Australian Famous Girl Names with Letter O

Is a retired professional cyclist, who commenced her cycling career in 2001 at the age of 21.Her gre

Is a retired professional cyclist, who commenced her cycling career in 2001 at the age of 21.Her greatest success as a road cyclist has arguably been in Australian tours, including the Australian Criterium, Bay Series Criterium and the Geelong Tour, with

Was an Australian journalist, novelist and short story writer.Masters wrote as a journalist for most

Was an Australian journalist, novelist and short story writer.Masters wrote as a journalist for most of her life, and supplemented the family income by writing for local newspapers in the towns she lived in with her husband. On their return to Sydney, she wrote for papers such as The Manly Daily and The Sydney Morning Herald.While she wanted to write fiction from an early age, she was not published as a writer of fiction until the late 1970s. During this decade she wrote several radio plays, receiving many rejections, but on 29 April 1977, her radio play The Penny Ha-penny Stamp was broadcast.[3] However with the publication of her short story, Call me Pinkie, in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1978, she moved from writing drama to prose fiction.[3] Between 1979 and 1980, she won nine awards for her short stories.[4] She wrote fiction full-time from 1982, after the publication of The Home Girls.[5]

Is a former weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.

Is a former weightlifting competitor for New Zealand.

Is a professional Australian tennis player. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne, Aus

Is a professional Australian tennis player. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 138, which she reached on 7 December 2009. Her career high in doubles is 170, which she reached on 20 September

Was an Australian poet, political activist, artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for Abori

Was an Australian poet, political activist, artist and educator. She was also a campaigner for Aboriginal rights.[2] Oodgeroo was best known for her poetry, and was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse.[3]Oodgeroo loved the sea and the seashore, but not her schooling. She wrote with her left hand, and was punished for it. She left school at age 13 in 1933, at the height of the Depression, to work as a domestic servant in Brisbane.[2] In 1942, during World War II with her brothers Eddie and Eric imprisoned as POWs in Singapore, she volunteered for war service in the Australian Women's Army Service.[4] As a communication worker in Army HQ in Brisbane she received training in book keeping, typing and shorthand, reaching the rank of corporal.[citation needed] During her war service “Oodgeroo noticed a big difference in the way she was treated once she had enlisted. She experienced social equality.”[4]