Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is an Australian netball player. She played with the Adelaide Thunderbirds (2007) in the Commonwealt

Is an Australian netball player. She played with the Adelaide Thunderbirds (2007) in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy,[2] and as of 2009 was part of the Thunderbirds' extended training squad in the ANZ Championship.

Is a senior Australian public servant

Is a senior Australian public servant

Is a New Zealand football player who represented her country.She was captain of Avondale College Fir

Is a New Zealand football player who represented her country.She was captain of Avondale College First XI Girls Football team in 2008 and led them to third place at the National Schools tournament.

An Australian sex therapist, journalist and clinical psychologist.

An Australian sex therapist, journalist and clinical psychologist.

Is a retired powerlifter and female bodybuilder from Australia, where she was a national shot put ch

Is a retired powerlifter and female bodybuilder from Australia, where she was a national shot put champion. She is also a writer, body building judge and owns a gym in Syosset, New York, in the United States where she now lives. In 1982 she won the Austra

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts. In his 47 first-class cricket matches he

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Central Districts. In his 47 first-class cricket matches he has taken 128 dismissals for Central Districts. Bevan also plays for United cricket club in Palmerston North. He was born in Palmerston North. He scored 3

Is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Men's National T

Is a field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished in sixth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He made his international senior debut in 1997, and fought hard to come back fr

The first woman to have captained New Zealand in a women's one-day international, an event which hap

The first woman to have captained New Zealand in a women's one-day international, an event which happened in 1973. Three of the five ODIs in which Brentnall captained were won, with two defeats. Brentnall, who was a wicketkeeper/batsman, also played in ten women's Test matches.

Is a former Australian politician.Cains was elected to the Australian Capital Territory House of Ass

Is a former Australian politician.Cains was elected to the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly in 1979 as a member of the Family Team; she was the party's sole representative until 1982, when she was joined by Betty Hocking. The House of Assemb

Is an Australian field hockey international. She was first selected in the Australian Team in Novemb

Is an Australian field hockey international. She was first selected in the Australian Team in November 1994. She was a member of the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Training Squads. In 1998 she won gold at both the World Cup and Commonwealth Games. She played her 1

Is a female field hockey midfield player from Australia, who made her debut for the Australian women

Is a female field hockey midfield player from Australia, who made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the Argentina Tour in 2001. She was a member of the Hockeyroos at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where the team ended

Is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. In 2

Is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. In 2010, Reddy did not play in the ANZ Championship, but played for the West Coast Fever replacing the injured Josie Janz.

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981

Was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981 until 1999. He was a member of the ALP. Beckroge served as the member until the seat was abolished prior to the 1999 election. Beckroge subsequently retire

Is an Australian pharmaceutical scientist whose work has developed medical treatments in a range of

Is an Australian pharmaceutical scientist whose work has developed medical treatments in a range of areas.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. Damianos played for Skoda Xanthi F.C. in the Greek Super

Is an Australian football (soccer) player. Damianos played for Skoda Xanthi F.C. in the Greek Super League, appearing in 24 league matches during the 1998–99 season, 9 matches during the 1999–00 season and 6 matches during the 2000–01 season.

Is an Australian professional golfer.He is credited with winning over 100 tournaments and breaking o

Is an Australian professional golfer.He is credited with winning over 100 tournaments and breaking over 80 course records in an outstanding career, more course records in Australia than any other golfer. In 1970, he finished with seven consecutive birdies

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Henderson's debut for Australia in 1954 was histor

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player.Henderson's debut for Australia in 1954 was historic as he became the first second-generation Socceroo — his father Andy Henderson had represented the national team in 1924.

An Australian contemporary art photographer.Henson's art has been exhibited in many locations, inclu

An Australian contemporary art photographer.Henson's art has been exhibited in many locations, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Venice Biennale, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris. His current practice involves holding one exhibition in Australia every two years, and up to three overseas exhibitions each year.Henson's photographs reflect an interest in ambiguity and transition. The use of chiaroscuro is common throughout his works. His photographs are painterly and often presented as diptychs, triptychs and other groupings.

Was an Australian professional boxer who held the national heavyweight title. He was also an Austral

Was an Australian professional boxer who held the national heavyweight title. He was also an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Lang began his professional boxing career in 1905, the same year he w

Is an award-winning New Zealand poet, short story writer, and professor.Manhire has been a strong pr

Is an award-winning New Zealand poet, short story writer, and professor.Manhire has been a strong promoter of local poetry and other writing, acting as editor of several compilations of New Zealand short stories, most notably Some Other Country (1984) and

Australian politician

Australian politician

Was an Australian tennis player. Sidwell reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, and a

Was an Australian tennis player. Sidwell reached four Grand Slam doubles finals, winning once, and also played in the Davis Cup in 1948 and 1949. He is currently Treasurer of the AVGA and is playing golf regularly in place of tennis.

Was an Australian jockey who enjoyed considerable success in Australia during the 1950s and in Europ

Was an Australian jockey who enjoyed considerable success in Australia during the 1950s and in Europe during the 1960s. Willamson was released two and a half years later on 30 October 1944, where he once again turned to developing his horse-racing career

Sydney-based former IBO super featherweight champion.Billy Dib's first profession fight was against

Sydney-based former IBO super featherweight champion.Billy Dib's first profession fight was against Chad Roy Naidu in August, 2004, when he was 18 years old. He won, and subsequently went on to win the next 20 bouts, not losing until October, 2008, agains

An Australian-American poet, playwright, filmmaker, and teacher. His son C.W. Stoneking is a musicia

An Australian-American poet, playwright, filmmaker, and teacher. His son C.W. Stoneking is a musician.By this time, Stoneking had already been publishing his poems in little magazines around Australia for a number of years. He was also active in the burgeoning performance poetry movement, which included fellow poets, Pi O, Amanda Stewart, Jas H. Duke, and others. His poems have been featured in the Oxford Book of Australian Poetry (edited by Les Murray), and The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry (edited by John Tranter and Philip Mead). He is also the author of seven books, including Lasseter, In Quest of Gold (Hodder & Stoughton, 1989), Singing the Snake (Angus & Robertson) and Taking America Out of the Boy (Hodder Spectrum). In 2008, his poem "The Seasons of Fire" was chosen by Australian poet, Les Murray, as "one of the 10 best Australian poems ever written." All ten selections, including Stoneking's, are featured in the Fall issue of the University of Liverpool's literary journal, The Reader.