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Was an Australian poet and poetry editor, artist and art lecturer. He was one of the Melbourne poets

Was an Australian poet and poetry editor, artist and art lecturer. He was one of the Melbourne poets, and had a long tenure as poetry editor of The Age.Simpson was one of a group of Melbourne poets, including Chris Wallace-Crabbe, Vincent Buckley, Noel Macainsh, and Alexander Craig, who came together in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] Gorton writes that this was "a combative time in Australian poetry" with different "cliques" operating, including the Jindyworobaks, the New Poets and the Melbourne poets[1] The Melbourne poets were "deliberately prosaic ... finding their poetry in suburbs and ordinary days". [1] Poet Chris Wallace-Crabbe reiterated this in his obituary of Simpson in The Age on 10 October 2002. He wrote that Simpson "was a poet who put the Australian suburbs on the map. Verse had long been under the thumb of the landed gentry and Sydney quasi-bohemians, but he stuck resolutely, quietly, diurnally to the way most of us live".

Was a first-class cricketer who represented South Australia and Western Australia in a career spanni

Was a first-class cricketer who represented South Australia and Western Australia in a career spanning from 1926–27 to 1939. Halcombe's first match for his new state in 1928–29 was against the touring England cricket team. During the 1932–33 season that saw England tour Australia under Douglas Jardine with their Bodyline tactics, which involved bowling high speed deliveries at the batsmen's body, rumours circulated that Halcombe could be selected for the Tests. Halcombe's pace saw him touted as a possible retaliatory outlet against the English. After his cricket career ended, Halcombe had a successful career as a sports broadcaster. In 1947 he was appointed as the sports supervisor for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Perth.

Is an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1958 to 1964.

Is an Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1958 to 1964.

Is a former cricketer who played for South Australia (SA) and Australia. Short and compact, Hamence

Is a former cricketer who played for South Australia (SA) and Australia. Short and compact, Hamence was a dependable right-hand batsman who excelled in getting forward to drive and had an array of attractive back foot strokes.[1] As of 16 March 2008 and the death of Bill Brown, he is the oldest surviving Australian Test cricketer.[2]

Was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and briefly for Australia.[1] As a wicket-keeper, Sag

Was a cricketer who played for New South Wales and briefly for Australia.[1] As a wicket-keeper, Saggers was "tidy and unobstrusive", and the understudy to Don Tallon on the 1948 Australian tour of England.[2][3] The touring party, led by Donald Bradman in his last season, was nicknamed The Invincibles and was widely regarded as one of the strongest ever.[1] Saggers played in the Test match at Headingley, where he took three catches, and his only other experience of Test cricket was on the tour to South Africa in 1949–50, in which Tallon did not take part. Saggers played in all five Tests and took 21 dismissals, but Tallon replaced him for the home Ashes series against England the following season. In domestic cricket, Saggers twice captained New South Wales in 1948 when the regular captain, Arthur Morris, was playing for Australia, and overall played domestic cricket from 1939 until 1951.[1]

An Australian rules footballer, Chairman of the Australian Football League

An Australian rules footballer, Chairman of the Australian Football League

Was an Australian rock musician, most well-known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australia

Was an Australian rock musician, most well-known for being the lead singer and lyricist of Australian hard rock band AC/DC from 1974 until his death in 1980.[1] He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia with his family in 1952 at the age of six.

Is a former Australian politician. He was a National Country Party member of the New South Wales Leg

Is a former Australian politician. He was a National Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1977 to 1978.On 12 October 1977, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council to fill a casual vacancy caused by the dea

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Bennettswood in the Victorian Legis

Is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Bennettswood in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2002.In 1999 he was elected as the Liberal member for Bennettswood in the Victorian Parliament. In 2001 he was made Opposition

Is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a Professor and De

Is an Australian legal academic. He is an expert in labour law, and has served as a Professor and Dean of Law at the University of Sydney. He is the first totally blind person to be appointed to a full professorship in any subject at any university in Australia or New Zealand, as well as the first to become a Dean of Law in those countries.

He played 46 matches for the All Blacks including 16 tests from 1953 to 1960. He also played cricket

He played 46 matches for the All Blacks including 16 tests from 1953 to 1960. He also played cricket for the Auckland Aces.

A distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia

A distinguished Australian lawyer, judge and social activist serving on the High Court of Australia

He played one test match for the All Blacks in 1931 and he was also a New Zealand cricketer who play

He played one test match for the All Blacks in 1931 and he was also a New Zealand cricketer who played 10 first-class matches for the Auckland Aces in the mid-1930's.

Was an Australian businessman.

Was an Australian businessman.

A highly gifted all rounder, Archer's career was cruelly cut short by a serious knee injury in a gam

A highly gifted all rounder, Archer's career was cruelly cut short by a serious knee injury in a game in Karachi when he was just 23. A permanent fixture in the team from his debut at Melbourne in 1952-53 until stricken by injury in 1956 Archer was a stylish middle order batsman and steady opening bowler. After a slow start he excelled on the West Indian tour of 1954, recording 84 in Trinidad, 98 at Bridgetown and a maiden test hundred at Kingston to finish the series with 364 runs at 60.66. Showcasing his all round talent he took 18 wickets at 25.05 in England in 1956 but fell injured in Pakistan on the way home. [3] He played in 1958-59 as a specialist batsmen but though he averaged over 40 for Queensland his knee would not allow him to continue in the game. [4]After retiring from the playing field he worked as a TV executive, became Cricket Australia's Code of Behaviour Commissioner and officiated as an ICC match referee. He was made a life member of the Queensland Cricket Association for his services to cricket.

Was an Australian Test cricketer who was born in Highgate Hill, Queensland. He played in 19 Tests fr

Was an Australian Test cricketer who was born in Highgate Hill, Queensland. He played in 19 Tests from 1953 to 1956. A permanent fixture in the team from his debut against South Africa at Melbourne in 1952-53 until stricken by injury in 1956 Archer was a stylish middle order batsman and robust opening bowler. He was made a life member of the Queensland Cricket Association for his services to cricket.

Was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player – a dual code rugby international. He repres

Was an Australian rugby league and rugby union player – a dual code rugby international. He represented the Wallabies in 4 tests in 1961 and the Australia national rugby league team in 13 matches on the 1963 Kangaroo tour.

Was an Australian politician and lawyer.As a Member of the Legislative Council, Withnall made a name

Was an Australian politician and lawyer.As a Member of the Legislative Council, Withnall made a name for himself as a fierce advocate of self-determination, and took part in the campaign which ultimately led to the creation of the Assembly in 1974. He ran

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1928 to 1931.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests from 1928 to 1931.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Harvey, a fly-half, was born in Waratah, New Sout

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Harvey, a fly-half, was born in Waratah, New South Wales and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia.

Was the Lewis M. Terman Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus of the Space, Telecommunicatio

Was the Lewis M. Terman Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus of the Space, Telecommunications and Radioscience Laboratory at Stanford University until his death on August 12, 2007.From October 1949 to September 1954 Dr. Bracewell was a Senior Research Officer at the Radiophysics Laboratory of the CSIRO, Sydney, concerned with very long wave propagation and radio astronomy. He then lectured in radio astronomy at the Astronomy Department of the University of California, Berkeley from September 1954 to June 1955 at the invitation of Otto Struve, and at Stanford University during the summer of 1955, and joined the Electrical Engineering faculty at Stanford in December 1955.

Is an Australian theatre, film and voice actor. Haddrick was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the

Is an Australian theatre, film and voice actor. Haddrick was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the only son of Olive May (née Gibson) and Alexander Norman Haddrick. During the 1950s Haddrick represented South Australia on three occasions in the Sheffield Shield competition.

Was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football for South Fremantle in the West Aus

Was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football for South Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and first-class cricket with Western Australia. A member of the famous Doig family of Fremantle, Ron was a first cousin of George Doig. He made his debut for South Fremantle at the age of just 17 in 1927 and by 1930 was representing Western Australia at interstate football. In the finals of the 1932 season, where he was captain-coach, Doig was seriously injured in a match against East Perth and died as a result. On the cricket field, Doig was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and right-handed batsman. He made three first-class cricket appearances for Western Australia, the first of which came in 1926/27 against South Australia. Doig didn't bowl and instead played as a top order batsman, making scores of eight and five.

Was a former Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1931 until 1952.

Was a former Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1931 until 1952. He can be considered one of the most outstanding Tasmanian batsman of his era, and was unlucky never to be selected to play test cricket for Australia, despite having toured India with the national side. Morrisby was somewhat surprisingly called up for the Australian team's tour on India in 1935-36, led by Frank Tarrant.

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He also made

Is a New Zealand cricketer who played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He also made five one-day cricket appearances for Wellington Firebirds in 2008–09, scoring thirteen runs and claiming three wickets.