first woman du

Is a retired former World No. 1 tennis player from Australia. In 1970, she became the first woman during the open era and the second woman ever to win all four Grand Slam singles titles in the same calendar year. Court won 24 Grand Slam singles titles, more than any other player. She won 62 Grand Slam titles overall (24 singles, 19 women's doubles, and 19 mixed doubles), again, more than any other player. Many consider her the greatest female tennis player.[citation needed] The International Tennis Hall of Fame states, "For sheer strength of performance and accomplishment there has never been a tennis player to match (her)."

Captained the Australia national women's cricket team in one Test match. A right handed batswoman an

Captained the Australia national women's cricket team in one Test match. A right handed batswoman and wicket-keeper, she played 8 Tests in all, scoring 341 runs with a best of 104, her only century.[1] She was born on 1 June 1949 in Essendon, Victoria and made her Test debut against New Zealand in 1972, her last match came against India in 1977.

Was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council fr

Was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1974 to 1993. In 1961 she began farming at Arrino, and was elected to Three Springs Shire Council in 1967. She became active in the Liberal Party as a m

An Australian painter. Her work concentrates on the still life. In 1997 a major retrospective of her

An Australian painter. Her work concentrates on the still life. In 1997 a major retrospective of her work was organised by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. She has held more than 60 solo exhibitions. She received the inaugural Mosman Art Prize in 1947. Margaret Olley attended Somerville House during her high school years. She was so focused on art that she dropped one French class in order to take another art lesson.On June 12 2006 in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, Olley was awarded Australia's highest civilian honour, the Companion of the Order of Australia, for her commitment to art and philanthropy. On July 13 2006 she donated more works to the Art Gallery of New South Wales; her donations to date include more than 130 works worth $7 million.[1]

An Australian writer. She is the author of Jake's Luck (1994) and A Woman of Air (1996) – winner o

An Australian writer. She is the author of Jake's Luck (1994) and A Woman of Air (1996) – winner of the inaugural Elle/Random House Fiction Prize.Margaret Packham was born in Sydney, Australia and attended Sutherland High School. She studied voice with Raymond Beatty and viola with Georgiana Maclean at the NSW Conservatorium of Music concurrently with nursing at Sydney Hospital. Subsequently, she completed a BA in English and Psychology and MLitt (Middle English/Chaucer) at the University of New England (NSW) and a DipEd at Mitchell College (Bathurst, NSW) and had a career first as a Nursing academic, during which time her research paper 'Literature in the Nursing Course' was published in The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, Autumn, 1986. She then became a teacher of secondary English before committing herself to writing.

Was a well known Australian artist. She was very influential during the 1920s to 1940s for her moder

Was a well known Australian artist. She was very influential during the 1920s to 1940s for her modernist works as a painter and printmaker and her views promoting Aboriginal art in contemporary art.Margaret first travelled to Europe in 1900, studying in Paris and Munich. With the outbreak of World War I Margaret travelled to England, where she exhibited at the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club and the Society of Women Artists. In 1916, she enrolled at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts studying pottery, fabric printing and dyeing, basket weaving and the many techniques of printmaking.

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An Australian/Canadian ethicist and academic

An Australian/Canadian ethicist and academic

A New Zealand politician. She was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives during the Fif

A New Zealand politician. She was Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives during the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand. She is a member of the Labour Party.

Was an Australian-born Italian soprano, particularly associated with dramatic Italian roles. She pos

Was an Australian-born Italian soprano, particularly associated with dramatic Italian roles. She possessed a powerful voice and was a forceful singing-actress in the grand manner.Margherita Grandi was born Margaret Gard in Harwood Island, New South Wales, Australia. When she was ten her family moved to Tasmania and she went to school in Hobart. She left Australia in 1911 to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in London. She also studied with Mathilde Marchesi and Jean de Reszke; and later in Paris with Emma Calvé. She made her professional debut in Paris, as a mezzo-soprano under the stage name of Djéma Vécla (Vecla being an anagram of Calvé) singing Charlotte in Massenet's Werther. In 1922, she created Massenet's Amadis in Monte Carlo.

Is the Minister of Trade of Indonesia

Is the Minister of Trade of Indonesia

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Magicians in the State League, as well as th

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Magicians in the State League, as well as the national team. She made her Test debut for New Zealand in November 2003, and her One Day International debut a few days later.

Is a former New Zealand football player who represented her country.George made her Football Ferns d

Is a former New Zealand football player who represented her country.George made her Football Ferns debut in a 0-2 loss to Taiwan on 3 October, 1982 and ended her international career with 6 caps to her credit.

Is a Australian judoka of Hungarian descent. She was Australian Champion in the u/57kg division for

Is a Australian judoka of Hungarian descent. She was Australian Champion in the u/57kg division for seven consecutive years, between 1997-2003.