Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Adelaide United in the A-Leagu

Is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Adelaide United in the A-League. Barbiero made his first senior international debut for the Socceroos on 4 March 2009 in a AFC Asian Cup qualifing match versus Kuwait.

Is a New Zealander professional boxer and semi-retired mixed martial artist. Falamoe is the Head Box

Is a New Zealander professional boxer and semi-retired mixed martial artist. Falamoe is the Head Boxing Instructor for Team Ichigeki based out of Ebisu, Tokyo, and has coached some of the top K-1 kickboxing fighters including Glaube Feitosa, Aleksandr Pit

An Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage. She is a campaigner for the righ

An Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander heritage. She is a campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea Islanders. Bandler is best known for her leadership in the campaign for the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal Australians.bandy's father, Peter Mussing, had been blackbirded from Ambrym Island, part of Vanuatu, in 1883 , at the age of about twelve. He was then sent to Mackay, Queensland before being sent to work on a sugar cane plantation. He later escaped and married Bandler's mother, a Scottish-Indian woman from New South Wales. Bandler cites stories of her father's harsh experience as a slave labourer as a strong motivation for her activism.[1] Bandler grew up with her family on a farm near Murwillumbah, New South Wales. Her father died in 1924, when Bandler was just five years old. In 1934, Bandler left school and moved to Sydney, where she worked as a dressmaker's apprentice.

Is a former Australian freestyle swimmer .

Is a former Australian freestyle swimmer .

Was an Austrian-born U.S. pianist.Zeisler was born Fannie Blumenfeld on July 16, 1863, in Bielitz, A

Was an Austrian-born U.S. pianist.Zeisler was born Fannie Blumenfeld on July 16, 1863, in Bielitz, Austrian Silesia. She emigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 4 in 1867. The family settled in Chicago, Illinois where they later changed their name to Bloomfield. She was the sister of Maurice Bloomfield.

Was an Australian state politician, serving as the Labor Party Member for Geelong, Victoria, serving

Was an Australian state politician, serving as the Labor Party Member for Geelong, Victoria, serving from 1938 until her death in 1948. Brownbill was the first woman to win a seat for Labor in Victoria.From 1943 to 1948 she was the sole female Member of P

Is an Australian football (soccer) centre forward Simmons previously played for Perth SC and had sti

Is an Australian football (soccer) centre forward Simmons previously played for Perth SC and had stints at Norwich City, making his debut at Old Trafford in 2006 for the Reserve squad. Simmons was a part of the Young Socceroos.

Is a Samoan rugby player. His first break was in 1995 when he signed for the Salford City Reds. He a

Is a Samoan rugby player. His first break was in 1995 when he signed for the Salford City Reds. He also represented his country, Samoa, playing fly half. He became an instant favourite at The Willows with a style of running and a tackling technique that w

A heterodox economist specializing in development economics. Schooled in England at the University o

A heterodox economist specializing in development economics. Schooled in England at the University of Cambridge and later garnered honors as a law student at Columbia University in New York. Mr.Tupoumalohi currently is an executive member of the very reclusive Capital Group Companies board. He is also unofficially accredited as the author or co-author of several economic recovery programs and political plans implemented in various countries mainly in Asia, Pacific, Africa and the Middle-East.

Is a former Australian soccer player. He was a member of the Australian team that scored a record 31

Is a former Australian soccer player. He was a member of the Australian team that scored a record 31 goals against American Samoa in a FIFA World Cup qualifier. Overall, De Amicis was involved in four National Soccer League title winning sides, twice with

An Australian cultural geographer and an emeritus professor.

An Australian cultural geographer and an emeritus professor.

A contemporary Australian poet and academic.Fay Zwicky was born and grew up in Melbourne where she b

A contemporary Australian poet and academic.Fay Zwicky was born and grew up in Melbourne where she began writing as a student at Melbourne University.[1] She has since been a concert pianist and lectured in American and comparative literature at University of Western Australia until her retirement. After which she has concentrated on writing, achieving international recognition. The exploration of her Jewish heritage is a recurrent motif in her work. Though she does not confine herself thematically, encompassing more recently, for example, the work of Japanese printmaker Hokusai.

Is a prominent Australian human rights lawyer

Is a prominent Australian human rights lawyer

Is an Australian swimmer and two time Olympic gold medalist from Melbourne, Victoria.

Is an Australian swimmer and two time Olympic gold medalist from Melbourne, Victoria.

Was an Australian politician. Born in Dugandan, Queensland, he was educated at state schools and the

Was an Australian politician. Born in Dugandan, Queensland, he was educated at state schools and then the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney, becoming a doctor. He was an honorary surgeon in Brisbane. In 1950, he was elected to the Quee

Was an Austrian physicist who contributed to atomic physics, to the measurement of electrical charge

Was an Austrian physicist who contributed to atomic physics, to the measurement of electrical charges and to the optical properties of metal colloids. He was known for his maverick and controversial style. His fearless iconoclasm was greatly admired by philosopher Paul Feyerabend.In 1907, the reality of atoms was still disputed but Albert Einstein and Marian Smoluchowski had both recently given accounts of Brownian motion in liquids, strongly supporting the atomic theory. Though Theodor Svedberg had made important demonstrations of Brownian motion in colloids, Ehrenhaft extended the work to make observations of particles of silver in air. The greater mean free path of air made for a sterner test of the reality of atoms. Ehrenhaft was awarded the Lieben Prize of the Vienna Academy of Sciences for his work.

Was an Austrian botanical illustrator who travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia.Fer

Was an Austrian botanical illustrator who travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia.Ferdinand was the son of the official court painter to the Prince of Liechtenstein, Lucas Bauer, (?-1761), and brother of the painters Josef Anton and Franz Bauer. The eldest was the successor to their fathers position, Ferdinand and Franz would also gain experince with Norbert Boccius (1729-1806), a practitioner of medicine with a keen interset in botany. Ferdinand and his brother contributed to a series of botanical miniatures, the first when he was 15 years old. Their education was continued at the Vienna University, under the botanist and artist Nikolaus von Jacquin. They were introduced to the field of microscopy, and a keen understanding and talent few detail was discovered.

Was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council fro

Was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1981.In 1976, Darling was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Liberal member. He retired from his position with the Employers

Is a field hockey midfielder who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. His f

Is a field hockey midfielder who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. His family moved to Australia when he was four and he currently lives in Perth and plays for the SmokeFree WA Thundersticks in the Australian Hockey League. Fer

Was an English novelist.Finding that the novels of Émile Gaboriau were then very popular in Melbour

Was an English novelist.Finding that the novels of Émile Gaboriau were then very popular in Melbourne, he obtained and read a set of them and determined to write a novel of a similar kind. The result was the self-published novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), which became a great success. He based his descriptions of low life on his knowledge of Little Bourke Street. He sold the English and American rights to the novel for fifty pounds, and thus derived little benefit from its success. It eventually became the top selling mystery novel of the Victorian era.

Is an Australian-Brazilian football (soccer) midfielder currently playing for South Melbourne in the

Is an Australian-Brazilian football (soccer) midfielder currently playing for South Melbourne in the Victorian Premier League. He is also a member of the Australia national futsal team.In 2006 he left the club to undertake an unsuccessful 4-week trial at

Was an Australian rugby league footballer who represented his country in 8 test matches. Ferris was

Was an Australian rugby league footballer who represented his country in 8 test matches. Ferris was also a member of the Royal Australian Navy(RAN) during the Second World War.In 1951 he played for NSW before gaining selection for Australia the following

Is a rugby league player. He played for the London Broncos in the European Super League and South Sy

Is a rugby league player. He played for the London Broncos in the European Super League and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. He plays as prop or second-row.

Was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who pla

Was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Mashonaland Under-24s. He was born in Melbourne. Finlay made a single first-class appearance, during the 1994-95 Zimbabwean cricket season. Playing as a tailender, Massey did not bat during the match, though he bowled 23 overs, taking two wickets.

Is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinal

Is a New Zealand sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.