Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's Nat

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who finished in eighth position with the Men's National Team, nicknamed Black Sticks, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He was born in Auckland.

Is a retired female field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that

Is a retired female field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was born in Auckland.

Is an Australian politician, representing Queensland and the Australian Labor Party in the Australia

Is an Australian politician, representing Queensland and the Australian Labor Party in the Australian Senate.Following the announcement of the retirement of Margaret Reynolds, McLucas was preselected as the number one candidate on Queensland Labor's ticke

A contemporary Australian poet who has been described as “one of Australian poetry’s keenest sat

A contemporary Australian poet who has been described as “one of Australian poetry’s keenest satirists, political and social commentators, and perhaps its most ethical agent and antagonist.”[1]J. S. Harry was born in South Australia, but soon moved to Sydney when she has remained.[2] Among she has worked as an editor for Radio National and has held a residency at Australian National University. A recurrent character in her work is Peter Henry Lepus, a rabbit who name-drops philosophers such as Bertrand Russel, Ludwig Wittgenstein and A. J. Ayer while popping up in the midst of topical events such as the Gulf War.[1] His satirical “clear-eyed vision of the world, and the humans that inhabit it, is that of an Everyrabbit, with its endless simplicity, trepidation and curiosity.”

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national teams competing a

Is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national teams competing at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was born in Holland, just like his younger brother Arthur, who won the go

Is an Australian politician and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Easte

Is an Australian politician and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Eastern Metropolitan Region.Kronberg was elected to Parliament at the November 2006 election, becoming the only Liberal Party candidate to win the third positio

Is a former Australian female tennis player.At the Australian Championships, O'Neill reached the sin

Is a former Australian female tennis player.At the Australian Championships, O'Neill reached the singles final four consecutive years (1960–1963) but lost to Margaret Court each time. O'Neill had a similar experience in women's doubles, reaching the final twice (in 1961 with Mary Bevis Hawton and 1963 with Lesley Turner Bowrey) but losing each time to a team that included Court (with Mary Carter Reitano in 1961 and Robyn Ebbern in 1963)

A contemporary Australian poet.Her awards include the Mary Gilmore Prize and the Gwen Harwood Poetry

A contemporary Australian poet.Her awards include the Mary Gilmore Prize and the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. In 2007, she won the Max Harris Poetry Award for her poem "Scent, Comb, Spoon".[3]. The judges wrote: "a well crafted poem full of intriguing resonances on the theme of memory and association. The poem spins a chain of possibilities and disharmonies but always returns to the idea of the value of what we have experienced. This is a poem of turns and surprises and we enjoyed it more with each reading".[3]

A Gibraltar born actress and singer who lived as a child in Cardiff, South Wales UK[citation needed]

A Gibraltar born actress and singer who lived as a child in Cardiff, South Wales UK[citation needed]. In 1961 she emigrated to Perth, Australia. Her best known acting role is probably that of tough prison bookie Margo Gaffney in Prisoner. She played the role from 1980 until 1984 on an intermittent basis, having previously appeared in a different, minor role, in earlier episodes.

A singer, songwriter, lecturer and vocal coach working in Germany[1].Having studied piano and violin

A singer, songwriter, lecturer and vocal coach working in Germany[1].Having studied piano and violin in Newcastle, Jane was no longer sure whether the classical style still fulfilled her expectations[citation needed]. She went to the United States where she worked as pianist in several night clubs[citation needed]. A holiday in Spain made her stay in Europe.

Is a female badminton player from Australia.Crabtree competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympi

Is a female badminton player from Australia.Crabtree competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Kate Wilson-Smith. They were defeated by Pernille Harder and Mette Schjoldager of Denmark in the round of 32.

Is a former Australian politician in the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Adelaide represe

Is a former Australian politician in the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Adelaide representing the Labor Party from 2002 to 2010, and Lord Mayor of Adelaide from 1997 to 2000. She is currently Interim Director of the Royal Institution of Austra

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finish

Is a retired field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national team that finished sixth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.Goulding is now (2006) married with children in Auckland, (NZ), and spectating and helping

A palaeobotanist

A palaeobotanist

Is a radio presenter, performance and club DJ, TV personality, voice artist, and music journalist.

Is a radio presenter, performance and club DJ, TV personality, voice artist, and music journalist.

Is an Australian race walker

Is an Australian race walker

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Simpson made her Fo

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Simpson made her Football Ferns as a substitute in a 0-2 loss to Australia on 19 November 1997,and finished her international career with 17 caps and one goal to her credit.[

Is an athlete from Australia who competes in archery.

Is an athlete from Australia who competes in archery.

A Australian actress and singer. Janelle and the late Jessie Jacobs are featured on The Saddle Club'

A Australian actress and singer. Janelle and the late Jessie Jacobs are featured on The Saddle Club's CD "Friends Forever" and in 2003 they recorded a CD single for their song "Trouble".

Is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship. Lawson previously played for the AIS Canber

Is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship. Lawson previously played for the AIS Canberra Darters in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy. In 2008 and 2009, Lawson played for the Queensland Firebirds at Goal Attack position. In 2010, Lawson currently

Is a New Zealand yachtswoman who competed for New Zealand at 3 Olympic Games and won a silver medal

Is a New Zealand yachtswoman who competed for New Zealand at 3 Olympic Games and won a silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Shearer teamed with Leslie Egnot in the Women's 470 Class and finished second behind the Spanish crew.

An Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1973 with a portrait of Michael Boddy.She studie

An Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1973 with a portrait of Michael Boddy.She studied at the Gallery School in Melbourne from 1952 to 1956. She was then awarded a Travelling Scholarship to London and went with another scholarship to Italy, later to Paris, returning to Australia in 1961. She exhibited at an exhibition of contemporary Australian painting in Los Angeles and San Francisco in 1966.

Is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party. Her father, Elsdon Craig, is a Sco

Is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party. Her father, Elsdon Craig, is a Scottish-New Zealander, and the nephew of Elsdon Best, and her mother, Zeta Brown, is from Northern Ireland.

An Australian businesswoman, and one of Australia's wealthiest women

An Australian businesswoman, and one of Australia's wealthiest women

The New Zealand author published eleven novels in her lifetime, together with three collections of s

The New Zealand author published eleven novels in her lifetime, together with three collections of short stories, a book of poetry, an edition of juvenile fiction, and three volumes of autobiography. Since her death, a twelfth novel and second volume of p