Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team Vacansoleil. In 2

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team Vacansoleil. In 2010 he will race for Pro Tour squad Team Saxo Bank on a one year contract.His professional career began with the Mercury team in 2000. He found racing in E

Is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team

Is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who was a member of the Men's National Hockey Team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.Since 2004, Baeden has been working as a player-coach to a hockey team competing

An Australian journalist, social commentator, author and child protection campaigner.Biggs' first bo

An Australian journalist, social commentator, author and child protection campaigner.Biggs' first book (published by Sly Ink, 2003) was autobiographical, called In Moral Danger, about her life up to the age of 22. The book tells of her sexual abuse from the age of 14 by a well-known criminal barrister.[5] It explains the damaging after effects following her abuse, including time spent in a psychiatric hospital, escaping Cambodia weeks before it fell to the Khmer Rouge and being a prostitute in Japan. It also describes how she attempted suicide four times, received death threats and caused national headlines - all before the age of 22.

Is a former football player who represented New Zealand.Cox captained the New Zealand women's team i

Is a former football player who represented New Zealand.Cox captained the New Zealand women's team in their first ever international as they beat Hong Kong 2-0 on 25 August 1975 at the inaugural AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finish

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Was an Australian female author.In 1939, she left university and moved to Sydney to work as a journa

Was an Australian female author.In 1939, she left university and moved to Sydney to work as a journalist on The Daily News. Within a short time she married John Hamilton Hinde, a journalist on the same newspaper, and later famous as film critic for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Jefferis later worked at The Telegraph, Women's Weekly, and Pix.The couple's daughter, Rosalind, was born in 1944, with Hinde overseas as an ABC war correspondent. Being a mother caused a transition in work and, as a freelance radio writer, Jefferis went on to write more than 50 radio dramas and dramatised documentaries as well as serials, scientific and educational programmes.

Is a boardsailor from New Zealand. Kendall was raised at Bucklands Beach and attended Pakuranga Coll

Is a boardsailor from New Zealand. Kendall was raised at Bucklands Beach and attended Pakuranga College. She won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, silver medal in 1996 (in Atlanta, Georgia), and a bronze medal in 2000 (in Sydney) Kend

Was an international cricketer who played 5 test matches for New Zealand.She was the first woman to

Was an international cricketer who played 5 test matches for New Zealand.She was the first woman to score both a test century and a one day international century for the Kiwis. Her test hundred came against India in Dunedin in 1976-77 while her one-day century came against the International XI in the 1982 World Cup, when she put on 180 with Lesley Murdoch. She scored 400 runs in test match cricket at the excellent average of 44.44. In 16 one day internationals from 1973 to 1982 she scored 488 runs at 32.53. She also took 3 for 17 against Australia with her right arm medium pace, her only ODI wickets.

Is an Australian politician. She currently is the member of the Western Australian Legislative Counc

Is an Australian politician. She currently is the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the South Metropolitan Region. Elected to Parliament in the 1993 state election and subsequently re-elected in the 1996, 2001 and 2005 stat

An Australian birth activist

An Australian birth activist

Australian politician,

Australian politician,

Is a former champion New Zealand Light heavyweight boxer.

Is a former champion New Zealand Light heavyweight boxer.

On April 23, 2004, Waga and his colleagues Kieren Keke, David Adeang and Fabian Ribauw participated

On April 23, 2004, Waga and his colleagues Kieren Keke, David Adeang and Fabian Ribauw participated in violent protests at the Nauru International Airport in Yaren; these were meant to show displeasure regarding government policy against Afghan asylum-see

Is a former Australian rules footballer in the SANFL, widely acknowledged as a champion in his sport

Is a former Australian rules footballer in the SANFL, widely acknowledged as a champion in his sport.

Was an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party in the Parliament of New South

Was an Australian politician, representing the Australian Labor Party in the Parliament of New South Wales from 1978 to 1991. He served as the 36th Premier from July 1986 to March 1988. In 1961, Unsworth became an organiser of the Electrical Trades Union,

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Ang

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Along with Don Symon, Kevin Lawton, Ross Tong and Brett Hollister (cox) Mabbott won the bronze medal in the coxed four.

S a former Australian Test cricketer, International Cricket Council (ICC) Match Referee and Australi

S a former Australian Test cricketer, International Cricket Council (ICC) Match Referee and Australian rules footballer.

Was an Australian rugby league player, a second-row forward for the St. George Dragons in the New So

Was an Australian rugby league player, a second-row forward for the St. George Dragons in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership competition. He represented for New South Wales and in the Australia national rugby league team.

Was an Australian architect and Olympic alpine skier.Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, he studie

Was an Australian architect and Olympic alpine skier.Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, he studied architecture first at Melbourne Technical College before completing his degree at the University of Melbourne in 1951. In 1952 he competed for Australia at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo as a skier.Patten joined the architecture firm of Yuncken Freeman Brothers Griffiths & Simpson, and in 1957 submitted a design for the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne. His design was chosen for the Bowl, and he worked as the project architect. Patten designed three buildings in Victoria that are now on the Victorian Heritage Register: the Myer Music Bowl, BHP House, and the Victoria State Offices.

Was an Australian rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competit

Was an Australian rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice was at hooker. Barry is the older brother of his former Broncos teammate, Shaun Berrigan. He is of German descent

An Associate Professor

An Associate Professor

Is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in 48 international matches for Austral

Is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in 48 international matches for Australia between 1973 and 1979. His highlights were winning the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, and bronze at the Hockey World Cup in Bueno

Milburn was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a competent wicketkeeper who played for Otago fro

Milburn was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a competent wicketkeeper who played for Otago from 1963 to 1983. He was one of a succession of New Zealand Test wicketkeepers of modest batting ability in the mid to late 1960s, and was first choice for only one Test series, the three matches in New Zealand against the West Indies in 1968-69. Milburn also toured England in 1969 and India in 1969-70, but Ken Wadsworth, a much better bat, was seen as the No 1 keeper on both tours, though an injury in the later stages of the England tour did not help Milburn's cause at a time when Wadsworth was also struggling for runs.

Is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Swan Hill in the Victorian L

Is a former Australian politician. He was the National Party member for Swan Hill in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 2002.In 1983, Steggall was elected as the National member for Swan Hill. He became Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the P

Was an Australian first class cricketer who represented Queensland from 1954–55 until 1967–68. A

Was an Australian first class cricketer who represented Queensland from 1954–55 until 1967–68. A right arm fast bowler, he played 56 matches and briefly was seen as a future Australian Test prospect after being selected for an Australian Second XI tour of New Zealand in 1959–60. his first-class career ended after he was no-balled for throwing in November 1967.