Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an Australian federal politician and briefly a minister. He is mainly notable for his views on A

Was an Australian federal politician and briefly a minister. He is mainly notable for his views on Australian foreign policy.At the 1964 half-Senate election, Wheeldon was elected to the Australian Senate, representing the Australian Labor Party. His term

Is a cyclist from Australia.He competed for Australia in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Ge

Is a cyclist from Australia.He competed for Australia in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the individual sprint event where he finished in second place. He won Gold at the 1970 Commonwealth Games and the 1974 Commonwealth Games also in

Is an Australian businessman and professor.

Is an Australian businessman and professor.

An Australian politician, who served as a senior minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments

An Australian politician, who served as a senior minister in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 23 ODIs from 1983 to 1984.

Is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 23 ODIs from 1983 to 1984.

Was an Australian football (soccer) player, coach, administrator, writer and broadcaster. He was kno

Was an Australian football (soccer) player, coach, administrator, writer and broadcaster. He was known as Captain Socceroo for his passionate work to promote the game in Australia. The award for the best player in the A-League is named the Johnny Warren M

Was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, represen

Was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing Chillagoe from 1926 to 1929 and Cairns from 1930 to 1942.

Is a former Australian politician. He served as Secretary to the Treasury between 1979 and 1984, and

Is a former Australian politician. He served as Secretary to the Treasury between 1979 and 1984, and as a Senator for Queensland representing the National Party from 1987 to 1990. In 1990 Stone left the Senate, to contest the House of Representatives seat

Is a Victorian politician

Is a Victorian politician

An Australian philosopher.

An Australian philosopher.

Is an Australian former national representative rugby union player who also played first-grade rugby

Is an Australian former national representative rugby union player who also played first-grade rugby league with the Eastern Suburbs club.

Was an Australian writer. His works include the comic novel They're a Weird Mob (1957) and the poem

Was an Australian writer. His works include the comic novel They're a Weird Mob (1957) and the poem The Integrated Adjective, sometimes known as Tumba-bloody-rumba. His son, also named John O'Grady, was at one point the head of situation comedy at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[1]O'Grady's numerous works were originally published in hardback by Ure Smith with comic illustrations; many have frequently been re-issued by other publishing houses, generally facsimile editions in paperback.

Is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, r

Is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing Lowe and then Reid, New South Wales. He was born in Dunedoo, New South Wales. He was educated at Waverley College in NSW and worked with the Ve

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player and coach. Perin played five times for Australia.

Is an Australian former football (soccer) player and coach. Perin played five times for Australia.

Was an Australian politician.He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor membe

Was an Australian politician.He was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for St Kilda in 1952, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1954. Following his defeat in 1955 he returned to law and was a County Court judge from 1959 t

Is an Australian former footballer. Pettigrew represented Australia at the 1956 Olympic Games.

Is an Australian former footballer. Pettigrew represented Australia at the 1956 Olympic Games.

Was an Australian poet.Bourke was born in Nundle, New South Wales, on the Peel River diggings, New S

Was an Australian poet.Bourke was born in Nundle, New South Wales, on the Peel River diggings, New South Wales, the son of William David Bourke, butcher, and his wife Jane, née Shepherd. After a primary education, he became a prospector with his father. At 17 years of age, he sold a claim for £600. He then became a school teacher in September 1882 and occasionally contributed verse to The Bulletin. He retired from the education department in 1887 after being found drunk by a school inspector. In 1894 he went to the recently discovered goldfields in Western Australia, prospected in various parts of the west, and at variously made and lost a considerable sums of money. About the turn of the 20th century Bourke took up journalism and was a regular contributor to the Kalgoorlie Sun. He was a writer of vigorous prose and verse which gave him a local reputation, but he was comparatively little known away from the gold-mining towns. He visited the eastern states of Australia for medical advice and to seek a publisher for his books in 1913.[

Has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate

Has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate

Is the 38th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand and leader of the National Party, New Zealand.

Is the 38th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand and leader of the National Party, New Zealand.John Key entered the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2002 representing the north-west Auckland constituency of Helensville as a National MP, a seat

Is a former Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules fo

Is a former Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football in the VFL with Melbourne. Cordner comes from a famous Australian rules football family with three brothers, Don, Denis and Ted. all having noted careers for the Melbourne Football Club. John spent just one season with Melbourne, in 1951, and played six VFL games. Despite playing another three first-class matches he only managed to take one further wicket. The last of those matches was for English side Warwickshire when they took on the touring Indian cricket team. He was in England at the time studying nuclear science.

Is an Australian chess player. He won the Australian Chess Championship twice, in 1955 and 1963.

Is an Australian chess player. He won the Australian Chess Championship twice, in 1955 and 1963.

An Australian economist and professor

An Australian economist and professor

Was a South Australian parliamentarian, representing the state seat of Playford from 1989 to 1997, u

Was a South Australian parliamentarian, representing the state seat of Playford from 1989 to 1997, until his resignation to replace Dominic Foreman as a Senator, until his own resignation in 2000.

Was a master stained glass artist working in Australia, considered to be the finest such artist of h

Was a master stained glass artist working in Australia, considered to be the finest such artist of his time.Beginning in 1885, Radecki worked for Frederick Ashwin, a leading stained glass designer who had immigrated from Great Britain. Ashwin built upon Radecki's art education and taught him the craft of working with glass, including the specialized techniques of painting it. Ashwin and Radecki thereafter collaborated on a number of window projects until Ashwin's death in 1909. Radecki then became the chief designer for the studio, now known as J. Ashwin & Co., partnering with Fred's brother, John. When John died in 1920, Radecki became proprietor of the studio, which grew to be the largest and most prestigious glass studio in Sydney.

Is a former Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football in the Victorian Football Leag

Is a former Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with North Melbourne during the 1970s and first-class cricket for Victoria. From the Coburg Amateurs originally, Douglas made his VFL debut in the opening round of the 1972 season against St Kilda, whose Brownlow Medal rover Ross Smith was celebrating his 200th game. He played six further games that year and didn't appear again until 1975, when North Melbourne won their inaugural premiership with Douglas taking the field three times during the home and away season. He finished his football career after playing just two games in 1976, to finish with 12 games and eight goals for North Melbourne. A right-arm fast-medium pace bowler, Douglas claimed 30 wickets at 26.53 from his nine first-class matches.