Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter B

Was an Australian sportsman who represented the England national rugby union team and played first-c

Was an Australian sportsman who represented the England national rugby union team and played first-class cricket with Oxford University. Travers, a Shore old boy, moved from Australia to England in 1940 to study on a Rhodes Scholarship. He was capped six times in total for England, the first in the 1947 Five Nations Championship, which England were joint winners of, where he played in their games against both Ireland and Wales. Once leaving England, Travers was the Headmaster of the Sydney Church of England Grammar School from 1959 to 1984. An Australian Schoolboys rugby trophy has been named in his honour, called the BH Travers Shield.

An Anglo-Indian migrated with his family to Australia in 1948, educated Kings College, Adelaide, bus

An Anglo-Indian migrated with his family to Australia in 1948, educated Kings College, Adelaide, businessman and philanthropist. Basil Sellers has made his career breathing life into ailing companies.He has been described as the 'turnaround king'. He has

Is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legis

Is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from November 2007 to May 2009. He was elected on a countback when Louise Pratt resigned to run for the Senate, but was defeated for Labor p

Is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as either a striker or a midfielder and is currently playi

Is a Solomon Islands footballer who plays as either a striker or a midfielder and is currently playing for Ferrymead Bays in the Mainland Premier Division. He is the most well-known player to come out of the Solomon Islands and has previously played in Ne

Was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s, who won a silver medal in the 200m br

Was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1940s and 1950s, who won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Is a New Zealand discus thrower

Is a New Zealand discus thrower

Is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Honiton, Devon.Ashford began his career

Is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Honiton, Devon.Ashford began his career as a trainee at Southampton, making his first team debut for the Saints in a League Cup game in August 2000 against Mansfield Town. He didn

Is an Australian football player currently playing for North Queensland Fury of the A-League. Busch

Is an Australian football player currently playing for North Queensland Fury of the A-League. Busch trialled with the Newcastle Jets for a number of months during the 2008 pre-season.

Is an Australian cricketer who plays for the New South Wales Blues. Casson previously played for Wes

Is an Australian cricketer who plays for the New South Wales Blues. Casson previously played for Western Australia between 2002 and 2006 and has represented Australia at Test cricket. Primarily a left arm wrist spinner, Casson is also capable with the bat and has a highest First-class score of 99. Casson has also represented Western Australia at all junior levels, from playing in their Under 17 team in 1999 to their Under 19 team in 2001. He is also a multiple graduate of the Australian Cricket Academy, being a part of the Academy intake in 2001, 2002 and 2006. Since 2002 Casson has represented both New South Wales and Western Australia in First-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. On 1 April 2008, Casson was named in Australia's Test squad for the tour of the West Indies as a back up for Stuart MacGill. After the retirement of MacGill following the Second Test in Antigua, Casson was named in the Australian team for the final Test in Barbados. His Test debut came on 12 June 2008 at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown against the West Indies, making him the 401st man to play Test cricket for Australia. Despite going wicket-less in his first innings of the match, he picked up vital wickets in the final innings, taking 3/86. His first Test wicket was that of Xavier Marshall, caught at short leg by Phil Jaques for 85.

Is an Australian singer, songwriter and surfer. Beau was born August 28, 1974 in Grafton, New South

Is an Australian singer, songwriter and surfer. Beau was born August 28, 1974 in Grafton, New South Wales, he is the son of son of '60s and '70s surf legend Nat Young. He is the second youngest of 4 children. Naturally following in his father’s footsteps,

A New Zealand singer.She was a long running member of the ground-breaking Blerta musical and theatri

A New Zealand singer.She was a long running member of the ground-breaking Blerta musical and theatrical co-operative, and later of the similar troupe Red Mole [2] [3]. She played a small role in the 1985 movie "Should I be Good"[4] [5]a New Zealand film based on the Mr. Asia drug ring, and performed the theme song to the TVNZ soap opera "Gloss" (1987-1990)Her 1988 album "Live at Ronnie Scott's" was voted New Zealand's "Best Jazz Album" that year

Is an Australian professional surfer. He is one of the most promising surfers of the ASP World Tour.

Is an Australian professional surfer. He is one of the most promising surfers of the ASP World Tour. Durbo ,Bej and The White Fijian are his nicknames. Bede Durbridge was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He began in the Australasian Junior Series, and after

An Australian singer and former member of female pop group Bardot.Since Bardot's split, Belinda has

An Australian singer and former member of female pop group Bardot.Since Bardot's split, Belinda has been developing two live acts; a more traditional jazz show with Darren Mapes, and her preferred dance and pop performance with choreographer and dancer Michael Boyd. She has released two solo singles; the Olympic Games ballad "Where It All Began" in August 2004 and in April 2005 returned with "Move Together", a dance-pop collaboration with UK mix master Solitaire. "Move Together" peaked at #26 on ARIA singles chart.[1]

An English-born Australian novelist. The River Baptists, for which she won the 2006 Australian/Vogel

An English-born Australian novelist. The River Baptists, for which she won the 2006 Australian/Vogel Award, is her second novel; her first was Falling Woman.Castles incorporates the physical location not only as descriptive content in her novels, but to set the emotional tone of scenes, create tension and move the plot along. The river separates the characters in the River Baptists by flowing between them, and it forces them to meet when they use the ferry or need to travel across the river to the township. It gives the illusion of independence to the characters by separating them the community, but it also isolates when there are threats or danger.

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist.

Is an Australian professional racing cyclist.

A female Australian cricketer, who has played international cricket since 1991. Together with Karen

A female Australian cricketer, who has played international cricket since 1991. Together with Karen Rolton, the two have ensured that the Australian women's cricket team has been just as dominant as the men's in the 1990s and 2000s. Clark was named Wisden Australia Cricketer of the Year in 1998, and has captained the Australian women's Test side since 1994. She was also chief executive of Women's Cricket Australia.On 16 September 2005, Clark announced her retirement after playing in 118 one-day internationals and 15 Tests. She has taken on a new role as manager of the Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.

Is a retired female tennis player from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 1988 S

Is a retired female tennis player from New Zealand, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she lost in the first round of the women's singles competition to Great Britain's Sara Gomer. Cordwell won one title during her career, and reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on December 4, 1989, when she became the number seventeen of the world. Her most notable result was reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open in 1989, where she lost to Helena Sukova.

Is a former New South Wales Breakers and Australia cricketer. A right-handed batsman and occasional

Is a former New South Wales Breakers and Australia cricketer. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, she played 10 Test matches for Australia between 1987 and 1992, scoring 762 runs including four half-centuries and two centuries. On her Test debut, she scored 126 runs against England. She made a further century, and her top score in February 1991 against India, scoring 144. She has also played 37 One Day Internationals for Australia, scoring 913 runs with an average in the low-thirties.

Is an Australian backstroke swimmer.

Is an Australian backstroke swimmer.

Is a New Zealand international netball and women's basketball representative.As a netballer, Colling

Is a New Zealand international netball and women's basketball representative.As a netballer, Colling represented New Zealand 91 times between 1996–2006, playing in the Silver Ferns in three Commonwealth Games and in two Netball World Championships.

Is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States

Is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBA in the United States.She attended the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), and was a member of the AIS team which won the 1998-1999 WNBL championship. This team also included

Is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion.

Is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion.

Was a feminist, women's activist women's suffragist, anti-conscriptionist, political activist and sc

Was a feminist, women's activist women's suffragist, anti-conscriptionist, political activist and schoolteacher.

A professional Australian middleweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Strikeforce Gym

A professional Australian middleweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Strikeforce Gym in Gold Coast, Australia.

Is an Australian sailor. Together with team mate Nathan Outteridge Austin became the 2008 World Cham

Is an Australian sailor. Together with team mate Nathan Outteridge Austin became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of Britons Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Cha