Australian Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Is a current New Zealand MP representing the Green Party who was first elected to parliament in 1999

Is a current New Zealand MP representing the Green Party who was first elected to parliament in 1999.As of 2006[update] he is the Green Party spokesperson on Auckland Transport, Civil Defence, Customs, Defence, Disarmament, Ethnic Affairs, Foreign Affairs

Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1984 with a portrait of Max Gillies. He won the Sul

Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1984 with a portrait of Max Gillies. He won the Sulman Prize in 1974 with a genre painting - Still Life and Comfy II. He was Canberra Artist of the Year in 1992. Was married to Helen Beresford, sister of Australian Director, Bruce Beresford.

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Gordon, a prop, was born in Coogee, New South Wal

Was a rugby union player who represented Australia.Gordon, a prop, was born in Coogee, New South Wales and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia.

Is a former rugby union footballer from New Zealand. Murdoch, a prop, played for Otago from 1964 to

Is a former rugby union footballer from New Zealand. Murdoch, a prop, played for Otago from 1964 to 1972, except for one season each for Hawke's Bay (1965) and Auckland (1966). He represented New Zealand from 1970-1972, playing in 27 matches for the All B

Is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer and WAFL player.

Is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer and WAFL player.

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 1971 to 1984, representing Gosford until 1973 and Peats thereafter.He was elected to Wyong Shire Council in 1959, where he served until 1971. He was chair

Is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974,

Is a former Victorian and Australian cricketer who played in 43 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1966 to 1974, who is now a radio cricket commentator. His father, Keith Senior also played first-class cricket and was a noted Australian rules footballer for Collingwood and Fitzroy.

Was a famous Australian Test cricketer and a Second World War pilot. Miller is widely regarded as Au

Was a famous Australian Test cricketer and a Second World War pilot. Miller is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever all-rounder.[1] Because of his ability, irreverent manner and good looks he was a crowd favourite.[2] An English journalist called Miller "the golden boy" of cricket, leading to him being nicknamed "Nugget".[3] He "was more than a cricketer: ...he embodied the idea that there was more to life than cricket".[4]

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1968, both of these were against India, h

Is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1968, both of these were against India, he made his Test debut at Christchurch where he scored 69 and 0*. His second, and final, Test came a week later at Wellington where he scored 25 and 0.

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angel

Is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the 1940s. He was the s

Was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the 1940s. He was the son of former North Melbourne and Essendon footballer George Rawle. In 1948 he played a first-class cricket match for Victoria against Tasmania in Hobart and made 10 runs.

Was an Australian politician. Educated at Melbourne High School and the University of Melbourne, he

Was an Australian politician. Educated at Melbourne High School and the University of Melbourne, he was an accountant before entering politics. In 1952, Ewert was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Flinders, unexpec

Was an Australian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm bowler who played for Tasma

Was an Australian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born in Scottsdale and died in Burnie. Westbrook made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1909-10 season, against Victoria. From the lower order, he scored 35 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 25 runs in the second.

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Stackpole made his VFL debut in 1935 with Collingwood and played as a reserve in that year's winning Grand Final as well as their premiership triumph the following season. After leaving the league he joined Prahran as captain and coach, kicking 85 goals in his first season. He also became a Victorian first-class cricketer and made 1025 runs at 34.16 from his 20 games. His son, also named Keith, would play Test cricket for Australia.

Was a New Zealand homebuilder, entrepreneur, local body politician and conservative Christian politi

Was a New Zealand homebuilder, entrepreneur, local body politician and conservative Christian political activist.Hay was the only son of Scottish immigrant William Hay and Elsie Major, who had married three years previously. In 1930, Hay left school at standard six to steady fenceposts for a judge at Kohukohu, who taught the young man accountancy during the evenings. In 1933, Hay relocated to Auckland and obtained a job at the KDV Morningside box factory.

(born on December 21, 1920) is an Australian golfer

(born on December 21, 1920) is an Australian golfer

Is an Australian professional basketball player for the Canberra Capitals in the Women's National Ba

Is an Australian professional basketball player for the Canberra Capitals in the Women's National Basketball League.The captain of the Capitals, Abrams plays as a guard, and standing at 175cm, she can also be a forward. She made her debut in the WNBL in 1

An Australian singer, actress and children's performer. Crawford is most known for her involvement i

An Australian singer, actress and children's performer. Crawford is most known for her involvement in Children's program Hi-5 and as a former member of pop group Teen Queens. She left the group in December 2008.Crawford began her career as a teenager appearing in Pizza Hut commercials. In 1991, at age 17, Crawford along with Liza Witt and Roxanne Clark, would form an idea to bring back music from the past and recreate it as a pop music act. Initially, they tried to launch the project as a television idea set in the themed time of the 1960s. As the group experienced difficulties getting the television show off the ground, they diverted their attentions towards simply creating music. They decided to name the group the Teen Queens and from 1991 to 1993 the group released three top ten ARIA singles.

Is a former Australian backstroke swimmer. McMillan won back-to-back bronze in the 50m backstroke ev

Is a former Australian backstroke swimmer. McMillan won back-to-back bronze in the 50m backstroke event at the 1999 and 2000 Short Course Worlds. As of June 2010, she is now Kellie Snowdon and she is the CEO of Swimming Victoria[2], one of the state assoc

Is an Australian football (soccer) who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian

Is an Australian football (soccer) who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian W-League. She played for Sydney FC during the 2008–09 season of the W-League. She has represented Australia at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2000 Olympics, and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.Evernden turned professional in 1985 and won

Is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand.Evernden turned professional in 1985 and won his first tour doubles title in 1986 at Cologne. His first top-level singles title came in 1987 at Bristol. His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1987 Australian Open, where he reached the quarter-finals before being knocked-out by Wally Masur.

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

Is a football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level.Jarden made her Football Ferns début in a 1-3 loss to China on 21 November 1997,and finished her international career with 13 caps to her credit.

Is an Australian playwright, actress and politician elected to the eleventh and last seat for an 8-y

Is an Australian playwright, actress and politician elected to the eleventh and last seat for an 8-year term in the South Australian Legislative Council at the 2010 state election for the Dignity for Disability party.The party's upper house vote doubled f

Is an Australian politician, and member for the Division of Higgins in the Australian House of Repre

Is an Australian politician, and member for the Division of Higgins in the Australian House of Representatives. On 5 December 2009, at the 2009 Higgins by-election, O'Dwyer was elected to succeed former Treasurer Peter Costello.

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in two Summ

Is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals with one in 1988 in K-2 1000 m and the second in 1992 in K-4 1000 m.