Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an Australian association football player of Croatian heritage. He is a Central Midfielder who is

Is an Australian association football player of Croatian heritage. He is a Central Midfielder who is currently playing for Hajduk Split.He previously played for Hajduk Split (1995-Oct 99), Racing Club Genk (1999-2003) and Gençlerbirligi (2003-05). In 2002

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs

Is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition, primarily playing on the wing. He was one of the fastest players in rugby league in 2002.[1] Clarke played

Is Fiji's most prominent boxer at this time. He has fought several fights with well known boxers. As

Is Fiji's most prominent boxer at this time. He has fought several fights with well known boxers. As for 2009-2010 he is looking for a world title fight with Anthony Mundine. Ali was once ranked 13th in the world. In October 2005, he was ranked 15th by th

Is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympi

Is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Howland made

Is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Howland made her Football Ferns début in a 0-0 draw with Korea Republic on 23 March 1986, and finished her international career with four caps to her credit.

Is a former tennis player from Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1946 Australia

Is a former tennis player from Australia who reached the women's singles final of the 1946 Australian Championships, losing to Nancye Wynne Bolton 6–4, 6–4. She teamed with Mary Bevis Hawton to win the women's doubles title at the 1946 Australian Champion

Is an Australian football (soccer) player of Chilean decent who currently plays as a striker for Por

Is an Australian football (soccer) player of Chilean decent who currently plays as a striker for Port Melbourne Sharks in the Victorian State League Division 2 North-West.

Was an Australian singer and actress best known for her role on the popular talent/variety show Youn

Was an Australian singer and actress best known for her role on the popular talent/variety show Young Talent Time in the late 1980s. She appeared on the show from 1987 to 1988, aged 13, and was best known for her rendition of the song 'La Bamba'.

Was an Australian Tony award- and Emmy-winning stage and film actor who was also nominated for a Gra

Was an Australian Tony award- and Emmy-winning stage and film actor who was also nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar. She is generally regarded by theatre critics as the greatest classical actress produced by Australia.

Was an Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights.Judith Wright was

Was an Australian poet, environmentalist and campaigner for Aboriginal land rights.Judith Wright was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the eldest child of Phillip Wright and his first wife Ethel, but spent most of her formative years in Brisbane

A contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic.Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, [1

A contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic.Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, [1] arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. Completing a BA at UTS she has worked in libraries, teaching, as a researcher and in environmental regeneration. [2] She currently teaches creative writing at Newcastle and Sydney universities and is poetry editor for Meanjin, having previously edited Hobo and the Australian Arabic literature journal Kalimat.

A contemporary Australian poet.Rodriguez was born Judith Catherine Green in Perth and grew up in Bri

A contemporary Australian poet.Rodriguez was born Judith Catherine Green in Perth and grew up in Brisbane. She was educated at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, and graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Arts. She then travelled to England, where she received a Master of Arts from Cambridge University in 1965, where she met her first husband, Colombian Fabio Rodriguez.[1]She has published numerous volumes of poetry, some illustrated by her own woodcuts, edited an anthology and the collected poems of Jennifer Rankin. From 1979 to 1982, she was poetry editor for the literary journal Meanjin, and from 1988 to 1997 she was a poetry editor with the publisher Penguin Australia. The play Poor Johanna, co-written with Robyn Archer, was produced in 1994 and her libretto for Moya Henderson's opera Lindy, about the Azaria Chamberlain disappearance, was performed at the Sydney Opera House in 2002.[2] She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award and taught at La Trobe University (1969–1985) and Deakin University (1998–2003).

Is a jazz singer who became the lead vocalist for the Australian popular folk music

Is a jazz singer who became the lead vocalist for the Australian popular folk music

Is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislativ

Is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1984 to 1991.She was chairwoman of the state electoral council for the seat of Broken Hill from 1980 to 1982, and was on the National Party

Is a former New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party.Judith Tizard was born in Au

Is a former New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party.Judith Tizard was born in Auckland in 1956. Judith Tizard was born to a political family - her mother, Catherine Tizard, served as Mayor of Auckland and as Governor-General, and her f

Is a New Zealand horsewoman who won a Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Pottinger,

Is a New Zealand horsewoman who won a Bronze Medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Pottinger, riding Volunteer, was in the New Zealand Three Day Event Team which finished third, along with Andrew Bennie, Margaret Knighton and Mark Todd. In the indiv

An Australian painter. She has twice won the Archibald Prize.Judy Cassab was born Judit Kaszab in Vi

An Australian painter. She has twice won the Archibald Prize.Judy Cassab was born Judit Kaszab in Vienna, Austria in 1920 to Hungarian parents. Her husband was put in a forced labour camp by the Nazis in World War II, and returned to Hungary in 1944.She moved to Australia in 1950 and settled in Sydney.

First coming to prominence for her role as Sybylla Melvyn in the coming-of-age saga My Brilliant Car

First coming to prominence for her role as Sybylla Melvyn in the coming-of-age saga My Brilliant Career (1979), for which she won BAFTA Awards for Best Actress and Best Newcomer, she also played the lead in such Australian New Wave classics as Winter of Our Dreams (1981) (as the waif-like heroin addict) and Heatwave (1982) (as the radical tenant organizer). Her first foray into international film came in 1981 when she played the younger version of Ingrid Bergman's Golda Meir in the television docudrama A Woman Called Golda. In 1984 she was cast as Adela Quested in David Lean's final film A Passage to India, an adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel of the same name.

Is an Australian cartoonist, illustrator and writer whose work is widely published and exhibited.In

Is an Australian cartoonist, illustrator and writer whose work is widely published and exhibited.In 2005, a selection of her work was acquired by the National Library of Australia for its collection. She said at the time that "I really like being recognis

An Australian actress and author. Her breakout role was as scheming bisexual reporter Vicky Stafford

An Australian actress and author. Her breakout role was as scheming bisexual reporter Vicky Stafford in the risque soap opera The Box. Her character became a popular cult-figure in the series and Nunn continued in the role for the show's entire 1974-1977 run. In 1979 she briefly played Joyce Martin in the popular Australian series Prisoner and after that went on to appear as Dr. Irene Fisher in Sons and Daughters.Ailsa Stewart in the soap opera Home and Away, played from 1988 until the character was killed off in 2000, is probably Nunn's most famous role. In 2002, she returned to the role as a ghost that only her former on screen husband, Alf Stewart could see.

Was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley rel

Was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1960s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.

An Australian pop singer from Sydney, who came to national prominence in the early 1960s through her

An Australian pop singer from Sydney, who came to national prominence in the early 1960s through her regular TV appearances on the pop music show Brian Henderson's Bandstand and her many hit records.As a young performer she was "by lined" as The Cowgirl from Granville but on her first appearance on "Bandstand" it was mis-announced as The Callgirl from Granville.

Was an Australian tennis player who won nine Grand Slam doubles titles during her career. She won at

Was an Australian tennis player who won nine Grand Slam doubles titles during her career. She won at least one women's doubles title at each Grand Slam tournament, a "Career Grand Slam". Five of her doubles titles were in partnership with Margaret Court. Dalton was the losing finalist in ten Grand Slam doubles tournaments.

A cricketer for the Australian women's cricket team. She made her first class debut in 1995 for Quee

A cricketer for the Australian women's cricket team. She made her first class debut in 1995 for Queensland Women and her Test debut against New Zealand at Melbourne in February 1996. Her last Test, so far, was against England at Worcester in 2005.A right-handed batsman she has scored 114 runs at Test level with her best innings an outstanding unbeaten 80 against England . A specialist wicket-keeper, she has taken 20 catches and completed two stumpings in Tests. Nine of her Tests have been in Ashes games against England, her other Test opponent being New Zealand.

Is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and deputy leader of the federal Australian Labor Party

Is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and deputy leader of the federal Australian Labor Party