Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was an Australian sportsman who played First-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules footbal

Was an Australian sportsman who played First-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football for Melbourne in the VFL. As a cricketer he was as right-handed batsman and fast bowler. Lugton made his VFL debut in 1913 and the following summer played five Sheffield Shield games for the Victorian cricket team, making 218 runs at 31.14 and taking 9 wickets at 34.00. He returned to the VFL for the 1914 season before enlisting in the military. Lugton survived the fighting in Gallipoli but went on to serve in France where he was killed in 1916, near Villiers-Bretonneux. He was the first Sheffield Shield cricketer to lose his life in the war.

Is a former soccer player. He emigrated to Australia in 1959. Frank Lister approached the Adelaide C

Is a former soccer player. He emigrated to Australia in 1959. Frank Lister approached the Adelaide Croatia Soccer Club in 1959, where he started playing as a junior. The following year he was promoted to the first team where he played for nine seasons, ca

Was a Belfast-born footballer who was considered to be one of the pioneers of the sport in Australia

Was a Belfast-born footballer who was considered to be one of the pioneers of the sport in Australia. Loughran moved to Australia at the age of 23 with his wife Lily and two small sons. Loughran grew up in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast and spent his e

An Australian virologist best known for his contributions to immunology

An Australian virologist best known for his contributions to immunology

An Australian writer of short stories, screenplays and novels.During the 1960s, Moorhouse was associ

An Australian writer of short stories, screenplays and novels.During the 1960s, Moorhouse was associated with the Sydney Push — a progressive group of artists, writers and intellectuals. He was also a member of the WEA Film Study Group with such notable people as John Flaus, Michael Thornhill and Ken Quinnell. After some time working for rural NSW newspapers, Moorhouse moved to the bohemian inner-Sydney suburb of Balmain, which was to become a central setting of much of his work.

Was a journalist and poet, active in Australia.Morton was born at Bromley, Kent, England, the son of

Was a journalist and poet, active in Australia.Morton was born at Bromley, Kent, England, the son of a plumber in prosperous circumstances. He was educated at a private school where he had a good grounding in the classics and French, and was brought to Sydney when he was 16. Early in 1889 he obtained work as a seaman and sailed for America but left the ship at Hong Kong. For a few months he was a teacher, and at the end of the year obtained work on The Straits Times. In 1892 he went to Calcutta and did editorial work, and in 1894 returned to Australia. He worked for various papers in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania for about 10 years before joining the staff of the Otago Daily Times in 1905. His most remarkable work in New Zealand, however, was his editing of a monthly journal the Triad, of which he frequently wrote the greater part himself under various pen-names. In 1908 he published Laughter and Tears, Verses of a Journalist, at Wellington, and in 1909 The Angel of the Earthquake, prose sketches with a poem. The Yacht of Dreams, a novel, was published in 1911.

Was a first class cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in Waverley, Sydney. He came to fam

Was a first class cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in Waverley, Sydney. He came to fame in the 1921/22 season when, having moved from Sydney he made 87 and 79 for Victoria against New South Wales, 180 against South Australia and 177 and 144 for 'The Rest' against Warwick Armstrong's touring team, newly returned from their Ashes triumph in England. A good off break bowler in addition to his powerful batting, he was engaged by the Church club in the Lancashire League and planned to qualify for Lancashire CCC. A thinking cricketer, he had been credited in Melbourne for having invented the practise of fielders walking in as the bowler ran in to bowl.

Is a Czech-born Australian photographer, best known for his book Streets of Sydney, an extraordinary

Is a Czech-born Australian photographer, best known for his book Streets of Sydney, an extraordinary tour of Sydney, documented in black & white photographs taken over the last 30 years. This book depicts life in, and around Sydney streets, pubs, bars, galleries, and beaches.

Is an Australian public servant, and has been the Director of the Australian Museum since February 2

Is an Australian public servant, and has been the Director of the Australian Museum since February 2004

Was an Australian-born professional footballer who played as a wing-half. He played over 350 games i

Was an Australian-born professional footballer who played as a wing-half. He played over 350 games in the Football League, including 86 in the First Division. He also played county cricket for Warwickshire.He had a calm temperament and became the club's r

Was an Australian poet.Williamson was born in Melbourne and educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. H

Was an Australian poet.Williamson was born in Melbourne and educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. He was a secondary school teacher in Melbourne and Sydney, but occasional bouts of intemperance made it difficult for him to keep his positions. He had the reputation of being an excellent master, especially in English. In later years he was attached to the education department of Victoria and taught in a large number of small country schools.

Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia

Australian judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia

Was a former Australian first-class cricket player who represented Victoria in one match in 1910–1

Was a former Australian first-class cricket player who represented Victoria in one match in 1910–11 against the touring South Africans. Pitcher was a right-arm medium pace bowler.

Is a former Rugby Union and Rugby League player who represented his country at both sports and also

Is a former Rugby Union and Rugby League player who represented his country at both sports and also played for Croatia in a rugby union world cup qualifying match

Is an Austrian politician. He was the European Union's Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Developme

Is an Austrian politician. He was the European Union's Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (1995-2004).Between 1989 and 1994 Fischler was Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, and since 1990 elected Member of National Council.

An Australian artist.Kempf has worked with and in a variety of media, styles and methods including p

An Australian artist.Kempf has worked with and in a variety of media, styles and methods including paint, print, etching, lithograph, monotype, screenprint, textile and woodcut.[1]an artist whose work presents both a striking continuity throughout a career which has stretched over half a century, and he is an artist whose work presents evidence for constant rejuvenation and reinvention. As a humanist, the concern for man lies at the centre of his universe and the dilemma of being is the central preoccupation. However, the human presence in Kempf’s art is not something which is treated as unproblematic, something to be recorded and to be described literally. For Kempf to be human is something to be celebrated and the artist adopts an ethical stance in his defence of human dignity.

Was an Austrian physicist.Exner comes from one of the most important university families of the Aust

Was an Austrian physicist.Exner comes from one of the most important university families of the Austrian-Hungarian empire. The same Exner family includes Adolf Exner, Karl Exner, Sigmund Exner, and Marie von Frisch. Exner the youngest of five children of parents Franz Serafin Exner and Charlotte Dusensy. His father Franz Serafin was, from 1831 to 1848, a professor for philosophy in Prague and 1848 onwards was on the Board of Education in Vienna and an influential reformer of Austrian university education. He began his physics study in Vienna in 1867 and attained a doctorate after an academic year in Zurich under August Kundt,

Is a German-Australian literary critic and theorist

Is a German-Australian literary critic and theorist

Is a New Zealand professional rugby union and former professional rugby league footballer who curren

Is a New Zealand professional rugby union and former professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers. He is of Tongan descent.

An Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) currently listed with the St

An Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) currently listed with the St Kilda Football Club.Gehrig is has been a versatile player during his AFL career, beginning his career at West Coast before becoming known as a powerful goal kicking machine and Coleman medalist at St Kilda.Gehrig holds the bench press record at both West Coast and St Kilda and the equal best bench press performer in the AFL (along with Mal Michael) and is regarded by many as the strongest and most intimidating player in the AFL

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays first–class cricket for Wellington and Essex's 2nd XI. Born i

Is a New Zealand cricketer who plays first–class cricket for Wellington and Essex's 2nd XI. Born in Wellington and educated at Massey University, Quarterman is a right–handed batsman and left–arm medium–fast bowler. He played his debut match for Wellingto

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played 18 first-class matches for the Wellington Firebirds in the la

Was a New Zealand cricketer who played 18 first-class matches for the Wellington Firebirds in the late 1980's.

Was an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1988 with a portrait of John Beard.Fred Cres

Was an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1988 with a portrait of John Beard.Fred Cress was known for sometimes unusually painting with a spray gun. He was born in India and arrived in Australia in 1962. He started his career as an artist doing figurative works, then doing more abstract work in the late 1960s, and coming back to figurative painting after he won the Archibald Prize. He was awarded an Australia Medal in 2003 for services to the Visual Arts.

Was a New Zealand football striker who represented his country.He player senior football with Mt. We

Was a New Zealand football striker who represented his country.He player senior football with Mt. Wellington before moving to Australia, helping Marconi Stallions to consecutive National Soccer League titles in 1988 and 1989.

An Australian economist

An Australian economist