Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter D

Is a former Australian first class cricketer who played for Victoria and South Australia in the Shef

Is a former Australian first class cricketer who played for Victoria and South Australia in the Sheffield Shield. A right arm fast bowler, he spent the 1986 English summer playing with Glamorgan after receiving a cricket scholarship. The closest he came to playing for Australia was a tour of Zimbabwe in 1991 with Australia A.

Is a retired pole vaulter who represented New Zealand after switching from Russia in 1998. He improv

Is a retired pole vaulter who represented New Zealand after switching from Russia in 1998. He improved from 5.70 metres in 1992 to 5.90 metres in 1993 to win the Russian Championships. Later that year he finished sixth at the World Championships.

Is a former women's cricketer for New South Wales Breakers and Australia whose international playing

Is a former women's cricketer for New South Wales Breakers and Australia whose international playing career ran from 1985 until 1993. A right-handed batsman, Annetts scored centuries in both Tests and One Day Internationals. She scored 26* on her One Day International debut as Australia chased down a low New Zealand total to win by nine wickets. Test debut (cap 10) 1 August 1987 v England women, Last Test 19 February 1992 v England . ODI debut (cap 43) 7 February 1985 v New Zealand women, Last ODI 29 July 1993 v New Zealand women.

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. She finished eighth in the K-4 500 m

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. She finished eighth in the K-4 500 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

An Australian television personality and comedian. After being in showbiz for over 57 years, she has

An Australian television personality and comedian. After being in showbiz for over 57 years, she has been in many Australian productions, often as a presenter. Her nickname is Ding-Dong.By age 16, she was sacked from Graham Kennedy's In Melbourne Tonight for being overweight and the "weak link". Photographed at the time by a Channel Nine photographer, Denise went on to win the annual Girl of the Year Award with Everybody's magazine in 1964. Claiming to be a singer, despite never have sung professionally in her life, Denise was invited to tour Australia with Ray Brown & The Whispers. She was then offered a recording contract and appeared in 26 episodes of the ABC's Dig We Must.

A former Australian cricketer who played domestic cricket for New South Wales Women and Western Aust

A former Australian cricketer who played domestic cricket for New South Wales Women and Western Australia Women, as well as making a number of appearances for the Australian national women's team. She played seven Test matches between 1984 and 1987 and 21 One Day Internationals between 1981/82 and 1987, including the 1981/82 Women's World Cup in New Zealand, and averaged 41 in each form of the game.

Is a former Australian swimmer. She competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1970 British Commonweal

Is a former Australian swimmer. She competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1970 British Commonwealth Games. Langford is the mother of Australian netball player Kimberlee Green.

A Fullbright scholar at Cornell University

A Fullbright scholar at Cornell University

Is a former Western Australian and South Australian cricketer. Yagmich played in 24 first-class matc

Is a former Western Australian and South Australian cricketer. Yagmich played in 24 first-class matches in a career spanning 1972/73 and 1976/77. As a right hand batsman and wicket-keeper he also played in six World Series Cricket Country Cup matches (a series of non-capital city matches played between the WSC SuperTests series) for Australia in 1977/78.

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in fiv

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at Melbourne in 1956.

Was an Australian pianist.He was one of the Australian Ballet's rehearsal class pianists at an early

Was an Australian pianist.He was one of the Australian Ballet's rehearsal class pianists at an early stage of his career, and later performed live music for ballet performances such as Signatures, An Evening, Seven Deadly Sins and Nearly Beloved.[1] He also taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[2]Ross Edwards dedicated his Piano Concerto (1982) to Hennig[3], who was soloist at the premiere performance in 1983 with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra under Werner Andreas Albert.[4] He also recorded the work with the QSO under Myer Fredman.[5]

Was an Australian cricket player who played for the Western Warriors and the Tasmanian Tigers. His c

Was an Australian cricket player who played for the Western Warriors and the Tasmanian Tigers. His career was from 1972 until 1982. His batting style is right-hand bat and his bowling style is right-arm fast medium.

Australian politician

Australian politician

Is a former Australian cricketer. Lillie's first season of first-class cricket in 1965-66 was three

Is a former Australian cricketer. Lillie's first season of first-class cricket in 1965-66 was three years before DK Lillee made his first senior representative appearance. They did not appear together in the starting lineup of the same game, however Lillie was twelfth man in a Queensland v Western Australia Sheffield Shield game during the 1980-81 season, and in fact caught DK Lillee in the first innings of that game. The following line appears from that scorecard: DK Lillee c sub (DJ Lillie) b GS Chappell 11.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played three first-class matches for the Otago Volts in the ea

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played three first-class matches for the Otago Volts in the early 1960s and he also played for Southland in the Hawke Cup competition.

Is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation",[1] who he

Is a former Australian cricketer rated as the "outstanding fast bowler of his generation",[1] who held the world record for most Test wickets when he retired in 1984.[2] Lillee was known for his fiery temperament, 'never-say-die' attitude and popularity with the fans

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. He finishd ninth in the K-4 1000 m eve

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1960s. He finishd ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olymp

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event in both 1972 and 1976.

Is an Australian academic and pioneering gay rights activist.In 1985, Altman accepted an appointment

Is an Australian academic and pioneering gay rights activist.In 1985, Altman accepted an appointment at La Trobe University, where he later became professor of politics; he was appointed the Visiting Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University from

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who play

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Northern Districts. He was born in Te Waitere and died in Auckland. Harper made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1958-59 sea

Are a major award winning Australian architecture practice established in Melbourne in 1972. Its fou

Are a major award winning Australian architecture practice established in Melbourne in 1972. Its founding principals are John Denton[1], Bill Corker, and Barrie Marshall. The firm now also has offices in London, Manchester and Jakarta.DCM have been responsible for some of Australia's more notable architecture, including the Melbourne Museum, which features a 'blade', a section of roof rising to 35 metres, enclosing a small rainforest, the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, which has a roof resembling a giant aircraft wing, as well as the Melbourne Gateway and Bolte Bridge, both part of the CityLink project.

Is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s who at club level has played for Pa

Is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s who at club level has played for Paris Saint Germain, Adelaide Rams, Gateshead Thunder, Hull F.C., Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Widnes Vikings, and Castleford Tigers, playing at Centre, i.e.

Is an athlete from Australia. She competes in archery.

Is an athlete from Australia. She competes in archery.

A physicist and electronic engineer

A physicist and electronic engineer

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1984 to 1986.

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1984 to 1986.