Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock b

Is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers.At the age of 13, Dalle started a band of her own, Sourpuss, which developed a solid fanbase, and played alongside Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth at Australia's Summersault Festival. She met Tim Armstrong, the frontman of the punk rock band Rancid at this festival when she was 16. She met him after seeing him packing up the drums backstage, and the two subsequently pursued a relationship. Despite Armstrong being 12 years her senior, and Dalle initially lying about her age,

A singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band

A singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band, The Distillers.At the age of 16, Dalle started a band of her own, Sourpuss, which developed a solid fanbase, and played alongside Beastie Boys and Sonic Youth at Australia's Summersault Festival. She met Tim Armstrong, the frontman of the punk rock band Rancid at this festival when she was 16. She met him after seeing him packing up the drums backstage, and the two subsequently pursued a relationship. Despite Armstrong being 12 years her senior, and Dalle initially lying about her age, the couple got engaged shortly after Dalle turned 18. She moved with Armstrong from Melbourne to Los Angeles, California and there founded The Distillers, which took their name from a distillery she saw in Geelong.

Is a professional rugby league footballer for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League. He

Is a professional rugby league footballer for the Canberra Raiders of the National Rugby League. He primarily plays at lock. He previously played for the Wests Tigers. Harrison,is a member of the World Cup winning New Zealand team beating Australia in the

Is a competitive swimmer from Australia. In 2007, she broke the oldest record in swimming for Austra

Is a competitive swimmer from Australia. In 2007, she broke the oldest record in swimming for Australian women when she broke Tracey Wickham's 29 year old record in the 400m freestyle. Barratt competed in the 2008 Olympic Games over 200m and 400m freestyl

Is a competitive swimmer from Australia. At the World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai in

Is a competitive swimmer from Australia. At the World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai in 2006, Barratt won the gold medal in women's 4x200m freestyle relay and an individual silver medal in the 400m freestyle.[1] In 2007, she broke the oldest record in swimming for Australian women when she broke Tracey Wickham's 29 year old record in the 400m freestyle.[

Is an Australian water polo player, who joined the Women's National Team in 2005. She was a member o

Is an Australian water polo player, who joined the Women's National Team in 2005. She was a member of the side that won the silver medal at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

A contemporary Australian poet, academic and editor.Bronwyn Lea grew up in Queensland and Papua New

A contemporary Australian poet, academic and editor.Bronwyn Lea grew up in Queensland and Papua New Guinea, moving to San Diego to study at California State University.[1] She has completed a PhD at University of Queensland and currently teaches there in the School of English, Media Studies and Art History.

Is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics.Bronwyn mar

Is an Australian water polo player from the gold medal squad of the 2000 Summer Olympics.Bronwyn married Damien Smith in January, 2001. Mayer competed on the team in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which took 4th place.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australi

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Melbourne Victory in the Australian W-League.

Prior to entering Parliament, Bronwyn worked as a teacher, a community services manager and as the D

Prior to entering Parliament, Bronwyn worked as a teacher, a community services manager and as the Director of the Unit of Justice and Social Responsibility in the Uniting Church. She is also a former Board Director of Greenpeace Australia. Bronwyn has a long history of advocating for social change, equality and the disadvantaged.

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Canberra United FC in the Austral

Is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Canberra United FC in the Australian W-League.

Was a rugby league footballer of the 2000s. He played for the Melbourne Storm in 2000.

Was a rugby league footballer of the 2000s. He played for the Melbourne Storm in 2000.

Is a female hammer thrower from Australia. In addition she competed at the 2003 World Championships

Is a female hammer thrower from Australia. In addition she competed at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games, without reaching the final.

Is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on t

Is a former Australian swimmer.A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke. However, she would not qualify for another major international competition for eight years, until she qualified for the 100 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships, she would finish second in the 50 m breaststroke and sixth in the 100 m breaststroke.

An Australian singer and songwriter. She has written songs for Kate DeAraugo and Olivia Newton-John

An Australian singer and songwriter. She has written songs for Kate DeAraugo and Olivia Newton-John and been a support act for Troy Cassar-Daley and Ronan Keating.[1] Her influences include Sheryl Crow, ABBA, Faith Hill and Alanis Morissette.[2]McClymont was first discovered in 1992, at age eleven, when an ironing lady heard her sing in front of the mirror at her home and told McClymont's mother that she should put her into the Jacaranda Talent Quest in Grafton.[2] Her mother entered her and she sang "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" by Heart.[2] In 1999 she sang "God Save the Queen" and "Advance Australia Fair" to open the day-night Australia vs. England cricket match.[2]

Is a retired female field hockey striker from Australia. She made her debut for the Australian women

Is a retired female field hockey striker from Australia. She made her debut for the Australian women's national team during the 1998 season following an impressive season with the Australian U21 team at the 1997 Junior World Cup. Nicknamed Brooko she was

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Rangi made h

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Rangi made her Football Ferns début in a 0-2 loss to Australia on 18 February 2004, and finished her international career with three caps to her credit.

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Brisbane Roar

Is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Brisbane Roar.

Is a lifeguard at Bondi Beach, Sydney. He is the Head Lifeguard and longest serving lifeguard at Bon

Is a lifeguard at Bondi Beach, Sydney. He is the Head Lifeguard and longest serving lifeguard at Bondi, as he has been there for a term of 15 years. He has been surfing since the age of 6, and has completed a large amount of rescues, as well as resuscitat

He was non-striking partner on the pitch for the underarm bowling incident on February 1, 1981, duri

He was non-striking partner on the pitch for the underarm bowling incident on February 1, 1981, during an ODI between New Zealand and Australia. His striking partner, Brian McKechnie, needed a six to tie the match from the final ball. Australian bowler Trevor Chappell, on orders from the team captain, older brother Greg Chappell, bowled the ball underarm, rolling it on the ground to prevent McKechnie from getting the six and lock the match up for Australia.

Bolton was a right-handed opening batsman and a useful leg-spin bowler who played for almost 10 year

Bolton was a right-handed opening batsman and a useful leg-spin bowler who played for almost 10 years for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and then, after a year's break, for a further five seasons for Wellington.

Was an Australian first class cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1985 to 1992. A lef

Was an Australian first class cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1985 to 1992. A left arm orthodox spinner, he struggled to keep a regular spot in the Tasmanian team. As of 2008 he works with the ECB as national funding and facilities manager.

He represented Australia in Test cricket between December 1985 and December 1992 and in One Day Inte

He represented Australia in Test cricket between December 1985 and December 1992 and in One Day Internationals between January 1986 and March 1992. He played 27 Test matches for Australia taking 113 Test wickets at an average of 24.63 runs per wicket. He also played 61 one-day-internationals taking 63 ODI wickets. Reid played for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1972.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1972.

Was an academic and politician from New Zealand, whose career spanned the 1970s and early 1980s.A le

Was an academic and politician from New Zealand, whose career spanned the 1970s and early 1980s.A lecturer at Hamilton's University of Waikato and at the Hamilton Teacher's Training College, he was elected leader of the Social Credit Party (which he had j