Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an Australian former footballer. John Maisano was born in Melbourne to Italian parents. He holds

Is an Australian former footballer. John Maisano was born in Melbourne to Italian parents. He holds dual nationality and began his professional football career at Italian Serie A team Atalanta. However his introduction to football came at the world renown

Is an Australian Liberal politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia.[1] He came to powe

Is an Australian Liberal politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia.[1] He came to power in the 1975 election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government, in which he played a key role and, like its immediate predecessor, the term of the Fraser Coalition government was one of the most controversial periods in Australian political history. After three election victories, he was defeated by Bob Hawke in the 1983 election, and ended his career alienated from his own party.

Australian Labor Party politician

Australian Labor Party politician

Is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player. Markovski played in the National Soccer

Is an Australian football (soccer) coach and former player. Markovski played in the National Soccer League for Sunshine George Cross, Preston Lions (former Preston Makedonia), Morwell Falcons, Canberra Cosmos, Auckland Kingz, Carlton SC, Melbourne Knights

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He was born in Sydney, Australia. Marks is be

Is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He was born in Sydney, Australia. Marks is best remembered for finishing runner-up in singles at the 1978 Australian Open, although he never won a singles title in his career. He achieved a career-hig

A well known Australian writer.At the age of ten, Marsden's family moved to Sydney and he enrolled a

A well known Australian writer.At the age of ten, Marsden's family moved to Sydney and he enrolled at The King's School, Parramatta, which was renowned for its overbearing military style of education. Upon completion of his high schooling, Marsden began a Law/Arts degree at the University of Sydney, and worked at a mortuary, in a sideshow and as a security guard, before finally becoming an English teacher.He taught for nine years at Geelong Grammar School, and became Head of English at the school's Timbertop campus. In 1982, he was arrested while on the blockade attempting to stop construction of the Franklin Dam. As all the prisons in the region were full due to the number of people arrested, Marsden was placed in the high-security Risdon Prison for a night. He later wrote that he used the experience to help him write scenes in Letters From The Inside and parts of the Tomorrow series.

Is a former Australian politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 16 years

Is a former Australian politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 16 years.Mason joined the Liberal Party of Australia and was elected as the member for Dubbo, a large rural seat in central New South Wales which had been vacant o

Is the former coach of the Australia national cricket team and of Kolkata Knight Riders team in the

Is the former coach of the Australia national cricket team and of Kolkata Knight Riders team in the Indian Premier League. John Buchanan is a King's Old Collegian (University of Queensland, Brisbane)and is also an old boy of The Southport School, located in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Buchanan is also known in cricketing circles as 'Ned Flanders', due to his similarity in appearance to The Simpsons character. Buchanan began his coaching career in England- he was player/coach/professional for Oldham in Central Lancashire league as well as Cambridgeshire in Minor Counties 1978 & 79. Oldham won the League and Cup double in 79 which was first time in some 40 odd years. Buchanan has, along with current captain Ricky Ponting, led the side to numerous successes, including a world-record 16 consecutive Test match victories and 23 ODI victories in world cup tournaments, Buchanan only not involved in the first one, a 2001 and 2002-03 Ashes domination winning both series 4-1, the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa, the 2004 tour of India, in which Australia hadn't won a series there in thirty-six years, and more recently, following their shock Ashes defeat, a whitewash of the Super Series that saw the Aussies up against a World XI.

Is a former Australian politician. He was an executive of the Victorian Soft Drink Association and V

Is a former Australian politician. He was an executive of the Victorian Soft Drink Association and Vice-President of the Pyrenees Vignerons. In 1999, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor MLC for Ballarat Province. He served until

A South African-born Australian poet and author.He was born in Roodepoort, South Africa in 1971, and

A South African-born Australian poet and author.He was born in Roodepoort, South Africa in 1971, and grew up on the outskirts of Johannesburg. He spent some of his childhood in Canada, before returning to South Africa in 1979. In 1989 he moved to Australia with his family. He attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Since then, he has lived in Melbourne and Perth.Mateer has published several collections of poems. Barefoot Speech won the 2001 C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and Loanwords was shortlisted for the 2002 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards. He was also a recipient of the Centenary Medal for his contributions to Australian literature.

An Australian indigenous artist. He is a member of the Kuninjku people[1] of West Arnhem Land, North

An Australian indigenous artist. He is a member of the Kuninjku people[1] of West Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and grew up with only occasional contact with non-indigenous people and culture. He was tutored in rarrk, a traditional painting technique using fine cross-hatching and infill, by his own people, and began producing small paintings on bark. During the 1980s he began producing larger and more complex works, and in 1988 won a Rothmans Foundation Award. Since then he has been included in major exhibitions in Australia and overseas (primarily in Japan and Europe), culminating in a major retrospective in Basel (2005) and in Hanover's Sprengel Museum (2006).

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Auckland Aces and Wellington Firebirds. Born in

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Auckland Aces and Wellington Firebirds. Born in Sydney, Australia, he was predominantly a left-handed batsman who played 46 first class matches and 39 one-day matches in a career spanning 12 years from

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. A specialist wicket-keeper, Blackham played i

Was a cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. A specialist wicket-keeper, Blackham played in the first Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877 and the famous Ashes Test match of 1882. Such was his skill in the position that he revolutionised the art of wicket-keeping and was known as the "Prince of wicket-keepers". Late in his career, he captained the Australian team, but his nervous disposition was not suited to leadership.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1886.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1886.

Is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for

Is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain.

An Australian ornithologist, of English origin. Mike Cullen began his academic career by studying ma

An Australian ornithologist, of English origin. Mike Cullen began his academic career by studying mathematics at Wadham College, Oxford, but later switched to zoology, spending time at the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology while investigating the ecology of Marsh Tits.

Is a former track athlete and was the 26th Governor of Victoria, Australia

Is a former track athlete and was the 26th Governor of Victoria, Australia

Is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from the 1995/96 season, until

Is an Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from the 1995/96 season, until the 1997/98 season, but failed to hold down a regular berth in the side.

Is an Australian professional tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 179 in October 2010

Is an Australian professional tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 179 in October 2010. In 2008, Millman won the F8 Futures in Australia, was runner-up at an F1 in Romania losing to Razvan Sabau and made the semis of a Morocco F5 tournament.

An Australian military commander of the First World War

An Australian military commander of the First World War

Is the McCaughey professor of history

Is the McCaughey professor of history

Was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from

Was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1946.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1949 to 1951.

Was an Australian cricketer who played in seven Tests from 1949 to 1951.

A comedian and writer. He was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, but has lived in Australia sinc

A comedian and writer. He was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, but has lived in Australia since the 1970s. He is a regular actor and writer on Australian TV.He first became known during the mid-to-late 1970s for portraying a laconic farmer called Fred Dagg on stage, film and television. Gumboot and singlet-clad, Dagg was supposedly attended by numerous associates all named 'Trev'. Clarke also recorded a series of records and cassettes, and published several books as Dagg. Thirty years after its release, the first Fred Dagg album (modestly titled Fred Dagg's Greatest Hits (1976)) remains one of New Zealand's biggest selling records

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 36 Test matches and 24 ODIs for New Zealand, also serving as

Was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 36 Test matches and 24 ODIs for New Zealand, also serving as interim captain in the third Test against Pakistan in 1976/77. However, his career was largely unsuccessful, and a string of poor scores in the late 1970s saw him dropped from the team. He was the youngest of three brothers to play first-class cricket, the other two being Kenneth and Murray Parker.